One of our local gaming comics has posted up her latest strip which is based on the impending launch of The Sims 3. Impending is a pretty good word for it as it makes it feel either like impending doom or the launch of the greatest game since Sims 2. I personally have never gotten into the Sims but the …
This trailer for a new title called Necessary Force comes as a bit of a surprise. Necessary Force shows us a city full of crime, with a bad-ass detective who is putting it all on the line to clean the streets. The art and music in the trailer is fantastic and the game itself looks like it has a ton …
The winners for the Alex Mercer Prototype statue have been chosen and for once the choice wasn’t incredibly difficult thanks to Megarom handing over 2 statues to hand out. A big congratulations to Janrik Oberholzer and Smit Snyman for their 2 unique entries into the competition that you can check after the break. Thanks once again to Megarom for offering …
So, above we have an image of the Left 4 Dead 2 poster, as it was before the ESRB got a hold of it. You see, to be a little clever, and to keep the iconic zombie hand from the first cover, the designers for Left 4 Dead 2 decided to keep the same hand, but change it so that …
It really, and I mean really sucked that of all the days that Microsoft could have chosen to have a full day of Xbox Live downtime, they happened to choose the day that we all got to stay home from work. So the best part of this whole deal, is that when Xbox Live came back online, it came with …
This year’s E3 provided us – as usual – with a glimpse in to the gaming future. As is the norm, after the show 29 of the most influential magazines and websites band together to decide which future titles, hardware and platforms had the best showing. EA’s “Brütal Legend†and Sony Computer Entertainment’s PS3 Exclusive “Uncharted 2: Among Thieves†proved …
Air-guitar world records, drinking podcasts and an evil DRM force possibly making a return. Catch this week’s podcast for this and more. The Xbox 360 can’t handle the MGS4 engine? Bionic Commando bombs Burnout developers making a new Need for Speed Ghostbusters looking better on the Xbox 360? Gears of War 2 coming to PC? Brutal Legend World Record Starforce …
Game Developer magazine conducted a large study that involves some voodoo and science that has come up with a list of the world top videogame developers. I was surprised to see some developers so high up, and at the same time not so surprised to see some of the big ones up there as well. We have posted up the …
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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