Posts By James Reith

EA Will No Longer Use Paper Manuals

EA Will No Longer Use Paper Manuals

EA announced today that they will be replacing paper printed manuals with "easily-accessible" on disc manuals which will be available through the options menu, claiming "this will allow players to con... Read More

David Cage: “I am fed up with space marines!”

David Cage: “I am fed up with space marines!”

In an interview with British newspaper The Guardian, Heavy Rain creator David Cage claimed that "developers are fed up" with making shooters about space marines and WWII rookie soldiers: "games always... Read More

3DS eShop Delayed To Improve On ‘Unsatisfying’ Wii/DSi Shops

3DS eShop Delayed To Improve On ‘Unsatisfying’ Wii/DSi Shops

The 3DS eShop will not be ready in time for the 3DS launch but, according to Nintendo's Hideki Konno in an interview with Gamasutra, this is to make the shop an improvement over those associated with ... Read More

New Super Monkey Ball 3D ‘Race Mode’ Trailer

New Super Monkey Ball 3D ‘Race Mode’ Trailer

[HTML1] It is only a few days till the release of the 3DS and Super Monkey Ball will be one of the handheld's launch titles. Here is a new trailer, from Sega, demonstrating the game's 'race mode'.... Read More

An Ultimatum For Gabe Newell: The Return Of Jack Thompson

An Ultimatum For Gabe Newell: The Return Of Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson, disbarred attorney and regular protester against computer games, has returned from a temporary slumber with a message to Valve's Gabe Newell regarding an upcoming half life mod of que... Read More

‘Stacking’ DLC Officially Announced

‘Stacking’ DLC Officially Announced

After achievements had been posted for some new DLC on xbox360acheviments, it became pretty safe ground to assume new DLC would be heading our way for Stacking; a Russian doll themed puzzle adven... Read More

Crysis 2 PS3 Beta Closed Because Of Lag

Crysis 2 PS3 Beta Closed Because Of Lag

EA have closed the PS3 beat for Crysis 2 due to "server connection delays" and in order to fix other issues. On the official Crysis forums, EA promised that a working beta would be up and running ag... Read More

Square Enix Will Open New Studio In Canada To Focus On Next Generation Of Consoles

Square Enix Will Open New Studio In Canada To Focus On Next Generation Of Consoles

Although still in the final stages of deciding precisely where in Canada the studio will be based, a new Square Enix studio will open there and will focus on preparation for the next generation of... Read More

Valve Hire Designer Of Thief And System Shock

Valve Hire Designer Of Thief And System Shock

PC Design veteran Doug Church, who worked on Thief, Deus Ex and the System Shock games, has been hired by Valve. Valve's Doug Lombardi said that Church has been working with them for "a couple of we... Read More

Mass Effect 2 The Arrival DLC Release Date?

Mass Effect 2 The Arrival DLC Release Date?

The website play.tm are claiming to have info from some 'UK retail sources' regarding the release of some new Mass Effect 2 DLC. It will supposedly launch on Xbox live on the 29th of March.Read More

Fallout: New Vegas DLC To Be Released Next Week?

Fallout: New Vegas DLC To Be Released Next Week?

Quoting anonymous retail sources, play.tm are claiming that the first of two new DLC packs will be released next week and it will be titled 'Honest Hearts'. The second will be called 'Old Bones' and... Read More

Stretch Armstrong Trademarked For Computer Games

Stretch Armstrong Trademarked For Computer Games

[HTML1] Stretchy retro action figure 'Stretch Armstrong' has been trademarked by Mattel for use in a video game. Chances are the game will sync up with the slated 'Stretch Armstrong' 3D movie, due fo... Read More

Activision Vs. EA: $400 Million Infinity Ward Law Suit Given Go Ahead

Activision Vs. EA: $400 Million Infinity Ward Law Suit Given Go Ahead

A Californian Superior Court Judge has allowed a $400 million lawsuit against EA, brought on by Activision, to proceed. Jason West and Vince Zampella, the co-founders of Infinity Ward, had initia... Read More

Beyond Good And Evil HD Coming To PSN

Beyond Good And Evil HD Coming To PSN

The HD version of Beyond Good And Evil has been available to 360 users since March. PS3 owners may now rejoice that Ubisoft have confirmed the game will be coming to PSN in may. As an apology for th... Read More

Legend Of Mana Coming To PSN

Legend Of Mana Coming To PSN

Square Enix continue their run of re-releases, following the first two parasite eve games, with J-RPG 'Legend Of Mana'. Square Enix have given no definitive release date but claim the game will be o... Read More

THQ: We Don’t Want To Kill Off Used Games

THQ: We Don’t Want To Kill Off Used Games

There has been an increasing trend in gaming of titles which charge the player to access certain content if they have purchased it second hand or rented it. Some have interpreted this strategy as a ... Read More

Hitman 5 Teaser?

Hitman 5 Teaser?

Some of the folks over at Hitmanforum picked up on a mysterious, though not so subtle, image in a catalogue at the Sundance film festival: A box of doughnuts with a bar-code, already a hitman symbol, ... Read More

Australian Government Hope To Have 18+ Rating Added To Classification System By Summer

Australian Government Hope To Have 18+ Rating Added To Classification System By Summer

In Australia, any game deemed more adult or explicit than their 15+ rating is effectively banned. This has not only banned a few key titles from Australian distribution but has also required heavy edi... Read More

Results Of The Video Game BAFTAs

Results Of The Video Game BAFTAs

Here are the winners from the video game BAFTAs earlier today: Action: Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Artistic Achievement: God Of War III Best Game: Mass Effect 2 Family: Kinect Sport... Read More

Little Big Planet 2 A Teaching Aid?

Little Big Planet 2 A Teaching Aid?

In May a 'teacher pack' will be released for LBP 2 in a bid by Sony to get the PS3  into the classroom as a learning tool. It will include "National Curriculum-based in-game levels that other teach... Read More