It’s competent remaster, giving a decade-old game a suitable level of spit-and-polish. While Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s campaign has been given a significant graphical overhaul, but its corridor-shooter structure and worn animation give its age away. Nostalgic fans of the series might get a kick, but the barebones remaster isn’t a fantastic value proposition for anybody else.
In a statement sure to make Xbox fanboys climax, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has made claims that Sony’s PlayStation console is "poison" that leads children on a capitalistic path to condemnation. On "Alo Presidente," a weekly radio-TV show, the Venezuelan head of state appealed to local toy manufacturers to produce "educational" toys and dolls with indigenous peoples’ features, as opposed …
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: …
Launching alongside Modern Warfare 2 is the Nintendo Wii Port of the first Modern Warfare title. Unsurprisingly, it’s received quite a graphical downgrade. Despite this, Robert Bowling – Infinity Ward’s community Manager has said that players shouldn’t expect a similar port of Modern Warfare 2 any time soon. “If we felt like we could deliver the cinematic experience we were …
Forget New Super Mario Bros Wii, Galaxy, or even Metroid Other M. This is the Wii’s raison d’être; its very reason for being. 505 Games upcoming child-rearing sim, Baby and Me has a special edition that’ll make fans of the genre rabid. While the regular version of the comes with a holster to which you attach your Wiimote and …
It’s just over a week until the single most anticipated release of the year, Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 hits our shelves. As a slap to the face of paying customers, Xbox 360 pirates are already playing the game – and despite Microsoft’s recent banhammer party, they’re still doing so, even on Xbox Live. In what is cold …
The recent announcement that the PC version of Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 would be forgoing the use – or even allowance – of dedicated servers, favouring a console-style matchmaking system dubbed IWNet, has been met with a less-than-enthusiastic response from gamers. People have bitched and moaned, started petitions, cancelled orders and threatened with boycott. Well, Infinity …
Oh Dear. There are rumblings in the large, cog-powered internet machine that the Pc version of arguably the biggest game of the year has been delayed. According to Electronic Theatre who cite unnamed ninja sources, The PC version will see a 2 week delay – seeing its release slip from November 10 to November 24. The reasons for the apparent …
Every year in the gaming industry, there is a familiar buzz that starts building …
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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