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Are you excited about Blur? Do you want to play and or read about Blur? We'll you'll never guess what's happened! It's only our sister site NowGamer who've gone and got their grubby little hands on some Blur beta codes and had some extended hands on time with the latest build of the game. Not only are they giving away the codes but you can also read their impression ...
I ain't scared of no... Necromorphs?
Dead Space 2 may be a long way off but the original left us so traumatised we're getting ourselves ready for the inevitable horror onslaught now. The first Dead Space managed to blend lots of sci-fi staple cliche's and terror into a unique and horrible experience, but according to Ian Milham, Art Director on Dead Space 2, the sequel is moving away from the more obvious inspirations...
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This challenging strategy outing will number the first in a series of titles set within a fictional steampunk universe; each approaching the task via a different genre. Coo…
We’re beginning to grow quite fond of Live Arcade sub-label 2K Play. Not content with bringing us the quite delightful man and dog act Axel and Pixel, the house has lined up this equally quaint puzzler…
A YouTube user known as djbetoceba has remixed the battle theme from Final Fantasy XIII. This kind of thing isn't new to YouTube, of course – but this video happens to have garnered 70,000 views before the game has even been released in the west.
10) Marcus Fenix – Gears Of War
Despite being an absolute brute of a man, Delta Squad's leader has the last name Fenix. Not Phoenix, but Fenix. Man, that’s cool…
9) Joanna Dark – Perfect Dark
This is supposed to sound like Jeanne D'Arc, but... that doesn't really work, now, does it? At last! A silly name for a Rare character that isn't ironic.
8.) Edge ...
I've played Alan Wake in two different continents, over the past two weeks. That's probably the least remarkable thing about my experience with Remedy's psychological action thriller.
For a little while, now, it's been established that Remedy's upcoming action-adventure thriller, Alan Wake, is no longer an open world title as it was originally planned. Last week, I got to ask writer Sam Lake what happened to that idea.
Rather pleasingly, although that rumoured build of GoldenEye running on the 360 looks set to prove the biggest tease since Ryo in Sonic & Sega's All-Star Racing…
Aliens Vs. Predator has become the fastest-selling game of 2010 so far in the UK, beating the records established by Mass Effect 2 and BioShock 2, according to Chart Track.
Just stick your fingers in your ears...
It's something everyone has to deal with online; opinion taken to the extreme and voiced with bitter, angry and often racist language. If you're going engage in conversation with anyone on any website, theirs always a danger you'll come across people with no regard to how they voice their opinions.
This has come to ahead recently with the release of Rebellion's Alien vs Predator. A quick look at Metacritic will reveal that its received 'mixed to ...
Be it BioShock 2, Lost Planet 2, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Super Street Fighter IV, Aliens vs. Predator or Resonance Of Fate, it's all covered in the latest episode OF... the X360 Podcast! Throw in some news, reader questions and the competition of 2010, Gamesbusters, which is definitely not ripped off from anything, and your Xbox 360 audio fix has been catered for!
To download this bounty simply head on over to the iTunes Store and search for X360 and subscribe or ...
Has Microsoft been a little short sighted?
Whatever your views on the two rival consoles are at the moment, it's safe to say that the major difference between the 360 and the PS3 is the fact that Microsoft's console lacks the storage space that Bluray provides. In terms of technical capabilities both the PS3 and the 360 are on a pretty level pegging but as the console generation stretches into the distance, with no end in sight, will Microsoft eventually start feeling ...
Great news, people - Root Beer Tapper is no more! Let us clarify that just a little - a host of Midway titles have been removed from Live Arcade, presumably due to the fact that Warner Bros. owns many of the properties, and has decided to put them to some other use. Xbox Live Game Room perhaps, or maybe a new golden age of arcade gaming is about to begin. Those on the chopping block ...
I had the fun of going to X10 last week, which, as well as debuting Fable III and Halo Reach to the journalism collective, had the 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII on display. I had a go.