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March 15, 2010 – 2:37 pm | Comments

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Bungie sending Halo 2 out with a bang!
February 7, 2010 – 7:50 am | Comments
Bungie sending Halo 2 out with a bang!

You may have already heard that Microsoft is stopping support for the original Xbox, including original Xbox games that work on 360. This includes Halo 2, and Bungie have decided to have ‘one last hoorah’. …

Mass Effect 2 Gets the Sci vs. Fi Treatment
January 18, 2010 – 9:21 am | Comments

The countdown to Mass Effect 2 is almost done (wouldn’t it be funny if there was a delay at this point), and now, the game will get another accolade added to its belt.  Mass Effect …

EA Delivers Dante’s Inferno Demo
December 1, 2009 – 4:03 pm | Comments
EA Delivers Dante’s Inferno Demo

EA have confirmed that the much-anticipated Dante’s Inferno demo – enticingly entitled “Gates of Hell” – will hit consoles in December. To properly whet appetites, it will feature the opening level in its entirety.
The …

UK intelligence organisation places ads on Xbox Live
November 20, 2009 – 5:43 pm | Comments
UK intelligence organisation places ads on Xbox Live

And I thought that the average Xbox Live gamer and intelligence were diametrically opposed. UK intelligence agency GCHQ (Government Communitcation Headquaters, thank you Koss!) has been putting adverts, like the one pictured, on the …

New Xbox Live Dashboard is Ready For Download
November 17, 2009 – 10:10 am | Comments

After a long preview period, the Xbox Live Dashoard Update is posted up for everyone to download.  When you sign into your profile, you will be asked to perform an update to the console.
The update …

XBL Update: Twitter, Facebook, Last FM, Movies & More …
November 13, 2009 – 2:21 am | Comments
XBL Update: Twitter, Facebook, Last FM, Movies & More …

It’s mandatory XBox Live update day!
Following on from the launch of Netflix on the PS3 last week, Microsoft hope to appease their own members by an update that integrates dashboards with the biggest social networking …

Resident Evil 5 Alternative Edition to be DLC
November 10, 2009 – 5:18 am | Comments
Resident Evil 5 Alternative Edition to be DLC

You may recall that about a month ago, Capcom asked gamers how they wanted to receive the new Resident Evil 5’s content. 1500 votes later, the results are in. And even though our colleagues in …

Xbox Live Dashboard Preview – Twitter/Facebook/Last.fm
November 4, 2009 – 2:20 pm | Comments
Xbox Live Dashboard Preview – Twitter/Facebook/Last.fm

A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to score a preview pass for the upcoming Twitter/Facebook/Last.fm update, and after using it for a few weeks, I have really come to enjoy the new …

New Games On Demand: Far Cry 2 and Battlefield 2
November 3, 2009 – 12:58 pm | Comments
New Games On Demand: Far Cry 2 and Battlefield 2

The face (or rather, voice) of the Xbox 360, Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb, has announced on his blog that Far Cry 2 and Battlefield 2 are coming to the 360’s Games On Demand service, …

Section 8 Gets Dedicated Server Support for 360 and PC
August 12, 2009 – 12:06 pm | Comments
Section 8 Gets Dedicated Server Support for 360 and PC

 
Section 8 is doing something new for its upcoming release in the form of dedicated server support.  It seems a new technology called X Server will allow any Windows based PC to download a server …

Microsoft Points now available through Paypal… in USA
August 7, 2009 – 11:12 am | Comments
Microsoft Points now available through Paypal… in USA

Warm-voiced podcaster and Xbox Live Director of Programming Larry Hyrb aka Major Nelson recently announced on his blog that Xbox Live subscribers in the USA would be able to purchase Microsoft points using Paypal, but …

Batman: Arkham Asylum Demo Impressions (PS3)
August 6, 2009 – 9:35 pm | Comments

Games featuring familiar and iconic comic book characters typically are terrible, mainly because they’re linked to a movie. The most recent Wolverine game slipped out of this trap primarily because it only became a …

Games on Demand and Straight to Your XBox 360
August 6, 2009 – 12:02 pm | Comments
Games on Demand and Straight to Your XBox 360

Since news broke that Microsoft were adding a Games on Demand marketplace on 11 August, we’ve been salivating to find out what, exactly, will be available for download. Today Microsoft have finally released the list …

Snuggle Up With Unreal Tournament III
July 24, 2009 – 6:16 pm | Comments
Snuggle Up With Unreal Tournament III

A new interview with Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney noted that while they consider Unreal Tournament “certainly a major long-term priority” there are no plans to make another one for “several years”. So go …

Weekend Gaming Score: Oh good heavens, what have I done?
July 12, 2009 – 9:37 pm | Comments
Weekend Gaming Score: Oh good heavens, what have I done?

It was a light weekend for gaming items, despite the dozen or so sales I visited yesterday and today. The big score I thought I had turned out to be not so much a great …

No Words To Spoil Current’s Red Faction: Guerrila Review
June 24, 2009 – 7:26 pm | Comments

If you’re a child of the 1980’s you’ll immediately recognize the music that makes up all of the audio in this review of Red Faction: Guerrila from Current Gaming. Wombat on the CAGCast episode …