News

Obama Kicks Drug-Dealer Arse In This Video Game

From what I’ve played of Call of Juarez: The Cartel it appears to be just as bad as everyone worried it would. The game is packed with tiny glitches, odd AI behaviour and questionable graphics. But it also has a couple of levels starring President Barack Obama.


July 8, 2011
PC

Take A Good Hard Look At Planetside 2

The countdown has ended and Sony Online Entertainment has pulled back the curtain on Planetside 2, the sequel to the ambitious 2003 massively multiplayer online first-person shooter.


July 1, 2011
PC

Can A Single Screenshot Make You Want To Play A Game?

I don’t know the name of this soon-to-be-announced PC exclusive shooter from Polish developer Flying Wild Hog, but this one brief glimpse is all I need to know this is a world I’d like to hang out in. How about you?


June 9, 2011
PC

Dead Island Stands Out By Being Both Splattery And Solemn

Dead Island had been sending mixed signals – I wasn’t able to tell whether this title was meant to be a goofy splatterfest or emotionally devastating. Having now had the chance to experience the game first hand, I think it’s trying to be a little of both. Surprisingly, the combination works.


June 8, 2011
Nintendo

Rushing Through Battlefield 3′s Reworked Multiplayer

The recoil of guns in Battlefield 3 is deeply satisfying, especially when it’s followed by an enemy staggering and then falling.


Xbox

Infamous Real-Life Mercenaries To Star In Blackwater, The Video Game

Blackwater Worldwide, the real-life mercenary team linked to the killing of civilians and noncombatants in Iraq during US operations there, will be the subject of a Kinect-supported video game coming to the Xbox 360 later this year.


May 5, 2011
News

You Best Get To Killin’ If You Want The Next Game Mode In Section 8: Prejudice

Section 8: Prejudice, the $US15 shooter available on Xbox Live and, as of today, PC, will deploy a new online game mode – once the number of in-game kills surpasses 10 million.


April 8, 2011
PC

Global Agenda Is Going Completely Free-To-Play

The mid-April Free Agent update for Hi-Rez Studios’ online multiplayer shooter Global Agenda will drop the game’s purchase requirement, making it free-to-play for anyone that has the urge.


March 9, 2011
PC

A Reality In Which I’m A Terrorist

In a slightly different reality Japan is a vassal state to the Greater Republic of Korea, much of the United States has become the New Korean Federation of Occupied America and I’m the shadowy figurehead of a seditious and violent anti-Korean movement.


February 9, 2011
In Real Life

Armed Camels And Cats Have Never Looked So Adorable, So Deadly

Don’t let the cats and camels fool you, Cat Shit One is not an animated series for the feint of heart.