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...

14 Feb, 2011

Fed up with all this Valentine’s malarky? Yeah, me too – and I’m not even single! So why not side-step the chintzy cheese of this ridiculous holiday and immerse yourself in gaming banter instead? There’s a veritable smorgasbord of GGS Gamer staffers available for your aural pleasure today! In this episode a still-very-croaky Vikki is...

11 Feb, 2011

Rumours are rife that publishing giant Activision are plotting their next move in their quest for world domination – to acquire Take-Two Interactive, the team behind Bioshock, Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption. Speculation comes hot on the heels of a rocky week for Activision, in which they dissolved their multi-million selling Guitar Hero franchise...

28 Jan, 2011

After a couple of false starts over the last week (blame me – I’ve been ill), please find attached the latest GGS Gamer podcast for your listening pleasure. This time Andy, Jen, Mike and myself talk about Sony’s newly unveiled NGP, the mess with PS3 players of Modern Warfare 2 and my awesome few days in the company of Isaac Clarke and Dead...

25 Jan, 2011

Remember in Modern Warfare 2, that level called ‘No Russian’? You play as a suicide bomber who walked into a Russian airport and blew the place sky high? No? Me neither, it never happened. However the Russian Media have seen it fit to name Infinity Ward’s smash hit first person shooter as a potential ‘inspiration’ behind the suicide...

25 Jan, 2011

Following our report yesterday, consumer rights group Gamers’ Voice have submitted a formal complaint to the Office of Fair Trading, reporting Activision for the broken, bug-ridden state of PlayStation 3 and PC versions of their latest war-time shooter, Call of Duty: Black Ops. The complaint was lodged yesterday, over a month since Gamers’ Voice...

24 Jan, 2011

It’s official, ladies and gentlemen. Bobby Kotick is mere moments away from being snapped on the front page of the National Enquirer with no make-up on as Activision find themselves at the epicentre of yet another industry row. The news rocks the publisher in the wake of the on-going Modern Warfare 2 scandal, after hackers cracked the...

12 Jan, 2011

Regular players of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare franchise on Sony’s Playstation 3 could find themselves suddenly up to their eyes in hacked lobbies. The news comes hot on the heals of the announcement that hackers have finally broken through the supposedly ‘bullet-proof’ measures put in place by Sony to protect their systems against running...