Kinect party

No, this isn’t a typical review of a new product. Partly because Kinect isn’t new – and partly because the review was an actual means test – not just me or other shoryuken writers looking a tit in an office. Last Friday, some friends who still believed in the sanctity of Facebook event organisation (and...

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Activision <3 Microsoft

In a blossoming relationship, the best thing to do is ditch the past and move forward. Forget asking for threesomes and just go with the flow. Activision appear to be doing just that, by ditching Playstation branding in the current UK print campaign for Call of Duty: Black Ops. The ad, spotted in Kerrang! Magazine, only features one...

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H.A.W.X 2 8-bit Flash Game

Ubisoft have released a promo flash game for H.A.W.X 2.  You can unlock content for H.A.W.X 2 by playing the flash game. I’ve been playing it for nearly an hour now, it’s an incredibly addictive vertical scrolling shooter. Game available...

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J Allard to depart from MS?

J Allard was the poster boy for a new console by Microsoft a few years ago. You may have heard of it… the Xbox 360. He was the man behind the technology, and after a few years at the helm of the project he dropped back to work on “black” projects in Redmond. His next tour-de-force was the MS Zune; a good device...

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Alan Wake > Heavy Rain

Anyone who read our Heavy Rain review would know that the game was an excellent insight into humanity, with top notch graphics, motion capture and acting. It stank up the room according to Mark Carson, the mocap expert on Alan Wake. “It’s beautiful and brilliant but visually uneven at points, which unfortunately is the...

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