Month: November 2011

Mass Effect, it’s a series that’s simply begging for the next instalment in the franchise. So Microsoft are very happily obliging that requirement in March, the 9 March to be exact. Yet, over the weekend a private, test version of Mass Effect 3 was downloadable and therefore playable by anyone who signed up for the…

Nintendo, poor Nintendo, with a record loss on the books and record production costs of two new systems being released at the same time they are certainly struggling a bit. By the way the system is advertised, it would appear that everyone in the country has a Nintendo Wii, and with the latest price drop…

Whilst many may argue that the Final Fantasy series has been on the decline in recent years, SquareEnix have managed to buck the trend financially this year, by not only making a profit, but by achieving 100% growth year on year in the past quarter. This is in line with SquareEnix doubling it’s profit forecast…

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is due for release very shortly, with Collector’s Editions, standard editions and who knows what else already on the market for preorder at every good, and bad, retailer online and in store people have long since preordered this game. Yet, today the creators, Bethesda announced a special midnight launch event…

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, it’s a huge game. So huge that all it’s done is have press attention from various media outlets from nearly everywhere in the world. It’s now attracting all the wrong kinds of attention in France, where it would appear that around 6,000 copies were stolen – with tear gas…

BioWare have long held a place of love in many gamers hearts, creating some of the best games that have been on many consoles over the past five or so years. They’ve even lent their considerable talents to the Sonic series, creating one of the best handheld Sonic games in many years. Today they let…

Toylogic, the Japanese based developer, has today revealed the first English trailer for their up and coming Xbox 360 game, Happy Wars. This Xbox Live Arcade title, due out in 2012 is set to be one of the few true MMO titles on the system and is clearly being developed with an adults mind and…

Hollywood, the land of the mega thin and in many cases, the painfully deluded. It’s in Hollywood where Ubisoft’s latest game is set, with James Noir’s Hollywood Crimes, which was today announced to be released this month for the Nintendo 3DS.

Harry Potter, it’s a franchise that’s spawned millions of children to read hundreds of thousands of words about a wizarding world, not so different from our own. It’s also spawned a best selling movie franchise, who know’s how many toys and lots of Harry Potter videogames. Today, the latest adventure in the Harry Potter world…

Joe, he’s certainly a character. There’s average Joe, Ninja Joe and now we have Joe Danger, thanks for Hello Games. Joe Danger is the latest title to be released from Hello Games, a young UK indie company who’ve released Joe onto the Xbox Live Arcade today. Well, that is Joe Danger Special Edition, which comes…