In my absence, Gavin posted about a pet peeve of mine; mindless Wii peripherals that don’t add anything to gameplay but do remove money from your wallet – if you’re the sort of person who keeps his wallet in his back pocket, right behind his brain. With each new silly peripheral, you’ll find me calling it the dumbest thing to …
According to a guy who’s developed for Sony’s second life-esque service, it’ll soon be exiting beta – two years after launch. “Home is due to come out of its beta-testing phase in December of this year,†said Kirk Ewing of Veemee, the company behind Home content for Audi. He was also quick to point out that despite what many believe, …
Mafia II hits this year, and it’s still a little while away so the hype train hasn’t fully been set in motion just yet. What will pique your interest though, is this massively impressive video showing off the Nvidia PhysX system that will run in Mafia II, giving it some super impressive effects and physics. The amount of broken glass, …
According to the first European sales numbers coming in ModNation Racers sales are worryingly low. Low as in only 50 000 copies across Europe in its first week and the PSP version selling a mediocre 9 800 units. The game has received a huge marketing budget and by all accounts the reviews have been positive about the game so why …
After a few years of absence, the Prince of Persia Sands of Time series returns alongside a silver screen release featuring Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton. While the releases are simultaneous, this is no movie tie-in but is it worthy of its Prince of Persia title? Hit the jump for the full review. Last Updated: May 27, 2010
This is becoming a little worrying, last month we reported on a few Swedish websites setting a price tag of R1 500 for the upcoming Project Natal and now Edge magazine is reporting that the Natal will cost in the region of R1 300 at launch. This is significantly more than the previous R500 – R800 we were working with …
David Mercer, an analyst from Strategy Analytics, has put together a report stating that they think the PS3 will sell a total of 14 million units in this year compared to 10.5 million for the Xbox 360. The Wii’s sales will continue to decline but will still be leading the pack with 17.5 million sales in the year. Last Updated: …
I’m a huge fan of Test Drive Unlimited. When I bought my first next-gen console it was one of the only games that I had, and boy oh boy did I play the hell out of it. What’s not to like about a game where you have thousands upon thousands of beautiful Hawaiian miles to traverse in some of the …
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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