There's been a big cafuffle in the past week about EA's release of a new Dungeon Keeper game, because of its seemingly never ending paywalls, despite it being... Read More
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 07:40
Esports have a long and rollercoaster like history, with huge ups and downs in popularity. You can go all the way back to the late 70s and early 80s to see the... Read More
Monday, January 20, 2014 - 06:40
One of the big vogue genres at the moment is survival sims. Games like DayZ and Rust, which pit players with and against each other and the elements to stop... Read More
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 06:31
The Steam Box is Valve's big hardware shake up this year. Sure it has some possible VR goggles in the works too and there's always that wearable computing it... Read More
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:48
The Oculus Rift is a strange device. It offers a level of immersion that is completely unparalleled in all of gaming, it's that good. It's not perfect of... Read More
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 08:17
"Hold your horses there Jon," you're probably saying, since you're from the 1800s and you know I'm talking about one of the biggest selling game series of all... Read More
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 08:13
Ah PC gaming. It's often touted by elitist jerks as being the "master race," of gaming but that's not how most developers seem to see it. In-fact even with... Read More
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 08:09
Well, well, well, who'd have thought console gamers would get so riled up over a game's resolution? While it was obvious that HD graphics were going to be a... Read More
Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 06:11
It might have taken a few years, but we're at a stage now where barely any of us blinks at the concept of DLC. Even day one downloadable content has become the... Read More
Friday, October 4, 2013 - 05:51
Well Valve. You've certainly been busy. Not only have you just let slip that Half Life 3 has a big team of developers working on it, but you're bringing your... Read More
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 06:58
Earlier this year, I asked the question: Is AAA game development a sustainable business model? My conclusion at the time: yes, but a company needs to do more... Read More
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 08:12
The launch of a new generation of consoles is always fraught with tough decisions. As a gamer, you feel somewhat obligated to take part as otherwise surely you... Read More
Monday, July 22, 2013 - 00:08
Gamers love to argue, whether it's over which is best, the Xbox One or the PS4 (or the PC), Call of Duty or Battlefield, Leauge of Legends or DotA 2, one thing... Read More
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 08:38
There's been a lot of things to take in after the past month of console (specifically Xbox one) news. We had Microsoft telling us all sorts of things that we... Read More
Friday, May 3, 2013 - 07:16
Esports are on the rise. There's big money involved and counter to what the nay-sayers have always said, a lot of viewers now too. Millions of people watched... Read More
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 08:24
While the Wii U is out in the wild and Sony's PS4 is pretty well detailed, we still don't know much about Microsoft's next Xbox. Other than it'll be called... Read More
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 09:10
We're a third of the way through 2013 already – can you believe it? - and already we've seen some huge console and PC game releases. Whether you're talking... Read More
Monday, March 25, 2013 - 09:14
One of the main features highlighted in PlayStation 4’s launch event is the integration of social gaming features out-of-the-box. We'll be able to leave in-... Read More
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 09:01
It seems that if you look around, video game retail on the high street doesn't have a lot of time left. In the US Gamestop has announced mass closures of its... Read More
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 - 07:13
With the news that a German consumer rights group is planning to sue Valve over the fact that it won't allow European gamers to sell on their used games, the... Read More
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 09:18
With the announcements of all these new consoles, the Nvidia Shield, the Ouya, the Game Stick, bringing small form factor gaming to the living room, console... Read More
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 03:23
It seems like ages ago that we first heard about The War Z, a zombie survival MMO that looked suspiciously similar to Day Z. While it got some flack as a bit... Read More
Friday, December 28, 2012 - 05:09
Kickstarter has been live and 'kicking' for a while now and it's certainly become the vogue way of having your dream project get off the ground. It's allowed... Read More
Monday, December 24, 2012 - 07:34
With the latest tragedy to hit US schools in the past week, parents, talking heads and the general public have looked to point the finger at someone or... Read More
Friday, December 14, 2012 - 06:54
These really don't make sense to me. Movies, games, hardware, all of it is released at different times around the world and for what purpose? To build hype? To... Read More
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 06:33
One of the best things about the current generation of consoles has been its reintroduction of classic gaming via the online marketplace. Old games, repackaged... Read More
Monday, November 26, 2012 - 04:06
With the recent announcement of the big three major Esports organisations – ESL, Dreamhack and MLG eSports – coming together to create one unified promotion,... Read More
Friday, November 16, 2012 - 07:37
PC and consoles used to be the main (if not the only) contenders in the battle for gamers’ hearts and wallets. Despite the abbreviated name however, when... Read More
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - 04:50
While many have hailed Valve's Greenlight as an overwhelmingly positive influence on the industry - getting indie games more recognition and giving them a... Read More
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 06:49
While it might not top Farmville in the number of active players, League of Legends was hailed earlier this month as the current most popular game in the world... Read More
Friday, October 5, 2012 - 06:46
With the recent announcement from Ubisoft developers during their Eurogamer expo that they used real life models of Assassin's Creed characters, soldiers and... Read More
Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 09:39
Zombies, zombies, zombies. It seems that whatever direction you look at the moment you'll see the shuffling undead. Whether it's the latest version of Treyarch... Read More
Monday, September 17, 2012 - 04:46
We know now everything there is to be known about the Wii U before its November 18th release date. We have a good idea about what its internal hardware will be... Read More
Monday, September 10, 2012 - 04:53
Tits and ass are incredibly prevalent in modern society. Sex is used to sell products in advertising, actors are shamefully primped into digitally crafted sex... Read More
Friday, August 31, 2012 - 09:30
While online gaming has transformed the way we play our favourite video games, allowing us to connect to people across the world, make friends, enemies and... Read More
Monday, August 27, 2012 - 09:26
Peter Molyneux – and to some extent, his fictional alter ego Peter Molydeux – has been talking about the first project from his new company 22 Cans. Currently... Read More
Monday, August 20, 2012 - 04:20
As one of the biggest companies in its field, EA games is going to receive it's fair share of unwarranted hate. "Haters gonna' hate" as they say. However... Read More
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - 08:27
While the video game industry is often criticised for churning out endless sequels, playing it safe or simply lacking in innovation – at the top end at least,... Read More
Friday, July 27, 2012 - 09:13
Cooperative gameplay has returned as a big selling point in recent years. Whether it's Command and Conquer 3, Gears of War, or Left 4 Dead, people like playing... Read More
Friday, July 20, 2012 - 04:47
While game streaming has been a bit of a back-seat player in the gaming industry over the past couple of years, recent developments could catapult it into the... Read More
Monday, July 9, 2012 - 04:13
With our recent look into the future of single player gaming and whether it will survive in its current, AAA form, it's also worth addressing the real artistry... Read More
Sunday, June 24, 2012 - 10:27
With mobile and social network gaming championing casual play and games like Call of Duty, Battlefield and others becoming the face of console gaming, is there... Read More
Friday, June 15, 2012 - 09:27
With some developers prophesying the end of console gaming, suggesting that the next generation could indeed be the last, many are wondering where gaming will... Read More
Friday, June 8, 2012 - 06:21
While it can be said without doubt at this point, that the humble touch screen has its place in gaming thanks to the growth of smartphones and tablets, is it a... Read More
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 13:00
Running and gunning, shooting up cops, killing hookers and taking back your money, stealing a tank, completing murderous rampages, these are all things that... Read More
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 11:51
Flashback to the mid 90s, and many, many male gamers will remember for the first time coming across a female protagonist that managed to exude an impressive... Read More
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 08:51
The UK High Court has ruled in favor of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), legally forcing the top five ISPs in the country (BT, Virgin, Talk Talk,... Read More
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 18:25
Two game series could be considered mostly responsible for making gaming cool among non-gamers and non-nerds, one of these is Call of Duty Modern Warfare, the... Read More