No, this is not a practical joke. This is in fact a real story. Chuck Norris: Bring on the Pain is being developed by Gameloft for mobile platforms and will have the player kicking the snot out of "baddies" left, right and centre. Another interesting feature that the game is going to have is going to be the ability to take photos of your friends and then create enemies using their faces. I'm sure that there will be many a math teacher wondering why kids all wants photos of them all of a sudden. The game will feature bosses such as Kim Jong-il and Fidel Castro which just goes to show that the Chuck is willing to slap the toss out of just about anyone to ensure that justice is served and that everyone learns that no one messes with The Chuck. What impresses me the most is that Gameloft have apparently found a way to contain all the awesomeness that is Chuck Norris onto a phone without it exploding in an amazing shower of roundhouse kicks and denim jeans. It's incredible what people can do with technology these days. I wonder if we will be seeing a Vernon Koekemoer port, because that would obviously just be awesome.

Holy Crap! I don't know if this trailer is trying to make me want this game more or less cause it looks so insanely hectic. I am getting rather tired of saying that I can't wait for a title to come out, but the truth is that there are just so many great games coming out at the end of this year and getting me excited and this is most definitely one of them. This new trailer for Left 4 Dead gives a great indication of the incredibly stressful situations that this game is going to put players in and it looks like it's going to be nothing but pure unadulterated zombie-killing fun. They had better not screw up the netcode with this one because I want to spend a lot of time playing co-op and it had better work without any issues because if there is anything that I need in this world, it's my zombie-mashing fix. Here They Come! Bring it.

Joystiq has posted a chart showing how very few people are signed into the E for All expo this year and how PAX seems to have stolen virtually all of their previous attendees. Basically the only companies who have confirmed their E for All appearance are Microsoft and EA Games, two of the guys who can afford to attend every …

As reported yesterday, the long awaited beat-em-up, Castle Crashers, was finally released for Xbox Live Arcade. While the games is enjoying a very positive reception it seems that there are issues with online play being experienced worldwide. We managed to get our hands on the game yesterday to give it a bash and it is proving to be a heck of a lot of fun. The only issue comes in when trying to play online. The game seems to be suffering from issues that cause the game to begin lagging and then ultimately drop completely. At first we thought it was down to an issue on our side (more specifically my side) but we eventually went onto the internet to see if the rest of the world was having issues as well. On the TeamXbox forums, I managed to find an official Castle Crashers thread that had many a member complaining about issues with games dropping and freezing. In other local tests some of the SA guys managed to play with 2 - 3 people for long periods of time but none have yet been successful when a 4th was added. Other games just died out after mere minutes. I have checked the official Castle Crashers website but at the moment they are experiencing issues with their server being flooded so I can't check to see if they have officially recognised the issue. With complaints arising worldwide I am sure that it is only a matter of time until the problem is sorted out with a patch but till then, be warned. If you are specifically downloading the game for online play then you might be disappointed when the games keep dropping so I suggest that you hang back and wait for a patch. Either that or you could go buy some beers and extra controllers and invite some friends over for an evening of mayhem. That's the way that we did it back in the olden days, remember?

This week Yahtzee reviews Braid, that game that everyone loves but I wasn’t over enamoured with. Yes it’s clever and fun but I just don’t think it’s as great as certain people make it out to be and you know what… Yahtzee agrees with me. Which obviously means I am right and can now go home and delete it off …

Joystiq has posted up their first hands on impressions for the upcoming Bond tie-in game Quantum of Solace. I don’t know if it’s a hangover from Golden Eye or if it’s based in something a bit more recent but the expectations for this movie tie in are unusually high and what is even more suprising is that the game seems …

Yesterday the PSN was taken down for some planned maintenance which is never fun but the good news is that it is back up again and working perfectly. So what happened? Last Updated: August 28, 2008

We posted earlier about the possible suprise lineup from Microsoft at PAX this year and that if Sony made a big announcement then Microsoft would counter it. Well the official Sony lineup has now been announced and while all the games look cool I don’t see anything there that is going to make Microsoft reveal their hand… if they have …