Ireland set to win World Cup

In an incredible move that no one expected, EA have decided to release another full-priced remake of their hit classic, FIFA 1998. Except this time using the tweaked engine from the 2010 iteration and with HD graphics (though FIFA 2010 is hardly proper HD looking at the state of the renders). This time, instead of a full roster and...

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SEGA to launch new console…not quite “Next Gen” though, think Wii/MegaDrive

So today there are 3 players in the current console wars, but back in the 90′s it was SEGA and Nintendo who were slugging it out to be number 1. Unlike today it was a very rare thing for someone to have both consoles so you truly had to pick your side. I was with SEGA on this one, their consoles perhaps didnt have the best...

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shoryuken 2009 awards

Don your waist coats gentlemen, it’s award giving time. In May this year, our little site began life as a humble experiment to write freely about games. A few crazy folk who shared the dream joined me in this writing-about-games lark, and as the year went on we got better at it, and took a lot of viewers into our vortex of...

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Arkham Asylum 2

Yes, you read that title correct. Rocksteady, not content with blasting out an instant classic this year, have decided to continue their endeavour to ruin the lives of all 3rd-person superhero platformy type game developers, and announce the second coming iteration of their Batman franchise. Video below, revealing very little other...

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Console wars part 2 – the consoles

In part one of our Christmas present rundown of the three big consoles, we looked at the hardware. Controllers, specifically. Well, this time we move on to the main bit, the computational powerhouses locked up in shiny and matte cases. We’ll also introduce the portables as a means of testing the cheaper option. So let’s...

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