Month: November 2011

  • Lack of multiplayer functions on Mass Effect 3

    The developers behind one of the Xbox 360, Mass Effect, have today confirmed that the multiplayer options available for their up and coming space shooter – Mass Effect 3, will be very limited. Whilst there will be no problems playing a co-op game with your friend who lives in the other side of the world,…

  • 3DS success – all about the games

    Yves Guillemot, the outspoken CEO of Ubisoft, went on record with something that many owners of the 3DS system have been saying for a long, long time. His advise to Nintendo is very clear, easy and something that’s impossible to interpret in any other way than in what it was meant. Price doesn’t matter, games…

  • Ubisoft confirm new Assassin’s Creed and 37 million half year loss

    Ubisoft today released their 6 month trading reports and it makes for some pretty depressing reading overall, and unfortunately they’re not bucking the loss making trend that most gaming companies are reporting this year. Whilst the first half of the 2011-2012 year has had several high profile releases, the operating loss is significant but the…

  • Wipeout interview with Sony Europe Blog

    The PlayStation Europe blog have managed to secure an exclusive interview with the assistant producer of Wipeout, which is a game that is not only known for it’s insane speed, but also it’s love of the PlayStation system. The Wipeout franchise has appeared on every PlayStation platform ever and it’s now jumping onto the PS…

  • 25th Anniversary Zelda 3DS announced

    Zelda, it’s a huge franchise. So huge that it’s had it’s own versions of GBA SP’s in the past, all golden and shiny. So for it’s 25th birthday, Nintendo have confirmed that they will be releasing a Zelda themed 3DS bundled with Ocarina of Time 3DS in just a few short weeks.

  • Ubisoft love the Wii

    Ubisoft in the past have had problems supporting Nintendo products, with the Gamecube essentially getting no third party games at all and the early days of the Wii were problematic too. Yet, in the past 5 years the tides seem to have turned significantly with Ubisoft not only fully supporting the Wii, but are also…

  • Sony’s credit rating downgraded

    Things have gone from bad to worse in 2011 for Sony, they’ve had to contend with making losses all over the place, various online systems being hacked and all of the terrible publicity of the PlayStation Network being hacked as well. To top it off, they’ve made a loss this year and this loss, whilst…

  • Single Alan Wake screenshot released

    A lone screenshot, and the first in the series of what’s expected to many screenshots, was released today from the next Alan Wake title developed by BioWare. The series has been available via Remedy for a long time now, but they are now promising that this screenshot will take the series to a whole new…

  • Alien Spidy Announced

    Today Kalypso Media announced a publishing deal with Spain’s Enigma Software Productions. Kalypso will now release Alien Spidy for the Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. Kalypso Media are the people behind the Tropico series and will be releasing Alien Spidy worldwide in the coming year.

  • Flowrider released on Xbox Live today

    Racing games, they can get a little stale after a while and once you’ve played one, you’ve basically played all of them. Yet, today, Triple B games are trying to shake up this genre, with their latest title: Flowrider. Which is available exclusively on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel and has been made with…