Have any of you heard of a little upcoming game named Modern Warfare 2? Oh that’s right, of course you have. So check this out, this latest multiplayer video shows just how effective a riot shield is going to be in game modes like capture the flag and also shows us how it must be really crap to have blood …
Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry has, through the help of a rather busy console repair shop, examined the failures that have plagued Microsoft’s Xbox 360, and more recently, Sony’s PlayStation 3. While the internet as a whole is well aware of the 360’s hardware problems, people are becoming increasingly aware of hardware reliability issues with the PS3. According to the repair outlet’s …
Shadow Complex is, in my mind, undoubtedly the gem of what Xbox Live Arcade is and what it could be in future. Awesome visuals, addictive gameplay and all for an underserving price considering what you get. The game has also enjoyed immensely good reviews from around the world, breaking the 90/100 barrier on sites like Metacritic. A great game does …
Amidst the excitement of the announced PS3 and Xbox 360 price drops, it was expected that Nintendo in turn would lower the price of its market dominating Wii. If you had hopes for a Wii price drop so you too could get your waggle on, I’m afraid I have bad news for you. Nintendo isn’t playing that game and has …
There have been quite a few promotional videos popping up for Halo 3: ODST recently but what makes this one special is that it was created by RoosterTeeth, the creators of the awesome Halo Machinima Red VS Blue. The video has the boys checking out ODST’s firefight for the first time, all filled with glee at the idea that they …
Just this weekend I decided to pop into the new BT Games store that has opened up in the Menlyn shopping centre and poke around to see what’s what. I happened to get into a conversation with the staff about the prices of 120GB HDD’s for the Xbox 360, which strangely started turning into a conversation about something I had …
Now this is some hilarious advertising, if not a touch creepy. This new video advertisement for Serious Sam HD has been done in the style of one of those terrible infomercials that you would see on TV courtesy of companies like Verimark. They boast that the game runs at 6005 polygons per krundle, has been injected with Digital Awesome and …
Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg has told Kotaku that there are no plans for a “slim” version of the Xbox 360 and that they are barely even at the halfway point of the systems life. Greenberg says that “People have invested in these consoles, and we have massively connected communities and we have storage. I think what we did with the New …
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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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