I wasn’t a big fan of the amount of screen-tearing present in the Xbox 360 version of Vigil’s Darksiders. It appears I’m not the only one, as the studio has confirmed that a patch for the issue is on the way. “It’s something that’s really not a difficult fix for us and so we’re going…
Microsoft’s reveal of an Xbox 360 & PC “Game Room” is one of the bigger surprises of CES, but also surprising is the revelation of the development team behind the retro arcade store/service. It’s not Microsoft Game Studios, nor as you’d expect is it Rare, the studio responsible for the creation of the avatars in…
Yesterday, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata made the first public mention of the company’s plans for a successor to the wildly-popular DS handheld. So we know, vaguely, what Nintendo want from the console. That’s fine. Here’s what we want. But first, some caveats! This isn’t pure fantasy. We’re not going to be asking for HD graphics…
Only a few days after Capcom France’s boss Antoine Seux made some decidedly anti-Wii comments to French website Gamekult, Capcom Europe’s had to scramble their public relations fighters in an attempt to make nice with the world’s top hardware manufacturer. A small, delicate statement issued by Capcom in the wake of Seux’s comments reads: Further…
While the first Mass Effect missed the action figure bus, the sequel is avoiding making the same mistake, with a line of figures due for release later this year. There will be four in the first series: Shephard, Tali, Thane and Grunt. All four will stand at around 6.75 inches, and should be out in…
Dirk, the same guy behind that enormous giant LEGO Mario, has just applied the finishing touches to an enormous LEGO Yoshi. And it’s gross! Not for the quality of craftsmanship, no, that’s exemplary. It’s because you can see Yoshi’s insides. Like Dirk has hunted Yoshi, captured him, cut him in pieces and is making some…
Around twelve months ago, mixed martial arts fighter Jamie Varner suffered a major injury, breaking the metacarpal bone in his hand. His doctor’s advice? Play some video games. Because the constant movement of his fingers and hands would strengthen the bone, and thus aid in his recovery, Varner was told to go home and play…
After a Christmas break, we’re back this week with some PC sales charts, outlining some of the big sellers (or at least big revenue earners) of the new year period. Since both Steam and Direct2Drive had big sales on over the holiday season, these charts are all screwy. But screwy in a good way! Great…
You’ve got questions about Project Natal, we’ve got questions about Project Natal. And, for once, Microsoft have some answers, providing this behind-the-scenes look at the development and technology behind their upcoming motion-sensing peripheral for the Xbox 360. Sure, most of it is fluff, but you’ll catch glimpses of how the camera is able to “read”…
To go with their big address at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier today, Microsoft released some statistics on Xbox Live and the Xbox 360‘s install base. To date, around 39 million Xbox 360 consoles have been sold worldwide, while there are 20 million people on Xbox Live (no disclosure was made on how many are…
As announced earlier today, Gran Turismo 5 has got real cosy with Mercedes-Benz, and in particular the new Mercedes SLS AMG. You’ve seen it on the game’s cover, but here’s what it looks like moving.
Although its cover was blown a little early, there’s still new info coming out of the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas concerning Microsoft’s Xbox Game Room. Microsoft’s press release concerning the new Xbox Live service says the Game Room will be a “place to relive the glory days of arcade games”, and over the…
It’s always been strongly hinted at, but today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft’s Robbie Bach has confirmed it: Project Natal will be out this “holiday season”. Nothing more specific than that was offered, but we take “holiday season” to be “November”. Guess the motion-sensing peripheral’s other important aspects – namely its…
Sony’s Kaz Hirai took to the stage at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier today, and while up there revealed some impressive sales numbers for the PlayStation 3 over the holiday season. According to Sony’s internal numbers, over the five week period running from the end of November to the new year, 3.8…
Game-trading outlet Goozex have released some charts revealing what their most popular titles of 2009 were on the service, and included are comprehensive charts for each major video game platform. And, as you’re about to see, the lists are a little surprising, in that they differ wildly from what you’d see on sales charts. Take…
With Sony’s motion controller due later this year, some of you may be thinking ahead. To the future. A future with killer robots, alien overlords and an Uncharted 3 that maybe uses motion controls. We don’t know about the chances of the first two, sorry, but we do know that Uncharted developers Naughty Dog aren’t…
Last year, an EVE Online player by the name of Curzon Dax managed to earn 374 billion ISK (the multiplayer game’s own currency) from in-game investors. He then promptly took the money and ran. Claiming that he’d be launching a venture that would earn returns of 200% on any investment, Dax attracted plenty of interested…
Joining Nintendo of America today in their back-slapping and high-fiving are Nintendo of Europe, who have released a number of impressive tallies for sales of both hardware and software. Hardware first! The Wii has now sold 20 million units in Europe, with 9.6 million of those owning one of the two versions of Wii Fit.…
In August 2009, Sega informed the eleven people still playing online mech shooter Chromehounds that one day soon, the game’s servers would be shut down, effectively “killing” the game. That day is today. Yes, sometime today, Sega and Microsoft will pull the plug on one of the early cult favourites of the Xbox 360. It…
Capcom unveiled a brand new character for their Wii 2D fighter Tatsunoko vs Capcom yesterday. Sadly, that character is somebody only 2% of you will have ever heard of. It’s Ai-chan from Yatterman, otherwise known as Yatterman 2, who joins her partner Yatterman in the game to fight some crime and, where no crime is…
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