 I hope you didn’t have any big Xbox Live plans on Monday, September 29, because Microsoft’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb has posted a notice that the online service will be down for maintenance, potentially lasting all day. “On Monday, 9/29/2008 from 12:01 AM PST for up to 24 hours, Xbox Live will be offline for maintenance,” Hryb writes. In …
4 years in the making the sequel to the 2004 hit Sacred is complete. ASCARON, German games software manufacturers and developers, and Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, announced that SACRED 2 – Fallen Angel has reached gold status, and that the scheduled release of the PC version on October 3, 2008 will hold. The Xbox 360 release …
 With Megaman out on PSN and Wii this week, and XBLA next week, here’s a little Developer interview to wet your gaming taste buds. Probably the most eye catching feature about this game is the developers decision to go back to NES styled 8 bit graphics. For those of you not familiar with the Megaman series, don’t be fooled, …
Is there maybe something wrong with the air in Europe or are they just utterly insane? Remember the terrible “This is living’ PS3 advert or the even more bizarre penis one? Well it seems that ad agency has unbelievably still not been fired and have now come up with the brilliant thin sexy girl in a fat man body idea… …
Apparently Splinter Cell Conviction has not been canned and is very much still in development. Not just that but it is also undergoing an entirely new visual makeover which according to the developers “Splinter Cell Conviction is certainly not canned, despite what the Internet rumour mill says, and won’t look significantly different to what you’ve seen before,†This is one …
Is it finally going to arrive? PlayStation Home has been just around the corner for quite some time now but is the long wait nearly over? The rumours is that we can expect Home to land alongside Firmware 2.50 in October 2008. I know I am opening myself up for yet more flaming now but I am going to say …
Well the fable 2 achievements have been released and they are pretty much the same as the list leaked in august, even the “Take part in a debauched bedroom party with several participants.” is still in there. What does strike me is the unique way some of the achievements can be unlocked. Last Updated: September 23, 2008
Criterion announced (via Evil Avatar) that Burnout: Paradise will be available for download on the PlayStation Store this Thursday. Which is great for them but what about us? I’m sure South Africa is not the only country to be held back by bandwidth and cap limitations. Where does this lead in the future? Last Updated: September 23, 2008
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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