I had high hopes for this; being both a fan of the Tom Clancy games (especially since I was one of the few people who bought EndWar on day one, it seems) and of less-than-sim flight games, this was potentially a match made in heaven. I also managed to play this title at the EG EXPO in London last year, so I...

Researchers at Durham University have modified a video game and turned it into a fire drill simulator. The team used The Source Engine, the 3D game engine used to drive Half-Life 2, and created a virtual model of one of the university’s departments. I have to say that this is one of the more...

Now that the second title fix has come for Gears of War 2, a lot of people are just getting to grips with the various multiplayer modes, simply because they haven’t been able to get past the matchmaking phase before. My favourite has to be the Horde Mode. No smack talk, no opposing team. Just working...

By Allan Bowden-Smith I don’t normally like to make posts like this in any situation, be it a forum, journal, or indeed my blog, since it feels like I’m just regurgitating information. After all, these studios have all been in the gaming press recently. But still, this deserves a mention. There...

Let’s make no mistake about it; gaming is an expensive hobby. Especially in your teenage years when you’re too young to get a real job, but you just keep sizing up that used 360 in the window (naive of the RRoD problems, granted), and then woefully looking into your wallet. So, here’s my top five tips...