2009′s disappointments

2009 was a good year for gaming. A huge amount of top notch stuff came along, with cheaper versions of consoles off-setting the terrible economic crisis. However, there were duds. Oh boy were there duds, and it wouldn’t be right to leave the year without acknowledging them. Shoryuken will have a list of the best bits of 2009 in the… Continue »

LIVE Activity for week of Oct. 19th

This list has been aloof for the last couple of weeks, maybe its the embarrassment of the piss poor performance on live of ODST or maybe it something innocent like the Major was too busy playing Uncharted 2……either way here it is. SouthPark LGTDP seems to a bit of a surprise hit with even 1 star Kev giving it a… Continue »

5 mins of Halo:Legends

You cant break wind today without hitting an ODST review or a piece giving out about its short campaign but because our review isn’t until mid week I thought I would keep your Halo needs quenched with some Legends anime footage fresh from the weekends Spike.TV Apart from the annoying but predictably bad dialogue its looks like it may be… Continue »

Bungies lobby kicks ass

I’m an unapologetic Halo 3 fan, the game is an as near perfect multiplayer experience as you can get and the 4 player co op campaign saves the campaigns low points from being a deal breaker. So, this is the thing. I WANT THAT ODST ARMOUR!! A hundred guineas to anyone brave enough to go over there and get it for me!… Continue »

ODST firefight has no matchmaking...

What? If this is true I have to say I am a little disappointed, Games like Left4Dead and Gears of War 2 have both had there co op game types available in matchmaking and have both had success in doing so. If Firefight isn’t going to be in matchmaking that means your relying on friends to play the mode with… Continue »

PS3 firmware update 3.0 video

Back from my weekend away in London at the Empire movie con, rumour’s that ODST and Batman Arkham Asylum were going to have stands at the event were…..wrong. Anyway the world didn’t stop gaming while I was offline so its time to get back to work and bring y’all some goodness. First off, among all the other Sony stuff released… Continue »

New Halo 3 Maps Gameplay Videos

A few videos have popped up on 1up.com featuring gameplay on the three new Halo 3 maps that will be released this September along with Halo 3: ODST. Longshore – 1 Flag CTF Longshore – FFA Slayer Heretic – FFA Crazy King Citadel – FFA Rockets This guy totally had host. I can tell. Continue »

ODST desperate measures vid doc

Bungie released a new Vid Doc on their official website last night. Its shows multiple scenes from the campaign and even gives us our first look at the unmasked dropshock troops. As usual with Bungie the cut scenes look stunning and the story suitably epic. ODST drops 22/09/09.   Continue »

ODST interview and news

Nice little interview here with bungies Community Director Kevin Jarrard. Loads of ODST footage in here and also a very straightforward run down on how the Campaign will be structured. Surprisingly frank and informative for Bungie you even get to see the ”health kiosks”. In other ODST news, Bungie aren’t ruling out the possibility of new enemy types appearing in… Continue »

Odst firefight footage fresh from the...

My Friend decided to get married the weekend ODST comes out the selfish bastard so there is a small chance i may only get 12 Hours of gameplay in before i have to give a speech at his wedding….hurm stooopid human relationships. Bungie were out in force at Comic Con the weekend an brought with them Some booth filled up… Continue »