I have always said nothing but kind words about the original Mafia. In many ways I found it to be way ahead of its time. The story was fantastic, the game itself (although really difficult) was great fun and it really flew under a lot of peoples radars. Well Mafia II has just been released in the US and will …
It’s Meh-nday today, and that’s never a good thing. Although to brighten up the start to your week let’s take a look at the gaming releases over the next 5 days. You may see this as more of a list of things to eat up all of your money, but hey, it’s payday this week, so why be responsible when …
The weekend is upon us! Gamescom has provided us all with a ton of new and exciting news and in my opinion, has really gotten the hype train going on some of the major titles that are releasing over the next few months. Gran Turismo 5, Halo Reach, F1 2010 – oh the goodness never ends, I think we are …
Recently there has been a lot of discussion around the launch titles for Kinect, mainly around the fact that there are no hardcore or core games being released and the video footage that we are seeing isn’t filling anyone with much confidence about the device. But here’s the thing, Kinect is not being designed for you. If you are reading …
This week’s FFD focuses on our old friend, the Xbox 360. We have seen countless amounts of fanboys on the net claiming that the Xbox 360 is becoming redundant, and we usually shrug it off as the usual trolling you would see on any given day, but do they actually have a point this time around? Sure, the opposition have …
The Madden NFL games are one of EA’s most popular and lucrative franchises. Reason being that in the United States, Football is huge, really huge, so fans are happy to throw their money at EA every time a new version arrives. I’m a huge football fan (go Steelers), and getting Madden in South Africa has been a problem for the …
Many tears were shed when the news hit that Portal 2 was no longer going to hit its 2010 release date, but the good news is that we won’t have to wait too long. Thanks to a tweet from Geoff Keighley, we now know that Portal 2 will in fact be hitting on February 9, 2011 which ain’t so bad …
Have you ever heard of “From Dust”? Me neither, but it’s being created by Eric Chahi, who was responsible for the games Another World, Out of this world and Heart of Darkness. A quick search on our very own Lazygamer site made me realise that we have in fact posted about From Dust before, during E3 in fact, but the …
An explanation of third-party MW4 aimbot, ESP, radar and visual tools, with a closer look at beta claims, retail compatibility and account risks.
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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