Fear and Gaming: Favourite Three Scares

Most survival horror games have memorable moments. Times when you are afraid to venture through a door because of a massive pool of blood seeping underneath. Instants when the lights extinguish, immersing you in darkness. Even moments where in-game noises make you check outside your door to assure yourself you are perfectly safe. Here are [...]

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Mushroom Wars, Reviewed [PS3]

Before I mention what Mushroom Wars is, let me tell you what it isn’t.  Despite any impressions you may have got from the above picture, other gamers, or even the developers themselves, Mushroom Wars isn’t a Real-Time Strategy game.  It’s close, but it’s not one.  The game is more about opportunism, timing and observation than [...]

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Price Drops Ahoy! Week of Oct 23rd

After a non eventful week last week, we are here to tell you about some amazing games that are now on sale on the App Store! So get ready and prepare to spend some cash on some amazing titles that are now cheaper. Following up on the amazing Sentinel: Mars Defense, is Origin 8′s amazing [...]

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Fear and Gaming: A Brief Introduction

October is my favourite month of the year. Nights are getting longer and the days getting colder. For once you appreciate the warmth of your duvet cover. But what makes this month special to me is Halloween. A time when the veil between worlds is thin and the spirits roam free. People embrace the darkness [...]

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Prison Break Screens Break Inexpectancy

Recent screenshots of the upcoming Prison Break game prove the game might not be as unsalvageable as we previous thought. Normally the trend for tie-in games is to suck as much as a vacuum cleaner, incorporating awful gameplay mechanics with terrible graphics. The only redeeming factor is they are often good for boosting gamerscore. These [...]

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Broderlands runs into supply issues on east, west coast

Retail shortages of Gearbox Studio’s new title Borderlands are being reported in the US. Canada is also dealing with supply issues, possibly as the result of the game’s super-cheap CDN$40 price tag. Gearbox’s Steve Gibson contacted Joystiq about the shortage and explained the shortage is generally limited to the Xbox 360 version, particularly on the [...]

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Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, Reviewed [Wii]

For those who have preconceived ideas about Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter after seeing its boxart, be warned that your assumptions are most likely to be correct. The Next Chapter is a very child orientated adventure, with a cutesy style that both suits the Wii style, and makes grown men feel the need to [...]

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Ratchet and Clank Demo to Arrive Tommorow

Fans of the Robot/Lombax duo have just over a week left to wait for the next installment of the Ratchet and Clank series, but Insomniac have announced their plans to release the first of two playable demos tommorow. The demo will be included in the Playstation Store update, and it will focuson the Clank portions of [...]

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Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, Reviewed [DS]

The original Drawn to Life was the type of game that the DS was made for. The concept is simple, you draw your own character into game environment instead of using a pre-rendered avatar. On no other platform would such an intuitive and unique feature work as well as it does on Nintendo’s Wii and DS [...]

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EA: Mass Effect 2 “coming to PC and X360 only,” No PS3 version

A misunderstanding in Poland has led Bioware’s community manager, Jay Watamaniuk to say unequivocally that Mass Effect 2 will not see the light of day on the Playstation3. A story from Polish website Polygamia reported Jay Watamaniuk, BioWare’s community manager stated ”During the presentation, Watamaniuk mentioned three platforms that Mass Effect 2 is targeted at. They were [...]

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