Taking a look at the Metacritic scores for the two big survival horror releases this quarter, it is undoubtedly obvious that the Silent Hill franchise is in a spot of trouble. While hardcore fans of the series still linger on the good old days of Silent Hill 2, they are now left with very little to quench their thirst for another Silent Hill title that could match its quality. Enter Dead Space. While I have personally only seen small amounts of footage from this game and pretty much know very little about its story and gameplay mechanics, it is fantastic to see that there is a new cowboy in town that is willing to take on the the big boys at their own game. A quick glance at the scores on Metacritic reveal that Dead Space has raked in a current average of 88/100, while the new Silent Hill title, Homecoming , has only mustered up a measly, yet relatively decent 73/100. Has the Silent Hill franchise seen its glory days come and go already? With strong titles like Dead Space joining the fray and the remarkable looking Resident Evil 5 coming next year, one must wonder if Silent Hill will ever be able to pull itself back out of the deep hole that it has been digging for quite some time now. Could Homecoming be the last Silent Hill title that we will ever see?

  By Philip Dunkley Another year has come and gone, and in the world of Football Gaming, things have changed in the leader races. FIFA 08 was a great football game, and anyone who has followed my reviews will know that I am a huge fan. I also enjoyed the PES series, and always believed that both had their place. …

  EA have taken a Soul Caliburish angle towards their upcoming Dead Space game by changing the colour palette depending on which version you decided to go with… Are you a greenish yellow Xbox 360 type of person like him above.. or more of a neon blue like our friend below   Personally the blue does it for me, it …

Mercenaries 2 hasn’t received the best reviews around the town and while I have seen it at the local games store a few times I haven’t yet handed over the money for it. But it was something that Yahtzee said in this review that has now convinced me, yes the game is flawed and the AI is idiotic but it’s …

Yet another upcoming title has been shot, kicked and dragged off to the trash pile. EA has confirmed that the upcoming squad based shooter "Tiberium", has been officially been canned, complete with a whole bunch of folks getting fired. Tiberium, as most of you will know was based in the Command & Conquer universe that dealt with a futuristic war over the tiberium crystal resource. According to EA, the game was not living up to the quality standards that they have come to expect from their development studios. EA had the following to say: "EA has suspended work on Tiberium effective immediately," "The game was not on track to meet the high quality standards set by the team and by the EA Games Label. A lower quality game is not in the best interest of the consumers and would not succeed in this market." Stories like this are making me realise that as the games industry grows, the demand for high quality titles is getting a lot more serious. It is nearly safe to say that from now on, even though a new title may be announced, there is always the chance that it may not see the light of day. While it is sad to hear that a potentially good game was killed, I have to say that I am glad that EA are upping their quality control and trashing low-quality games as opposed to just releasing crap to cash in on a well known brand. Developers better up their game, or they may be finding themselves out of jobs.

  By Philip Dunkley It may seem that I am revisiting a realm of PC gaming that I have long since abandoned lately, but when a game like Spore is released; any gamer would be ignorant to not at least take a look. Now the reason I don’t play to many PC games anymore is purely because I run a …

This latest video of Skate 2 has just confirmed to me that I need this game with such immediacy that I may just book a plane ticket to the developers country so that I can steal some early code out of their office. Do they have HDTV's in jail? They do, right? Seriously now, the features for this game are looking absolutely incredible. Not only will your character now be able to get off of his board and walk, they have added the ability to move objects around, run out of failed attempts (as opposed to just falling flat on your face), hippie jumps, kicking your board away, running and jumping back onto your board, handplants, acid drops... heck, this game nearly has everything. I was very impressed with the first Skate due to the fact that it refreshed the entire genre and did things so differently. This video makes me realise how many great features it was actually still missing, so I cannot wait to waste hours and hours of my life away again, skating the streets and nailing some smooth lines. Skate 2 and Prison, here I come.

It’s strange, this year there isn’t a must have title that I can put my finger on… granted we have a pile of titles which are all looking absolutely fantastic but right now the only one that is standing tall above all others (for me) is Gears of War 2. However Mirror’s Edge is right up there with the rest …