The news has been flying around the internet thanks to Kombo.com who reported that Mark Rein had confirmed dedicated servers for Gears of War 3. As I had my own concerns about the effect that dedicated servers would have on the newly announced Xbox Live regions, I contacted Epic Games to see if they would be supporting regions such as …

So folks, you are all very aware that Microsoft has just rolled out Xbox Live to a whole bunch of countries, including ours. While we all have a rough idea of what that means, we were invited to a presentation for emerging markets with Microsoft’s Mark Whitten today, and soon after managed to corner Microsoft to get all of the …

The silly 7th console generation fanboy war has been in full swing for nearly 5 years now – and while there may be a few discrepancies in multiplatform titles, it’s generally accepted that they’re on par, with the 360 is easier to develop for, but given the time and budget the PS3 can be stretched further, providing for more impressive …

[UPDATE: Entries closed on the 1st of May but we have convinced Ubisoft to give us some extra codes to try and ensure that everyone who wants a code gets one. These are now limited and there is no guarantee you will get a code if you register now. I will turn off the registration when the codes are out …

It’s Friday, which means it’s the weekend! It also means that it’s time for our weekly Flamebait Friday Debate. This week should be interesting as we have quite an interesting question for you lot. The battle for the best exclusives has been a part of the videogame industry for a long, long time now and with the way this current …

Console Exclusives Alan Wake and Gran Turismo 5 have often drawn parallels, thanks to their long development time and delays. Alan Wake has now broken the cycle completely, because not only did it actually get a solid release date – that release date has now been pushed forward. That’s the opposite of a delay. Last Updated: April 7, 2010

[Update: This was an April Fools article] Sigh… the day, and news, that we all feared is finally upon us and you really aren’t going to like it. We have already received reports earlier that an update is causing a “not available in your location” error for some people, but shit just got real. We have just received more tips …

Over the past few months – and the past few firmware updates – Sony has reduced the footprint of the Playstation 3’s operating system down from 120MB to a much more svelte 50Mb, a reduction of 70Mb. What does that mean? Most importantly, it’s an extra 70Mb available to developers – and that can only mean good things for PS3 …