by Dev van der Bank We all know the story of the tortoise and the hare, with our shelled friend overcoming all odds to take victory from his furry counterpart. Harmonix seems to be using this metaphor to build on its Rock Band franchise by observing and listening to its consumers, slowly chiseling out its next addition to the music …

It seems like EA are pretty hell bent on ensuring that their new Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit from Criterion studios is going to be a big hit. For their new ad campaign they have Kevin Dillon and Jerry Ferrara, also know to many as Johnny Drama and Turtle from the TV series Entourage, playing two cocky, lazy valets in …

Oh dear, there’s just no pleasing everybody is there? Yesterday Microsoft dropped the Fall (whatever, it’s Spring here) Xbox 360 dashboard update. It made things look all shiny and clean and new. It also looked as if my avatar had been stuck on a medieval stretching rack for an hour or two. Anyway, the update did more than mere cosmetic …

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is back and ready to take another stab at giving gamers the opportunity to kick galactic amounts of butt utilising the Force. As a clone of Starkiller, you escape Darth Vader’s clutches after memories of a past life start rushing into your head, and so begins a trail of destruction that leads our dear force …

What the hell is THIS thing? I’ve looked around the internet to try and find some in-depth explanations but so far I’ve had no luck. It’s a calibration card that’s bundled with many of the Kinect titles that are launching alongside the new peripheral. It’s smiley! Is it meant to be? It looks as if it’s lulling us into a …

Red Dead Redemption won the hearts of many gamers this year when it released to great review scores and managed to sell a horse-cart load of copies to boot. While DLC packs have been released since launch, the one pack that the game was sorely missing was a taste of more of the single player action. Instead of doing something …

Yesterday morning I posted up an article about how the PS3 has done really well by closing in on the Xbox 360’s lead and is now a mere 3 million behind. Unfortunately some of the other gaming journalists around pounced on a typo by Major Nelson and inflammatory headlines with exclamation marks and all caps comments flooded the Internet. Last …

We have reviewed F1 2010, we have posted about how we thought it may have been released too early, we have posted that the bugs have caused major issues with the Codemasters community and now we are posting to tell you that a patch has finally been released. The much needed patch fixes everything from A.I driver issues, to pitstop …