Review: Mortal Kombat (PS3)

Review: Mortal Kombat (PS3)

Tweet Finish Him. In 1992, that simple phrase helped revitalize an aging American arcade industry, extend the competitive arcade fighting scene, and singlehandedy manage to get politicians interested (and concerned) about video games and their effect on children. Yes, I’m talking about Mortal Kombat;...

PlatinumGames Returns, Anarchy Reigns

PlatinumGames Returns, Anarchy Reigns

Tweet Fans of Bayonetta and Vanquish will be happy; SEGA has just announced the latest title from the creative, manic minds at PlatinumGames. Anarchy Reigns is described as a “multiplayer brawler set in a world where anarchy is king”. SEGA claim it “challenges the boundaries of the...

Planet MiniGolf sharpens its pencil

Planet MiniGolf sharpens its pencil

Tweet I don’t know if it’s the little pencils, the windmills, or the complete lack of a nine iron, but I love mini-golf.  Putt putt, if you prefer.  So imagine my sheer delight upon discovering that ZEN Studios will soon release Planet MiniGolf to the PlayStation Network.  ZEN is known for its ball...

Mount & Blade: Warband Offers Adventure… and more

Mount & Blade: Warband Offers Adventure… and more

Tweet They say there is no such thing as a free lunch.  Unless its served by a saucy wench…  on a heavy oak table…  in a majestic stone hall draped with regal banners and tapestries.  Find out how to ride into legend with Mount & Blade: Warband.  Knights daring enough to pre-order the...

Frakkin’ Sweet 3D Browser-Based MMOG Announced at 2010 GDC

Frakkin’ Sweet 3D Browser-Based MMOG Announced at 2010 GDC

Tweet The global market leader in browser-based Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG), Bigpoint,  will be demonstrating the next generation of client-free PC gaming at Game Developers Conference 2010. Leading its product slate for 2010 will be Battlestar Galactica Online, a tactical space combat and...

The Alter Ego Project

The Alter Ego Project

Tweet Begun in 2003 by Robbie Cooper, the Alter Ego Project chronicles photographic essays about people and their gaming avatars. Cooper says, “Most of us spend a huge amount of time in front of screens, at work and play. Research studies indicate that in the US, the average school age child spends...

The Association Of Independent Gaming Websites Launches

The Association Of Independent Gaming Websites Launches

Tweet The AIGW has launched their official website – and we’re excited about it. The Association of Independent Game Websites is an organisation which seeks to improve the standard of volunteer-run videogame websites. Our goal is to support non-commercial videogame websites, provide their owners...

Microsoft Releases List of Xbox 360 “Games on Demand” Titles

Microsoft Releases List of Xbox 360 “Games on Demand” Titles

Tweet Just like your local cable company has brought you video on demand, Microsoft is bringing you Games on Demand. But these games will run slightly higher than a rented movie, actually, players will get to download full retail versions of games, right on their hard drive. While the games are said to cost...

Review: The Conduit (Wii)

Review: The Conduit (Wii)

Tweet When the Wii’s motion controller was first revealed, FPS fans everywhere rejoiced. Here was a console that had the potential to offer the best, most innovative FPS controls seen since the mouse and keyboard PC combo. With the announcement and trailers of Red Steel, gamers all over the world were...

Review: Virtua Tennis 2009 (Xbox 360/PS3)

Review: Virtua Tennis 2009 (Xbox 360/PS3)

Tweet “Brace Yourself…” I have never been so frightened in my life.  Forget Resident Evil 5, forget PS3 update load times, HOME bubble dancers or broken Fallout updates…Virtua Tennis 2009 is hands down the most disturbing game experience of the last year. Picture, if you will, the...

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