Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith announced that Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock has become the first game to exceed $1 billion in sales. An impressive feat for any video game, but especially so considering it was developer Neversoft’s first stab at the franchise. Speaking at a CES keynote Griffith address gaming as a whole, saying that “…(games) are poised …

In an interview with Great Fall Tribune, Neversoft Entertainment co-founder and president Joel Jewett has confirmed long-standing rumours that they will not be developing the next Tony Hawk game, stating that "it’s time for someone else to add fresh ideas." Development reins have apparently been handed to Robomondo, a new start-up comprised of former EA Chicago and Studio Gigante employees. …

Despite previous utterances to the contrary, Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg has confirmed that there are indeed plans to increase Xbox live’s friends limit. "It’s definitely something we’re looking at expanding and, as this social network grows, we’ve absolutely heard the please for that. It’s on the list," he told Joystiq at this year’s CES. According to Greenberg – Director of Product …

The voice behind the most famous Latino character, Carlos Ferro the voice of Dom, is teaming up with the guy who wrote Gears of War 2, Joshua Ortega, to create a brand new comic which is completely unrelated to Gears of War. Not much has been said about the comic but apparently it will feature a Latino superhero that Carlos …

An interesting article from Gamezine.co.uk popped up that states that according to the numbers released by both Sony and Microsoft about the number of active accounts on their online platforms, the PS3 actually has a higher percentage of users online than the Xbox 360 and it got me thinking about Microsoft’s decision to keep charging for gold memberships. The percentages …

Ok, so just to make things clear, I mean this from a technical standpoint so please don’t shout at me about stories and deeper meanings. So this last year saw some amazing games land in our hands and we have been spoilt for choice in this era of next generation gaming. A topic that will never die down as long …

Guest Writer: Dev van der Bank Who ollied over the cuckoo’s nest? So, the long awaited Skate 2 has finally hit the marketplace, and being a huge fan of the first Skate, I couldn’t wait to play. The flick-it system revolutionized the way we looked at skating games. It was frustrating at first but in general it worked out as …

Everytime a new sandbox game comes out, someone always loves to shout “GTA killer” and most of the time it’s just a lot of crap. Mafia 2 could be different. You see, what a lot of people don’t realise is that in many ways, the first Mafia did many of the things that GTA4 is being praised for now and …