Bungie’s Weekly Update came a day early with some exciting news. On July 7th, the new Halo3 map “Cold Storage” will be available as a free download on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Bungie has their customer appreciation day 7/7, and will have one day only exclusive themes and gamer pics, alongside the new map, a […]
Posted by Erick - July 3rd, 2008 - 1 Comment
Greetings all,
late on this one as I’ve been very very busy, plus going to download festival tomorrow as well! for any one that isn’t aware its the best metal/rock festival in England!
A little bit late on the GTA rush, but then I was too busy playing it, and I imagine you all were too!
My pc […]
Posted by Colonel - June 12th, 2008 - 1 Comment
Managed to sneak a purchase by the wife yesterday - Xbox360 exclusive Ninja Gaiden 2 just hit US retailers Wednesday June 4th. I put the disc in and let her do its thing, that familiar jet engine that powers the 360 kicks on and off we go. Normally I’m knee deep in new game smell […]
Posted by Erick - June 6th, 2008 - 1 Comment
With a size limit increase to 350MB - Xbox Live Arcade is flexing some digital muscle, and clearly at the head of the pack. With the XNA development kits having gone out Dec 2007, we are about to see a flood of independent titles on top of some real AAA games. When asked about the […]
Posted by Erick - May 21st, 2008 - No Comments
The media.
It’s pretty much full of hate on computer games these days, too many Jack Thompson’s, Glenn Beck’s and Dr. James Dobson’s.
So I was very surprised and lifted, when I spotted an article written by Ross McGuinness in the local Metro paper.
In the article Ross points out that “violent video games actually reduce aggression rather […]
Posted by Colonel - May 15th, 2008 - 3 Comments
I tend to visit my local WHSmith store at least a few times each week. It’s handy at lunch time to just pop in for the latest games magazine or even just to see what new software is up on the shelves.
Over the last couple of weeks though I’d been noticing some changes to their […]
Posted by Bleem - May 8th, 2008 - 10 Comments
Well, I just couldn’t resist it, although the current screens in all reality won’t be what the game looks like, I am ever hopeful that the Aliens: Colonial Marines game will live up to my hopes.
I spent a huge amount of time playing the previous iterations on pc, but they really shined in multiplayer.
My plan? […]
Posted by Colonel - May 3rd, 2008 - No Comments
I’ve had a pre-order sitting at my local Blockbuster all week. Normally handling my rentals, they had a sweet preorder deal involving a midnight tuesday release date and a framed picture of Niko, the game’s main character. With glowing reviews from anyone who has seen the game, this title looks to deliver on the hype, […]
Posted by Erick - April 29th, 2008 - 3 Comments