2009’s gaming line-up kicks off with the new and improved sequel to Black Box and EA’s Skate, aptly titled Skate 2. The video from gametrailers.com shows off some of the new online features that are going to be integrated into the game in order to seamless blend the single and multiplayer game modes in a very similar way to Burnout …

Some news has made it’s way to us via a tip from one of our readers (Thanks Loki) that the Gears of War 2 Flashback map pack has now become available for download over Xbox Live Marketplace. While some of you may be ecstatic that you will finally be able to download the maps ( with the help of a …

Just a short while ago, Mark Rein, Vice President of Epic Games wrote a post on the official Gears of War 2 forums wishing everyone a happy new year but more importantly announced that the long awaited patch for Gears of War 2 is finally on it’s way. The post is quite long and details quite a lot of issues …

While there are a few good looking titles announced for this year (as well as a bunch that have not yet been announced I am guessing), the idea that this might be a very disappointing year for gamers is constantly sitting in the back of my head. 2008 has just blasted past with some of the most incredible titles that …

Everyone has been posting their top titles for 2008 but you know we are all more interested in those titles that had the potential, hype and wow factor but still managed to flop completely at the retailers. Secondstorygamer has put together their list of the top 10 biggest flops of 2008 and I would struggle to really argue against it. …

Microsoft has been boasting to the world about it’s latest sales figures for the Xbox 360 and rightly so. According to Aaron Greenberg, Microsoft Director of Product Management, the Xbox 360 has now surpassed 28 million in life time sales. Some other notable points is the fact that they have now surpassed 8 million in Europe which was their most …

What is it about Japanese peoples advertising that just seems to either creep out or utterly confuse the rest of this lovely blue and green planet? This advert posted on gamevideos.com is a Japanese advert for Bioshock and features a real life “little sister” holding (and then dropping) a fish bowl with what looks to be a small model of …

Tomorrow I will be faxing through my forms to MI Digital to have my broken Xbox 360 replaced. While you always hear about the RROD, the Xbox 360 still seems to have quite a lot of other issues that go fairly unnoticed. When I get a swapped out console back from MI Digital I won’t be on my second, or …