Posts By Will Kenny

Morally offended by Hot Coffee? Get a settlement!

Morally offended by Hot Coffee? Get a settlement!

Take Two is now voluntarily issuing cheques to all those offended by the infamous Hot Coffee scenes found in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. [NSFW] Cheques range from $5 to $35 for anyone offende... Read More

Developing CryEngine 3 for consoles was ‘challenging’

Developing CryEngine 3 for consoles was ‘challenging’

Crytek has revealed that developing CryEngine 3 for the consoles as well as PC was not without its challenges. In an interview with GameReactor, Crytek stated they were very much in favour of devel... Read More

Attendee arrested trying to steal game from PAX East [Updates!]

Attendee arrested trying to steal game from PAX East [Updates!]

An attendee at the PAX East show attempted to steal the code for Breach, an XBLA game by Atomic Games, from the show floor. Justin D. May, 20, may well have succeeded if not for one fairly signific... Read More

Major Nelson’s gamertag hacked

Major Nelson’s gamertag hacked

Xbox's Larry Hyrb, aka Major Nelson has had his Xbox Live account profile hacked. VG247 states that is profile now claims that any Live account could be hacked for $100 via Paypal, and states, 'I'M... Read More

Mass Effect 3 will use Unreal 3 engine

Mass Effect 3 will use Unreal 3 engine

The last two Mass Effect games have both used the Unreal 3 engine- and according to Epic's Mark Rein, Mass Effect 3 will be no different. Speaking in an interview with Develop earlier, Rein sai... Read More

7 awesome indie games you can buy instead of Modern Warfare 2

7 awesome indie games you can buy instead of Modern Warfare 2

Indie games are somewhat lost in the sea of big budget, hyped up, blockbuster games that populate our living room shelves. However, what some people don't realise is that there is a wealth of talent b... Read More

Steam Mac beta begins today!

Steam Mac beta begins today!

Calling all Mac gamers- grab your Steam beta while you can! Go here to sign up. First make a Steam account, then sign up! It's all free, naturally. [caption id="attachment_7490" align="aligncent... Read More

Exclusive GamingBolt interview- Green River Ordinance

Exclusive GamingBolt interview- Green River Ordinance

GamingBolt recently had the chance to interview band Green River Ordinance. They love all things gaming, and we had a chance to talk to them. GB: What age did you all start playing games? GR... Read More

Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings new screens

Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings new screens

CD Projekt RED has released some new screenshots for their upcoming RPG, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. A new developer diary has also recently surfaced; video below. The debut trailer can be f... Read More

Mafia II release date unveiled

Mafia II release date unveiled

Take-Two officialy announced a release date for their upcoming sequel to the action hit, Mafia. Mafia II will be on North American shelves on August 24, and will release around the world on August ... Read More

Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings officially announced

Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings officially announced

CD Projekt, developers behind the 2007 RPG The Witcher have officially announced a sequel. Assassins of Kings will be heading for a Q1 2011 release, and will feature a 'smoother' combat system and ... Read More

Crysis 2 author guilty of assaulting U.S federal officer [Important Updates within]

Crysis 2 author guilty of assaulting U.S federal officer [Important Updates within]

[This article will continue to be updated as developments unfold, stay tuned!] Peter Watts, the Canadian science fiction author who wrote the story to Crysis 2 and Homeworld 2, has been found guilt... Read More

Pachter: PS3 is [probably] more powerful than 90% of PC’s

Pachter: PS3 is [probably] more powerful than 90% of PC’s

In another episode of Pach-Attack, Michael Pachter has made a bold claim- the PS3 is more powerful that 9 in every 10 PC's. Not afraid to make public his platform of choice, he further went on wit... Read More

God of War III swings into UK #1

God of War III swings into UK #1

Sony continues its winning streak after Heavy Rain with God of War III, which has smashed its way into the top spot. The UK charts show that the Santa Monica PS3 exclusive has blasted right past Fi... Read More

Look who’s back: Modern Warfare 2 glitches return

Look who’s back: Modern Warfare 2 glitches return

It looks like Infinity Ward has a lot of work still to do. Glitches have landed right back in the game with a vengance, among which are the Equiptment Hack and the ice skating glitch, allowing player... Read More

Child porn sent to Xbox

Child porn sent to Xbox

A Dublin couple were shocked and disgusted to find numerous child pornography images sent to their Xbox 360. The man (who has not been named) was playing an online game when an unsolicited message ... Read More

15 Modders who changed PC gaming

15 Modders who changed PC gaming

PC mods, or modifications, are one of the primary reasons why the PC is often looked on as superior to its console brothers. Mods can be anything from new game modes, to new units, to graphical enhanc... Read More

Fable 3: No combat for the first 30 minutes

Fable 3: No combat for the first 30 minutes

Peter Molyneux recently Twittered that there is no combat for the first half an hour of Fable III. From his Twitter feed, "Been playing the opening of Fable 3, I am slightly worried that there is ... Read More

Bioware would ‘love’ to make some new IPs

Bioware would ‘love’ to make some new IPs

Speaking at GDC last week, Bioware's Ray Muzyka has said that the developer would love to work on some new IP's after the huge success of Dragon Age: Origins. He said, “We would love to build som... Read More

Steam removing games with Ubisoft’s DRM

Steam removing games with Ubisoft’s DRM

Valve is beginning to drop titles from the Steam store that are afflicted with Ubisoft's new DRM. According to VG247, among the removed games are Assassins Creed 2 and Silent Hunter V- links to the... Read More