One of the biggest questions flying around in the local gaming community since E3 earlier this year, has been related to when we are going to be able to get our grubby paws on the new 250 GB version of the Xbox 360. In August, we already posted up that we had solid details of the release date of the …

So Microsoft, well Aaron Greenberg, came out earlier this year and said they expected to sell around 3 million Kinects over this silly season. Some people at the time scoffed at that calling Kinect little more than an Eyetoy. Now some respected analysts have come out and stated they also expect Microsoft to sell over 3 million copies and yet …

What is it, International HD comparison week? Today we have a couple with Halo 3 and Reach going head to head (spoiler: Reach wins) as well as Forza 3 and GT5 going against each other in both screenshots and video. There’s a lot of goodness to be had in today’s ION, so get clicking. Here’s the news we didn’t post …

Ever wanted to see what spooky psychological thriller Alan Wake would look like, if reduced from its sub0hd goodness to something a little more retro? Now you can, thanks to youtube user AnttiApinaPro. While it bills itself as an 8 bit demake, it has sprites that would be difficult to do in 8 bit, and effects that would be tricky …

The winners of our FIFA 11 Facebook competition have been selected. As you may all remember from our competition post, all you needed to do to enter was “like” us on our Facebook page. The winners each get to take home a free copy of FIFA 11 on their platform of choice. Here are the winners: Matthew Nothard and Devlin …

Many of you out there are in preparation for a great weekend of Halo Reach multiplayer, and for good reason, because this is about the most fun I have had with a Halo game. Many others are stretching and prepping for a hardcore weekend of Playstation Move gaming. If there is any advice I can give it’s stretch, use your …

[Update: I muddled up the figures between copies sold and money generated – I mentioned that the game generated sales of around $120,000,000.00 from pre-orders alone, but the information given now shows that they made a further $80,000,000.00 or so on the first day. Thanks Ewie for pointing it out.] In my editorial regarding the my experience buying Halo Reach, …

“Hey Fa**ot, I totally f****ed your g*y mom last night while I was PWZORRORIZNG your ugly face with my my sniper rifle and tea-bagging your girlfriend with my huge ba**s. Sound familiar? Well if you’ve ever played Halo then you would know exactly where foul-mouthed creativity like that comes from. Even though it’s the words of a 40 year old …