Looks like redesigning and rebranding a console is all the rage these days. Certainly, it seems to fuel market demand. Sony did it last year with the laucnh of the PS3 Slim, which was accompanied by a... Read More
There have been recent reports, fuelled by Sakaguchi's own statements, that his upcoming Wii exclusive RPG, The Last Story, would be his last game. The RPG legend recently blogged about how he would b... Read More
Do you remember the grand unveiling of streaming service OnLive last year? It promised people with low end rigs the ability to play titles like Crysis and Grand Theft Auto IV without having to upgrade... Read More
The next instalment in what is arguably the best game series to have originated on the Nintendo DS has had its release date pushed up a week, for a new September 12th release date. Considering that th... Read More
Wow, looks like this is turning into a trend. Not that I'm complaining, mind you. It makes for great entertainment. After Schafer went on record to call Activision head Bobby Kotick a dick and a pr... Read More
Yeah, that's just what we need, Pachter. More milking of gamers by evil corporation Activision. But of course, that's what's gonna happen anyway, and it seems that by making this prediction, Patche... Read More
The Xbox 360 Slim got off to a stellar start in the US, propelling Microsoft's wonder machine to the coveted number one spot as far as console sales are concerned for the month of June, and it looks s... Read More
NPD revealed sales figures for software and hardware for the month of June earlier today, and the results were dramatically predictable. As expected, the DS took home the honours of being at the top s... Read More
Remember Double Fine's Tim Schafer's outburst about Activision's Bobby Kotick yesterday? The one where he described him as a prick? Yeah, that one. Well, apparently it was an 'accident.' Speaking t... Read More
There are games that achieve the status they deserve only years after they have been released. One such game was Okami, Capcom's classic title for the PS2 and the Wii, which had a subdued launch, matc... Read More
Quite a few of us were pleasantly surprised when Nintendo took the wraps off the title it hopes will spearhead the 3DS launch: Kid Icarus: Uprising. Essentially, this represented the revival of a fran... Read More
Series director Eiji Aonuma told the Official Nintendo Magazine that his team was aiming for an early 2011 release date with the next title in the Zelda series, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.... Read More
What is it with developers thinking handhelds are gonna be on par with the HD consoles any time soon? First, we had rumours pegging the 3DS' power to be at the same level as the Xbox 360 and the PS3's... Read More
Fans of the original Goldeneye 007 title for the N64 got a pleasant surprise this E3, when Nintendo announced that Activision would be releasing a remake of the beloved classic exclusively for the Wii... Read More
JRPG lovers might have been worried that the slew of exclusive tradition RPG's the Wii is getting over in Japan might not make it to the US, what with the games pandering to such a niche audience and ... Read More
The Nintendo DS might have experience some mind boggling software sales, but perhaps those numbers could have been better if the system wasn't probably the system most rife with piracy in history. Wit... Read More
This kind of sounds like a case of Ubisoft getting a bit too ahead of themselves. Whereas there can be little doubt that both the Assassin's Creed games have been extremely well received, and are amon... Read More
Cartridges have shown themselves to be surprisingly resilient, having been around since the days of Atari, and still in heavy use in mdern handhelds such as the Nintendo DS. This, despite many analyst... Read More
The 3DS, while possibly the most accomplished piece of 3D kits yet, has ts own challenges to surmount. Most notable, marketting a system centred around 3D gaming, when most TV screens at home are 2D, ... Read More
Apparently, Sony is still trying to recover from the heavy losses that its gaming department was posting until just about a week ago. That, according to Sony reps, would justify the PS Move's high lau... Read More
