Buried at the foot of the press release announcing Microsoft’s 360 price cuts this morning was this little nugget: “Xbox Live Gold Membership will be required for Twitter and Facebook when they are available”. Seems a strange move, what with both Facebook and Twitter being 100% free on both PCs and phones. In defence, a…
Man, we’re on a streak with these this week, aren’t we? It’s like the internet’s out for flesh. Today, we’re going to see what the DJ Hero controller’s guts look like spread out all over the floor. Mmmm. Messy! Oh, if you’re wondering how these photos came to light, what with the game not due…
Yes, yes, these days the Wii isn’t as useful as we’d hoped. As useful as it could be. Unless, that is, you’re running the Homebrew channel. Here’s how you install it. Previously, you needed a copy of Twilight Princess to get this working, but with a recent system update, Nintendo closed that loophole. Not to…
You put Slash in a Guitar Hero game, that’s understandable. He’s an inconic guitar player, and was happy to sign on the dotted line. But Kurt Cobain? You stay classy, Activision. Click to view Guitar Hero 5 at IGN.com
In Europe, if you buy a PSPgo you get a free copy of Gran Turismo! Awesome. In the US, if you buy a PSPgo, you get a…demo (with benefits) of Rock Band Unplugged. Sony & MTV are calling it Rock Band Unplugged Lite, because (this is the stuff we didn’t already know) while it’ll begin…
Sure, it’s not as sexy a bullet-point as “new design” or “lower price”, but the fact the PS3 Slim was reported as running on 34% less power than the previous model was still appreciated. Thing is, that figure is wrong. Crave decided not to take Sony’s press releases at their word, and instead plugged a…
Like the US, the 360 Elite is getting a hefty price cut in the UK. But unlike the US, the price of the Arcade 360 in the UK is about to go up. Hey, Microsoft, what’s the deal? Microsoft Europe’s Chris Lewis has told MCV “We are making modest increases on the Xbox 360 Arcade…
The latest Ratchet & Clank game from Insomniac – Ratchet & Clank: Future – has been given a release date by Sony, and will be out towards the end of October. October 27, if you need the exact day. Note that’s only the US release date; European dates are still to come. So far this…
Disillusioned by the way the recent GI Joe movie treated the 1980’s take on the franchise? You’re not the only one. Spare a thought for the plastic Joes themselves, who must now console themselves with endless games of Tempest. And Pac-Man, and Galaga, and Donkey Kong. The bleeps and bloops of decades-old arcade games are…
Peggle Nights – the joyous expansion to the joyful Peggle – will soon be making the jump from personal computer to Xbox 360. It’ll hit the 360 in the form of downloadable content, and includes everything you’d find in the PC/Mac version of Peggle Nights. Which means 60 new MP levels, 60 new campaign levels…
The Pokemon World Championships held recently in San Diego were a source of laughter, yes, but for die-hard fans they’ll also have been a source of envy if this Pokemon DSi is any indication. Handed out in strictly limited quantities, it’s probably as visually pleasing an offspring of Pokemon and San Diego as you’re going…
The thing about the football market having two flagship series as opposed to, say, the NFL’s one, is that there are always two box art rituals to sit through. We’ve seen FIFA’s, now let’s look at Pro Evo‘s. Appearing on the cover of this year’s edition are Barcelona’s pint-sized Argentinian Lionel Messi, who reprises his…
Can’t say I watch G4’s Electric Playground that often. And by that, I mean never. Which explains why I missed this neat little segment on the neat-looking XBLA platformer Fez. There’s an interesting interview with the game’s shaggy developers, Polytron, along with a few minute’s worth of in-game footage. The clip below is the full…
Another day, another ruthless dismembering of a Sony console, as following on from yesterday’s PS3 Slim teardown we now get a real good look at the PSPgo’s inside bits. Not knowing what the hell was going on, I just sat back, scrolled through the 12 pages of pics and pretended I could hear the PSPgo…
Like many Western games, Relic’s Company of Heroes is in line for some changes once it hits the Chinese market as Company of Heroes Online. The LA Times’ Charles Proctor reports that, amidst concerns surrounding China’s laws forbidding any reference to the Nazi party, THQ have rebranded the Germans in this new CoH title as…
British sites are reporting that, ahead of an expected announcement later this week, Microsoft are to copy the rumoured North American moves by implementing both a price cut and a lineup shuffle for their range of 360 consolse. MCV say that retailers across Britain are being told they can’t order any/many existing 360 consoles, while…
Ghostbusters on PS3 took some flak upon release for looking, well, worse than it did on 360. Significantly worse. So Terminal Reality went back to the drawing board, and have today released a patch that should bridge the gap. IGN say that fixes have been made to both single and multiplayer modes, most important of…
“Zombies in the south”. Simple premise, but sometimes even a simple premise needs a little visual representation before it becomes real. Cue Left 4 Dead 2’s concept art.
The name “FASA Interactive” will be familiar to anyone who loved them some Mechwarrior back in the day. Sadly, they’re no more, having been shut down by Microsoft, who bought the company in 1999. Bought then, allegedly, ruined. FASA founder Jordan Weisman has said that once Microsoft bought the studio, things changed. When Microsoft bought…
I loved Plants vs Zombies, but it’s not my favourite tower defence game. Nope. That honour goes to Defense Grid, which I’m happy to hear will soon be making an appearance on Xbox Live Arcade. It’s due on September 2, and will be sold for the entirely reasonable price of 800 MSP ($10), especially when…
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