Major Nelson announced earlier that the latest clothing range for Xbox Live Avatars has been released and is available now for everyone to play dress up with. I personally am still fond my cowboy / terminator look and don’t expect to be changing into a suit or ‘Moleskin’ pants anytime soon. But If this sort of thing interests you then …
The original Fable – Peter Molyneux’s over-hyped, under-delivered game for the Xbox was, despite its foibles, still a fantastic game. It’s also this week’s Xbox Live Deal of the Week, which should please Fable 2 fans who wish to explore a little of Albion’s history. Or at least it would, if Xbox Originals were available to us South African Xbox …
Two weeks ago we posted confirmation that Peggle would be arriving on the XBLA by mid-March and today Major Nelson has re-iterated this. Peggle will be available from tomorrow the 11th of March for 800 points… This is yet another reason why I love the demo system on the consoles as I really am not sure I am happy to …
New Xbox Live Activity figures from Major Nelson reveal that Treyarch’s Call of Duty : World at War is currently the most played game on Live, knocking perennial leader Halo 3 in to second place. This may have something to with the Nazi Zombie minigame being untethered, and the recent Double XP weekend. Or it may be because Halo 3 …
Many gamers considered Crackdown to be a wonderful piece of additional content on the Halo 3 Beta DVD. While it is true that the Beta may have had a large role to play in the 1.5 million copies sold, the game itself was a surprise to many and in the end landed up being a shallow but incredibly action packed …
Major Nelson has posted about the fact that Gears of War 2 sold over 2 million titles in it’s first weekend but he has also added in some information about the Live stats. Over the first weekend 1.5 million played Gears of War 2 on Live for 15 million hours. which equates to 10 hours per person over the weekend, …
Microsoft has serious problems trying to keep things secret with their latest big secret being released about two weeks ago by Internet sites all over the planet. Well Major Nelson has now come out and confirmed that the $199 Xbox 360 Arcade is in fact arriving and it is arriving 2 days earlier than expected. As of the 5th of …
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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