6 Oct, 2011

It’s that time of year already. Football Manager 2012 is due for release on the 21st October, but fans of the simulator can get hold of a demo right now, via Steam. The Steam-exclusive demo contains the first half of the 2011/2012 season, using Quick Start leagues from Australia, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden and...

10 Aug, 2011

Nintendo is firing up for the holidays with the U.S. release of the Flame Red Nintendo 3DS, the U.S. version of the Flare Red 3DS that hit Japan earlier this summer. Nintendo announced today that the new color–joining Cosmo Black and Aqua Blue–will launch on September 9 alongside the new Star Fox 64 3D game. Suggested retail price for the systems in...

7 Jun, 2011

Mere hours after the official announcement of the Playstation Vita at E3, retailers across the United Kingdom are already offering players the option of pre-ordering both the WiFi and the 3G enabled consoles. Weighing in at £229.99 and £279.99, the WiFi and 3G models respectively are considerably more pricey than the rival 3DS, and also cost more than their...

7 Jun, 2011

Sony had nothing more to lose from E3 in the wake of the devastating security breaches back in late April, but they certainly reasserted themselves as entertainment behemoths with their keynote speech. Straight off the bat, Sony throw us some of the biggest hardware launches seen in recent times, as well as key software releases to keep us excited in the near...

5 Jun, 2011

Misery loves company, and what better way to bring about both the misery and the company by hack attacks? While Sony has had its fair share of hacks over the past few months, Nintendo is the latest victim to these attacks. The good news? No user information was compromised and nothing Earth-shattering was done. In an interview with the Associated Press, Ken...

29 Mar, 2011

Just when we thought the UK’s leading gaming retailer couldn’t embarrass themselves any further, the clued-up Eurogamer crew have uncovered a rather sensitive document, detailing a shady operation deployed by GAME bosses on the night of the 3DS launch. Anticipating a stock shortage, management distributed a last-ditch mission plan to stores, sending...

27 Mar, 2011

So, the 3DS is finally here! Despite initially cancelling my pre-order on account of being Totally Effing Broke™, launch day temptation proved too much for me to handle. And so I welcome a Cosmos Black Nintendo 3DS into my gaming family – and she’s beautiful! Here are my first impressions of Nintendo’s brand new handheld and my first foray...

19 Feb, 2011

Have you ever had so much spare money laying about that you just didn’t know what do with it? Me neither, but if you’re a fan of making fantasy wishlists – y’know, just in case you win the lottery – then The Gamerator just might figure high on your list. The brain-child of a US-based company called Custom Bar Guys, Inc., The...