With the memory of the recent Sony hacks that brought down PSN for almost a month fresh in everyone’s minds, the third giant of the gaming industry finally had a chance to announce some good news. While apologetic, Sony held their head high as they looked to the future of PlayStation – and here is what they had to bring to the table:
Contributed by Edward Price On the record, most movie adaptations of video games end up failing embarrassingly. They’re critically slated, or are hated by fans of the game who’ve been betrayed by a company that doesn’t want to adhere too much to the source material, but like seemingly every business ever, just want to make a lot of money. Here are some upcoming movies of games, in no particular order, which are probably doomed to fail. Interestingly, between the time [...]
Last year we saw a miniature uprising in the games industry. Casual gaming made an all time high with the release of both Wii Fit and Wii Fit plus, with Wii Fit becoming the biggest selling game of all time. Both the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises went into overdrive, releasing a grand total of two new Rock Band titles and six new Hero titles (including Band Hero and DJ Hero). 2009 also saw some great gaming titles too, such [...]
As fans of Hideo Kojima and his games will already know, he’s a bit of a prankster. The first time I remember experiencing his madness and love for breaking the 4th wall was the Psycho Mantis fight in Metal Gear Solid. Perhaps the most interesting boss of its era, Psycho Mantis introduced the battle by “psychically” reading your past. He would comment on how many time’s you’d saved, on how you’d played so far. Perhaps his most famous manoeuvre was [...]
