Back in the early days of arcade shoot ‘em ups, in a time when arcades and chip shops ruled supreme in the gaming world, Namco were responsible for a series of addictive top-down shoot ‘em up titles. Games such as Galaxian and Galaga were in amongst a group of games that meant that I often went without sustenance at lunch time. Indeed getting a hold of decent conversions of these games on home gaming platforms meant that I became a complete “arcade rat” and it wasn’t really until the last …

Tired of all the Kinect games having a rather ‘kiddy’ feel to them? Well here’s one that certainly doesn’t, Heay Fire Afghanistan is a ridiculous looking on rails shooter that’s sure to boil the blood of the ‘ban this sick filth’ brigade. I couldn’t help but laugh at how terrible the game looks in this trailer and at how awful some of the highlighted features appear. Take a look for yourselves, and prepare for hilarity.

Rising Star Games, the people who enabled you to play the odd ball kookiness of Silent Hill / Twin Peaks / turkey sandwich inspired Deadly Premonition, turn their hand in publising another Japanese developed Xbox title that has yet to see the light of day over here – Japanese phenomenon, Deathsmiles.
First released in arcades back in 2007, reaching Japanese Xbox fans in early 2010,  the game is a 2D scrolling shoot ‘em up much in the same vein as R-Type for up to 2-players across up …

I’ve often wondered what offspring would be produced if Gearsof War mated with Call of Duty. The answer is Bulletstorm.
Bulletstorm is a brand new IP(Intellectual Property) and was developed jointly by two game studios, ‘People Can Fly’ and ’Epic Games’; famous for Gears of War and their Unreal 3 engine. Published by gaming giants ‘EA’, Bulletstorm is a single player first person shooter telling the revenge story of main protagonist and Space Pirate, Grayson Hunt. Set mostly on the planet Stygia in the 26th Century, you control Grayson as he …

Since I am getting super excited for the release of Test Drive Unlimited 2 I thought I would share some videos of it I have found on youtube. Enjoy!!!!

Every now and then a game is released which sneaks under our radar, but no more! I’ll be here to highlight such games with brief introductions and reviews, allowing you to check out the game if you see fit.
To start the series off first, we look at Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions!

Whether he’s swinging from rooftop to rooftop or making a deal with Mephisto to save his aunts life, Spider-Man has always been of interest to readers. Created by Stan ‘the man’ Lee, Spider-Man is the hit sensation for Marvel Comics.
Since the …

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 …

It is almost 4years since the last Test Drive graced our 360’s. That, however, is all about to change with Eden Games Test Drive Unlimited 2 hitting store shelves near you this autumn. Using the power of the Internet and a lot of free time here is a preview of the upcoming game Massively Open Online Racer (M.O.O.R).

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Recently certain members of the gaming industry press received a mysterious e-mail from a ‘Sam Fisher’. The e-mail contained a link (remember kids, don’t follow links from strangers…) which the press foolishly followed. The link directed them to Twitter, and more specifically, the account of the real Sam Fisher – ‘ex-Third Echelon agent and on-the-run criminal’.
 
http://twitter.com/real_samfisher
 
As well as having a fun filled profile with a bio reading: “I’m being set up. I need to find out who killed my daughter. Please help me.” Sam reveals pieces of intel relating to …