While Bungie is currently mostly focused on their “final†Halo game, the recently beta’d Reach – work has started on their next game.It’ll be a fresh, new IP and the first multiplatform game to come out of their new decade long agreement with Activision. Most people are expecting it to be a shooter – it is the genre the studio’s …
Okay here’s a quick job for you, think ahead quickly for the next 12 months and what games are you planning on buying? First up for me is Super Mario Galaxy 2, Red Dead Redemption, Halo Reach and the next Gears of War. GamePlan has posted it’s latest tracking charts and apparently I am not entirely out of touch with …
A new Capcom sanctioned short film based on Street Fighter will hit our eyeballs this Thursday, and thanks to Hollywood actor/martial artist Joey Ansah (Bourne Ultimatum), we may have a real gem on our hands. If there is one thing that we all know about movies based on videogame franchises, it’s that they usually suck really hard. As gamers, we …
Sony has launched a new service for all PS3 or PSP owners called the Playstation Protection Plan. For a mere $45 you can get an extra year added onto your standard PS3 warranty to protect you from standard operating failures or that dreaded YLOD. I don’t know if the warranty is being offered locally or not and to be honest …
What’s that you say? It can’t be happening for real? Yes, it can and it is. The sequel to StarCraft is finally coming. No more delays, no more excuses. Blizzard have hammered down the final release date for the middle of the year, July 27 to be exact. Blizzard are also grateful to all of the beta testers that have …
Xbox Live currently has 23 million members, if we take an educated guess here and predict that just less than half of those are gold paying members we can then work on 10 million gold members. If everyone pays for year memberships you are looking at Microsoft receiving around R400 000 000 ($53 800 000) a month in income. That …
The overpriced Modern Warfare 2 DLC that arrived on the Xbox 360 a while back is now finally making it’s arrival on the PS3. Tomorrow morning you will be able to download the 3 new maps and 2 refurbished maps for the not so tiny price of $14.99. You can read up and view a video about all the maps …
Just a quick post to let all of you know that the Halo Reach Beta is now available for download. For those of you who somehow didn’t know by now, you will need a copy of Halo: ODST in order to get access, so if you don’t have one, it ain’t happening. The beta itself can be accessed via ODST’s …
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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