So its been a year since Bioshock was released on the 360 and PC, you have heard all about the game but never got a chance to play it. How are you supposed to know whether you like the game or not? Well, come October 2nd you will be able to download the demo on PSN and put the game …

This years games rush is quickly approaching and looking to be one of the biggest and most expensive ever. There are games coming out that will be accompanied by huge amounts of hype. For most gamers buying every game they want between now and Christmas is going to be especially difficult. For this reason I want to take a look …

While I obviously haven't had the opportunity to play Rock Band 2, I have been able to spend a significant amount of time with the first Rock Band and unless Rock Band 2 is going to be a lot different to the first one, they are in trouble.... The new guitar is fantastic and not only feels nice and sturdy, but has quite a couple of changes made to it as well. There is no doubt that some of the changes have been taken straight from Rock Band but some very clever changes to existing ideas have made a big difference. The Guitar has now been given 5 extra buttons as well, but instead of them being at the bottom of the neck like Rock Band, they are just a little lower down next to the normal buttons. The major difference is that the extra buttons are not buttons, but apart of a lengthy "touchpad" that not only allows you to nail solo's easier, but adds the ability to properly slide your fingers up and down like you would on a real guitar.... The pads themselves are very soft and don't make much noise when you play on them, which is nice because with World Tour the pads are pressure sensitive, so the harder you hit, the louder it sounds.... I didn't take the opportunity to embarrass myself with the microphone, so I didn't get a very good look at it but from what I heard from when i was playing on the instruments, the singers voices were coming out really nice and clear.... What I really liked in World Tour was that when you are on guitar, the songs are really still fun to play and there is a good feeling behind the system that detects when you hit a note. The guitar essentially still feels exactly the same as it does when you are playing Guitar Hero III and I don't know about you, but that suits me just fine. I decided to try the drums on hard, which, when done in Rock Band usually leads to me failing miserable while the rest of the band works hard to keep everything going. Now it could very easily have been the song that we were playing, but I found the drums on hard to be easier than in Rock Band. I can't decide if that is a good thing or not as it may leave you feeling unchallenged when you get good enough to attack expert mode.... I didn't even have the ability to mess around with the music creation system, but from what I have been hearing, that is going to be an entirely different reason to buy the game in itself. I have heard that World Tours pack that includes the game, guitar, drums and microphone will be going for R1700.00 in South Africa when it releases and will confirm as soon as I can. Usually I wouldn't be so quick to make bold statements in a hands on preview such as this, but if that price is true then this may very well be the bargain of the century.

I am sure by now you have seen the latest NPD stats but if not here is a quick recap. Nintendo DS – 518,300 Nintendo Wii – 453,000 PlayStation Portable – 253,000 Xbox 360 – 195,200 PS3 – 185,400 Yes Nintendo once again smashed it’s opposition on both the handheld and main console divisions. The PSP faired well and the …

Yesterday I was fortunate enough to be one of a few South African journalists that were given some hands-on time with the latest installment in the Call of Duty series. If you didn't know by now, World at War takes us back to the battlefields of World War II once again, stripping us of all the fancy gadgets and accessories that we had become so accustomed to in COD: Modern Warfare. Was going back to WW2 a good move or have the people from Activision just made a very big mistake?... To kicks things off, the game starts with a pretty violent introduction, putting you in the eyes of a prisoner of war that is about to take his last breaths after a hefty interrogation session. Everything takes a bit of a better turn when a squad of soldiers barge in to save the day. You are handed a helmet and some weapons and thrown straight into a pretty chaotic escape attempt.... As much as I wanted to focus on how Treyarch had approached the gameplay and the World War II setting, I couldn't help but gawk at how incredibly beautiful everything looked and how smooth it was running. The COD 4 engine has done its job, that's for sure. Anyone who has spent some time with COD 4 will instantly feel comfortable with the controls as they are laid out exactly the same, not to mention that people in WW2 have finally found out how to run.... While we are forced to lay down our ACOG scoped M16's and G36's you won't miss them for long as the guns still have the same solid feeling that we have come to expect from a COD title and there is still a definite amount of satisfaction to be had when you pop a soldier in that space between his helmet and his chin. The gameplay feels incredibly similar to COD 4, if not exactly the same and to tell you the truth, it put a smile on my face. This title seems to be exactly what a lot of COD fans have wanted...... Ambushes, Booby-traps and a whole bunch of other scandalous techniques will be used against you, so watch out. All in all I can tell you that from the experience that I had with COD: World at War, I can only assume that unless they do something really stupid in the final release, we may have a winner. Throw in the new addition of 4 player cooperative play and I find it hard to find a reason to ignore this title when it releases on November 11.

WipEout HD – Preview/Final comparisonby dpadmagazine Remember the rumour a while back about Wipeout HD being delayed as it was causing, or bringing on, epileptic fits? Well here is a video which lets us clearly see the difference between the before and after builds and after viewing this I have to say that the previous rumour was most probably true. …

By Philip Dunkley Unbelievably, for a person who considers himself a huge Ratchet and Clank fan, I actually forgot this was out on the PS3, and was surprised when I got the call from Ster Kinekor on Friday to come and pick up the review copy. Oh well, I must be getting old. Anyway, so the game has been released, …

Believe it or not but the fight just isn’t finished yet. Even though it hasn’t been confirmed I am pretty much convinced that Halo 4 is on it’s way and the odds of it leading the Xbox 720’s charge are high. To add some backing to this Microsoft has started the recruitment process for a Program Manager with the following …