Research firm Ipsos MediaCT surveyed a thousand gamers to see if they favoured digital distribution or physical media. The results were pretty clear – 64% of gamers prefer something tangible. The primary reason? The second hand market. There is, naturally, a greater perceived value in something that can be resold. Last Updated: July 2, 2010
Let’s turn things upside down a little for today as we return from our brief break from the FFD. The E3 expo is usually about exciting impressions, awards and all that happy stuff that goes along with fluffy bunnies and pink pillows. Let’s take a look at the other side for once. Instead of asking who was the best at …
Just for the record guys, SEGA did it first. Last Updated: July 2, 2010
Heavy Rain will have full move support when Sony’s motion-controller peripheral hits retails helves later this year. Unfortunately, because of all the time spent shoe-horning motion controls, the game’s planned DLC is on the backburner. Last Updated: July 2, 2010
Ben Marsh has created – as a bit of an art project – a series of videogame themed prophylactics. The whole package looks like a cardboard Gameboy, with each individually boxed condom spoofing a popular game. He created them to "create a desire to purchase the product for aesthetic reasons, rather than the necessity of condoms," because it’s not like …
It all just got very real as Activision seeks out to make a quick buck off of the latest World Cup craze, the good ol’ Vuvuzela. The first footage released is direct feed gameplay, and shows off not only basic gameplay, but a quick sample of the menus as well as how the combo meters will work. What I was …
Did you pre-order the new Medal of Honour from EA Games? Did you know that entitles you to join the multiplayer beta? Well, keys for that beta are now available from BT Games and other gaming retailers. Unfortunately for Xbox 360 owners the beta on your platform of choice has been delayed again – with no word of just when …
Think you’re tough? Well think again, because Ruffian – Crackdown 2’s developers – were only getting started with the demo. The Crackdown 2 demo saw the addition of Psychotic difficulty yesterday, and will now also have the toughest difficulty – Sadastic – available from today. If you are indeed sadistic and want to test your metal in Crackdown 2 then …
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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