More stories about the Xbox 360’s reliability problems are coming out. This time it seems like Forza 2 is the culprit. According to a thread on Forza Motorsport 2 forums which has now run over 60 pages long, Forza 2 is causing numerous Xbox’s to give up the ghost. There does not seem to be a specific place when this …
Following on from Microsoft XNA suite Nintendo has announced that they are launching WiiWare in the beginning of next year. With WiiWare your smaller developers with smaller budgets are going to be given the opportunity to create games for the Wii that can then be sold through the Wii Shop… I think this and XNA are fantastic additions to this generations war …
The lucky guys over at CVG have been given the opportunity of playing the first 6 levels of Lair…. I don’t think they managed to get a bad word out about this game. The graphics are superb, the levels are massive and detailed. The gameplay is top notch.. All in all it looks like Lair may end up living up …
PS3 fans have some reason to celebrate today as another PS3 exclusive has been announced. Record of Agarest War is a fantasy RPG that takes place over five generations. As like most Japanese RPG’s the battle system uses a square grid system and is turn based… Since I have already admitted my dislike of Japanese RPG’s and especially turn based gaming I can safely say …
More stories are coming out about the upcoming PS3 rumble controllers… and it looks really awesome. Not only will the new controller rumble it will also have “Touchsense”…. Basically this gives the developers much more control over the rumble and can therefore accurately portay the low vibrations of a dirt road or the sharp kick of a rifle shot…. What …
The latest firmware update for the PS3 is coming soon. Version 1.82 is going to give PS3 owners the ability to playback AVC High Profile (H.264/MPEG-4) files… That seems to be it… Now since I don’t know what a H.264 file is maybe I am on the wrong track here but it seems a bit strange to release a new update for …
The Home Beta has been updated with quite a decent sized update. The update consists mainly of graphical updates which has added a few more character customisations and improved some of the arcade games… However the best thing it has done is allow access to your friends list from anywhere inside Home. Unfortunately the rumoured Chess and new arcade machines didn’t arrive but …
Following on from yesterdays rumour of Final Fantasy going cross platform Square Enix has confirmed today that no games will hit the PS3 until the next Fiscal year. This would be After April 2008, though once you add in development time for the extra languages and localisation we could easily be looking at 2009 before a PAL version is released. …
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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