The Guitar Hero franchise really is one of the hottest game franchises right now.
And proof of this lies in Guitar Hero: On Tour, the game’s first trip to the Nintendo DS portable. On Tour has met with really mixed review but its sales prove that it is still a smash hit. In its first week […]

 
One thing that I love about the Nintendo DS are the remakes that the company introduces every year. This is a great opportunity to relive game classics with the added bonus of zippier graphics.
If there’s one remake that I am excited about, it is the planned release of Chrono Trigger for the holiday season this […]

Yesterday, the Playstation 3’s much-awaited firmware update was finally released… for a few hours.
The new update, v2.40, was THe update that would bring in more accessibility to the XrossMediaBar (XMB), allowing people to actually access it in-game, slight tweaks to the PlayStation Store, tweaks to the DVD and Bluray playback capabilities, and the piece de […]

Sleepless nights are nigh as Blizzard officially announces Diablo III. The company ended endless speculation when it officially unveiled the game during the Blizzard Invitational held in Paris.
Details surrounding the game are still sketchy since the company has admitted that the game is far from finished. But the Blizzard guys had been gracious enough to […]

If you own a Wii but you’re annoyed at the lack of adult titles, perhaps Mad World (developed and published by Sega) will fit just what you’re looking for.  Well, that’s only if you’re looking for an ultra-violent, ultra-gory roaming kill-a-thon.  You see, Mad World is a bit Manhunt meets Sin City.  What I mean […]

Game developer Blizzard has taken another stab at teasing its fans by posting a very cryptic picture on its website. The company has declined to comment about what the picture means but speculation is growing that they may announce something major at WWI in Paris.
That announcement could well be Diablo 3.
The picture in question shows […]

 In what could probably be the best console homebrew yet conceived by geeks and perverts–a method has been discovered that transforms the Nintendo Wii into an “erotic” device.
A new homebrew application developed by Team DWiildo has transformed the popular family-oriented console into a vibrator. Dubbed the Wiibrator, the app runs in the Wii in order […]

Beatles fans may actually have something to celebrate after strong rumors began circulating on the net that The Beatles’ catalogue–probably the most closely guarded music property in the world–will finally be made available for use in a game.
No less than the esteemed Financial Times has reported that representatives of the copyright holders of the Beatles’ […]

I’ve been so busy with work this weeek that I have almost no time to do anything else, even read the news so I was quite pleasantly surprised to find out about the Metal Gear Solid database that was made available as a free download this week.
I discovered it this weekend when I decided that […]

Treyarch (the Santa Monica developer behind Call of Duty: World at War) has revealed further information about this upcoming game that many will be looking forward to.  Having previously developed Call of Duty 3, there are high expectations on Treyarch to develop something just as good to represent one of the most successful FPS series […]

 Sony has finally confirmed month long rumors about a major update to the Playstation 3. According to Sony officials, Update 2.4 will contain the much desired PS3 trophies system, which is similar to the achievement system on the Xbox 360. The second major change is the ability to access the XrossMediaBar or XMB in-game. This […]

The Gears of War film adaptation is moving along smoothly. Underworld director Len Wiseman has been chosen to helm the movie (What about Uwe Boll?!).
A new draft of the script is now being handled by Wanted writer Chris Morgan. Originally, it was Stuart Beattie who was supposed to get the scriptwriting duties. With this new […]

Well, it’s official. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots is a kick-ass game. Some people have even said that it is the best game ever made. I really don’t know about THAT since I still haven’t played the game but from what I’ve seen and read, MGS4 has indeed raised the bar […]

In what could be one of the first cases of plagiarism to invade game development, developer Majestic Studios is now under fire because of allegations that it has copied some of the environments used in their game Limbo of The Lost from the smash hit Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which was developed by Bethesda Softworks.
Based […]

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If you’ve seen the new Indiana Jones film you might just want to take after your hero – and bearing in mind that it’s not very safe to start using a whip indoors then you might want to consider this game.  It might just be right up your street.  As with the previous (and […]

Unless you happened to be lucky enough to be in Paris and get an official invite from Ubisoft, you may well have missed the great announcements and shots of the new games we can expect from this publisher later in the year.  Naturally, there’s quite a list and I’d actually say that there’s something for […]