Posts By George Reith

Crytek’s new 360 exclusive to push the console “to it’s limits”

Crytek’s new 360 exclusive to push the console “to it’s limits”

Crytek, the minds behind the Far Cry series and Crysis, have a new Xbox 360 exclusive in the pipe line Codename: Kingdoms. Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli has claimed that the new game will push Microsoft's ha... Read More

“Heavy Rain has opened the door for more mature games” So says David Cage

“Heavy Rain has opened the door for more mature games” So says David Cage

The head of Quantic Dreams and mind behind Heavy Rain, David Cage, has gone on record to thank the industry for making Heavy Rain a success commercially. He further adds that he feels it will help the... Read More

Massive sale for the EU PSN store

Massive sale for the EU PSN store

Everyone loves a good bargain and, in a gesture of good will, there is a huge sale on various games and DLC for European customers on the Playstation network. The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of ... Read More

Confirmed region lock on the 3DS, or is it?

Confirmed region lock on the 3DS, or is it?

Nintendo recently offered a statement to VG247 that confirmed rumours of 3DS software being locked to only play on a 3DS bought in the same region. Nintendo stated that “Nintendo 3DS hardware is... Read More

New Last Story trailer, and it looks insane

New Last Story trailer, and it looks insane

Update: This video is no longer available. Last Story, a new RPG from the legendary minds that brought us 2008's Lost Odyssey (and the inferior Blue Dragon which I would rather not mention) launches i... Read More

iPad 2 to have 2048×1536 resolution?

iPad 2 to have 2048×1536 resolution?

The next generation of iPads are expected to launch in the coming months courtesy of Apple. Speculation is thus in the air and with the idea of a “retina display” being name dropped consistent... Read More

Football Manager dominates this week’s PC chart

Football Manager dominates this week’s PC chart

Top Ten for the week ended 15th January. 1. Football Manager 2011 (Sega) 2. The Sims 3 (EA) 3. The Sims 3: Late Night (EA) 4. DC Universe Online (Sony Online Entertainment) ... Read More

Infinity Ward blames PS3 for Modern Warfare 2 hacks

Infinity Ward blames PS3 for Modern Warfare 2 hacks

It's no secret that the PS3 version of 2009's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was riddled with hackers and exploits that severely impaired its online multiplayer component. Infinity Ward community ... Read More

This week’s Xbox 360 chart: Kinect on the rise?

This week’s Xbox 360 chart: Kinect on the rise?

Top Ten for the week ended 15th January. 01. Kinect Sports (Microsoft) 02. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard) 03. FIFA 11 (EA Sports) 04. Dance Central (Microsoft) 05. Assassin's ... Read More

Top 9 Most Awful Looking Villains

Top 9 Most Awful Looking Villains

We are all aware that games require a solid protagonist if we are going to enjoy them, but sometimes a well written villain just really adds that extra incentive to keep playing. After all, if we didn... Read More

9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors Review

9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors Review

Some games have stories that truly seem to come from the muses themselves. Other game plots put our industry to shame and seem like they just fell out in the toilet during a developer's morning bowel ... Read More

SBK:X Review

SBK:X Review

Just for the record, I can't ride a bike. I also have little to no interest in professional motorbike related sports. It thus seemed odd when a copy of SBK:X popped through my door but, in my professi... Read More

DC Universe Online Preview

DC Universe Online Preview

[caption id="attachment_17630" align="aligncenter" width="505" caption="All your favourite DC characters are present, complemented by any other wacky heroes you can create"][/caption] All super her... Read More

Deadly Premonition Review: A Fresh Perspective

Deadly Premonition Review: A Fresh Perspective

Deadly Premonition has been out for sometime in the US, but I and my contemporaries in Europe have only been offered the Deadly Premonition experience since last October. A two month old game may seem... Read More

Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir Review

Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir Review

Sometimes you need to know when to let a good thing go. The survival horror and point and click adventure genres have been on the cusp of relevance for quite some time now and most of the key franchis... Read More

3D Mark 11 Review

3D Mark 11 Review

Bringing benchmarking into the next generation, Futuremark, the masters of benchmark testing bring us 3D Mark 11. The 11 in the title is confusing as it refers to the program's focus on testing Direct... Read More

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Review

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Review

World of Warcraft is one of these odd titles that you either love or hate. Regardless of your standing on it WoW is clearly here to stay but, after six years of mediocre expansions, the game was reall... Read More

Michael Jackson: The Experience Review

Michael Jackson: The Experience Review

Back in 1989 when video game licensing didn't need to make any sense Michael Jackson starred in Michael Jackson's: Moonwalker, a bizarre 2D console and arcade endeavour that had little to do with the ... Read More

Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet Review

Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet Review

Regardless of how it may be presented the idea of a marvel hero mash up reminds of my Marvel vs. Capcom days and, as a result, gets me somewhat excited (though not in that way.) As such I was rather h... Read More

Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time Review

Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time Review

Back when the Wii launched years ago there were two kinds of games that accompanied the release. There were the hardcore titles that people remember like Zelda and Red Steel (though Red Steel was reme... Read More