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Dead Space 2 devs helping disabled gamer get his game on
Visceral and EA’s survival horror sequel Dead Space 2 has been garnering near universal praise, even getting an exceptionally high 9.4 from our own Nick. One gamer who was less than impressed with the title, primarily because of its lack of input customisation is Gareth Garratt, who’d like to be able to map walking forward to his mouse so he …
Swarm : Is this going to be the best PSN/XBLA game of the year?
Have you seen anything about Swarm? The upcoming downloadable game where you control a swarm of blue squishy things and you need to safely navigate them through possibly the most dangerous place on the planet? No? You have to watch this, this game is looking absolutely fantastic and a whole heap of fun and I for one cannot wait to …
PlayStation Home being transformed into a Killzone nightmare
When was the last time you were in PlayStation Home? Yeah don’t worry no one goes there anymore but that’s all about to change. According to the PlayStation blog the central plaza in PlayStation Home has been turned into the last remaining ISA stronghold and it’s up to all of you to defend it from the onslaught of the Hellghast. …
Lots (and lots) of people are playing LittleBigPlanet 2!
Media Molecule’s Play.Create.Share sequel has pretty much only just been released, and already it’s destroyed the userbase records set by the original. According to the studio it’s "massively outstripped" the number of concurrent users the first game saw. "Because we had the awesome beta, fan reaction we know about and we’ve had time to respond to. Now we’re just excited …
The 3DS will be worth the money, really it will!
Today’s news is pretty much all about one thing; Nintendo’s 3DS. Yesterday we got a release date and some pricing, though local retail cost is to be confirmed. It’s a pricy handheld, launching at the same price the PSP did back in 2005, and almost twice what the original DS cost when it went on sale. Still, it’s less than …
Mass Effect 2 PS3 Launch Trailer
They say that good things come to those who wait. PS3 owners have waited a long time – so what they’re going to be getting is extra special. Former Bioware Xbox 360 exclusive (and one of our very favourite games from 2010), Mass Effect 2 will soon be making its appearance on Sony’s PS3. Bioware and publisher EA have celebrated …
The Brothers’ Mario Puts your Favourite Plumbers in Liberty City
Sure, it’s been done before; we’ve seen the porcine plumber Mario and the lithe Luigi transported to darker, grittier settings – most notable in “There will be Brawl.†We’ve seen Mario/GTA mashups like Robot Chicken’s before, but this machinima by Country Club Pictures is special. The Mushroom Kingdom is a violent underworld, with Bowser as it’s criminal kingpin, and this …
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