Valve has just revealed that a new entrant into the Left4Dead 2 market are the Zombie Jockeys. These smaller zombies will do their utmost to climb up onto your back and start ripping you to shreds from behind while controlling all your movements until someone gets the little bugger off. Depending on how smart these things are they could easily …
This is yet another one of those moments when you realise most people know something that you do not. I received the latest Activision release schedule this morning and the final item on the list is a title without a release date entitled Singularity. Instantly I got my hopes up for some awesome breaking news about a brand new Activision …
Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry has, through the help of a rather busy console repair shop, examined the failures that have plagued Microsoft’s Xbox 360, and more recently, Sony’s PlayStation 3. While the internet as a whole is well aware of the 360’s hardware problems, people are becoming increasingly aware of hardware reliability issues with the PS3. According to the repair outlet’s …
Just a quick heads up to all of you Playstation 3 owners out there that the last firmware update for 2009 is officially up and waiting for your download. Improvements in 3.0 include quite a couple of differences ranging from a new friends list layout, a little status bar, copy and paste for your browser and quite a lot more. …
If you’ve been to Clicks or Verimark stores…ever… you’ve no doubt seen their undoubtedly above board Tele and MegaGameStations. These awful devices are essentially clone hardware of the Nintendo 8 bit NES and 16 bit Sega Megadrive. While I’m not certain about the dubious legality of these machines in South Africa, in Brazil the 16 bit versions are perfectly legal, …
A few months back I became horribly addicted to Tower Defense games and I managed to waste hours of my life dropping towers and watching aliens, soldiers and monkeys attempting to get past my impenetrable blockade. Generally they did but it was still fun to set it all up and this weeks news that Defense Grid is on it’s way …
Shadow Complex is, in my mind, undoubtedly the gem of what Xbox Live Arcade is and what it could be in future. Awesome visuals, addictive gameplay and all for an underserving price considering what you get. The game has also enjoyed immensely good reviews from around the world, breaking the 90/100 barrier on sites like Metacritic. A great game does …
If it wasn’t for the bottled water phenomenon I would give this idea a 1/10 chance of making it into production, however the world is populated with idiots and I just happen to be one of those that would waste money on this. Welcome to the X-Gear system, a wearable computer game which allows you to control the game entirely …
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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