On December 12th the Chicagoland Pops Orchestra will be debuting new music from upcoming Square Enix game, Final Fantasy XIV as part of the long running Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy tour. Nobuo Uematsu, famed composer for the first ten games in the series will be in attendance and will also be performing for… Continue reading Final Fantasy XIV Music to Premiere in Chicago
No Tax Breaks for UK Games Industry
Today was The Budget, for our international readers that’s the day when the Treasurer pops out with a red briefcase and tells us how poor we are, how we are going to spend money we don’t have to pay of our deficit, and how he plans on raising that money(taxes!)
Final Fantasy XIII Famitsu Score Revealed
The latest issue of Famitsu has been leaked, what does it say about Final Fantasy XIII?
Umbrella Umbrella
Capcom Store is offering the very original Umbrella Corp Umbrella with the purchase of Resident Evil: Zero for the Wii. The game is set before the original Resident Evil and sees you fighting off the usual bunch of zombies and co. With the acclaim the Wii version of RE4 got this could be a solid… Continue reading Umbrella Umbrella
The Changing Face of Christmas Gaming
With vidoegames becoming a social norm is it taking over Christmas, and is this a good or bad thing? Back when I was a wee little lad the traditional thing to do after the giant Christmas feast was to roll into the lounge and get out a board game. Usually this would be one you’ve… Continue reading The Changing Face of Christmas Gaming
New Final Fantasy XIII Screenshots
Can’t wait to get your hands on the next in the Final Fantasy series, XIII? Unfortunately, us westerners have to wait until next March but the wait in Japan is almost at an end, to add to the final hype, Square released a handful of new screenshots.
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Peace Walker Release Date
The next installment in the Metal Gear Franchise hits US shores on May 25, 2010. If you can bring yourself to wait the mere 1632 hours, or roughly 9 weeks if you want to be boring about it, then there’ll be no need to import the game. It will also be released in Europe 3… Continue reading Peace Walker Release Date
GT Academy 2010 Revs its Engines
Starting December 17th Polyphony Digital, Sony and Nissan invite GT fans to see if they have what it takes to be the best in the GT Academy 2010 Contest. The Official Facebook page says “Test your racing skills to the limit and swap your sofa for a real race car with PlayStation and Nissan in… Continue reading GT Academy 2010 Revs its Engines
France court deems R4 & Co legal
In a landmark case for homebrew carts and similar hacks the French high courts today ruled in favour of flash carts. Nintendo had taken action against Divineo for supplying the carts, but the Paris courts instead called Nintendo’s actions restrictive to developers. They suggested that developers should be free to develop games for consoles, whether… Continue reading France court deems R4 & Co legal
Epic add Epic Amount of Tutorials
Last month Epic released the Unreal UDK for free. A kit that should allow budding bedroom game designers to build their own games using the massively popular Unreal middleware behind such games as Gears of War, Mass Effect and of course Unreal Tournament. Now a month later They’ve uploaded over 160 tutorial videos showing how… Continue reading Epic add Epic Amount of Tutorials
GOTY: What is everyone leaning towards?
We are getting near the end of the year and we’ve had quite the year of release not quite 2007 but there are some blockbusters released this year. PS3: Killzone 2, Flower, Infamous, Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in time, Uncharted 2 360: Shadow Complex, Forza 3, Halo:ODST, Splosion Man Wii: New Super Mario Bros… Continue reading GOTY: What is everyone leaning towards?
Google Zeitgeist – Video Games
The 2009 Google Zeitgeist is out. Googles list of the highest rising and most searched for terms of the past year. The Video Games section proves rather interesting. Video Games ghostbuster ufc saw bakugan batman arkham asylum twilight fifa 2010 modern warfare transformers 2 resident evil 5 I have to say, well it’s different to what I would of expected. Saw… Continue reading Google Zeitgeist – Video Games
IMFDB – IMDB for Guns
International Movie Firearms database covers guns from Films, TV, games and anime. It’s a Wiki layout, and very easy to search through categories to find what you want. Obviously we’re most interested in the guns featured in games. It has a rather large selection of games. From as far back as Doom to as recent as Modern Warfare 2. It unfortunately doesn’t cover made up weapons, so… Continue reading IMFDB – IMDB for Guns
Welcome to Press X or Die
Blog Launch! So here we are. A couple of weeks of natter and we have the launch of our blog. A day that will go down in history. Maybe. So, need to get the ball rolling, get those on board who were part of pre-launch, maybe re-jigger themes n widgets (which I must say Wordpress has some very… Continue reading Welcome to Press X or Die