A rare find amongst upcoming PSP titles, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is garnering huge amounts of interests, but today’s release date announcement may disappoint those ready for the previously announced May release. Delayed until 8th June, and 18th June in North America and Europe respectively, the first Co-Op MGS experience is coming a little later than many had expected. [...]
Continue reading...12. March 2010
After apparently mediocre showings ate both E3 and PAX, Blur was not a game that was receiving a lot of hype. But somewhere between then and when the Beta was released, everything in the game seemed to click, and what we have now is a very polished offering. Here are some things you need to [...]
Continue reading...10. March 2010
I think everyone would agree with me that some of the most inventive games of the past year and a half would include World of Goo and Henry Hatsworth and the Puzzling Adventure. As a gamer, I have been wondering when 2D Boy and Kyle Gray (of Henry Hatsworth) would be making something new. So [...]
Continue reading...9. March 2010
After a week of not-so-subtle hinting, Valve have announced that Steam and the Source engine will be making an appearance for Mac users. This means that Mac users will get access to Valve’s range of games such as Left 4 Dead 1 & 2, Counter-Strike, Portal and the Half-Life series as well as future games like the newly announced Portal 2. Steam will launch in April [...]
Continue reading...9. March 2010
Hitting the Xbox Live marketplace this week is a sense of deal ja vu. Yes, this week’s deal is the Call of Duty: World at War map pack bundle, now 1600 Microsoft points instead of 2000 MSP. So if you still haven’t picked them up yet you’ve got until 15 March before this deal disappears [...]
Continue reading...6. March 2010
Hinted at for the past few months, and nearly confirmed through some sneaky updates to the original game, Portal 2 has now been officially confirmed on the newest cover of Game Informer. Unlike its predcessor, which took pride of place in The Orange Box in 2007, Portal 2 will be a fully fledged standalone game. With the incredible [...]
Continue reading...4. March 2010
Lara Croft is embarking on yet another adventure in the recently announced ‘Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light’. Naturally this raises the question as to why the Tomb Raider name has been abandoned, presumably left in some musty cave infested with raptors and wolves living in co-existance. The series name has been somewhat of a misnomer over [...]
Continue reading...3. March 2010
A new study released by the Blitz marketing firm today suggests strongly that current video game marketing practices are coming up very short. The study focused on the factors that influence the buying decisions of games who play games for at least seven hours a week, dubbed “Avid Gamers” by Blitz. According to the study, it’s these “avid [...]
Continue reading...2. March 2010
Media Molecule Studios, developers of the multi-award winning LittleBigPlanet, have today been acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment. According to Sony’s press release, the acquisition is a strategic move “to secure excellence in game development for current and future PlayStation platforms”, and the move will undoubtedly ensure the future exclusivity of the LittleBigPlanet series to Sony’s [...]
Continue reading...27. February 2010
Coming soon to PSN and Xbox Live is the Just Cause 2 demo, which will be released on March 4th, 2010. It promises “a massive 35 square miles of the Lautan Lama Desert, a vast expanse of stunning, sun-scorched scenery taking up just one of the many islands [...]
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16. March 2010
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