Articles By: John Kershaw

DS Review: Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood

Tweet The world of Sonic is a world of fast platforming and loop-de-loops. So how well does it fare when inserted into the RPG mould? Can BioWare break the current trend of Sonic games and make something good? Hit the jump for the full review.

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C.O.R.E Preview

Tweet Good first person shooters are a rare find on the DS. C.O.R.E promises “old school” action tied to a “Gripping sci-fi storyline, with a fully interactive world”. I got my hands on an early build of the game last week, so hit the jump to get my impressions.

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Xbox Live Stutters Back To Life

Tweet After nearly three full days of hit or miss reliability from the Xbox Live service, it’s finally looking like the servers have been successfully gaffer taped back together.

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Jack Thompson Disbarred! Oh Snap!

Tweet In news to be filed in the “couldn’t come soon enough” category, anti-videogame lawyer extraordinaire Jack Thompson has been disbarred, permanently.

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Do Not Fear, Reddit’s Crowbar Has Been Shipped To CERN!

Tweet You may remember a month ago when social news site Reddit first began their quest to stop the imminent headcrab infestation emanating from the Large Hadron Collider. Good news, the crowbar wrecking bar has now been shipped, along with a practice headcrab plushy and a Half-Life strategy guide.

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EA’s Overly Restrictive DRM Causes Mini Riots in Sporetopia

Tweet Despite being one of the most anticipated games of this year, some people are not overly happy with the overbearing and unnecessary DRM EA have placed on the game.

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Heretic And Hexen Released For All Under GPL

Tweet The classic PC games Heretic and Hexen have been given new freedom across the internet with their release under the GNU Public Licence.

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PAL PS3 Owners To Get Free Downloadable Music Videos With VidZone

Tweet We all know the feeling, you’re sat at home in your boxers playing Resistance: Fall of Man and you start thinking “you know, I wish I could watch that latest Rihanna music video, but I’m so lazy to simply go to YouTube in my PS3′s browser, I wish there was another solution”. Well, Sony have [...]

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Gore and Awesome… Goresome? Sega Announce The House of the Dead: OVERKILL

Tweet [youtube width="480" height="378"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKUD2sLE5rM[/youtube] Touted as a pulp horror game, The House of the Dead: OVERKILL (the name is actually in caps) was announced today at Leipzig, and although it’s no Jet Grind Radio, it does still look to be an awesome addition for the Wii.

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New Jumpgate Evolution Trailer

Tweet If, like me, you are looking forward to the brand new space-based, real-time-combat-using, better-than-WoW, totally-awesome new MMO from Codemasters that is Jumpgate Evolution, then you may feel your pants tightening with the following trailer.

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More C.O.R.E Info Released – NoWay!

Tweet NoWay Studio have released fresh new info in their DS exclusive FPS, C.O.R.E. Boasting an impressive 15 single player levels and 10 multiplayer maps, could this be the Halo of the DS? Hit the jump for all the info.

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Reddit May Just have Saved Us All; Buys a Crowbar for Cern’s Large Hadron Collider

Tweet With just a few short weeks remaining until scientists cause the end of the universe turn on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva and kill us all begin answering some of the biggest physics questions around, it took the brains of social news site Reddit.com to realise that the LHC was lacking one [...]

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Gears of War 2 To Get Gore Filter, Swear Filter, and Unicorn Lancers

Tweet Sadly, the above is not a new screen shot. It is but a fanciful idea I had. I’m sorry, Gears 2 doesn’t come with Unicorn Lancers, but the filters are real. It’s looking like Gears 2 will follow in first Gear’s footsteps and implement a filter for both violence and language.

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Halo’s Believe Diorama Made With Burger King Viva Piñata Toys

Tweet Believa Piñata There isn’t much more I can add. We all remember Halo’s Believe TV advert, but did you ever wonder what it might look like with Viva Piñata figures from Burger King? Fret not my fellow, umm…word meaning ‘likes Viva Piñata’…as Believa Piñata is here to put your mind at ease, hit the [...]

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Ken Levine is Kind of a Pretentious Twat. His Words, Not Mine.

Tweet Just to be clear, there is never enough BioShock related news. And with that we offer you more. At the Develop Conference & Expo, being held this week in the UK, Ken Levine gave a talk entitled “BioShock and Awe: Immersing the Gamer in an Alternate World Without Drowning Out the Gameplay” in which [...]

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