5 Jan, 2012

The various incarnations of Mass Effect fiction over the last few years have worked hard to chronicle the trials and tribulations of the game’s rich cast of ambiguous characters – from Omega underworld boss Aria T’Loak to the shady Cerberus chief ‘The Illusive Man’. With its growing collection of prose fiction and Dark Horse...

24 Jun, 2011

Fans across the world sat huddled over their monitors last night in anticipation of the ‘Uber Update’ for Valve’s hugely popular multiplayer shooter ‘Team Fortress 2′. Team Fortress 2 has become to the guinea pig for many of Valve’s experimental concepts, and with as many as 200 updates on the Orange Box class-based shooter,...

18 Jun, 2011

It doesn’t take much effort to get the Valve fan community to get creative with their games, but the concept of prestige and juicy prizes is always a good way to keep them encouraged! Valve’s Portal 2 is already destined to be one of this years finest titles, and has been widely recognised as a master class in innovation and design, and of course...

17 Jun, 2011

After disappointment amongst the fans by their no show at E3, Valve have confirmed that they will be attending the European expo Gamescom in August this year. The website Go Nintendo published a list of the big developers confirmed to attend the event, with Valve standing amongst the likes of Ubisoft, Konami, SEGA and Capcom. Speculation has been raging amongst...

17 May, 2011

Everyone has a list of painfully nerdy pieces of memorabilia that they would do anything to own in a perfect world. I have spent many a boring hour thinking about the unlimited household applications of a fully functioning lightsabre, flying through space aboard the Normandy, weilding the Witchblade amulet, infiltrating secret facilities using Stealth Camo and...

17 May, 2011

The interactive Mass Effect 2 comic known as ‘Genesis’, originally released exclusively for the Playstation 3 version of the game in order to fill in the holes for players unfamiliar with the original game, as well as giving them some of the benefits of choice elements of the series, has been released for download on the Xbox 360. The comic created...

11 May, 2011

With just little under two weeks until we don our Trilby’s and embark on Rockstar’s most ambitious outing yet with the devilishly classy L.A Noire, the creators are throwing us one last bone by unleashing the game’s launch trailer today! The period crime caper created by Team Bondi in conjucture with Rockstar Games places players in the role of...

10 May, 2011

The stealth action genre speaks to a curious impulse in us all – the somewhat worrying secret desire to be a silent and deadly international man or woman of mystery, who checks into a hotel with an overnight bag and within an hour has fried a guest in the tub with a toaster, laced the soup of the day with strychnine and caused thousands of pounds of...