Back in February, it was announced that Starbreeze (the developer behind The Darkness) would be partnering with Electronic Arts to revive one of EA’s classic franchises for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. What franchise that would be wasn’t revealed at the time, but according to a rumor being floated by CVG, it’s none other than Bullfrog’s cult favorite …
Skate 2 'Hall of Meat' trailer The ability to cause pain in Skate 2 just tripled after this! Normally falling of the board would be a bad thing, Black box just made it awesome! Last Updated: October 17, 2008
Konami has announced that there will be a PES 2009 demo hitting the Xbox Live Marketplace this morning as well as on the PSN Store and for PC’s. The demo will mainly be a 5 minute exhibition match where you and a friend (yes multi-player is included) can choose between Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona, the Italian and French national sides …
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Trivial Pursuit, EA announced plans to release Trivial Pursuit games on every possible platform they can. From the likes of Pogo.com, where you can already play the game, to both new and last generation consoles. Last Updated: September 29, 2008
Dead Space 'Animation' trailer This game really is looking good. I had my doubts originally when I first saw it but as I’ve seen more, in terms of the anti-gravity gameplay as well as the way you dispatch enemy’s by severing their limbs and such, I’m genuinely looking forward to this title. Dead Space will be available in stores on …
Criterion announced (via Evil Avatar) that Burnout: Paradise will be available for download on the PlayStation Store this Thursday. Which is great for them but what about us? I’m sure South Africa is not the only country to be held back by bandwidth and cap limitations. Where does this lead in the future? Last Updated: September 23, 2008
Over the last week EA have been taking a lot of flack from me. But now somebody else gets to step into the limelight, Activision. Earlier today Nick posted about the “Day One Advantage†scheme that Activision are going to include as a feature in COD 5, a stupid idea to say the least. The greed doesn’t end there though; …
I am really trying to steer clear of everything Spore related at the moment but this just can’t be ignored. For the majority, the battle with EA has been fought on the Internet but now the anger with EA’s DRM has shifted into the game. Some very interesting creatures have started appearing. It’s sad to think that all the creativity …
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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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