Wow is it Thursday already? I have completely lost a day of this week as I was sure it was Wednesday until koldFU5iON was kind enough to remind me that I was missing something vitally important today. Yahtzee… So without further delay I present Yahtzee ranting about Halo Wars… I haven’t even watched it yet so I presume he’s ranting …
I stumbled across a posting with some new Diablo screenshots yesterday but I wasn’t entirely sure if it was some elaborate hoax or not so I thought I would save it for today. Unfortunately the entire planet seems to still be stuck in April Fools mode so I am just going to have to take a leap of faith here, …
If you’ve just tried connecting to Xbox Live and have received a prompt to update, don’t panic! Don’t stare at the update screen with any level of excitement for what’s to come either though, as the update brings along with it…absolutely no new features whatsoever. It does fix some game interruptions some players have been experiencing with a limited number …
Since August 2006, Greenpeace has issued their quarterly report ranking the top electronics companies on how environmentally friendly they are. Dubbed the "Guide to Greener Electronics," the report grades the tech companies using three basic criteria: their willingness to remove hazardous materials from their products, their attempts to responsibly take back and recycle obsolete hardware, and their efforts to reduce …
A pair of boffins set up a study to test video-game related aggression. Dr Simon Goodson and Sarah Pearson monitored the heart-rates, breathing, and mental states of 30 people before and after having them play 3 Xbox 360 games. The games in question were Project Gotham Racing, an unnamed First-Person Shooter and a “3D Table-Tennis game.†According to the pair …
If you have Xbox Live and you want to play some lag free games, chances are that you are going to have to find a decent bunch of local players to play with everyday. Either that or you will ultimately commit suicide after yet another 10 year old American kid tea-bags without any idea that he has only beaten you …
An update on the US Playstation blog announces all of the enhancements that are going to be coming to PSN with the 2.70 Firmware update and it looks like they are doing a great job of adding a lot more functionality to the system. Some of the updates include being able to chat with up to 15 friends instantly, even …
I haven’t been paying much attention to this OnLive service that was announced at GDC to be honest, quite simply because it has absolutely no way of working for us anytime soon. Without even going into the technical details of the system which to be honest, sound like absolute BS to me, there are some fundamental issues that will never …
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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