We told you there’s be some awesome Gears of War multiplayer news at 3 pm. We weren’t lying. Epic have revealed that Gears of War 3 will finally be getting a multiplayer beta, meaning all those horrible pervasive issues that spoil the multiplayer can be ironed out before the game actually gets released. Rejoice! [Update] CliffyB has also confirmed that …
Two days ago we reported on Panasonic’s new handheld, MMORPG-oriented gaming device called The Jungle. The initial announcement didn’t wow very many people; it didn’t wow very many Lazygamer readers either because it was pretty much just Geoff and me discussing the thing in the comments section. Well, the good news is that various private analyst groups have decided to …
[A quick update on the matter for anyone who missed it in our earlier posts and just needed the facts.] After a recent storm that brewed up on Twitter with regards to an article stating that the Gears of War 3’s campaign was “too buggy” to demo at the Eurogamer Expo, Lazygamer.net contacted Epic Games and Cliff Bleszinski for a …
Rumour around these here internets is that Sony is starting to officially nix development support for their aging handheld. According to French site PSPGen, PSP developers have started receiving word from Sony that they’ll no longer be supplying development or testing kits. Is this a portent to the imminent announcement of the oft-rumoured, undoubtedly in development PSP 2? Probably. …
Gran Turismo 5 is the final corner and is shifting down to prepare itself for a final explosion of power down the pit straight. In other words, it’s nearly out and it’s looking so very, very good right now. Someone managed to spot this video of Gran Turismo 5 at the Tokyo Game Show that shows lap of Nissan GT-R …
Right now, the piracy and backup-enabling PS3 Jailbreak requires firmware 3.41 to be loaded on the PS3. Sony summarily released a new firmware, 3.42 that killed the exploit. Cheap pirates though opted to stay on the earlier firmware, losing PSN connectivity. Now their options have been lessened even more. Last Updated: October 7, 2010
Ah, the Halo movie… it’s like Hollywood’s own Duke Nukem Forever. Well, it’s quite possible that DreamWorks just might pull a Gearbox on us as they’re actively re-pursuing attempts to obtain the rights to produce the Halo movie. The Halo movie was shelved back in 2006 when the initial partnership between Fox and Universal went south. Lots of money was …
FIFA 11, the latest installment of EA’s football series, has apparently broken the record for the highest number of units sold for a sports game at launch. In under a week, it sold 2.6 million units in Europe and the United States. That’s quite a lot, and EA have decided to reward all the people who bought it with a …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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