The weekend is upon us! Gamescom has provided us all with a ton of new and exciting news and in my opinion, has really gotten the hype train going on some of the major titles that are releasing over the next few months. Gran Turismo 5, Halo Reach, F1 2010 – oh the goodness never ends, I think we are …
Another trailer coming out of Gamescom 2010 and this time it’s the cinematic trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadows, slated for an October release to the PS3 and Xbox360. The game is being developed by MercurySteam and Kojima Productions. Looks pretty sweet, some outlandish character design. Hit the jump to check it out. Last Updated: August 20, 2010
One of the coolest aspects of Kinect is in how the user interacts with the console’s interface – getting all Minority Report. when news that kinect wouldn’t quite work when seated, it deflated that bubble a bit. What use is an awesome new way to interface with your console if you can’t do so whilst sitting your lazy ass down? …
Yesterday, we included a link in our “In Other News†post to news about an apparent “PS3 Jailbreak.†Once again, hackers are claiming to have bypassed the PS3’s up to now rock-solid security, allowing them to play backups. A dubitable company of unknown origin – presumably Hong Kong – has forged what it terms PSJailbreak – a combination of software …
A snippet of news, this time not coming out of Gamescom is that Far Cry 3, the successor to Far Cry 2 is in development. The project is in its infancy but word has it that the game is likely to remain in pseudo-Africa. In an interview with a Offical Playstation Magazine, one of the Ubisoft scriptwriters said that the …
It’s almost time for the HD motion-controller “revolution.†Both the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360 will be getting their waggle on soon. The Playstation 3 will be receiving the decidedly Wii-like Playstation Move next month, while the Xbox 360 will receive full-body controllerless motion control via Kinect in November. If the new wave of waggle has your interest piqued, …
Recently there has been a lot of discussion around the launch titles for Kinect, mainly around the fact that there are no hardcore or core games being released and the video footage that we are seeing isn’t filling anyone with much confidence about the device. But here’s the thing, Kinect is not being designed for you. If you are reading …
This week’s FFD focuses on our old friend, the Xbox 360. We have seen countless amounts of fanboys on the net claiming that the Xbox 360 is becoming redundant, and we usually shrug it off as the usual trolling you would see on any given day, but do they actually have a point this time around? Sure, the opposition have …
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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