Gaming industry old-hands Gaz Liddon and Billy Thompson have officially confirmed the creation of a new new development house. Ruffian Games – which aims “to bring the best in action gaming to current generation consoles†– is comprised of staff that have worked on such illustrious titles as Fable 2, Crackdown, GTA, Project Gotham Racing and MotoGP. Billy Thompson, creative …
Whenever there are prospects of a good fight people gather around, spurring on the combatants, driven by a macabre desire to see gratuitous violence and a maybe even a little blood. Inevitably there is always some spoilsport who comes along trying to maintain some semblance of peace and harmony, ruining it for the rest of us. Today, that person is …
The Maw and FunTown Mahjong have both debuted on XBLA today costing 800 MS Points a piece. In my opinion any game with ‘fun’ and ‘mahjong’ in the same sentence is a contradictory statement, you can only have fun or mahjong, never both. The Maw is the interesting release. It is a rather attractive action-platformer developed by Twisted Pixel Games, …
Straight from the Gamerlobby mouth… “Well it’s time to get your worm on! this is just something we thought we’d have some fun with. So if you’re game then click on join, the rules are pretty straight forward, you can download them below also make sure that you check what the weapon load out should be. On another note there …
This is a bit of news that put a smile on my face. LittleBigPlanet, home to Sackboy – has had an increase in sales. Much to everyone’s surprise, the game has had lacklustre sales since its debut in October, despite its incredibly warm critical reception. A game such as this – charming, fun and creatively empowering – really ought to …
Ladies and Gentlemen, the main event will begin in just a few moments. Will you take your seats please… Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg has responded to SCE President’ Kaz Hirai’s recent otherworldly musings. Greenberg, who has the ridiculously long title of “Director of Product Management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live†had the following to say : “This sounds like an …
One more day until the weekend which means it’s also time to listen to Yahtzee let rip on a new title. This week is a special one for all us South Efrikans as he seemed to take a liking to the bad SA accent and continues to review the title using some mutated British/Ozzie/SA accent which is quite a terrifying …
New Xbox Live Activity figures from Major Nelson reveal that Treyarch’s Call of Duty : World at War is currently the most played game on Live, knocking perennial leader Halo 3 in to second place. This may have something to with the Nazi Zombie minigame being untethered, and the recent Double XP weekend. Or it may be because Halo 3 …
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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