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Pinch yourself – it’s the Duke Duke Nukem Forever has had a laughable development cycle with originators 3D Realms, who in a decade achieved little more then utter confusion. In more recent, economic downturn times, the company had to shut its doors and cancel the project, alongside any other projects they had. Enter Randy Pitchford, chief of Gearbox games, who have a close relationship with Microsoft…. Continue »

Black Ops Multiplayer video’s show off new features Wager matches, humiliation, sharpshooter modes and more have all been showcased in the last few days of the Black Ops media frenzy. When not looking at some of the new features though – the game looks to be going for the ”more of the same” vibe. Still its hard not to be a little excited when you see someone shooting… Continue »

Arkham City Screenshots crawl out of the shadows These screenshots make me giddy, they popped up on Neogaf last night and show some never before seen images from the upcoming sequel to mega hit Batman: Arkham Asylum. First thing your going to notice is how amazing the visuals look! Even if their touched up they look damn impressive, will these shots herald a trailer? Hopefully but in the mean… Continue »

Apple Keynote roundup Today’s “music event” keynote from Apple brought a lot to the table to drool over, from new hardware, software and goodies. But aside from music offerings (the main focus of todays event), there was a lot of gaming. More then most Apple keynotes, particularly since the companies’ past has been murky when it comes to gaming. A key stat from… Continue »

Arkham City: Multiplayer confirmed Some folks over on the Arkham City forums have gotten their hands on the new PSM and after some investigative journalism (reading) have confirmed that Rocksteady are planning a multiplayer component for the sequel to Arkham Asylum. Chances are this will be the much speculated co op but nobody has ruled pVp out yet. Its not likely though, pointless multiplayer is… Continue »

PSN Plus content for the next 2 months Straight from the blog come the next two months PSN+ content. Street Fighter 2 HD remix free next month? That’s is freekin awesome. I have officially broke even on PSN+ after I get Sam and Max and Abe downloaded today. One annoying tidbit though, new PSN+ subs are being given Ratchet and Clank quest for booty free when the sign up from… Continue »

Vanquish gameplay video shows more madness With our US brothers warmly receiving the game’s Demo yesterday the hype machine is now aimed squarely at Vanquish. Good news then because we should have our turn with the demo at some stage this week. Sick of waiting? This will help – Gametrailers have a video posted, showing the run up to an early boss battle named the Argus Core, have a looksie. Make… Continue »

Tron Evolution gets a very cool Special Edition but…. it costs a bomb?! Priced at $139 (109.45 Euros) the Tron Evolution special edition will include a high quality light cycle model a stand and the game itself. Disney I don’t know if you’re aware of this but people don’t usually splash out that much dough on a movie tie in especially one that looks a little lame. That light cycle sure would… Continue »

Web Awards I’m leaving this post quite late in the running because last year we left a long lead-in time and I found a lot of other sites in a similar vein to ours ended up jumping on the bandwagon. Damien Mulley and sponsors Realex Payments are running the 2010 web awards, which is now accepting nominations! I’m not quite sure how… Continue »

Portal 2 footage Portal 2 is fast becoming one of the big hyped games of 2010, especially after a strong showing at GamesCom where footage starring the voice of Stephen Merchant came out. And the fact that Portal, the original iteration, is so damned good. Check out the videos below… Continue »

New Neverwinter in 2011 Atari revealed today that a new online co-op Neverwinter game for the PC is to be released in 2011. The game is currently being developed by Cryptic Studios. The story focuses on a Neverwinter that has faced many great disasters in the last hundred years. With much of it’s population scattered, different factions are fighting for control of the city… Continue »

Stargate Resistance Review Stargate Resistance is a third-person shooter based on the television series Stargate SG-1. It is set during the second decade of the Stargate Program and after the end of Stargate SG-1. The game sees the return of the System Lords as they attempt to re-enslave the galaxy and it is up to Stargate Command(SGC) to stop them. There are two… Continue »

Marvel vs Capcom 3 GamesCom footage News that Viewtiful Joe is joining the already insane roster of fighters in MVC3 has just hit the interwebs, No footage of him yet but its not far off from what we here. In the mean time a look at this footage from the GC2010 floor featuring Capcom’s playable demo in crystal clear action. Can’t get enough footage of this… Continue »

More Portal 2 footage from GamesCom We showed you some Portal 2 footage yesterday but it was nothing like this. Have a look at this video that’s popped up on Kotaku.com. Loads of stuff to take in here, for me though the one moment that stand’s out the most is the companion crate factory’s inner workings. Awesome. Watch and enjoy. Continue »

LBP2 GamesCom trailer This is the LBP trailer shown to the press at GamesCom the other day. It looks amazing and that was before Media Monocle announced that players can now record their own voices in game. Expect profanity. Check out the trailer below. Continue »

Dead Space 2 GamesCom footage If you’re a fan of Dead Space and Michael Bay style set pieces then this is for you. Watch as Isaac gets launched out of a spaceship towards a destroyed city, dodging pieces of debris the size of small towns! Take a look, Kotaku had the video. Continue »

This Portal 2 footage will blow your mind So you think you know what to expect from Portal 2? This video from GC2010 is all kinds of mind bending, showcasing Portal 2′s latest inclusion – Propulsion Gel. We first heard of the Gel post E3 but this video more then shows off what it can do. Enjoy Video Games | Portal 2 | GC 10: Demo Gameplay (Cam)… Continue »

Infamous 2 footage from GamesCom:Old Cole is back! SuckerPunch brought some new footage to Sony’s GamesCom presentation last night and with it came a familiar face. Check out the two video’s below to see Cole’s new haircut and trademark scowl! Continue »

Dragon Age 2 Gamescom trailer Very busy today folks sorry for the short posts but I’ll let this video speak for its self. They really love that blood dragon effect don’t they! Continue »

Take a gander at the New Dead Nation trailer. Playstation blog (endlessly great resource) has posted a new trailer for the top down Zombie Apocalypse game that everyone is talking about. Some new stuff shown like a zombie gobbing a flare before being turned into giblets. Nice. Take a look and get excited! Continue »

Halo: Reach spot signals the start of something huge Only god knows what the big M have planned for the final month of Reach’s marketing campaign. The above spot originated from a viral campaign that Halo players got their teeth into recently. Take a look, if it gives away some hints as to who the replacement for the flood may be this time around. [source] Continue »

PlayStation Move Last week we had the chance to leave our dungeon of an office at Shoryuken towers and visit a plush hotel conference room where Sony had set up a number of booths for the great unwashed journalist types of Ireland to go and shake controllers in front of webcams. Indeed, Sony had brought PlayStation Move to Ireland. On September 17,… Continue »

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Over the last few years, EA have been striving to re-ignite the culture that built their company. Genius minds creating brilliant virtual worlds to dive into and escape the monotony of their lives. EA started with two teens with a big vision – and today EA is a monolith with thousands of employees around the world. A lot of their… Continue »

MAG revisited A few months ago I reviewed Sony’s epic online shooter, Massive Action Game. And I liked it, quite a bit. Boils, pimples and ugliness aside, it was an enjoyable online shooter experience where you and your best 255 friends could go online and fight for territory in maps so huge there was no way you’d ever learn to navigate them…. Continue »

Blacks Ops Special edition is just as crazy as MW2′S The prestige edition of Call of Duty Black Ops will include 2 co op maps, and exclusive Xbox Avatar, a medal of honor (ahem) and a fully functional remote controlled vehicle with a camera that transmits video and audio! Better then night vision goggles? Certainly more useful..kinda. No price point of yet but I’d say you wouldn’t be too far… Continue »

Shank Combo Trailer Feels like this game has been coming out for years now. Only good thing is that it looks better every time we see it. Check out the latest ‘combo trailer’ my favorite is the meat grinder grenade combo Video Games | Shank | Exclusive Combo Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Continue »

TWHR’s top 10 most Epic gaming cut scenes Before you read, please be aware.Massive SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!! Now, enjoy. 10 ‘The new Sun sets on Helghan’ After meeting the enemy face to face Colonel Templar has just enough fight left in him to pile drive the New Sun into the Helghan defense grid. The music, the visuals and the fantastic sense of immersion within the conflict all come together for this… Continue »

How to find the blue prints to Arkham City in Arkham Asylum! I’m really getting sick of Rocksteady blowing my mind every time they announce something! Not only is their first reveal artwork for Arkham City beyond awesome now they reveal that the games predecessor had the blue prints to the Arkham City institute hidden DEEP within it. Check out the video below if you want to try and find the plans yourself in game…. Continue »

Black Ops Multiplayer reveal trailer After burning out on MW2, I’m finding it hard to get excited about this game. Millions of people will disagree with me though. Of those millions a good 99.9% will get a raging blue boner at the thought of being able to video capture games. And who would blame them? One thing this trailer brings up is whether or not… Continue »

Crackdown 2 Review Ah yes Crackdown 2. Sorry for the delay, I’m sure everyone has been waiting with bated breath for my musings on Pacific City and so here they are. No doubt destined to frequent every worst game of the year list come Xmas, Ruffian games follow up to Real-time worlds sleeper hit is probably the biggest mess you will play this… Continue »

Speculate: Third party PS2 ports on the way?? Kotaku somehow spotted that there are now listings for a Splinter Cell and Prince of Persia trilogy on Amazon France? The listings are for Sony,this would lead us to believe that we may be getting our hands on Blu Ray re releases of two top notch third party trilogies for the PS3! Splinter Cell Chaos theory and Sands of time… Continue »

Do we really need anymore proof of a KZ3 public Beta Speculation was ripe last week as to whether or not Guerilla were in the process of preparing a Killzone 3 beta for public consumption. More fuel for the fire here so as Sony brought this site online at the weekend! So, its happening. It has to be, but the real question is when is it happening? Expect that question to… Continue »

Bungie give us just a little more awesomeness Its hard to believe Bungie have any more surprises up their sleeves with regard Reach but much like the release of Halo 3, they know how to keep the most awesome tidbits until the very end. Have a look at some of the new screen shots released in last Fridays ‘weekly update’ over on bungie.net. See that two seater vehicle? Yeah thats… Continue »

Heavy Rain: Move edition screens Ps3blog posted some new screens from the move edition of Sony’s ground breaking Heavy Rain. There are more screens but they are some what spoilerish so I’m only going to post the two below. Its certainly a less finger bending control scheme and reports are that thegame is ideal for the move experience. Continue »

LBP2 Adventure trailer Here be your new adventure trailer for LBP2. Its hard to gauge how I feel about this game to be honest. On one hand I feel in awe of its creative tool set, its beautifully realized vision but on the other I just kinda feel like there is nothing really there for me unless I loved the last game. Which I did to a degree. I… Continue »

Win of the day: Batman Arkham City Take a gander at the new GameInformer cover. Coming ”Fall 2011” Spotted on twitter (via the enigmatic @DanielFahey) Continue »

Star Wars comes to Home Empire Strikes is now 30 this year and what better way to celebrate then to release crap for people to purchase on Playstation Home… Check out the new spaces from today. Pics below. ` This year marks the 30th Anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, and LucasArts are marking the occasion with their latest range of content for PlayStation Home. There’s… Continue »

A week late to the party: here is the new Halo Reach campaign trailer Sorry folks, I thought I posted this already Check out the latest campaign trailer for Halo:Reach, ‘The Battle Begins’ below or download it from XBL. Continue »

Football Genius Review I imagine this one is going to be for the football nut/gamers of our time and God knows theres a lot of you. Myself – not a major soccer enthusiast but I’ll try to get on the whole beautiful game level while reviewing this game. First off it does what it says on the tin – its a football quiz. Single… Continue »

PSN Update 04/08/2010 Ooooooh Tekken 2, kept that one quiet didn’t they. Meaty update this week. Modern Warfare Demo, the very cool Gundemonium Recollection, Bioshock DLC and more. Pick of the week: Tekken 2 for €4.99! Full list below from the PSblog. Special Offers (Available until the 18th of August) High Stakes on the Vegas Strip (was – £7.99/€9.99 now – £3.99/€7.99) Switchball… Continue »

GT5 special edition is off the hook This is the one that many many people have been waiting for. Posted minutes ago on the playstation blog comes the mammoth Special Edition for GT5. There’s actually way to much stuff and images to go posting here but I’ll certainly try. For the full run down along with some of the not so awesome editions of the game click here…. Continue »

Killzone 3 Spotted in the Wild Our own TWHR reckoned he spotted Killzone 3 being played on PSN, and the internet generally has had smatterings of this rumour. However today it is confirmed as the video below shows someone spotting a friend of his (on PSN) playing it. Beta testers are out there, in the wild – and likely to have been chosen from the killzone.com… Continue »

Red Dead Redemption ‘Legends and Killers’ coming next week Next weeks Legends and Killers pack will feature a host of ‘new’ characters for use in RDR’s multiplayer. Recognize some of the faces? That’s because Rockstar have filled the new packs roster with some of the stars from the games prequel Red Dead Revolver! Several new maps and weapons come with the pack (costing a cool €8.99/800 ms points) but most people… Continue »

5 budget games to get you through the summer As you know, the summer sucks for new releases (not counting Starcraft 2) but what happens when you’re bored of collecting badges? Prestiged for the 10th time? Finished the game as renegade and paragon or freed Ferelden for the third time!? Well, here are 5 games that might just help get you through the summer. The best part? They are… Continue »

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty review It’s hard to review StarCraft, or anything Blizzard release. They spend so long making their titles and expansions that as pieces of technology they tend to be finely honed, effective and well thought out to an extent that even the most minute details are covered. Many moons ago, Blizzard released another RTS to their roster, called StarCraft. A good accoutrement… Continue »

Can Apple save PC gaming? Apple is a company with a fairly strong gaming past. In years bygone, companies like Bungie and iD were all about the Mac platform – showing up to keynote speeches and bombing terribly on stage as the press sat silent, wondering why these coder kids were being allowed to share the same stage space as Herr Jobs. Today, though, with… Continue »

Interview with Rory McIlroy If I had a thousand words for the word gentleman I would use them all to describe Rory. He took everything in his stride yesterday at Kilarney Golf Club on his first day of practice. He came in and shook everyones hand and was eager to go. I was lucky enough to be part of the group that asked him a few… Continue »

Bungie unleash Forge world. Oh.My.God If you follow the Halo community and know what people have done with forge in its current limited capacity then you know exactly what this new feature in Reach is going to achieve. Bungie, this is fucking awesome. Check out the latest Vid Doc Forge World. Continue »

SDCC: Dead Rising 2 – something for everyone trailer Its hard not get drawn in by Dead Rising 2′s latest trailer. The wealth of customization options for both your character and the weapons he wields is pretty neat and visually it actually doesn’t look as bad as what some members of the press have made out. Then again, Lost Planet 2 looked pretty awesome in the trailers also. See what you think. Straight… Continue »

Bungie Unbox Halo Reach Legendary edition Wow, I’ve been branded a Sony fan boy a few times on here but it has to be said that the customized Reach 360 is off the hook. Still don’t think the value is there in the limited edition but that statue you get with the legendary edition is awesome. Count me in. Check out the official unboxing below featuring… Continue »

Marvel vs Capcom 2 More characters revealed Doctor Doom, Trish, Thor,Amaterasu and many more fighters have been added to the roster of heroes you can play as in MVC2. Excited yet? See the trailer and screens below! Video Games | Marvel vs Capcom 3: FTW | SDCC 10: New Character Reveal Trailer H Continue »

Red Faction Armageddon: Battle a nightmare trailer So Red Faction is Gears of War now in case you didn’t know. Finally free oppression the miners of Mars now have to deal with an advancing subterranean threat that want to exterminate them all. Check out the trailer above straight out of SDCC. Continue »

Sign up for the DC Universe Online Beta! DC Universe Online will be hitting PS3 and PC this November but the beta is not far off it seems. If you want to be involved in the games BETA then you can register here , nothing to cumbersome just a short optional survey and your email address. Info on an exact date will no doubt come out of this… Continue »

Bungie pull the curtain away on ‘The Armory’ Bungie will be at Comic Con the week and with them will be the Halo:Reach Public build. In a bit to prevent people leaking info online they have taken the time to reveal some of the never before seen stuff before they hit the road. The most important reveal is the games Armory where you can create the character that… Continue »

Should you buy Deathspank? Seeing as nothing free was coming my way this week, I decided to take my own awesome advice to purchase Deathspank at the weekend. I played it, a lot and still didn’t beat it so I won’t have a review up for a few days. I did however get very far into it and can verify that it is fabulously… Continue »

Games: Art or science? The debate has raged on for many years about whether or not games can be considered art. When you look at titles like fl0wer or Okami there is a certain amount of truth in the notion that as the technology powering games improves and gets more powerful, more artistic creativity will evolve. Even more traditional games like Geometry Wars have… Continue »

Vanquish Gameplay Apart from the samey environments there’s very little not to like about what we’ve seen from Vanquish so far. Balls to wall action, co op gameplay, rocket powered roadie runs and super soldier androids all featured in the gameplay video below. Enjoy Continue »

Halo Reach limited edition pics If the legendary edition of Halo: Reach is a little to pricey for you then this standard limited edition may be right up your alley. There’s no statues or flaming skull amour, only a nice art book , some patches and some Elite armor for multiplayer… What is this crap? €80 for a patch for your pajamas, a fancy box and armor… Continue »

Crysis 2 special edition is nanorific Spotted this over at Eurogamer. For a cool €160 you will get a (actually kinda awesome) Nano Suit back pack, the collectors edition of the game featuring two discs, a statuette of your super soldier and a host of exclusive online content. Jesus, if I had paid that much out and the reviews came back poor to average I would be piiiiiised…. Continue »

Sony want your feedback on Playstation Plus Want to see a game on Plus?Unhappy with what the first two months had to offer? Let Sony know on the official forums. Playstation Network Producer James Thorpe has the details below! What games would you like to see as part of PlayStation Plus in the future?” We’re really keen to make sure we try and get you the best content… Continue »

Check out Dragon Age 2′s new art style Pictures from GameInformers Dragon Age reveal have begun making their way online, along with a few other details you may be interested in. Looks like you will be able to carry over your DA:O save game to the sequel (not a massive surprise) but more interestingly, Bioware has told Gameinformer that the originals classic RPG styled action system will remain on… Continue »

Are these domain names Batman:AA 2 related Nothing concrete has come out of Rocksteady since the Spike TV teaser trailer last year but some new Domain registrations from Warner Bros may end up being a precursor to another official site(jokers still chilling out here )and who knows, even a trailer! Not that the teaser a few months back didn’t give us enough of a clue but some… Continue »

Two Worlds 2 debut trailer and details The first Two Worlds didn’t exactly light the world on fire but rumor has it that the next gen sequel is going to change that when it hits PS3 in the Autumn . With an interesting online element and an even more interesting take on character class customization the trailer below is most defo worth a look. [Source] Set in a… Continue »

E3 Marvel vs Capcom 3 screens and footage!! PSblog.us posted an excellent video last night of Wes Phillips from Capcom talking about MVC3 during last months E3, featuring plenty of in-game footage in between the chin wagging. We get to see Chris Redfield, Wolverine , Deadpool and Dante mash it up in what looks like Spidermans stage. The game, visually looks fantastic. If your a Capcom or Marvel fan then the… Continue »

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Blacklight Tango Down Launch trailer Its live, go get! Continue »

Dragon Age 2 announcement coming today? 2morrow will be a great day for BioWare fans. Just sayin’about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck Was the message that came from Biowares official Twitter last night, obviously it cold mean something entirely different unless you account for this card that gamers got free inside their copy of DA:Awakening. Kotaku have even more evidence here if your interested. If not, just… Continue »

Win of the day The End. Fallout Action figure spotted at Kotaku Continue »

Blacklight Tango Down ‘weapons’ Dev Diary Get your self excited for Blacklight Tango Down’s release on XBLA tomorrow by watching the above dev diary which runs through some of the games very cool weapon customization options. Its a slow month for games so this may be just what you need. Keep an eye out for it tomorrow on XBL. Continue »

White PS3 Slim hitting Japan July 29th Sony will be releasing a Classic White version of the PS3 Slim into the Japanese Market later this month.Along with a new colour comes some Hard Drive size changes: The 120GB and 250GB sizes are getting the bullet. The new Slim will only come with either 160GB or 320GB versions. The price? ¥29,980 (€271.82) for the 160 GB and ¥34,980 (€317). Unfortunately, no news on a… Continue »

Gran Turismo 5 Top Gear test track footage Is it me or is this practically photo realistisim. Jesus if you didn’t know better you would think this was just a footage from inside the cockpit of a real car. Check out this footage from the game featuring the Top Gear test track. Continue »

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Medal Of Honour BETA hands on Constant crashing aside I played the Beta for several hours last night and for the most part the game is shaping to have a very intense if slightly stiff online component. Developers DICE have proved there online prowess with the immense quality of Battlefield Bad Company so they seemed a natural choice for EA’s Medal of Honour revamp. Players of… Continue »

PSN Update 23/06/2010 Some great editions this week! The special offers section is riddled with Pixel Junk Junk, going for cheap. Premium avatars a plenty, Modnation Dynamic Theme and MAG gets its first round of DLC. Pick of the week thought is: (obviously) Onslaught Mode for Bad Company 2! As seen on the psblog Special Offers (Available until the 7th of July) Blue… Continue »

BC2 Onslaught mode launch trailer Its coming, this Friday. For 800 points or €8.99 players will get the chance to experience Battlefields answer to terrorist hunt or ‘Horde’. Right now this game is high on my GOTY list for 2010, if onslaught is good it may tip me over the edge. Launch trailer below Continue »

Leaked E3 Deus Ex footage is takedown-alicious My most anticipated game of the year right here. Wana see why? Take a look at this leaked E3 footage. Found over at screw attack. Continue »

Dont forget Demons Souls this Friday! Long awaited EU release of 2009′s most lauded RPG is nearly upon us folks. Lots of posters round here swore blind it was the game of 2009 and now its your chance to buy it on Irish soil. Check out some of the raving reviews here and the EU trailer below. See you online (in phantom form) Friday! Also in case for some reason… Continue »

Have a look at the ‘Outlaws to the end pack’ co op trailer Take a look at your free Red Dead Redemption DLC pack below, with added co op missions and more! The recently announced and free-to-download Outlaws To The End Co-Op Mission Pack for Red Dead Redemptionwill be available June 22nd for both Xbox LIVE® (requires Xbox LIVE Gold Membership for online play) and PlayStation®Network. The pack includes six all-new co-op multiplayer missions to… Continue »

Medal of Honor Beta footage Didn’t get your hands on a MOH Beta key at the weekend? Here’s what your missing. How to get your hands on a Beta Key you wonder? Here’s EA to tell you how: Beta redemption keys are available from our participating retailers EA Store on PC & GAME on X360 and PS3 Once you have a Beta Redemption Key, just… Continue »

APB Preview Creating an online world and tacking on a subscription model to it is a dangerous mindfield to step into with gaming. World of Warcraft has yet to be dethroned in the world of MMO, subscription-based models. Games have risen to the challenge but ultimately failed. It’s not that WoW’s community is too big (thought it helps), it’s that WoW has… Continue »

IGN’s E3 Halo Reach Demo shows loads of new features Remember that artilllary strike from the Halo Reach: Firefight trailer? Well Ryan over at IGN got the low down on what it was. Brand new armor abilities, multiplayer maps and weapons are all shown and explained for the first time below. Laser Designator? Nice. Thanks to IGN Continue »

Trine 2 gets a trailer Atlus games luscious strategic platformer Trine is getting a sequel and we now have a post E3 teaser! Trailer below. [Image spotted via Kotaku.com] Continue »

E3 2010: Civilization V trailer Students everywhere will be delighted to hear that a new Civ trailer has come out of E3. Many a life has been wasted on the Civ franchise and the game looks to be the best one yet….(apart from Free Civ) Take a look below. Continue »

Halo: Reach gets a firefight trailer Halo: Reach just got twice as awesome. Not only is the best feature of the average ODST returning with Reach its also getting matchmaking! Thank you Bungie. Check out the trailer below and pay extra attention to the air strike! Nice Continue »

E3 2010: Dead space 2 dev interviews and footage Here’s a look at some gameplay video’s from Visceral’s Dead Space 2 E3 Demo along with an interview outlining some key features of the game. Sony also announced that Dead Space:Extraction will be included in their special edition of the game with full move support and a HD makeover! Courtesy of IGN and Gametrailers Video Games | Dead Space 2 |… Continue »

Killzone 3 Boxart revealed Boom Continue »

E3 2010: Twisted Metal IS BACK! The lid was finally blown on months of speculation around a new Twisted Metal game last night as Jack Tretton unveiled Sony’s final surprise of the evening with a trailer and gameplay from upcoming Twisted Metal! Check out footage of the event below. Continue »

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E3 2010: Nintendo actually gets good games! Nintendo, in no surprise to anyone outside of Nintendo, announced the 3DS. A DS. In 3D. Not only is that naff, it’s also amazingly interesting to see how the technology can be pushed, particularly when you look at moments like that level from iPad’s iteration of Flight Control which asks for 3D glasses to enjoy the game in a whole… Continue »

E3 2010: Fallout New Vegas trailer with footage galore Oh yeah, its a new Fallout all right and I cant wait to lose a few months of my life to it. Check out the trailer featuring some stuff you aint seen before. Check it out below. Continue »

E3 2010: Metal Gear Rising:E3 trailer and gameplay Heres some Metal Gear Rising gameplay straight from Kojima’s brain. Slicey. Continue »

Microsoft: The rundown As some may have noticed, Microsoft created some serious noise around the halls of E3 this year with the launch of Project Natal, with a fresh name and a relaunch of the Xbox 360, with a fresh coat of paint and fed with a few new bits of silicone to enhance your experience. Kinected The terribly spelled name (for marketing… Continue »

E3 2010: Halo Reach campaign trailer This trailer expands on what you may have seen last night, you get to see more space combat and a theatre view of some of the AWESOME shit that goes down in the few minutes Bungie showed off. Sony, balls in your court. Source [Machinima YouTube Channel] Continue »

Team Fortess OSX Launch Trailer Valves much loved (esp on console…) multiplayer shooter has arrived on MAC, Steam are giving you the chance of purchasing the essential PC shooter for 10 bucks this weekend! Go to it. Continue »

Motorstorm Apocalypse is bringing Urban Racing Off Road Matt Southern from Evolution studios has officially revealed Motorstorm Apocalypse. Gone are the pacific islands of the past and in are the broken down Urban environments of the future. Destructible environments and RPG style customization are the focuses according to Matt’s post on PS Blog. We’ve listened to everything people said about our previous games and, as a result, one of our priorities is to make… Continue »

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New MK trailer Mortal Kombat has finally returned to the seemingly ultra violent 2D plane that was birthed in. Riding on the back of yesterdays epic re imaging of the MK universe today comes the teaser trailer showing an upcoming reboot in action. Classic pits and stages from Mortal Kombat 1,2 & 3 are on show along with the character ripping each others faces off…. Continue »

Xbox Live activity 31/05 Yeah Major Nelson got around to posting a Top Ten for the first time in forever. The usual suspects are floating around with RDR knocking Halo 3 off from number 2 but not strong enough (even with 5 million units sold!!) to lasso MW2 off the top spot. People Bad Company should be higher then number 8 Camaaaaaaaaaaan. Check out… Continue »

Team Fortress coming to MAC today! Whats that sound? Thats the collective squeal from the throats of millions of MAC users all over the world clapping there hands like little girls at the latest announcement from Valve. The below image was posted on Team Fortress.com last night with the promise of more news to follow. Big things are happening RIGHT NOW at Valve. Things involving cultivated tree-fruit…. Continue »

Want some pre-E3 zombie action? Here you go Finnish developers Housemarque (responsible for Super Stardust amongst others) have just posted a new trailer for their PSN exclusive game Dead Nation on the Playstation blog. It looks like it plays a lot like Zombie Apocalypse but the graphic detail is much much higher, and nice co-op play going on too. Check the vid below. It’s encourging to see small companies put effort… Continue »

Halo: Reach in 3D You’ll need a pair of multicolor glasses with the specific colours listed above each video , and be sure to click Hi-res. Halo reach will most likely not be 3D but we can only hope microsoft jump on the boat at some point. Continue »

MAG Interdiction Pack brings neutral maps and more! I’ve been out of the shadow war for a few months now but plan on making my return to Raven once this pack hits. Many, many gamers are still enjoying the massive tactical experience that is MAG and the news that neutral maps are coming to balance things out is going to blow the loyal community wide open. Its going… Continue »

Flight Control HD review Many moons ago a company called Firemint released a game on the iPhone/iPod touch called Flight Control. The premise was simple: guide aircraft to their designated runway strips by drawing a line from the aircraft to the destination via the touch interface. The game went on to do huge business, and shoryuken tipped it in the 2009 honours list. Well,… Continue »

Vanquish Pre E3 gameplay just got interesting Sega ain’t f*cking around with Vanquish. They want you to know that you can run out of cover kick flip someone in the face, shit a missile and piss grenades and they want you to know it now! Check out the Pre E3 trailer below. Spotted at Machinima’s YouTube channel. Continue »

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Motorstorm 3: Leaked Early Some very interesting pictures of Motorstorm 3 have surfaced over at French Playstation site ps3 Gen. The picture’s are reportedly from a PSN account playing a demo of Motostorm 3 to be shown at E3. What’s interesting is it seems to take part in a post apocalyptic, fully destructible environment similar to the recent Split/Second. We will know more at… Continue »

Modnation Racers PSP review Modnation Racers comes to our retail shelves after a rather lengthy period of gestation from Sony, pimping the game for months as the successor to LittleBigPlanet in the cutsey “Race Create Share” PR monicker. Yes, there’s lots of creating and sharing, with a mixed bag of racing thrown in for good measure. Typically, the little brother PSP versions of “big… Continue »

Deus Ex trailer Game trailers, much like movie trailers or music samples, can make or break the pre-release PR of a game. As we head into E3 plenty of trailers and news will hit this site. But frankly, if anything can capture the mood and warm the cockles of your gaming heart like this trailer does with even half the skill and ability… Continue »

Killzone 3 teaser Wow Sony, do you guys know theres a big gaming event coming up soon? Why not have waited till then to start showing stuff like this? Ah, who’s complaining! Enjoy. Continue »

Into the Depth’s of Terra’s Mind: Beyond Good and Evil Hello there, people. Hopefully this review won’t cause as much trouble as my last Continue »

PS3 goes 3D June 10th Andriasang.com has posted a the date as June 10th and has included the games that will be 3D ready at launch. They are Wipeout HD (effin sweet) Star Strike HD Mr Pain A 3D Motorstorm demo is also in the works. Apart from Mr Pain which will require a paid download to upgrade, existing owners of Wipeout HD and Star… Continue »

Bungie make a Reach:Beta Montage While we were all trying out the new jet packs and sweet assassinations, Bungie were watching, hard. Here is what they saw. Want more? Head over to Bungie to see some of the new medals that weren’t in the beta! Continue »

Half Life 2 coming to steam today? NowGamer are reporting that Half Life 2 (including ep 1 and 2) are going to be released on Steam today. Adding further fuel to that fire is the below image No word of a date for Team Fortress just yet but we can assume its imminent. Update* Mac fan? Then you will enjoy the below video. Continue »

EA opens centre in Galway Galway wakes up this morning to news that EA, who before today have never had a presence in Ireland, are to hire 200 service representatives in the city to serve as agents for online gaming, specifically those made by BioWare (i.e. Star Wars: The Old Republic). Welcoming today’s announcement, Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD said, “EA is the global leader in… Continue »

White Knight Chronicles review Truth be told I was less then excited when I got this one in the post. Why? Because for one, I’ve no idea about this game, partially because I keep away from anything looking remotely like something a Korean suicide-gamer would enjoy. Not out of some sort of pathetic rally cry to FPS and racing games, ensuring I stay a… Continue »

Final Fantasy XIII Review “That boy has had some memories full of glee. That boy’s childhood was filled with Adventure. That boy was worried that the Adventures would end.” Tifa’s Theme – Final Fantasy VII In 1999, I was brought to my Cousin Roy’s house. He was around 15 at the time, while I was a mere 7. It was at… Continue »