It’s no secret that the pre-Christmas lineup can often squash slightly unusual games as the moms, dads and better halves in the world will simply just pickup whatever has the most marketing space come shopping time and no retailer in their right mind would hide MW2 or Assassin’s Creed 2 on the lower shelves while sticking Heavy Rain all over …
Since the release of the new 3.00 Firmware update this week, users from around the world have been making complaints of certain issues that have arisen since the update. Uncharted seems to be suffering from a complete freeze right after the section with the U-Boat, requiring gamers to completely restart their Playstation 3. Uncharted isn’t the only game affected and …
Strauss Zelnick, head honcho over at Take-Two, must sometimes feel like he’s the father figure to half the worlds gamers but never in the nice way. The latest DLC for GTA 4 hasn’t been released yet and he is already fielding questions about when GTA5 will be landing. Instead of the usual “No Comment†or “It will be done when …
He’s back and just as grumpy as ever. Thursday mornings just aren’t the same without Yahtzee so I have brought him back to his old time slot and hopefully this time the real news stories will have the courtesy to stay away from this time slot. This week Yahtzee reviews The Tales of Monkey Island using possibly the worst fake …
It’s true we may sometimes use dubious links in stories to paste half naked ladies on the sight but for once this one really isn’t our fault. Codemasters has struck upon the brilliant idea of using a pretty substantial bosom to market it’s upcoming title DiRT2. If you head on over to DirtyTats.com you get the opportunity to customise your …
Halo 3: ODST is looking pretty awesome, this gameplay footage however is not. It’s possibly the worst leaked handicam footage I have seen and yet I am posting it anyway as I have been saying recently how excited I am about Halo 3: ODST and this leaked campaign footage has put a bit of a dampener on that. It looks …
Its not often I’m forced to report something potentially disturbing. However I stumbled across this unnerving chestnut. Hence this is not just a news piece but a serious cry for some positive feedback that may end my nail-biting. The fact is that Disney bought out Marvel for $4 billion thus giving the family-friendly media giant full access over all of …
Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas contained, hidden amidst the murder, cop-killing and wanton destruction, a hidden sex mini-game. Proving that censored pixels rubbing up against other censored pixels is wholly more offensive than those digital enactments of shooting somebody in the face, the “Hot Coffee†scandal as it was then known spurned a class action lawsuit. Yesterday, that …
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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