GamesCom is now all wrapped up and it’s time to look back and reflect on how it went… According to the official attendance numbers it went exceptionally well. The 248 exhibitors had 245 000 people wander past their stalls in the huge 120 000 square meter convention centre. The 245k visitors included 17k trade visitors and 228k consumers which makes …

With the well kept secret of the PS3 Slim causing much glee with its shock announcement at GamesCom, analysts have weighed in on whether we’ll be seeing a similar size-reducing hardware redesign from the camp at Redmond. At least one analyst reckons indubitably so, leading me to believe that the reason that “analyst” contains the word ‘anal” is because they’re …

Kotaku is at GamesCom this year and has managed to get their grubby paws on a brief demonstration of GT5’s much anticipated car damage. Not to put a damper on the whole thing but it sounds pretty terrible to be honest. Kotaku’s write up is pretty repetitive about the fact that the game is still in development and that Polyphony …

While Sony didn’t announce anything truly exciting, that we didn’t already know, at GamesCom this week they easily trumped Microsoft’s exceptionally poor showing at the conference. Unless I missed a second announcement the only things announced by Microsoft were Episodic content coming to Fable 2 Fable 3 coming Milo not coming anytime soon It’s a shame that Europe’s biggest gaming …

Now this came a lot earlier than I expected, Peter Molyneux and Lionhead have confirmed at GamesCom 09 that Fable III is coming and have also given some details about the upcoming game. The game is going to add even more features that will attempt to make the player feel the weight of their actions in the form of being …

With Gamescom in full swing, it should come as no surprise that the most heavily anticipated games would deliver tantalising new trailers and screenshots. Of course there’s a new Uncharted trailer and here it is. In it you’ll find a dramatic voice-over, slow-motion explosions and scuffles, punctuated by a string lead orchestral score. In my pants, you’ll find the resultant …

Sony has confirmed over night at GamesCom that there is indeed a secret PS3 Slim in development and it will be hitting a store near you in the first week of September. The PS3 slim is 32% smaller, 36% lighter, it consumes 34% less power and the real good news is that it’s about 30% cheaper as well. Starting from …

Earlier today the Peter Molyneux-helmed Lionhead Studios – the developers of Fable – tweeted their official website address – with no other information. Curious, I clicked and was greeted with the iconic achromatic image of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara that graces T-shirts worldwide. Accompanying the image is a thumbs up or thumbs down selection, and the following quote : …