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...

24 Jan, 2011

Here at GGS the subject of the pre-owned video games market has been a prevalent topic of discussion – indeed we had a good old chat about it on our latest podcast – since the news broke in the latter half of 2010 that publishers planned to limit online use in a bid to combat pre-owned sales. Whereas EA have dabbled with a few methods including...

24 Jan, 2011

I haven’t spent any quality time with EA’s Crysis 2 since Gamescom last summer and trust me when I tell you that this is not a good thing. Thankfully, tomorrow this will be entirely rectified thanks to a playable demo coming exclusively for all Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Yay! Unfortunately, tomorrow is still over six hours away. So for now,...

17 Jan, 2011

If you’re worrying how you’re going to fund your gaming habit now that the inevitable wave of skintness has hit after the holiday season, worry no more! After last week’s success with the Activision sale, Microsoft have now teamed up with EA to bring you a number of titles and game add-ons, slashed to half price – yes, that’s right...

13 Jan, 2011

Chris Priestly, BioWare‘s community coordinator has posted over on the Playstation Blog detailing why Mass Effect 2 on the PS3 is so much more than just a simple port. “PlayStation fans have been asking for Mass Effect for years and we are very pleased to finally be bringing it to a new branch of Mass Effect fans. However, what I think Mass Effect...

7 Jan, 2011

Generally, I’ll play most gaming genres but you will be hard pressed to make me pick up a sports or racing game. That is, unless it has SSX in the title. I’ve spent many an hour hurtling down snowy mountain-sides at ridiculous speeds, punching opponents only to wipe out myself. Not to mention the frustration of getting a really long run up to that...

4 Jan, 2011

Ugh. Back to work. Back to school. Your jeans don’t quite fit anymore thanks to an over-indulgence of booze, Celebrations and turkey sandwiches and you’re still stabbing your feet on dropped pine needles that HID when you vaccumed the carpet. Yeah, I know – I’m feeling you, friends. Today sucks donkey balls. So here’s a little...

4 Jan, 2011

EA have posted up a mind-numbingly awesome teaser trailer, reminding us of all the titles planned for a 2011 release. And remind us it does – whilst I have Dead Space 2, Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 3 well and truly in mind, I for one had forgotten that the seemingly terrifying Alice Madness Returns – amongst notable others – is due out this...