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Ubisoft’s E3 Presenter, Aisha Tyler, Fights Back Against The Haters!
It used to be that I was proud of being a part of the gaming community, a place where it was possible to meet someone at a game store and be able to instantly connect with them and start chatting, all because of your shared hobby. Because gamers were essentially social outcasts, we knew what…
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Tritton Ghost Recon: Future Soldier 7.1 Surround Sound Headset – Review
The Tech Specs: Sound Speaker Diameter: 40mm Magnet Type: Neodymium Frequency Response: 25Hz–22kHz THD: -97dB SNR: 106 dB/V Connection Cable Length: 14ft Xbox Live Port: Yes USB Powered Audio Input Type: Optical Compatible with both Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Reviewed using Xbox 360 Thanks to MadCatz for supplying this headset for review. Two weeks…
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How to Get a Job (Using Video Game Skills)
Games may improve our reflexes, increase our attention to detail and entertain the hell out of us, but when it comes to the real world many of the things that we’ve learned from our years of gaming are a bit useless, especially when it comes to the black art of trying to get a job…
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Unreal Engine 4 Demonstration By Epic
Epic have finally lifted the lid on their highly anticipated Unreal Engine 4. Game Trailers have gotten Epic’s Sr. Technical Artist, Alan Willard, to do a ten-minute long demonstration of the new engine, and suffice to say it’s looking rather lovely!
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Cliff Bleszinski Explains Why Gears Of War: Judgement Is Set A Few Months After E-Day
While the announcement of Gears of War: Judgement, the fourth game in the series, at this years E3 came as little surprise to gamers, the fact that it would be set several months after Emergence Day did raise a few eyebrows. Since the announcement there has been plenty of fans wondering why the game isn’t…
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MadCatz Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Pro Gamepad Controller – Review
Tech Specs: Cable Length: 13ft / 4m Xbox LIVE Communication Port: Yes Audio Input Type: Optical Speaker Diameter: 40mm Frequency Response: 25Hz–22kHz THD: -97dB SNR: 106 dB/V Magnet Type: Neodymium USB Powered: Yes Thanks to MadCatz for providing this controller for review I’m always wary about third-party controllers entering the market. As an avid Xbox…
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Diablo III 1.0.2b Update Goes Live In Europe
Blizzard have announced that a small update for Diablo III has just gone live for gamers in Europe. The 1.0.2b update makes some small tweaks to the game while attempting to reduce server load time. Check out the full patch note list below: General When logging into Diablo III, the “Cancel” button which appears in the login checkbox…
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Play Reality: How Videogames Are Changing Everything – Book Review
Release Date: Out Now! Authors: Jayne Gackenbach, PD.D, Teace Snyder, FTW! Pages: 100 As the newest media on the scene, videogames are almost continuously under scrutiny from both the media and from the general public. They’re often blamed for random acts of violence around the world, accused of making kids into lazy slobs and turning grown adults into…
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Dead Island: Riptide Announced
Ah, zombies. Horrid undead creatures with the intelligence of a brick that in several different varieties, sort of like ketchup, only without the Heinz logo on the side of the bottle, not that zombies come in a bottle. That’d be weird. Anyway, back on topic, if you didn’t get enough zombie bashing fun in Techland’s…
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(E3) Paramount Reveal More Details On Star Trek Videogame – Gorn Are The Enemy!
Despite having been announced a year ago, details on the upcoming Star Trek ,based upon the 2009 film reboot of the same name, have been rather thing on the ground. We’ve learned that the game will feature a standalone story set between 2009 film and its sequel due in 2014, and that the game will…
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