First Force Unleashed reviews cause wincing
SOCOM beta demand batters PSN, says Sony
Bungie Halo game news "sooner rather than later"
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You can't say fairer than this. EA's giving away the original Red Alert as a promo for the upcoming Red Alert 3, which comes with Red Alert 2 if you ... Read more..Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in Hot, Microsoft, PAX 2008, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 7 Comments »
There's a movie on GameVee of the Major doing a presentation of Xbox Experience at PAX. There's plenty of info in there about migrating groups within the Live update, Avatars, ... Read more..Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in Hot, Microsoft, PAX 2008, RPG, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
Lionhead Studio's Sam Van Tilburgh has told Kotaku at PAX that Fable 2 is on the verge of final master. Which is odd, seeing at Big Pete proclaimed the game ... Read more..Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in Action, PAX 2008, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 1 Comment »
PAX has been pretty news-free so far, truth be told, but AddictGaming did snap something called Halo 3 Mythic on the Microsoft stand. Here's the only info known so far: There's a ... Read more..Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in Action, EA, PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 | 20 Comments »
IGN's given Mercenaries 2 7.9/10, citing "numerous bugs, the terrible AI, and the lackluster missions." Snip: Mercenaries 2 is like a newsstand; it has a lot of issues. Still, I can’t ... Read more..Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in China, PS3, PSN, Platformer, Puzzler, Sony | No Comments »
Play Asia's listing a Chinese version of LittleBigPlanet, as you can see here. The game's got English in it as well, so US importers should take note. There's no shipping ... Read more..Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in America, PAX 2010, Trade | No Comments »
Following news that 2010's PAX EC will be held in Boston, the organisers have confirmed that the event will take place in March and will be held at the city's ... Read more..Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in Europe, Hot, PS3, Platformer, Puzzler, Sony | 5 Comments »
This French retailer page apparently confirms a European PS3 LittleBigPlanet bundle for €400. According to this site, the pack contains an 80Gb machine and a DualShock 3, so this may well ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Action, Japan, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 9 Comments »
Devil May Cry creator Hideki Kamiya clearly doesn't mince his words. He can't be bothered playing Ninja Gaiden. It doesn't have the power to interest him. "I've never played Ninja Gaiden, ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Action, EA, PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
EA has slapped back at critics of Mercenaries 2's "fully destructible Venezuela" saying those opposed to the title on political grounds are just being silly. "All the controversy around this is ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in America, EA, PC, Retail, Strategy, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
EA's announced pre-order incentives for Red Alert 3 today, the best part of which is that you get Red Alert 2 free with your purchase. It looks as though the offer's ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Action, Shooter, Valve, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 2 Comments »
According to this 1UP piece, the 360 version of Left 4 Dead will have its own dedicated servers on Xbox Live, meaning congestion shouldn't really be an issue. The news comes ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in PS3, Sony | 7 Comments »
SCEA's John Koller has confirmed that PSP-3000's brighter screen means less battery life. Whoops. "Battery life will decrease by a small amount, it’s about 20 minutes maybe 30 minutes and that’s ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Italy, Spain, Trade, UK | 2 Comments »
According to this MCV piece, a GameVision report has shown that Britain has the oldest gamers in Europe, on average. The research showed that 29 percent of male active gamers, and ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in PS3, PSN, Sony | 1 Comment »
Despite the fact Life with PlayStation was promised for an August launch - delayed from July - the US PS Blog informs that it's not going to happen. "We’re still pushing ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Action, Horror, Konami, PS3, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
IGN's put up a bunch of new Silent Hill: Homecoming videos, and it's not looking halfway bad. The horror still doesn't have a fixed date, but it's promised for 360 ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Hot, Jobs, Journalism, UK | 3 Comments »
Kikizo chap Adam Doree dropped us a line this morning to say he's looking for a London games writer. Get all the details here. From the ad: You will work from ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in PC, Stardock, Strategy | 1 Comment »
Stardock's announced a series of "micro-expansions" for Sins of a Solar Empire, the first of which - Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment - is currently in development and will ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in America, Movies, PS3, PSN, Sony | 5 Comments »
On the US PS Blog. To be fair, there's some great stuff on there. Why would you not want to watch the first two seasons of Futurama? Predator 2's on ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Action, America, PC, PS3, Retail, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
According to this Kotaku piece, Ghostbusters pre-orders have been cancelled at Gamestop and full refunds are being issued. It also looks as though the Terminal Reality title has been delisted at ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Action, PC, Puzzler, Shooter, Valve | No Comments »
Steam News brings word that puzzle-shooter Portal's yours for $10 this weekend. If you haven't already played it, do. 'Nuff said. Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Action, Koch, PC, Shooter | No Comments »
According to Shacknews, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky's been delayed "a few days" in the US, as copies shipped to stores have been recalled. The problem, says Bluesnews, is that initial shipments didn't ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Koei, PS3, Strategy | 1 Comment »
Whoops. IGN's given Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice 6.7/10, which in real terms means "fail." Snip: If you don't have a huge budget and you need to get a lot of ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Codemasters, MMO, PC | No Comments »
Turbine's inviting applications for the final stage of the Mines of Moria beta, so go over to the official site and fill in your details if you want to get ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Action, Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
On IGN. There's one called "Dirty, Dirty Horde," which is obviously great. We haven't read through the list, but there's bound to be spoilers there, so don't blame us if ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Action, Hot, Microsoft, PC, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 19 Comments »
Speaking to IGN, Gears of War 2 dev lead Cliff Bleszinski has poured cold water on the idea of a PC version of the shooter sequel. Basically, Epix isn't making ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Action, Hot, PS3, Shooter, Sony | No Comments »
After the link. The quality's not amazing, but you can see what's going on. Basically, poor old Nathan's in a spot of bother. Don't spoil yourself if you want to ... Read more..Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Home, PS3, PSN, Sony | No Comments »
According to this PS3F story, the Home beta client's been updated to version 0.98, apparently adding a bunch of new features such as a few redesigned locales, like a brand ... Read more..Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in EA, Hot, MMO, PC | 4 Comments »
Mythic's Mark Jacobs has trashed Bobby's Kotick's estimation that it would take $1 billion to compete with World of Warcraft, describing his posturing as "nonsense." “When certain people throw out ridiculous ... Read more..Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in PAX 2010 | No Comments »
East Coast PAX - it was announced at the beginning of August, kids - has been firmed up today, and is now confirmed to be taking place in Boston in ... Read more..
