E3 2014: Killer Instinct Season 2 Revealed, TJ Combo Announced
At the Xbox Media Briefing, Iron Galaxy and Microsoft announced their plans for Season 2 of Killer Instinct. In a trailer shown in the preshow, TJ Combo was revealed as a new character, as well as the possibility of Cinder being the next character to be revealed. Season 2 will…
Destiny Gears Up For E3, Reveals More About Its Universe
As E3 gets ever closer, the guys over at Bungie are preparing to show more off about Destiny, their brand new sci fi shooter coming to Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. More will be revealed at Sony's E3 press conference on Monday 9th of June but…
5 Ways Sony Can ‘Lose’ E3
With Sony going in as the major leader in the current generation console race and projected to only increase its lead, let’s look at 5 ways Sony could completely botch its E3 and send them hurtling towards the bottom of the table. 5 – New PS Vita Update makes it…
Dark Souls II DLC, The Lost Crowns Trilogy Announced
BANDAI NAMCO Games Europe S.A.S and FromSoftware today announced the impending arrival of three new DLC chapters to the critically acclaimed DARK SOULS II for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft, and PC. These three new DLC chapters known as The Lost Crowns…
Putting on an E3 Press Conference: A Step by Step Guide
With E3 being a week away, I thought I would impart my vast wisdom to those who are putting on a press conference, so that they put THE best conference imaginable. One that does not disappoint their fans, shoot them in the foot for the rest of the financial year…
Ed Boon Reveals Mortal Kombat X
After some speculation and leaks pointing to its existence, Ed Boon, the creative director of NetherRealm Studios officially announced the next installment in the Mortal Kombat series, titled Mortal Kombat X. Along with this confirmation, Boon revealed a trailer for the game, showing Scorpion and Sub Zero duking it out…
Mario Kart 8 Review
With the arrival of Mario Kart 8, it seems like the Wii U will finally get some much needed attention and more people will pick up Nintendo’s struggling system. However, is Mario Kart 8 worth taking out on the track or should it stay in the pit lane? Mario Kart…
Nintendo Reveals Gamecube Controller Adapter for Wii U
In a tweet from Nintendo of America today and in a video about the Super Smash Bros Invitational at E3, they revealed that they will be releasing a special Gamecube controller adapter for the Wii U, allowing fans to use the old controllers for Smash 4. Also, based on the…
The Evil Within Release Date, Pre-Order Bonus Revealed
Bethesda has revealed that The Evil Within will be available in North America on October 21, 2014, in Australia on October 23, 2014, and throughout Europe on October 24, 2014. Shinji Mikami and his team at Tango Gameworks have asked for additional time to further balance and refine the game…
Magicka: Wizard Wars Enters Open Beta
Paradox Interactive and Paradox North today began the Open Beta phase for Magicka: Wizard Wars, the spellcasting action player-vs-player (PvP) game where misspelling is deadly. As of today, anybody can download and play Magicka: Wizard Wars and try their hand at the elementary arcane arts in 4-on-4 combat and 1-on1…
The Order: 1886 Delayed to Early 2015
Announced by Sony today, Ready At Dawn's steampunk third person shooter The Order: 1886 has been delayed to early 2015. A Sony spokesperson said today that "[Ready at Dawn] have decided to spend some extra time to deliver on the promise we made when we first introduced the game" and…
Watch Dogs Now Available Worldwide
Today, Ubisoft finally released its highly anticipated open world game, Watch Dogs, on Xbox 360, Xbox One, Playstation 3, Playstation 4 and PC. Watch Dogs, tells the story of Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker whose criminal past led to a violent family tragedy. Now on the hunt for those who…
Crossover Crisis: The Difficulty of Crossover Games
With the hype surrounding Mario Kart 8’s imminent release, many people have been asking why Nintendo hasn’t released an all-star version, akin to Smash Bros with loads of other Nintendo characters joining in on the fun. It would sell copies, get more people buying the Wii U and get people…
Thoughts from a League Noob
Having played League of Legends for 6 months now, having tried to get into other MOBAs like Heroes of Newerth, the original DOTA in Warcraft 3 and Valve’s DOTA 2, I’d thought I’d give you my thoughts of the game from the perspective of someone who has never been too…
Top 5 Game Accessories that were Doomed to Fail
With the (long overdue) decoupling of the Xbox One and the Kinect, with the Kinect not helping sales due to it possibly being HAL 9000, let’s look at 5 other accessories which were also doomed to fail when launched. 5 – Gamecube Chainsaw Controller This controller came out at the…
Youtube Is Reportedly Buying Twitch for $1,000,000,000
In an article released by Variety in the early hours of the morning, Youtube is reportedly buying up the livestreaming site Twitch for a billion dollars. Not only is this a huge amount of money for Youtube to spend on this acquisition but if proved true, it makes Youtube the…
Beware the E3 Rumour Mill
With E3 edging ever closer, the flood of leaks and rumours is starting to flow forth with the supposed list of games for Microsoft and Sony’s press conferences coming out, as well as ‘leaks’ of new announcements and surprises that will be present at E3. With many people jumping on…
Far Cry 4 Coming In November 2014
In an announcement yesterday, Ubisoft revealed that the next installment in the Far Cry franchise will be coming a lot quicker that we thought, being released in the USA on the 18th of November and the rest of the world on the 20th. The game will be out for Playstation…
Halo 5: Guardians Announced for 2015
In a blog post released by 343 Industries' general manager Bonnie Ross today, she revealed that the next installment in the Halo franchise, titled Halo 5: Guardians, will be released in autumn of 2015 for Xbox One. According to Ross, "Halo 5: Guardians is a bigger effort than Halo 4"…
Wolfenstein: The New Order Launch Trailer Released
The resistance has gathered, and the time to rise up and strike the Nazi forces has come! In this final trailer for Wolfenstein: The New Order, titled ‘House of the Rising Sun’, B.J. Blazkowicz and his group of resistance fighters unite to take on the powerful Nazi legions, and rewrite…
The State of Gaming on Youtube
Gaming content on Youtube is in an odd place at the moment. With the ContentID crisis still hanging over the heads of many, while multi-channel networks grow more powerful and corporate, are we leaving the golden age of Youtube and entering into an era where the smaller channel is doomed…