In a “blink and you’ll miss it” moment it turns out that Atari is now an American only brand and the European side of things has been cleanly wrapped up and shoved down the toilet. Why this has happened is utterly beyond me but the reaasons being given is that Namco Bandai has purchased Atari Europe and amalgamated it into …
In reality the only people on the planet who really know how many console have been shipped and sold would be the guys and girls who actually make them. However it is in the best interest of these same guys and girls to pad their figures to make their departments and companies look good. So forgive me if I take …
After yesterdays earth shattering announcement yeterday of new avatar shoes Sony has decided to hit back with an equally pointless announcement. Firmware version 2.76 is now available to download and in it we get… “Â A minor update that improves the playback quality of some PS3 format software” Two things about this update that need to be said 1. If you …
Finally, we get to see some actual gameplay of Bioshock 2, and coming from me, who wasn’t very excited for the game when I heard that it was announced, it looks really good. This nine minute developer walkthrough reveals a lot of new elements in the game as well as gives some insight into what the game is going to …
We recently posted up a rumour that the marvelous Grand Theft Auto DLC expansion, The Lost and Damned, was possibly headed to the Playstation 3. Unfortunately, for any Playstation 3 owners who were getting excited, Microsoft have come out of hiding to shoot down the rumours by saying that that the “episodes are and will stay exclusive to the Xbox …
This debut trailer for Ghostbusters Multiplayer mode may come as a bit of a kick in the pants to any of you readers out there who don’t own a PS3. This after Sony bought the rights to the game and made it a timed exclusive for their consoles only. The video shows off a lot of flashy beams of light …
It’s not often that I get to reference The Wall Street Journal while finding stories for this site and that is because the WSJ (as it’s affectionately known) doesn’t peddle in rumours or gaming news in general actually. However this does go to show how important it is that Microsoft gets this motion sensing ability right and how much is …
For me, this is one I’m overly excited about. The RPG makers BioWare being thrown together with the action-junkies EA, is about as exciting as the announcement of brandy flavoured Coca-Cola! Actually, why hasn’t anyone announced that yet? I don’t know. Well, these guys have created a rather fabulous trailer for their upcoming game Dragon Age: Origins; dubbed “Sex & …
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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