Resident Evil 5 director to make movie?

By James | March 10, 2009 12:16 am

Resident Evil 5

The cinematic director, Jim Sonzero, who worked on Resident Evil 5 is currently in talks Capcom to direct a live-action film based on one of their games. Sonzero has previously worked on adverts and a Wes Craven film, Pulse

Its not been revealed which particular franchise the film will be based upon but with Resident Evil and Street Fighter already taken its anyones guess.

Where’s my Gamertag gone?!

By James | February 18, 2009 10:13 pm

Xbox 360 production
A design flaw in the Xbox Live system, that deletes Gamertags, is being investigated by Microsoft. The flaw has left some Gamers with no choice but to start afresh with a new Gamertag, losing all their Xbox Live points and achievements.

The problem, which manifests itself with the error code ’8015d080′,  effects certain Xbox Live Gold accounts that are linked to a windows live email address that is set to expire after a certain period of inactivity, e.g Hotmail.

But fear not, there is a cure… setup a new Gamertag using a different email address… great!

Guitar Hero Metallica screenshots

By James | February 17, 2009 9:11 pm

Guitar Hero Metallica

I’m just gonna come out and say it, I don’t get Guitar Hero, I find the whole concept bizzare.  But there are lots people out there who love it, and can’t wait for Guitar Hero Metallica. So, just for you guys, here are some screenshots. 

We live in a free society, so it’s only fair that if you really want to, then you have the right to prance around your living room awkwardly holding a ridiculous looking plastic “guitar” doing your best impression of an aging rocker, without fear of being made fun of.

Anyway, enjoy the screenshots, saddo!

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Games released week of 16/02/09

By James | February 16, 2009 10:00 pm

Releases

Disney Sing It: High School Musical 3: Senior Year PS2, PS3, XBox 360 17/02/2009
NOBY NOBY BOY PS3 (online) 19/02/2009
Eledees: The Adventures of Kai and Zero DS 20/02/2009
Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked! Wii 20/02/2009
Street Fighter IV PS3, XBox 360 20/02/2009
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand PS3, XBox 360 20/02/2009
Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice PS3 20/02/2009
DRAGON QUEST: The Hand of the Heavenly Bride DS 20/02/2009
NERF N-STRIKE Wii 20/02/2009
RACE Pro X360 20/02/2009
Rogue Trooper: Quartz Zone Massacre Wii 20/02/2009
SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection PS3, XBox 360 20/02/2009
Walk with Me! DS 20/02/2009
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II PC 20/02/2009

16 Tekken 6 screenshots

By James | 9:21 pm

Tekken 6

Fly kicking its way to our screens towards the end of the year is the king of the fisticuffs franchises, Tekken 6. Namco’s brawler has a tough challenger to face though, in the shape of Street Fighter 4, which has been flying off the shelves since its release in Japan.

Tekken is looking very slick as the following screen shots show in all their panda kicking glory, and let’s face it, as good as Street Fighter 4 is, you can’t beat on an endangered species, and what’s the point of a high-def beat-em-up experience if you can’t karate kick Chi Chi!?

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School’s Out for Street Fighter IV

By Chris | February 13, 2009 4:40 pm

It all depends on Your skill!

Though possibly not quite as much as past iterations did. The long awaited SFIV is a return to form, ditching many gamplay tweaks offered by previous cannon/non-cannon games and introducing new ones to help ease in the uninitiated.

The art direction has polarised the SF community, but it is hard to deny that Capcom have created a smooth and totally unique take on the Street Fighter franchise. We really like the results, with the characters having an almost tangible weight to them. It is extremely satisfying to land a combo on an opponent and watch the waves of pain rush across their face.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

By James | February 12, 2009 1:06 am

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

It seems activision just can’t stop releasing call of duty games, and who can blame them. COD 4 was the best selling game of 2007, and COD 5 was in the top 5 for 2008. Add to that the profits they posted today that exceeded their estimates, and you soon see why they want to keep this gravy train moving.

Modern warfare 2, or should I be calling it COD 6, is being worked on by  Infinity Ward and will most likely be a direct sequel to the blockbusting COD 4. Weather it will include online co-op, zombies and Jack Bauer remain to be seen, but given the success of the last 2 Call of Duty games we’re sure it’ll be a hit.

Due out this holiday season, expect it to be on XBox 360, PS3, Wii, PC

Tomb Raider: Underworld DLC delayed

By James | February 10, 2009 8:24 pm

Lara Croft

So, maybe you’ve bought Underworld, or maybe you got bored of Lara Croft a decade ago when she was still made of triangles and nobody had even heard of Angelina Jolie. I however still love Tomb Raider games, i’m not quite sure why that is, but I have a couple of ideas……

Anyway, weather you like the games or not they are usually good sellers, that is untill underworld came along. Maybe Lara has lost her appeal or maybe its the dreaded credit crunch. However Eidos announcd last month 2 new DLC levels, perhaps with the aim of boosting sales. The first level “Beneath the Ashes” was set for release 10th of February, but this has now been delayed due to “An unexpected technical issue”.

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Xbox Fueled Bender

By Chris | February 9, 2009 5:24 pm

UPS

It’s back. My Xbox is back!

I can only applaud Microsoft on their customer service. When my Xbox died I called them up the next day. A very nice lady went through the fault with me and provided several options for returning the Xbox to them. I chose the ‘Self pack’ route. I was also given the choice of where I would like the Xbox collecting from (note that it MUST be delivered to the same place once fixed). Within 24hrs I had received an email containing a printable UPS dispatch document.

After securely packaging up the Duffbox, I taped the printed UPS document to the parcel. Going online (from a link in the email Microsoft sent me) I booked a UPS collection for between the hours of 1:00pm and 3:00pm from my work’s address.

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Bionic Commando coming in May

By James | February 6, 2009 12:34 pm

Bionic Commando

It may be 20 years since the bionically-enhanced commando first hit our screens, but the wait is nearly over. Starring Nathan “R.A.D” Spencer, the ultimate fusion of man and machine, and packing more arm candy than The Six Million Dollar man and Robocop combined. Nathan, a falsely imprisoned government agent, is facing execution, but wait, there are terrorists on hand to kick start the adventure. The story revolves around terrorists, who after detonating an experimental earthquake/radiation bomb destroying Ascension City, then occupy it. So who you gonna call? The guy with the awesome arm of course.

And what an arm it is. Not only can you use it to grapple and swing your way around the terrain, but also to launch boulders or cars, uppercut enemies or use them as a shield and, get this, whip enemies into the air transforming them into a human kite. A human kite! Roll on May.

Bionic Commando is to be released in May for Xbox 360 and PS3 with a PC version following a few months later.

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