21 Feb, 2011

They say the course of true love never runs smooth. This is definitely the case for a legion of PC users still in the throes of passion with 2K Marin’s sick, slick first-person horror shooter, BioShock 2, over a year after it was first released. On Saturday those patient souls were able to purchase the Protector Trials, a content package first released for...

18 Feb, 2011

Bizarre Creations, the Liverpool-based development team behind classic Dreamcast racing title Metropolis Street Racer and its Xbox successor Project Gotham Racing, is to officially close today after 17 years in the industry. Activision acquired the company back in 2007 and announced their intentions to close the business on January 20th, following months of...

18 Feb, 2011

California-based development team Telltale Games have announced a forthcoming game tie-in with superb comic book-turned telly series The Walking Dead, according to tech analysis site All Things Digital. Since its small-screen debut in October 2010, The Walking Dead has proved a huge hit with horror fans on both sides of the Atlantic and – let’s face...

17 Feb, 2011

Sony have officially commenced their operation to put a stop to PlayStation 3 hacking once and for all. According to gaming blog Attack of the Fanboy, players using unauthorised software on their PlayStation 3 consoles have started receiving warning emails after attempting to use a workaround to the DNS hack fix deployed by Sony last week, while others have...

17 Feb, 2011

Next week Nintendo kick off their ‘Seeing is Believing’ tour for their brand new handheld, the 3DS. Set up in city centres across the UK, Nintendo will be inviting the public to take launch games including Super Street Fighter IV 3D and Nintendogs + Cats for a spin and see the sans-glasses autostereoscopic 3D effect in action. According to...

17 Feb, 2011

As Wii sales are gradually slowing, the ‘Wii 2′ rumour-mill has well and truly spun into action, as publications like CVG and GamesRadar get in on the act. They quote a variety of well-respected sources, all of whom believe an official announcement for Nintendo’s next assault on the home console market is on the horizon. Our regular readers...

16 Feb, 2011

To tie in with the release of 3DS launch title Ridge Racer 3D, true PSone classic Ridge Racer Type 4 will soon be available for your PS3 and PSP via the PlayStation Store. According to Eurogamer, Ridge Racer Type 4 – affectionately known as R4 – will hit the store in March. Starring regular Ridge Racer mascot girl Reiko Nagase, R4 features three...

16 Feb, 2011

Hello, and welcome to this week’s European PlayStation Store update! Another collection of fab indie titles get the February Mega minis sale treatment from today, just 99p each for the next fortnight! Team17′s double-helping of isometric sci-fi space shooters, Alien Breed: Impact and Alien Breed 2: Assault, get a price-cut for the remainder of...