Articles By: Patrick Steen

2.4 Playstation: Firmware Update Out Now [UPDATE]

Tweet The big one’s out now.  Firmware Update 2.4 can be found waiting for you on your Playstation 3.  At last you can now access the Cross Media Bar (XMB) in-game and message your friends! Follow the link for the full changelog and find out why I’m slightly bemused.

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First Resistance 2 Gameplay Footage

Tweet Over the weekend GametrailersTV premiered the first work-in-progress Resistance 2 gameplay. To watch meant filtering through the entire show and as much as we love Geoff Keighley, we wanted to get to the good stuff.  Thankfully, now we can.

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Real World Metal Gear

Tweet Ever thought a tank on legs would look stupid and too far fetched to be made real?  Yes, we’ve seen legged robots that are able to keep themselves upright, but give them a poke or a sharp incline and they are far from agile.  However, the days of Metal Gear are closing in on [...]

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Rumour: Metal Gear Solid Coming to XBLA

Tweet Yes, I’m British. I spell “rumour” with two u’s. What U going to do about it? Well hopefully you’ll have no time to do anything, because either you’ll be embedded in Snake’s final mission on the Playstation 3, or engrossed in one of Snake’s first on the Xbox 360.

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Sun Rises and Sets on Afrika

Tweet After a long sleep, Sony’s mysterious game Afrika made an appearance on the interwebs last week through the Japanese PlayStation website. Sadly Japan is where the game might stay.

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Sony Ceases Production on Eight Days and The Getaway

Tweet After reporting on the survival of Eight Days and The Getaway not long ago, we weren’t expecting to bring you news that both games had been suspended indefinitely, and perhaps even permanently. 

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Two MGS4 Reviews: Same Words, Different Scores

Tweet Both CVG and Gamesradar have published the same review with a different man as their author.  Should Metal Gear Solid 4 be tainted by one fellow’s words?

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New PC Resident Evil 5 Trailer

Tweet Bring on the Blondes Capcom’s first Resident Evil 5 trailer caused a minor uproar over its supposed racist imagery, showing a glorified white male American killing black African zombies. It’s understandable that such imagery might prompt a backlash, and so Capcom have rectified this in their new politically correct (yes, PC stands for politically [...]

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HAZE Review

Tweet When we first got our hands on Haze, we were intrigued by the concept of Nectar and its use on the battlefield. Still, we were worried whether this was all Haze had to offer; a game exploiting the concept of exploiting drugs in war. With that confusing thought just escaping our little heads, our [...]

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Beyond Good and Evil 2 Announced

Tweet Among other goodies, Ubidays in Paris has resulted in a long awaited revelation: the sequel to Beyond Good and Evil is real.

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Heavenly Sword Sequel “Extremely Unlikely”

Tweet “Huh? Say that again…” There was always hope Heavenly Sword would give birth to a sequel that was “bigger and better than ever before.” At least that’s what we thought when we received a batch of new concept art from Ninja Theory. Not only were our hopes dashed, but they’ve now been pummeled into [...]

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Grown Women Love Wiis

Tweet Want to know how much grown women love Wiis? Want to learn how much Americans like to keep fit? Want to see the reactions of ladies when they get free stuff? Want to know where all the Wiis and Wii fit have gone!? Ellen shows us how in a disturbing, yet hilarious giveaway.

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Meet MGS4 Creator Kojima in London

Tweet Hideo’s coming to good ole’ Blighty! Naturally not for a holiday, but to please all the Snake fans. On Monday 2nd June, Metal gear fanatics will be able to meet Hideo Kojima and series’ artist Yoji Shinkawa at HMV’s Oxford Street store in London’s West End.

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Free Radical Confirms Final Haze Resolution

Tweet After reporting on the native rendering resolution of the Haze demo, some questioned my reasoning that the final game would sport the same resolution. This is despite there seldom being an example of a game’s resolution differing from its demo. In visiting Free Radical’s studio near Nottingham, creative lead Derek Littlewood confirmed our suspicions.

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Advertising, Snake Style

Tweet Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is already set to be a massive event, but when other companies want to muscle in on the action, what better way than to immortalise their products in the game itself?

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