Jun 11, 2010

Sony announced that the Playstation 3 will now be able to play 3D games as part of a new firmware.  Four games were announced to have been given the 3D effects. The four games are Wipeout HD, MotorStorm Pacific Rift, Super Stardust HD and Pain. The firmware update is free. The problem is one would need a 3D television for that. Incidentally, Sony also...

May 26, 2010

Microsoft has initiated one of its biggest management shakeups in years, as it announced today that Robbie Bach and J Allard, the masterminds behind the company’s hugely successful push into video-game consoles, are leaving the company after decades of leading the Windows giant into new markets. Bach (pictured left), the head of Microsoft’s Entertainment...

May 11, 2010

Possible new multiplayer weapons revealed. On a cryptic new website Ubisoft has teased the next installment in the Assassin’s Creed series dubbed Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. We already know the game will take place in Rome and star Ezio, as an experienced assassin who does battle against the Templars. The new web site acts as a Templar...

Apr 13, 2010

Studio Epic Games (Gears of War) has released the first details of its upcoming first-person shooter Bulletstorm, which Electronic Arts will publish in 2011. The game features a pair of mercenaries betrayed by their group leader and banished to a mutant-riddled planet. Bulletstorm’s highlight is a skillshot system that rewards players “for inciting...

Mar 7, 2010

A couple more details emerge on Valve’s upcoming mind-bending sequel. Even though Valve’s intention to make a Portal sequel has been known for some time, it was still exciting to see Portal 2 officially revealed earlier this week…even if the reveal came with almost no details to speak of. Thankfully, some of those details are already being...

Feb 15, 2010

When Microsoft discontinues support for the original Xbox, there are other options for the online multiplayer gaming fix We’ve all likely heard these familiar statements before: “It’s not you, it’s me,” “This just isn’t working out anymore,” “I think it’s time we see other people.” Of course, this kind of talk...