I am happy to admit that it appears I was completely wrong. I stated a little while back that Madworld is most probably going to be a huge flop as it became obvious that the violence and gore were not quite what we were originally expecting. However the developers have found a sweet spot and according to the first review …

Now don’t get me wrong I am all for destroying awesome pieces of equipment for scientific purposes. Hell there is nothing better than watching a million Rand car being smashed into a wall in a crash dummy test. However sticking an electronic appliance in a microwave to see what happens is just pure stupidity, you aren’t going to find out …

  This week’s Xbox Live deal of the week is the PGR4 premium challenge pack, discounted from 400 Microsoft funnymunnies to 260; something sure to make frugal fans of Bizarre’s arcade racer pretty happy. According to Xbox Live “The Premium PGR 4 Challenge Pack from Bizarre, available for 400 260 Microsoft® Points, gives you seven new cars—the 2008 Chevrolet Camaro …

For their 200th issue (Print media? What’s that?) Edge online have compiled yet another best games list. This time though, they’ve done something different. Instead of focusing on undisputed classics, they’ve assembled a list of games that – if presented with every game released – would be the ones they’d play through now. While lists of this nature are inherently …

Is this the new face of gaming and if it is do we still want to be gamers? The theory behind the virtual cocoon is that it will provide us a fully immersive experience for gaming which is apparently so realistic that a user cannot differentiate whether the experience is real or not… I take it that is apart from …

This is Vegas is possibly the game that can save Midway, it is planned to be released later this year and is the last major title in the current Midway release plan. If they don’t sell Mortal Kombat and manage to make it through this year then I see it all hanging on this release, so no pressure on the …

Now it’s not often that you will find us complaining about a company giving us free DLC but EA may be pushing the limit on this one. On the 13th of March they are releasing some new content entitled Ultimate Team for FIFA 2009, the update is free which is great but unfortunately it is also mandatory and is going …

There have been some rumours recently that Microsoft are planning on discontinuing the Elite Xbox 360. At first glance this seems like a very strange move indeed as the Xbox 360 Elite has always been the model that has directly competed with the media capability of the PS3. However Microsoft may have come up with a gem of an idea …