Microsoft have regularly insisted that Xbox Live account hacks were the result of social engineering and not any sort of exploits in the service’s security. Looks like one of Microsoft’s own empolyees should be a little more careful,then.  a high profile account has been hacked – and it’s one belonging to none other than Xbox Live Director Larry Hyrb, better …

It appears the rumours from last month about Sony dropping Linux support on all PS3 units is true. Just next month Sony will be releasing firmware update 3.12 that’ll kill the system’s ability to install operating systems other than its own. If you’re one of the 3 people worldwide who actually uses that feature, it might be a good time …

You may recall a few weeks back we asked for some submissions for my sister, who lectures a Criminology class, and her upcoming videogame debate. The idea behind the debate was to discuss whether or not violent videogames themselves were responsible for violent behaviour and whether we should be censoring them or restricting their sales. The results are in and …

Want to see a really awesome trailer? You do? Well then watch this because it’s friggin’ awesome. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is the next chapter in the Ghost Recon series and from the looks of this video, the tech is going to be seriously awesome. The video is filmed in live action with real actors and some really great special …

Just the other day, we reported that the Xbox 360 will be getting USB memory support, meaning that you will be able to use USB devices on your console in place of memory sticks and hard drives. Major Nelson has now notified us that the update is coming soon, and will be added to the console on April 6th. While …

Downloadable content has become a large part of gaming during this generation, allowing developers and publishers to add even more content onto their games long after release. Sure, in the past we have had expansion packs, and some that was even available via download, but DLC has finally become commonplace in the market and has almost become an expected feature …

PAX is currently underway over in Boston and for some reason it has started to become a gaming show as well. As such Ruffian Games has decided to reveal a few more screenshots of their upcoming mega shooter, Crackdown 2, at PAX and I am happy to reveal an explosion of Orbs is in one of them. Last Updated: March …

[Update: I have received unconfirmed statements from people in the know that this title is in fact wrong… no new title has been provided though] It’s become common Internet knowledge that the next Call of Duty title from Treyarch is going to be set in Vietnam but apart from that the details have been a bit sketchy. Now, according to …