by Victor ‘rOgue’ Vieira Rockstars’ Max Payne has recently been rumored to be on UK shelves by October. It is also rumored that it will be using the GTA4 – ‘Rage engine’. This is yet to be confirmed by Rockstar, but the rumors are doing the rounds Gameinformer Magazine has revealed details about this action packed series. Max is now…
Sex, drink and violence make anything instantly better, so if you were ever hoping that Xbox Avatars would be improved, you can think again. Microsoft has revealed its list of rules for the use of Avatars in Xbox 360 games, and it seems that they only needed to have one overall commandment — No Fun! The rules were revealed to…
Red Fergusson, producer on Gears of War 2, has outlined what to expect from Title Update 4. Fergusson stresses he doesn’t know when the title update is due but he’s happy to reveal details of what’s in store. The main area being address is Horde mode. Experience points will be allocated as follows in Horde mode: 50 points per completed…
by Victor ‘r0gue’ Vieira Activision have threatened to stop making Playstation 3 games, as a result of the Playstation 3 pricing. CEO of Activision, Bob Kotick is saying that the entry level PS3 price is too expensive and that he is concerned that they are loosing momentum. He said “It’s expensive to develop for the console, and the Wii…
by Victor ‘r0gue’ Vieira Major Neslon, our favourite Xbox blogger, announced via a podcast that they are going to make the Xbox guide faster with the next Xbox update. Already here in SA with last weeks update people have been experiencing faster downloads. Major Nelson confirmed “we are making the guide faster,” he continued candidly “the team has done…
by Victor ‘r0gue’ Vieira Now that E3 has come and gone and I have had time to reflect on the upcoming games, its Splinter Cell that I am most keen on…..and well thank goodness I game on the Xbox 360, because it seems as this is definitely staying with Microsoft. Ubisoft conducted a Q & A with fans on their…
Xbox Live global boss, John Schappert leaves Microsoft to join Electronic Arts to become their COO of US publisher. He will head-up worldwide publishing for the Online Platform Group – EA Interactive, Central Development Services and a few other divisions. Schappert started as a software engineer in 1991 at EA, then left in 2007 to join Microsoft Interactive Entertainment…
The internet lit up last night with rumours from TGDaily suggesting that Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, had not only confirmed that there will be a new Xbox 360 in 2010, but that Natal will launch with it. When we dug a little deeper though, we have to question its validity. Firstly, the site in question live blogged the event, yet…
he release dates we’ve been hearing for Starcraft II have been fourth quarter 2009. In an interview with Swedish game site Press2play.TV, StarCraft II lead designer Chris Sigaty says… …that Blizzard is going to try to get the game out this year. “However,” he adds, “we’re not going to ship the game if it’s not ready.” Blizzard is working hard…
Game Critics consist of 29 US media outlets, and are pretty much the awards that devs are after every E3. Below are the 2009 winners