We, as citizens of a country with less than stellar internet services, prefer to play our multiplayer games with local gamers as opposed to international randoms as it considerably reduces lag, making for better gaming. Understandably, we were a little upset when Infinity Ward confirmed that Modern Warfare 2, a game that’s guaranteed to be a multiplayer hit, doesn’t contain …
Are you a huge fan of World at War’s Zombie modes? Do you regularly find yourself clearing out swathes of undead Nazis? You may want to hold on to that copy of Treyarch’s World War II shooter then, because according to Modern Warfare 2’s lead multiplayer designer Todd Alderman, the fan-favourite feature will not make its way to Modern Warfare …
We’re edging ever closer to the fourth-quarter videogame deluge that happens every year and while a large number of essential games have been moved to next year – ostensibly so as to not compete with Modern Warfare 2 – there are still many, many games, across multiple platforms that will be competing for both my money, and my time. After …
So by now you’ve heard of the unrealistic but oh so fun addition to the gameplay in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Well we’ve got our grubby little mitts on some photos taken at the Games Crazy Con in Las Vegas where Robert Bowling confirmed the ‘Akimbo perk’ when applying dual-wield with his two Deagles. Bare in mind the …
Now for those of you who aren’t aware, MadCatz is one of the world leaders in their respected field. ‘What field?’ you ask? Well basically they create, innovate, manufacture and distribute tons of controllers, peripherals and other accessories for PC, Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 among other things. Well in lieu of the launch of highly anticipated FPS, Call Of …
It was Doc Holliday (sublimely played by Val Kilmer) in the film Tombstone who drunkenly pulled out two guns, declaring to a lone knifed assailant “I got two guns, one for the each of ya.†Considering that whenever I play games I tend to be a little less than sober I thought that a lovely way to segue in to …
I’m sure you’re all aware of the talk of ‘price hikes’ as far as games are concerned and some of you are fairly upset as we’re all already counting our 5 cent pieces just to support our habits like eating. Apparently all of this gaming price hike talk revolves around Activisions Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 which will cost …
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
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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