Yes I admit it I am a Mortal Kombat fanboy and used to run around pretending to be one of the characters when I was younger… which one I pretended to be is a secret I will take to my grave but that is unimportant. What is important is that this latest iteration of Mortal Kombat actually looks like it …

You may have heard a lot of ranting and raving go happening on the net because the newly up-and-running LittleBigPlanet servers are not so up-and-running at the moment. There has now been a message posted on the US Playstation blogs that say the following: The LittleBigPlanet servers have been experiencing significant problems throughout the past 24 hours affecting the online game experience. We are working round the clock on the solution to the current issues and we expect the service to improve very shortly. Offline Play and Create will still function properly during any disruption. Please accept our apologies for any frustration this may cause for the time being. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean that they will be ready soon, just as soon as possible. I hope for all the LBP owners' sakes that it happens sooner rather than later. It really sucks to have to put up with online issues.

Being Africans ourselves means that our experience of FarCry 2 was always going to be different to those who have never had the chance to see Africa with their own two eyes.... Be it the sounds of familiar birds in the trees, the sunset over the veld or the banter of the Afrikaans mercenaries in the guard posts, you are going to be amazed at exactly how much detail has been added into this game to make it feel like a true African experience, the environment nearly steals the show entirely.... You will run into two major factions in the game and it will be up to you to play them against each other so that you can complete your objective.... If you get 'killed' in battle and your second best buddy is available, they will come and pull you out of the mess you have made and help you clear out the enemies in the area. Be warned though, any of your buddies get hurt and you are unable to heal them or choose to put them out of their misery then they can die, for good.... The type of shooter that's weapons feel so solid and the action so intense that it reminds of those good old days when gaming meant nothing but playing FPS games on your PC.... While I am not a fan of developers relying too much on their tech-wizardy to make a game feel fun, it is the exact reason why FarCry2 is a real treat to any shooter fan.... I realised that I didn't really mind that so many missions were similar, the sheer difference that the locations and environmental differences made meant that every single repetitive mission played out in a completely different way.... On the other hand, the first time you manage to silently take out an entire guard post without attracting any attention or alerting any other soldiers, you will feel a deep sense of pride and accomplishment. I say it again, FarCry2 is a shooter, put into a setting that allows you to play as much as you want and experiment with different ways to accomplish goals.... So if you are looking for a fun shooter that you can pick up and play for a long time to come, here it is.... While the multiplayer is quite a lot of fun and plays fairly similarly to the formula seen in the Call of Duty franchise, it does come across as quite obvious that the single player game was the main focus of the developers.... All of the elements in the map editor are taken straight from the disc, which means that they can be easily shared over Xbox Live and PSN because of their small file size because essentially all that other players will be doing will be downloading the configuration settings and placement info.... Say yes and you will have it in a minute or so and can jump straight in. At the end of the map, you can rate it if you want and then decide to keep it or dump it.... With smooth and stunning visuals, amazing sound and the fact that you will never ever leave the first person view, you really will feel like it is you standing under a tree in the African veld, stinking like something that died a few days prior.

Sony has recently released some new figures which make for some interesting reading. I have attempted to pick the most interesting ones below but I am sure the more financial minded people amongst us can spot the real important ones in their report here. So onto the figures that I understand 16.84 million PS3 sold in total (2.43 this quarter) …

I had no interest in picking up Saints Row 2 mainly because I had heard all the claims of it being a GTA clone and my interest in GTA dropped off entirely when the game lost my save game progress. I am sure I did something wrong but I am a seriously lazygamer and if I have to think about …

According to DPadMagazine the demo for Mirrors Edge is leaping onto PSN today and onto Xbox Live tomorrow morning. However right now I am taking that with a pinch of salt as they reference the official Mirror’s Edge site which doesn’t say anything of the sort. I have been looking forward to this game for quite some time now and …

Rare and Microsoft have put a Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts demo up on Xbox Live. The demo weighs in at 1.07GB, and contains a small portion of the Showdown Town hub area to explore. There’s also a chance to try some multiplayer challenges and a chance to make your own contraptions and try out the awesome lego-like building mechanic in …

The Unfinished Swan Tech Demo The Unfinished Swan really looks like an interesting game, and definitely something I would play. As to weather it will live up to my praise though is another story. What do you think? Having a look at the video. Would you pay for this game, is it too abstract? Do you think it could hold …