Somehow forgetting the existence of Valve’s Steam, Microsoft have proclaimed themselves to be the undisputed leaders of digital distribution. This comes after the 200 percent increase in sales since last year. Admittedly, this was bolstered by a fantastic summer line-up of games, including Shadow Complex and Trials HD, both of which – according to Microsoft – broke sales records. "It’s …

Are you a huge fan of World at War’s Zombie modes? Do you regularly find yourself clearing out swathes of undead Nazis? You may want to hold on to that copy of Treyarch’s World War II shooter then, because according to Modern Warfare 2’s lead multiplayer designer Todd Alderman, the fan-favourite feature will not make its way to Modern Warfare …

Gamestop and EB Games, two very large North-American retailers, have managed quite a coup. They’ve secured the exclusive right to distribute a 360 controller with a lovely new colour scheme. It’s black and red all over, making it just one colour short of an obvious newspaper joke. It’s also possibly the most hideous gaming hardware I’ve ever seen, coming just …

Well that’s one way to get the censor boards attention, it appears that some of the gameplay in the upcoming spy drama saboteur is going to be taking place in a brothel or these women are just a little careless about their lack of clothing. I am sure it never occurred to them either that this is also a really …

Yet another title has caught the dreaded Q4 2009 infection… er I am still working on that name. Activision has announced that Blur has been delayed until sometime in 2010 so that the studio can “fully optimise the vision they set out to create for Blur including a distinctive and groundbreaking multiplayer mode that will appeal to a broad audience” …

Joystiq has received an email from a Norwegian gamestop employee which apparently proves that we are going to be seeing at least 5 250Gb PS3 bundles incoming in the next few weeks. According to the screenshot we will see a Ratchet & Clank, FIFA 2010, Assassin’s Creed 2, Need for Speed Shift and Uncharted 2 bundles arrive before Christmas. Previously …

When Ubisoft announced yet another Splinter Cell Conviction delay earlier this year I thought it was possibly the end of an era. From all the Internet chatter it sounded like Splinter Cell Conviction was a disaster and they were apparently going back to the drawing board to start again. Normally this would result in a rushed game to try and …

It’s not like Microsoft hasn’t tried really hard to fit in with Japan but in the end if you are a fat white dude you are going to stand out pretty badly in Japan and people aren’t going to be your friend. Despite Microsoft spending a ton of money on their Xbox 360 marketing campaign the sales in the land …