Despite not actually attaining any Game of the Year awards that I’m aware of, the rather excellent Batman : Arkham Asylum will be receiving a Game of the Year Edition. According to Square Enix the GOTY edition will be made available across Europe and other PAL territories on March 26. The new edition will be packed with all of the …
Warner Bros Interactive entertainment has announced that it’s acquired a Majority stake in Rocksteady, developers of last year’s sleeper hit, Batman : Arkham Asylum. this is just another in a string of acquisitions by the company, keen to have a greater impact on gaming. Warner Bros acquired TT Games (known for the LEGO games) in 2007, Snowblind last year, …
Common Sense Media is a somewhat right wing, religious group who dole out parental advice to people who probably shouldn’t have had children in the first place. Displaying a complete lack of their namesake, they’ve compiled a list of games to avoid buying kids for Christmas, as well as suitable replacements. While their goal is a noble one, and …
Time Magazine is probably the most respected mass circulation magazine in the world and as such whenever they post a Top 10 of some sort people generally pay attention. When it comes to videogames though I am not sure they have the same clout. But whether we like it or not they have put together a Top 10 list and …
The Spike Video Game Awards, or VGAs – the videogame equivalent of Hollywood’s Academy Awards, were started in 2003 and aim to bestow recognition upon the year’s best videogames. Each year, they hand out awards in numerous categories, including the much coveted Game of the Year. Previous Game of the Year winners include GTA IV, Bioshock and Elder Scrolls IV: …
The PS3 may have destroyed the competition when it comes to hardware sales, but it’s HD competition came out on top with regards to software. Today you get a second opportunity to act surprised; Halo 3 : ODST has completely dominated retail software sales, outselling its closest competitor by over a million copies. Last Updated: October 20, 2009
Eidos’ Batman : Arkham Asylum is without doubt one of the best games released this year. It’s the best Batman game, and arguably the best superhero game ever made. Be glad it turned out the way it did, because it could have turned out really, really different. Game informer has a list of tidbits, where Rocksteady have shared a few …
One of the best aspects of PC gaming, given my love of tinkering, is that it’s generally pretty easy to muck about with games’ inner workings – skinning in particular. This sort of freedom generally results in naked females or penises (with wings!), but does often lead to some pretty cool skins. Such is the case with Batman : Arkham …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
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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