OnLive Had Me Until They Went Crazy With Subscription Fees
March 13, 2010 – 1:00 pm | Comments

So yesterday, we finally got the big reveal from the guys putting together the OnLive service.  We now know that the service will go live this summer and will run $14.95 a month for the service.  …

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The 2009 Cheapy Awards
March 10, 2010 – 10:13 am | Comments
The 2009 Cheapy Awards

The Cheapy Awards are the way the vibrant community that is CAG gets to heap praise (or scorn) on the gaming world when it comes to buying, selling, or just getting the most value out …

Happy 10th Birthday Playstation 2!
March 4, 2010 – 5:41 pm | Comments
Happy 10th Birthday Playstation 2!

On 4 March 2000 – when I was dancing around to Toploader’s ‘Dancing in the Moonlight’ and trying to figure out how the hell I was going to pay back my student loan – …

GameGavel Drops Its Listing Fee
February 8, 2010 – 7:51 pm | Comments
GameGavel Drops Its Listing Fee

As gamers we sometimes turn to eBay to sell games for a few more bucks than we could get with a trade-in. Their long history of catering mostly to big sellers and retailers on …

Don’t Steal the (Blue) Prints
January 28, 2010 – 9:30 pm | Comments
Don’t Steal the (Blue) Prints

So it appears, to combat in-store theft, Best Buy has resorted to the Old School(TM) method of placing the games behind the counter and having the customers bring forth a proxy copy. Unfortunately for would-be …

The USS Normandy Is Landing at Midnight
January 25, 2010 – 6:34 pm | Comments
The USS Normandy Is Landing at Midnight

Well, after a long two years, tonight will be the first available moment for those of you in the general public to sit down and continue the adventures of Commander Shepard in Mass Effect 2.
Not …

Ubisoft Announcements: Late games and online multiplayer
January 13, 2010 – 6:35 pm | Comments
Ubisoft Announcements: Late games and online multiplayer

Ubisoft had a financial report…thing today, where they were talking about how they’re messing around with game release dates and sales quotas and targets and analysis and reports, all of which sounds a little …

NEWSFLASH: Modern Warfare 2 is Successful
January 13, 2010 – 4:33 pm | Comments
NEWSFLASH: Modern Warfare 2 is Successful

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II was – is – a successful title. Everyone knows this – slugs know this. It’s topped the gaming sales charts for weeks on end, and not even the media …

Prey Runs out of Steam
January 1, 2010 – 1:04 am | Comments
Prey Runs out of Steam

Actually, the title’s wrong – Steam ran out of Prey. But as that’s not so snappy a title, we’ll brush over that and move on. Ahem.
Do you know how you can run out of something …

Gaming Bigger Than Film in the UK
December 28, 2009 – 4:53 am | Comments
Gaming Bigger Than Film in the UK

According to research undertaken by the Daily Telegraph, video games are now bigger than film in the UK.
The figures state that the UK public spent more on video games than on DVD and cinema sales …

Torchlight REALLY cheap, buy it NOW!
December 27, 2009 – 4:54 am | Comments
Torchlight REALLY cheap, buy it NOW!

OK, I’ll keep this short. Torchlight is £3.49/$4.99, depending on where you live, on Steam (for the next seven hours, sorry for not mentioning this sooner). At this price there is no excuse not to …

Bayonetta Sneaks Out Early (For Some, Anyway)
December 22, 2009 – 3:45 am | Comments
Bayonetta Sneaks Out Early (For Some, Anyway)

Release dates are seemingly less and less important these days. The latest in a long line of titles leaking into sweaty, over-eager gamer hands days before official release dates, it looks like Bayonetta is also …

ESRB Rating for Dante’s Inferno
December 21, 2009 – 10:37 am | Comments
ESRB Rating for Dante’s Inferno

So it’s official – due to blood, gore, intense violence, nudity and sexual content, Dante’s Inferno will be rated as Mature. And whilst there’s no surprises there, there may be a spoiler or two in …

Heavy Rain: DLC and Collector’s Edition
December 20, 2009 – 2:10 pm | Comments
Heavy Rain: DLC and Collector’s Edition

All kinds of news is spilling out about Heavy Rain right now.
Jefferson Dong, SCEA Marketing Manager for Heavy Rain, announced on the PlayStation Blog that from today, Canadian and US pre-orders the title will come …

Martini Game Vending: Any Time, Any Place, Any Where
December 17, 2009 – 12:49 am | Comments
Martini Game Vending: Any Time, Any Place, Any Where

Here’s the scenario – you’ve suddenly realised that you’re a fool for having not given in and purchased CoD: Modern Warfare II yet and you want it RIGHT NOW. Problem is, it’s two a.m. and …

PSA: Final day of Steam deals.
November 30, 2009 – 6:26 pm | Comments
PSA: Final day of Steam deals.

Today’s final round of deals, from Steam are:
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood: 30% off
Mirror’s Edge: 75% off
Quantz: 75% off
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Dark Athena: 33% off
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special …

PSA: Steam Deals: Day 4
November 29, 2009 – 5:19 pm | Comments
PSA: Steam Deals: Day 4

Today’s early holiday deals, from Steam are:
EVE Online: Apocrypha: 75% off
Battlefield 2 Complete Collection: 50% off
Lucidity: 75% off
Trackmania United Forever: 50% off
Prince of Persia: 50% off
World of Goo: 75% off
Guild Wars Trilogy: 50% off
Only …