EvilCast NewsBrief, Episode #59

EvilCast NewsBrief, Episode #59

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE IN iTUNES We have another week that is chock full of gaming goodness that we have been anxiously waiting...

City of Heroes Double Header Weekend

City of Heroes Double Header Weekend

NCSoft are having a reactivation weekend to encourage lapsed players to come back and try Episode 16: Power Spectrum. Those who have drifted away from the comic book hero MMO will be able to reactivate their account for free between the 8th and 11th of October. That is not all though. City of Heroes will...

First Christmas Bundle Announced

First Christmas Bundle Announced

The first, in what will surely be an avalanche of Christmas bundles, was announced by Microsoft today. The Xbox 360 Elite will feature in a festive bundle accompanied by LEGO Batman and the Disney published off road racer Pure. This pack will price at around $299 (US) and will include the usual 120Gb hard...

First Episode of Fable II Available for Download

First Episode of Fable II Available for Download

If you didn’t get a chance to work your way through Albion in the past year, Lionhead is releasing the game again. This time it will be available in episodic chunks through Xbox Live: Games on Demand. And the best part?  The first episode is free. Re-named “Fable II: Game Episodes”,...

New Dawn of Heroes trailer

New Dawn of Heroes trailer

Today sees the release of a shiny, spangly, bangly new trailer for Dawn of Heroes on the DS.  This strategy RPG features a band of reluctant heroes trying to save Brimthule from malevolent characters and emboldened monsters.  The once-beloved six barons have fallen to a corrupting evil, and you must...

New Fort Zombie Screenshots released

New Fort Zombie Screenshots released

Further to the news that Fort Zombie is coming soon to the PC this autumn, Paradox Interactive have released some more details as well as two new screenshots. Fort Zombie will offer: The ability to take control of a single building in town as you prepare for total zombie infestation The need to gather...

Capcom’s Raising the Dead Again

Capcom’s Raising the Dead Again

Capcom were showing off what looks to be a very exciting line-up of games at this year’s Tokyo Games Show and there were none more exciting than Dead Rising 2. Here we have three videos showing off some of the weaponry available to players. The first video on show is the use and abuse of a wheel...

Risen on PC Has Gone Gold

Risen on PC Has Gone Gold

The latest RPG from Deep Silver, Risen, is ready for it’s worldwide release on Friday, October 2nd. There is also an Xbox 360 version of Risen which will be released in Europe on Friday. Sadly, North American 360 gamers will have to wait until next year to play the game. Risen is being developed by...

Welcome Back To Britannia!

Welcome Back To Britannia!

Just when you thought you were out, they pull you back in! EA announced today that in celebration of Ultima Online’s 12-year anniversary, they are allowing players with canceled accounts to come back and enjoy the UO content they may have missed in their time away.  More exciting yet, it will be...

Review: NHL 10 (PS3)

Review: NHL 10 (PS3)

Game: NHL 10 Publisher/Developer: EA Sports/EA Canada Genre: Sports Verdict: EA improves on its already fantastic NHL series Pros: Excellent puck physics, board play and fighting improve on last year’s solid core Cons: New modes are fairly unimaginative. NHL09 was the most critically acclaimed sports...