Review: International Karate

International Karate is a fighting game from 1985, designed and coded by Archer Maclean, Rob Hubbard and Mark Cale. Personally, I view it as probably one of the games that helped the genre gain its feet, and probably inspired many other to this day. Back then, it came out on pretty much everything with a… Continue reading Review: International Karate

Guest Article: Why We’re Turning Indie

by Brian Vicari (republished with permission from here) Indie games have grown massively in popularity in the past few years. Advances in distribution have played a large role in this trend – services like XBox Live, Steam, and the Playstation Network have given Indie developers the kind of audience they need to showcase their work… Continue reading Guest Article: Why We’re Turning Indie

Symantec uncover Treasure Trove of Stolen Log-ins

Symantec, creator of the Norton Anti-Virus service, have recently uncovered a database containing the details of  44million gaming accounts. These are usually gathered through the use of Trojans, both from dodgy downloads and in shady extensions, or through phishing sites.

Review: ModNation Racers

Modnation Racers is the second outing in the Play.Create.Share brand of games, and spiritual spin-off of LittleBigPlanet and competitor to Mario Kart. LBP proved a critical hit through its charm and use of user generated content, and Mario Kart through generations of pedigree. Can ModNation Racers live up to the legacy of LittleBigPlanet and Mario… Continue reading Review: ModNation Racers

Review: Super Street Fighter IV

It seems odd to some that just a little over a year after their previous release of Street Fighter IV, (a game many claim single handily brought fighting games into the limelight) Capcom returns with Super Street Fighter IV. An update that promised more characters, stages, and online options. When first announced many gamers were… Continue reading Review: Super Street Fighter IV

The Humble Indie Bundle

I know we haven’t updated for a while due to time constraints on all of us here but I felt that this deserved sharing. Indie game dev Wolfire has teamed up with other popular indie devs to bring you The Humble Indie Bundle, a group of five indie games, World of Goo, Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru… Continue reading The Humble Indie Bundle

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Bit-Tech look at UK Game Industry

This week British online mag Bit-Tech are doing ‘Made in the UK Week’, a week long look at the UK game industry over the past 40 years and its various stars. It’s currently on day two (well Day three most likely now) and have 2 articles for you to catch up on.

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Grandia Getting US PSN Release

The American PSN is getting another classic RPG, Grandia. Released originally in 1997 on the Sega Saturn and later on in 1999 on the PS1, this game was voted as one of the best RPGs of it’s time. It will be available to download this Thursday. Let’s hope it comes to Europe soon too.