So I went down to GAME all kiddy like a school child to pick up my brand spanking new Xbox One. Did the standard queuing up, chatting with other consumers and what not before leaving the store as the proud owner of not one but two Xbox Ones (one for…

The Xbox One and Ryse Son of Rome are almost upon us. Whilst the reviews might be embargoed until thursday, it's not all quiet on the Roman front as Microsoft have released a launch trailer for the upcoming launch title from Crytek, Ryse Son of Rome. The trailer is pretty…

The Xbox One and Ryse Son of Rome are almost upon us. Whilst the reviews might be embargoed until thursday, it's not all quiet on the Roman front as Microsoft have released a launch trailer for the upcoming launch title from Crytek, Ryse Son of Rome. The trailer is pretty…

I knew this game would be bad coming into this review. We didn’t even know it was coming out, we didn’t even ask for a review copy. It just appeared like the haunted video tape in The Ring and I knew it was going to be about as much fun…

An intern for Insomniac Games, 20 year old Ana Kessel, has been struck by a hit and run driver whilst riding her scooter. Ana was badly injured and will now need to have her leg amputated. Insomniac Games are attempting to raise the funds to pay for the best possible…

Team 17 get away with murder by gaming industry standards. Every couple of years they bring out a new Worms game and every year bugger all has changed. Oh yeah sure they add a new gun or two that no one will ever use but under the hood it’s just…

Microsoft may have let Sony steal the indie crown in the early days of the coming generation of consoles, but they are making big strides to undo the damage and make the Xbox One a home for indie developers. The latest news in the ID@Xbox program is full support for…

Imagine you bought a Ferrari. It was amazing, it was better than even your wildest dreams. Let’s call it the Ferrari GTA V. You could drive it around by yourself and have more fun than you’d had in almost any other car in history. But eventually you want to share…

In a recent interview with Examiner, Turn 10's creative director Dan Greenawalt spoke about the development cycle of Forza 5, which began before the previous title in the series, Forza 4, had even shipped. "We have a brand new graphics engine in Forza Motorsport 5, built from the ground up to…

The Predator is a new medium sized mech, joining the ever expanding repertoire of death dealing machines at the Hawken pilots disposal in the upcoming update, known as Invasion. The Predator, much like it's namesake, is an ambush hunter. It can use it's Stalker ability to cloak itself from prying…

Free-to-play mech combat phenomenon Hawken is getting a new update soon, tantalisingly titled the Invasion patch. The Invasion patch adds a new mech, two new game modes and a boat load of bug fixes. The biggest addition is one of the new game modes, called Co-Op Bot Destruction. In this mode…

Worms 3 is here…not to be confused with Worms 3D. What’s that? Yes there has already been a game called Worms 4. So how can this be Worms 3? Because it is, alright. In actuality this is Worms 3 because it is the third Worms game to be released on…

Gaming companies are always trying to bring us the next big thing in gaming. Nintendo brought motion control to the masses with the Wii, Microsoft gave us the Kinect and Sony the PlayStation Move and Sixaxis. All of these features and devices are designed to improve the gamer’s immersion into…

Introduction Logitech’s G510s is the latest addition to their arsenal of gaming hardware, sitting in nicely in the middle of their keyboard range with a RRP of £99. It’s by no means the most expensive keyboard on the market, but it's still a lot of cash to sink into a…

The PlanetSide 2 World Domination Series (PS2WDS) has begun and is already being touted as the thing with the worst acronym in history by critics across the globe. This five week long event will see players from across the globe compete for total dominance over the planet of Auraxis with…

On the surface the question seems fairly absurd. One is a beautifully crafted tale of redemption set in a floating city and the other lets you beat people around the head with a dildo bat, but hear me out here. Oh yeah for the record… SPOILER ALERT! Do not read…

Ubisoft have released a new video showing off an unboxing of the Watch_Dogs Dedsec Edition. This premium edition includes: Physical content: A 23cm Aiden Pearce Figurine Steelbook Case DedSec Collector box Watch_Dogs Artbook: artworks and illustrations that inspired the game Original soundtrack of the game Watch_Dogs map of Chicago Set of…

Rayman Legends is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Rayman Origins from back in the yesteryear that is 2011. Originally developed as a Wii U exclusive, Ubisoft decided to delay the title and make Rayman Legends a multiplatform title, and it’s a good thing they did too or us Xbots…

Never one for keeping quiet, Microsoft's most prominent public figure on the internet has come out in defence of Albert Penello's recent statements about the alleged power differences between the Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4. Penello said that "There is no way we’re giving up a 30%+ advantage to…

Ubisoft recently announced the development of Panzer General Online, a new turn-based strategy game based in the well-known Panzer General franchise. The title will be playable via web browsers. Panzer General Online is being developed by Ubisoft’s Blue Byte studio, in collaboration with Funatics Software. Blue Byte is a veteran studio who…

Rather than have lots of flame-baiting comparison articles, we thought it would be better to look over the Gamescom performances of Microsoft and Sony separately to see if they hold up on their own. So let's kick things off with Microsoft. Microsoft started their Gamescom with a super-secret-but-not-actually-secret-at-all conference in…