The first trailer for Moneyball , the real-life baseball drama starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, has landed online. If the words ‘real-life baseball drama’ have got you heading for the door already, stop and give this a chance, as it looks like a pretty unique spin on a well-worn …
Read More »Gemmell Award Winners 2011
Brandon Sanderson picked up the Legend Award yesterday evening as the fantasy fiction world gathered at The Magic Circle
Read More »E3 2011: Rocksmith hands-on preview – finally, a guitar game that uses any real guitar
It seemed destined to be the winter without rhythm games, with Rock Band and Guitar Hero on the backburner. But with Rocksmith, publisher Ubisoft seems poised to take advantage of really fortuitous timing to unleash a different kind of guitar game on the world. It’s not the first game to …
Read More »Treyarch teases Black Ops: Annihilation map pack with new trailer
Here’s the behind-the-scenes trailer for the pack, which makes its XBL debut on June 28 with day-one downloaders treated to a double-XP weekend starting July 1. The trailer offers a few location-specific tips for the new multiplayer maps %26ndash; Hangar 18, Silo, Hazard and Drive-In %26ndash; and a look at …
Read More »The Sims 3 Generations expansion review
While you could certainly make an argument that EA is nickel-and-diming customers with constant Sims 3 expansion packs, they’ve typically been meaty additions that add interesting gameplay to the Sims experience. The Sims 3 Generations, unfortunately, adds a lot of content, but not a lot of substance. Above: The abundance …
Read More »E3 2011: Scivelation preview – what on Earth is a Scivelation?
Publisher Topware officially proved with the successful Two Worlds II that it can put together a top-notch game. After that milestone, what’s left to do but create another quality title, this time a sci-fi stealth/combat adventure in which you take on a corrupt religion? It’s called Scivelation, and while the …
Read More »E3 2011: UFC Undisputed 3 – first impressions
We took our seats inside THQ’s ridiculous looking UFC theater on the E3 floor as a ring girl welcomed us inside. We say ridiculous because of the security standing outside, reminding us of testy bouncers at a strip club. After we settled, Dana White, CEO of Zuffa and all things …
Read More »Download of the Week: Midnight Club: L.A. Complete Edition is now less than a speeding ticket and far safer
All our downloads are piped in with the lightning-quickVirgin Media 50Mb Broadband… We have a criminally overlooked classic for youthis week. Midnight Club: Los Angeles from Rockstar isoneof the bestopen-world racersyour hard-earned cash could buy. And nowthe complete edition isless thanhalf the priceof the RRP you’d be an eejitto miss …
Read More »E3 2011: Blacklight Retribution – like any other multiplayer FPS, only…freer
Zombie Studio%26rsquo;s previous Blacklight installment, Blacklight: Tango Down on the PSN and XBLA received positive, but mixed reviews. It was praised for its incredible graphics for an arcade title, but damned for its sub-par campaign. One thing that nobody complained about was its price – it was a solid, good …
Read More »E3 2011: Deus Ex: Human Revolution hands-on preview – theres more than one way to skin a robot
We’re not so sure Deus Ex: Human Revolution should have been on the show floor. E3 is rock concert loud, and it’s hard to concentrate for any amount of time on tasks that require any amount of cerebral thinking. Usually, developers choose a section of their game that works well …
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