Vanquish demo impressions [Xbox 360]

Vanquish is an adrenaline packed action-shooter from Platinum Games for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.  It was developed by Shinji Mikami, who is famous for his western touch with Japanese games. Long before we played anything from the west, and when games were pure and always rated for all ages, we were playing everything from Japan. They might not have won awards for their dialogue
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Monter Jam: Path of Destruction Details

If you are in to the crazy sport that is crushing cars with giant-wheeled trucks (as you should be), then you will be glad to hear that Activision has announced the official name of the upcoming Monster Jam title – Monster Jam: Path of Destruction. A fitting name to describe the sport.

Monster Jam: Path of Destruction
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Eleven Games To Buy In The Second Half Of 2010

We have had some real stunners to keep us busy in the first half, with the World Cup 2010 ending we need to get over the ‘post-wc-blues’ and get back to gaming. So don’t say that Zombiegamer doesn’t look out for you, we have compiled a list of what not to miss as we go
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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Demo Impressions [Xbox 360]

The demo hit Xbox Live Marketplace yesterday and thankfully for me a certain P07H3AD ZA gifted me with a code required to download the 1.6gb demo. The demo gives you access to the single-player campaign, an arcade mode and even a multiplayer mode.

Kane & Lynch 2 thankfully features revamped shooting mechanics and is much better than
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E3 - the news keeps on rolling in...

…and we’re quite happy to condense it in to manageable bite-size portions for you.

NeverDead was announced by Konami – a “fantasy and horror-influenced” title that sees you fighting the undead.  Oh.  Sounds vaguely familiar…Apparently, the world is under threat from a demonic plague, as you fight waves of ‘unholy creatures’. The
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E3: Some brief highlights

Halo: Reach will have the Firefight mode, but slightly different to the one in ODST.  It will pack a whole host of new customisation options, such as what enemy types you face, the weapon loadouts, Covenant health and aggression sliders and so on.  Apparently, the Generator Defense mode that slipped
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E3: Sony kicks off its keynote...

…with Killzone 3 dated and a promise of plenty of 3D games.

By promisng 20 native 3D titles by March 2011, Sony CEO Kaz Hirai reinforced the importance of 3D to the Playstation strategy at today’s E3 conference, enthusing that “what Playstation did for Blu-Ray, we’re ready to it for 3D”.

Guerrilla
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E3: More games announced

It’s E3, you weren’t expecting nothing were you?

Square-Enix has announced Mindjack, an online shooter being developed by Japenese developer feelplus.  It is set in 2031 and you play a Mind Hacker who can control enemies by quite literally hacking into their mind.  In the meantime, other players can hack you and
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Bodycount press release

This just received from Codemasters.

Set to put the fun back into the gun, Codemasters® today released the E3 gameplay video for Bodycount™.  Designed by Stuart Black, Bodycount is the first game from an all-star team at Codemasters Studios Guildford and scheduled for release in the spring of 2011. The video is available to
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EA dates some games

Yep, the E3 madness means announcements galore.  This time EA stepped up to the plate and announced some release dates, as well as news of Need For Speed and some Kinect news.

So, for me the most exciting of these announcements was Dead Space 2.  The ‘survival horror shooter’ can be expected on 25th
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