If you enjoy racing games but feel that in general they lack something in the excitement department than BlackRock studio’s Split/Second may well be the game for you. The game is an adrenalin fuelled experience from start to finish featuring some unique game modes and ideas that combine in rather excellent fashion.

The single player experience follows racers in an explosive gameshow where the ability to use the environment in order to take down opponents is just as important as driving skill. The campaign is split over 12 TV style episodes, …

In this weeks show we have a spoileriffic blowout on Red Dead Redemption. Peebs admits that nearly every game he plays is too difficult for him. We discuss the future of the podcast and much more.

Next week there will be no podcast as we are all having a well deserved break.

Please don’t forget the 5 star itunes reviews for our awesome witty / dry humour

Naughty Bear is released this coming Friday and I for one am rather looking forward to it. I’ve yet to see any actual gameplay but I’m hopeful from the series of excellent trailers that have been released that the game will be hilarious. To further prove my point, here’s the rather excellent launch trailer.

Anyone else picking this up, or am I the only one who finds teddybear violence entertaining?

It’s one of the most satisfying experiences in gaming: landing an awesome headshot and knowing that you’ve taken your enemy down. One shot, one kill. The feeling just cannot be beaten. But which games feature the most gratifying, most awesome, most visceral headshots? Read on to find out my top 5.

5 – Sniper Elite (Xbox)

Without a doubt one of the most realistic shooters ever released, Sniper Elite featured superbly accurate ballistics that were well ahead of their time, the game being released back in 2005. Elements such as bullet drop, …

 
 In this weeks show Webby finds out that he is over confident and cocky. Shorter show this week as doing E3 special mid week. We mostly discuss what we have been playing and take questions.

As most of you probably already know Project Natal was last night renamed “Kinect”. However the release date was a bit vague. The official word last night was before the end of the year. However this banner on the Xbox GB home page shows that the much anticipated motion controller will be available from November this year. Currently no price has been 100% confirmed, with rumors varying from £50 to £150.
Expect more to come out of tonight’s Microsoft E3 Keynote.

Following Microsoft’s kinect one-off special event held in LA earlier this morning, we look at the top 20 reactions from the gaming press, courtesy of Kombo.
20. @oliviamunn: Walked in late to Microsoft Natal E3 event with every single person in white rob shirt thing…. No. No, I don’t want any koolaid, thank u.
19. @jeffcannata: Yes, Kinect does nintendogs, too. But it is a tiger! Extreme!
18. @mattbertz: Somewhere in Los Angeles, Nintendo is laughing
17. @CheapyD: And the only thing better than playing motion control sports mini-games is watching video of other …

Thanks to an Italian gaming website it seems we have confirmation of the new xbox 360.

Last year Microsoft dropped the bomb that is Natal on us at E3, and boy were we blown away. Things don’t get more hi-tech than that, right?
Only hours ago Microsoft sent an e-mail to mutliple media sources with this to say:
“E3 is the world’s largest gaming show, and the place where we make the BIG announcements about what’s coming up on Xbox. With the massive Project Natal announcement at last year’s event, you’d think we’d find it hard to top that. Well, think again.
“This year at E3 we’ve got even …

Electronic Arts has finally revealed their E3 line-up and boy does it look promising.

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today revealed the games it will present at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC) June 15th-17th This year’s lineup features multiplatform games in all genres, including heart-pumping racing and shooters for the hardcore player, action-packed sports games for the loyal sports fan and accessible mobile and casual games for the whole family.

This year’s media briefing will feature news and demonstrations from big EA titles such as …