This weekend will see not only one, but two games that will be dishing out double the experience points for online ranked multiplayer modes. Both games will have more than that going for them, as each is going to be changing things up this weekend. Call of Duty is going to see some permanent changes made to the ranked map …

The rumour mill grinds again – and this time it’s milling (once again) over the oft rumoured PS3 Slim. Demonstrative of Sony’s inability to not leak information, word comes from the far east that two Taiwanese manufacturers have been granted licence to manufacture the brand new PS3-on-a-diet. The companies in question, Foxconn and Pegatron (Not a dastardly shape-shifting robot) are …

Many moons ago, I remember seeing images and video of the err, Safari simulator called Afrika and thinking “Wow, there is no way that this game is going to look that good!”. Unfortunately, I was quite right with that statement, because the game really doesn’t look that impressive. What needs to be mentioned is that it looks like this video …

Assassins Creed 2 is definitely sitting quite high up on my list of anticipated games for 2009 and looks to rectify all of the issues that were experienced with the first game. That being said, the first game wasn’t exactly bad, it was just the repetitive missions and the lack of interaction with the city folk that got to me …

By now you are all aware of the price drops that are coming or have already arrived for the Xbox 360 and PS3. This current generation has a been a fight for second place between Sony and Microsoft as Nintendo have been happily leading the way in terms of sales for the entire time, selling mountains of Wii’s to families …

I love analysts – professional guessers, if you like. They sift through graphs, sales data, industry goings-on , poring over every minute detail – and then make stuff up. Back in primary school, we called such people “liars,” but now that we’re all grown up they have a much nicer designation. My own ranting aside, analyst reports are always interesting …

The battle between Forza 3 and Gran Turismo 5 is only getting started, and the internet has been full of discussions and screenshot comparisons, with fans all trying to prove that their chosen game looks the best. All of this was mostly sparked by the fact that at the Microsoft E3 Press Conference, Turn 10 were very quick to boast …

You may recall that around about a year ago, I used to put together a weekly feature called Casting Call. In the Casting Calls, I set out to pick popular videogames that had not yet been made into movies, and then take a crack at looking at which actors/actresses could fill the roles of the different characters in the movie. …