This Thursday Burnout Paradise will be getting a free update that has an exciting addition. As if the violence of car mayhem wasn’t enough, you can now get some bike on bike action. We have reported on this update in the past but the update is finally almost here. Here’s a refresher at what free goodies are in store for …

The Xbox 360 has received it’s price cut in the US already and so far it seems to be doing exactly what was expected of it with huge sales spikes being recorded all over. Now it looks like the UK is about to receive a price cut of it’s own with the large Woolworths* chain advertising a price cut of …

We posted earlier about that big story doing the rounds that proved that Microsoft knew about the RROD problems before releasing the platform. At the time I thought it was an obvious point but it seemed that people were enjoying the witch hunt. Well the tables have now turned and Microsoft are now doing the hunting. Last Updated: September 15, …

A nice bit of news for Tekken fans. Two new characters have been revealed for the upcoming Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion. The addition of these characters means that the character count is going to be in the 40 - 41 range! I don't think anyone can say that they aren't spoilt for choice. So, the two new characters. <Thanks to the Tekken Zaibatsu forums , an image has made its way onto the net showing off a female character who goes by the name of Alisa Boskonovich (You all remember Dr. Boskonovich, right?) and a new male character with a towering hairdo named Lars Alexanderson. Members of the Tekken Zaibatsu forums speculate that Alisa could take on the same fighting style as Dr. Boskonovich, but we won't know for sure until more details are released. Namco are going to be showing Tekken 6 off later this week at the 46th annual AM Show in Tokyo, Japan so expect more details about the game soon.

"It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum... and I'm all out of gum" Ah the good old days. Duke Nukem 3D was actually one of my first online experiences, playing with a friend using my 56k modem. Now the Duke is coming to XBLA and the date has been set for September 24 and will have new features not seen in the original. 4 player co-op, deathmatch and some sort of innovative replay and clip sharing feature make up some of the features that Duke Nukem fans can look forward to. The game will also include achievements as is the norm with arcade titles but will also have concept art that can be unlocked. "Shake it baby!".

Fight Night: Round 3 was a fantastic boxing game. Realistic graphics, great controls and fun multiplayer. There was very little wrong with this game as it delivered everything that a boxing enthusiast might enjoy straight to their living rooms. Fight Night: Round 4 is setting out to make the virtual boxing experience even better come 2009. A heap of new features are being added to the game to make up for all the short comings of the last title and improvements on all the elements that worked. The video supplied has been taken with a handheld cam so the quality is only half decent and the picture does shake a little but the presentation really gives you a good look at what this game has to offer so it's worth a look.

Treyarch, the developers of Call of Duty 3 have been under a lot of fire from gamers and critics who said that they were never nearly as talented as the big boys from Infinity Ward (Creators of the COD franchise and developers of the first, second and fourth installments), The truth is that they only had 8 months to work on COD 3 while Infinity Ward had two years to pump out COD 4. So now that Treyarch have been given a decent amount of time to develop a title they have been given a chance to show their true potential.... Gameplayer.com.au has had a chance to test out the 4 player online co-op and from the sounds of things, Treyarch is proving that they are a becoming a force to be reckoned with. Just last week I was able to get some hands-on time with some early code of COD 5 and I was impressed with what I had seen.... My opinion changed after my experience with the first level of COD 5 but in the end I realised that I had not seen nearly enough to get a solid feeling of the games worth. Gameplayer.com.au has been lucky enough to get some time with the games 4 player co-op and their impression left me thinking that my initial excitement was justified.... As we’ve come to expect from the Call of Duty series, you really do get immersed in the world through a non-stop barrage of sound-effects, explosions, bullet-fire and well executed action set-pieces. Yeah it plays straighter than Ron Jeremy’s ****, but it is sensory overload of the highest order and it facilitates such tension that your butt cheeks will creep ever forward, clinging onto the edge of your couch as a clam would latch onto a diver’s ankle.... Gameplayer does go on to describe that their are definite differences between the two, saying: it is a different type of game. The weaponry is old-school, and while new additions like the flamethrower provide plenty of comedic value – that’s right kiddies, watching foes light up like kerosene covered hay bales is worth the price of admission alone – if you love your red-dot enabled M16A4, you might be more than a little put-off.... Both games may use the same engine, but very few assets were able to transcend from modern day to the forties and the attention to detail, as well as the sharpness of the A.I – where Infinity Ward’s talent really shines – aren’t as impressive.... So the big question is, which of the two are going to be better when we finally get to compare them. While the upgrade from COD 3 to COD 4 was a lot larger and left us blown away by its improvements, it lacked any form of co-operative play. COD 5 will have to have an incredibly strong multiplayer package to take players away from COD 4 and move them back into the worn-torn maps of World War 2.... Infinity Ward delivers nothing short of spectacular in terms of its titles and to even match them will be proof enough that they are not what all the nay-sayers thought they were.

It's Monday again which means it's time for our Question of the Week! I want to thank everyone who contributed to last week's question, without your guys contribution this section wouldn't be possible. Some of the comments were hilarious and others were just plain creepy and I'm sure that all of us can relate to quite a few of those moments that had us hiding under our beds for weeks.... I think I am going to need to use a randomiser to pick winners from now on because I had such an incredibly tough time choosing my favorites with so many great stories. Okay now for this week's question: What game brings out the monster in you?... I'm sure that there are many of you who, just like me, don't care much about winning, high scores, owning noobs etc. Or maybe you are the type who only plays to win and needs to prove something to the gaming world, who knows? But no matter who you are, there is always that one game. You know the one, it's that one that has your controller/keyboard cringing in fear every time you boot it up. The one that makes you have to cover holes in the doors and walls with posters from your latest collectors edition, just so that visitors don't think you are a homicidal maniac with anger management problems. Tell us your story of anger and flying peripherals and hey, we promise not to call the cops.... The winners of last week's Question of the Week, in no particular order, are: 1.... Nazcanlines Anyone who gets so frightened of a game that he returns it to the store before even opening it deserves a prize.... We only have one copy of each and they are on a first come, first serve basis so please email me your choice as soon as possible to ensure that you get the one you want.... Unfortunately there are no prizes this week, but if our readers keep the Question of the Week section going then I will do all that I can to try and organise more prizes in future. (and if we get lucky, or a sponsor we may even be able to have prizes on a weekly basis so please keep those answers coming) As always, any suggestions for future questions of the week can be mailed to nick@lazygamer.co.za .