Boyoboyoboyoboy! I’ll admit – I’ve not been this excited for a game in quite some time. The original Mass Effect stands as one of my favourite games this generation, and its sequel is nearly upon us. Thanks to IGN, we have the game’s launch trailer for your viewing pleasure, and it’s all kinds of awesome. I’ve already told my …

Those poor folks in Haiti have got it pretty bad. The 7.0 scale earthquake and the subsequent aftershocks that violently  the Caribbean Island country, leaving it in ruins – and hundreds of thousands dead. It’s left even more injured, and up to a million people homeless. The scale of the disaster is of bibilical proportions, and frankly they need all …

French Developer Arkedo, the slightly insane people behind DS firework shooting title Big Bang Mini had plans to do a game for Microsoft’s Natal, but it appears those plans have been cancelled. It’s a real pity, because this game looks goddamned awesome. The game would centre around alien invaders who didn’t have the time to scan the entire human body  …

Criterion, developers of the excellent Burnout Paradise have confirmed that they’ll not be releasing any more DLC for the game, which has been incredibly well supported since its release two years ago. Since then, Criterion have released about 10 bits of DLC, free and paid-for, that have improved and altered the game radically. They’ve supplied players with new game modes, …

Microsoft Banana Dollars are the devil. Xbox Live forces you to buy the funny money currency in specific denominations, while actual content sells for disparate amounts, leaving you with unwanted point – which forces you to either spend it on useless crap like Avatar clothing, or buy more points to purchase worthwhile content. It’s a vicious cycle that plays out …

I will not lie, Bayonetta is one crazy-ass witch with a bad attitude and way too many weapons available to her. Fans of Japanese third person action massacre games have been keeping a keen eye out for Bayonetta over the last couple of months and Nu Metro was kind enough to supply us with a review copy so that we …

It’s Thursday again which means that it’s time to listed to Yahtzee rattle on about some other game he hated this week. In my opinion today’s episode is one of his better ones with some awesome disses against Darkside and the development team behind it. In other news Ben ‘Yahtzee’ Croshaw is also currently writing a book which may or …

The first BioShock blew people’s minds with its surprise plot twists. If you haven’t played the original, and think I should have prefixed that with a spoiler warning, you’re probably on the wrong site. The second game apparently also features such a twist. That probably should have had a spoiler warning..man, I’m such a bastard. Borrowing pages from the M. …