Before I explain the title of this post, I think I need to give a little bit of background information for those outside of the UK. Our 2 biggest high street retailers of video games are stores called simply “Game” [...]

2011, as its gates finally close on us, soon it will become just a memory. While we will each have our own memories of 2011, the games industry may remember is as a time of struggle. Everything that could have [...]

You remember that trailer for dead island. Not the one showing game footage. The one of the family being torn apart but the horrific events of the game. That’s the one. Slow motion, playing backwards, deeply emotional. Well lionsgate have [...]

As a primarily PC gamer, The concept of Region locking has always been a confusing one to me. Why exactly would any company lock down their games to a region of the world? The obvious answer is money. But is [...]

Gamer. You hear the word and instantly have a perception of the person granted that title. You might envision a Small child playing on a console with a collection of his or her friends. You might envision a MMO player [...]

In days gone by, it wasn’t out of place to casually wander into your local gaming store, browse through the shelves and walk out with a moderately priced game. Not an amazing game, just something you would have played three [...]

Last Saturday saw the launch of Nintendo’s new 3DS. When I say that I do of course mean exclusively for the Japanese region. As usual Japan got their dose of technology before the rest of the world and that’s okay, [...]

Yesterday saw the announcement that portal 2 would be available on both PS3 and the PC if purchased in the PS3 format. Not to mention a huge array of other features such as saved games being uploaded to the steam [...]