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 …

Madden 2009 got released this week and while we don’t get excited about it, the Americans go nuts over this title. The top 5 games this week in the States according to VGChartz are Madden (360), Madden (PS3), Madden (PS2), Madden (Wii) followed by Madden (PSP) and to round it off in 15th spot is Madden for the original Xbox …

Sacred 2, the upcoming adventurous that used to be a 360 console exclusive before jumping ship to the PS3 as well has released a new trailer. There is a lot of buzz backstage for this game and I have to say that it’s about time we received another good RPG to balance the FPS and hack and slash titles we …