• Super Smash Bros. Announced for Wii U and 3DS

    Before I get started gushing about how happy I am, I would like to let you all know that I am a twenty year old with an arguably deep voice and an entirely normal upbringing, and I just squealed like a little girl getting her first Barbie doll. Super Smash Bros. Arrives Cross-Console At E3…

  • Why Do Game Companies Insist On Video Games Being a Boys Club?

    In recent months it’s been pretty impossible to escape all of the sexism talk surrounding the video game culture. It seems as if the game industry really dislikes the idea of women gamers, for some reason. On a regular basis I read a story about the industry that has “sexism” in it’s title. In 2011,…

  • How Xbox One Checkin Will Become A Massive Headache

    Now that E3 is here we are getting even more information about the next generation consoles, the PS4 and the Xbox One. With that plethora of information comes good will. New consoles are coming! New consoles are coming! The Xbox One, especially, looks to be turning gaming on its head with some of its features….

  • Xbox 360 Lovers Rejoice, Microsoft Still Has Big Plans For Console

    Earlier today Microsoft announced that they still have big plans for the Xbox 360 despite the coming of the next generation. During their E3 conference, Microsoft set aside a few minutes to take a break from showing off their beautifully presented next generation games to answer a question that has been on the tip of…

  • Xbone: $500 is a Joke, Right?

    Today at E3 Microsoft revealed to us unwashed masses, the price point of the new Xbox One. How lucky we are to get such a fantastic machine at only 500 dollars! If you think the US is lucky then you’ll be jealous of me. I get to pay 428 pounds, that’s about 667 dollars at…

  • Gran Turismo 6: A Lifelong Fan’s Wishlist

    Another Gran Turismo game is on the horizon, and once again all the talk is of the details; ultra-realistic sun glare here, true-to-life body roll there. Standard Gran Turismo, and that’s great. But I’m torn. Gran Turismo is like my nerdy best mate, but all he wants to do these days is sit in his…

  • Review: The Cold War Era

    The ultimate goal of The Cold War Era sounds simple enough: choose to play as the USA or USSR and gain the support of as many countries as possible within one real-time hour. However, developer Alina Digital are confident that their game successfully recreates the tense, physiological warfare of the Cold War. We’ll find out…

  • Hands-On With Nintendo Unleashed

    Nintendo Unleashed is Nintendo UK’s touring wagon of gaming goodness that turns up at events all around the country, including MCM London Comic Con. In case you haven’t noticed, I got up to all sorts at MCM London including chats with indie comic artist Steve Penfold, playing the upcoming Deadpool game and seeing a whole…

  • Blockbuster UK Reports Massive Pre-order Sales for Xbox One

    The Xbox One’s announcement hasn’t been much of a success with gamers around the world (wide web). Most of them hate the Once-a-day Internet spot check and others hate the complexity of playing used games on the console. However, one UK retailer has something different to say about the consoles popularity. According to Blockbuster (UK),…

  • Is the OUYA Just Mobile Gaming at Home?

    A little over two weeks. I know you didn’t ask a question, but I assume you did the same thing I do every time I see the word “OUYA.” I suddenly get all filled with electricity and butterflies and begin asking “When? When? When?” With the release date just around the corner I can barely…

  • Indie Games on Amazon!

    Yeah, that’s right. Amazon.com is now selling indie games. Here’s what they had to say about this: Game development is an art, like any other. It can be personally rewarding, and like other forms of artistic expression, great games can come from anywhere. Powerhouse game studios don’t hold a monopoly on inventiveness or creativity, and…

  • Rice Digital’s Geraint Evans: Doujin, doujin, doujin!

    Rice Digital is a company devoted to all things doujin. New doujin titles, doujin creators, the doujin community, Rice Digital has it all and then some. “But what is doujin and why should I care?”, I hear you cry. I asked myself the same question when I approached Rice Digital’s display at MCM London Comic…

  • Microsoft Detail Xbox One Online Requirements and Licensing Policies

    Xbox One Must Be Connected Every 24 Hours, Publishers Can “Opt In” To Game Resales Microsoft have updated the official Xbox One website with several details regarding the online requirements, used game policies, Kinect functionality and more. These details come after a batch of contradictory statements by Microsoft regarding these issues that left many dazed…

  • EA’s DICE studio promises “Surprises” at E3

    With E3 in less than a week everyone is trying to guess what the Goliaths of gaming are going to be announcing for the next generation of consoles, along with what AAA titles will accompany them into homes worldwide. DICE Studio has released a new video to hype up the EA press conference promising that…

  • Call of Duty: Ghosts – What the Trailers Did and Didn’t Reveal

    The past several months have been an exciting time for video gamers. Sony thrilled the world first with news of the PlayStation 3’s successor, cleverly coined – Yep, you guessed it – the PlayStation 4. Microsoft followed suit, announcing just weeks ago details of its own new gaming console, the Xbox One. Equally as newsworthy as…