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XBOX 360

New Xbox 360 controller announced – Happy Chibi Ken is happy

The guy to the right is Ken. He fights streets or something… He is also very happy at the moment!  “Why?” I hear you ask..? Well, Microsoft have just announced that there’s a new wireless controller for the Xbox 360 on the way. Key changes include rejigged concave bumpers, shiny chromed silver accents, fiddled analogue […]

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PC

StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty released

That’s right people, after over 12 years, Actizzard (nee Blizzard) have pumped out the next instalment of e-sporting RTS & sci-fi epic StarCraft II (well, part of it anyway). In related news, nobody in South Korea turned up for work today!  Officials are currently investigating whether the two items are linked…

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XBOX 360

Kinect to retail for £130, new Arcade unit revealed.

Microsoft have announced that the Kinect will launch in November for a RRP of £129.99. It comes bundled with Kinect Adventures – so the initial hit isn’t too bad but it’s still about £30 more than it really should have been. Microsoft also confirmed that the new Arcade equivalent will go on sale on the […]

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Mac PC

Cecil-icious: Doctor Who: The Adventure Games Episode 1 Released **UPDATED**

The first episode of ‘Doctor Who : The Adventure Games’ (ugh) has arrived for PC (the Mac version is due on the 15th). If you’re in the UK, you can get it now, whilst everyone else will have to wait for some sort of retail release – details of which might well be forthcoming in […]

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“A Note from Aperture Science” – Portal 2 E3 event cancelled

Dear Subject Name Here, Aperture Science is pleased to inform you that we have partnered with Valve to announce the gala CANCELLATION of the June 14 Portal 2 event at the Regal Theater. The event will be replaced by a surprise. And even though the cancellation of the event certainly counts as a surprise, we […]

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F.E.A.R. 3 Co-Op First Look – **Live Action Video Warning**

We know F.E.A.R. 3 is coming, the promotional box art is stupid, John Carpenter is directing live-action cutscenes and Point Man still has no name, but compensates… with a beard! Obvious we will have to wait until release to see if the problems of F.E.A.R. 2 have been stamped out, but in the mean time, […]

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PC

Good Not Really That Old Games – Kings Bounty on GOG.com

Whilst GOG.com have generally stuck to their fantastic remit (old, frequently out-of-print games minus all DRM), they have offered up the odd stinker that really stretches the definition of the term Good Old Games. Now, not content to rest on their laurels, they’ve taken it to the next level by offering Kings Bounty : The […]

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Editorial PC PS3 XBOX 360

Retrospective – F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

On the eve of F.E.A.R. 3’s release, Andrew Bryant sinks his teeth into the previous entry into Alma’s world.

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PC

‘I built that’ – Engineer TF2 update imminent

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PC PS2 XBOX 360

M0th3r = Exp3ct1ng – F.3.A.R. 4nn0unc3d 4 PS3, PC n Xb0x

Don’t worry…  It’s actually officially F.E.A.R. 3…  F.3.A.R. is just on the box art. Still, when will ‘marketing’ learn that putting txtsp34k in our titles doesn’t make the game more ‘hip’ or ‘cool’…  It just makes the people who made the decision look like fucking tools! Anyway, F.E.A.R. 3 has been announced for Xbox 360, […]