Just yesterday I was walking past a Mass Effect 2 poster in a shopping mall and something happened to catch my eye. Up until this point I hadn’t noticed it, but on closer inspection I realised that one of the new characters in Mass Effect 2 looked incredibly familiar. Anyone who watches the TV series “Chuck” will know that the …

Activision are obviously pretty pleased to announce that Modern Warfare 2 has now surpassed the 1 billion dollar mark when it comes to sales which is no small fete. According to Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision, Last Updated: January 14, 2010

There is a disappointing story hitting the news this morning regarding Rockstar’s upcoming cowboy extravaganza, Red Dead Redemption. According to the reports the development of RDR has been an absolute disaster for most of 2009 and even previously to that and while it has started getting better towards the end of the year the culture and feeling inside the San …

Ubisoft’s bean counters have been announcing their latest financial figures and even though they have some awesome titles that are doing really well, Assassin’s Creed 2 and Just Dance to name just 2, they are still as a company hurting pretty bad. Ubisoft are expecting to reveal an operating loss of around $72.5 million for this financial year and it’s …

It’s time for the first graphical head to head of 2010 and with the PS3 generally losing the cross platform comparisons it will be interesting to see if it can start 2010 off with a bang. First up it is worth mentioning that the guys at Lens of Truth were hard pressed to find any graphical difference between the two …

Modnation Racers was able to get some airtime at CES this year and the below video shows you some of the gameplay from the new kart racer. The game looks ok, but to be honest, nothing more. Sure the game will have customisation tools and map building, but ask yourself how many of you actually built large proper levels in …

Patrick Molnar’s Consollection houses what must be one of the most impressive collections of video gaming consoles and handhelds I’ve ever had the privilege to see. Not only is each console aligned showing its controllers, but each is clickable, detailing a brief history of the machine. Included are popular as well as rare and obscure consoles, including one particular rarity …

It was just yesterday that I was lamenting on the sad number of layoffs to affect the gaming industry last year, and hoping that would be a thing of the past. Seems that may have just been wishful thinking. 25 employees from 3 of Warner Bros. Interactive’s Seattle based studios have been sent their marching orders- The affected studios are …