Twisted Pixel are well on their way to becoming the darlings of Xbox Live Arcade. Their first XBLA game, “The Maw†did decent business, but introduced gamers to the sly sort of humour that they’re known for. ‘Splosion Man, their most recent offering offers some of the most fun, back to basics game play available on the online platform. Their …
Do you like puzzles? A fan of quests perhaps? Well you are in luck because this weeks Xbox Live deal of the week just happens to be, you guessed it, Puzzle Quest. The game will be reduced from its usual price of 800 MS Points down 50% to only 400 MS Points for Xbox Live Gold Members. As far as …
Namco’s Tales series is extremely popular amongst RPG aficionados, and Tales of Vesperia – once an Xbox 360 exclusive – is the sole reason that many Japanese gamers purchases Microsoft’s console. Namco reneged on the exclusivity, and decided the game was to go multiplatform. Not only that, but its newer, shinier PS3 port would include a myriad of fixes, tweaks …
So you thought that just because Batman was a fictional character that he wouldn’t be able to swoop you up in the darkness and punish you for your evil ways. Well, you are wrong because it seems that Eidos and Rocksteady have laid down a trap in their game code to catch anyone out who is playing a pirated copy. …
When I think of censorship I think of evil regimes dictating their idiotic policies to a mass of ignorant followers, so in other words I don’t like it. However Brutal Legend has added the ability to self censor itself which is great news for gaming parents everywhere. Instead of a standard menu interface to decide on whether to censor naughty …
We have some brand new direct feed goodness of Uncharted 2 from PAX that shows a train level off that has poor ol’ Nathan Drake finding himself in a spot of trouble with a helicopter, it’s missiles and a whole load of henchmen. If there is one thing that I really like about Uncharted, it’s the constant banter that can …
Coke has announced it will start placing vending machines around home that vend stuff… If you even remotely care about that then I would like to know why? Just look at the official picture above that was distributed with this momentous announcement, it’s a vending machine with 3 terribly designed avatars having some sort of medical fit next to it. …
The PS3 Slim has hit retail shelves around the world and from first appearances it looks like this is going to work out really well for Sony. Let’s get the rubbish out of the way first, any stories trumpeting the 1000% increase in sales or any other such number are BS, the PS3 sales slumped after the Slim was announced …
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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