Since the release of the new 3.00 Firmware update this week, users from around the world have been making complaints of certain issues that have arisen since the update. Uncharted seems to be suffering from a complete freeze right after the section with the U-Boat, requiring gamers to completely restart their Playstation 3. Uncharted isn’t the only game affected and …
One of the lesser-known features of yesterday’s Xbox Live Update is the Xbox Live Tenure. What is it? It’s a visual display of how long you’ve been a gold member on Xbox Live, displayed as a number on your Gamercard; something the more astute – and voyeuristic – among you may have noticed yesterday. Why should you care? You really …
A scary man in tights, crazy rally cars, old airplanes and an evolution of Space Invaders is where it’s at this week as well as a good deal of gaming news and crazy talk from the podcast team. Batman: Arkhum Asylum demo impressions Hands-on with Heroes Over Europe Space Invaders comes back to life, in your pocket DiRT 2 powersliding …
Gametrailers have released a video showing off the new interface for the Xbox 360 Dashboard that will be included in an update soon. The video starts with Netflix, so don’t pay attention to that bit because it will only make you sad. The interesting bit comes up next and shows off the Avatar Marketplace and how you will now be …
The NXE has definitely been a large improvement to the Xbox 360’s dashboard and after Microsoft’s Press Conference at E3 we know that even more improvements and additions are on their way. Avatar props, awardables (unlocked for your avatar like gamerscore) and better navigation systems are just some of the new additions that will be coming. Unfortunately, not all of …
By N van Wyk (Havok) Shoryuken! “A blow gets landed straight to the jaw of Rath and it almost takes his head clean off. Shaking it off, he jabs Raphamon with a left then a hook with the right and lands with a terrific thud to the lobe. Raphamon tumbles but gets up quick. Shoryuken! He misses and gets a …
If you’ve just tried connecting to Xbox Live and have received a prompt to update, don’t panic! Don’t stare at the update screen with any level of excitement for what’s to come either though, as the update brings along with it…absolutely no new features whatsoever. It does fix some game interruptions some players have been experiencing with a limited number …
An update on the US Playstation blog announces all of the enhancements that are going to be coming to PSN with the 2.70 Firmware update and it looks like they are doing a great job of adding a lot more functionality to the system. Some of the updates include being able to chat with up to 15 friends instantly, even …
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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