I’m not really a fan of any MMO’s at the moment so when I received a tip about the new EVE online character creation tool it really did plummet to the bottom of the pile. But I had some time on my hands so I booted up Youtube and took a look at the video of someone creating their character …
The last couple of years have been very good to us gamers, with every single year packing more than a handful of major releases. That said, I don’t think that many of you have fully realised just how MASSIVE the 2011 game release schedule is and just how many amazing games will be fighting to lighten your wallet. I dug …
We here at Lazygamer are all very proud of our local game developers QCF Design for their fantastic (now IGF award nominated indie title) Desktop Dungeons. A short while back we received the heartbreaking news that a small company had cloned the core mechanics of the freely available game-in-progress, renamed it along with some new graphics and then released the …
Test Drive Unlimited 2 hits shelves in February, and as a massive fan of the first game I’m really excited to get my hands on the sequel. What makes Test Drive Unlimited games so different from everything else out there right now is just the huge scale of the available driving locations (the first game had 1600km/h of road) with …
Bulletstorm looks like it’s just going to be way too much fun for mere mortals to truly appreciate. This latest video is apparently volume one of these new “Skillsodes” that show you a few awesome ways to pwnz0rize enemies and from the looks of things, we are going to be giggling quite often through this game (deny everything). Popping a …
Many of you reading this would know that some years ago, I gave up on PC gaming in favour of the less robust but infinitely simpler and more relaxed world of console gaming. A few games, here and there, have nearly tempted me back – but nothing so far’s really swayed me. NVidia has created a gaming PC that might …
Bethesda have officially announced that the sequel to the highly acclaimed Elder Scrolls series is coming. Titled Skyrim, it will be the first direct sequel in the series, and will follow the events of Oblivion. The release date has been nailed down at 11/11/11, so we will already be playing it by this time next year. Sweet! Reveal trailer after …
The rumours were true. Mass Effect 3 has been officially announced at the VGA awards by Bioware and it’s looking as epic as ever. From what we see in the trailer, Earth is under attack and its going to be up to Shepard to save all our butts from a War of The Worlds looking apocalypse. The full trailer is …
Competitive gaming has always been about the small margins. A split-second reaction, a cleaner …
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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