Earlier today, we posted our ranging look at the history of failed gaming consoles. Perhaps, though, that was a bit premature. After all, before we look back at what fails, shouldn’t we first answer the question: What defines a console as a failure? The pejorative has been applied to a …
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops II features optional install for texture pack
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (opens in new tab) will feature an optional texture pack install for PS3 owners. Why? Because CoD fans are playing their favourite game so much, they’re wearing out their Blu-Ray drives. According to a post on CoD’s official community forum (opens in new tab), …
Read More »Valves Steam Box: Why it would change gaming as drastically as the PS1 did. But could also just tank
So Half-Life, Portal and Steam developer Valve is rumoured to be launching a console (opens in new tab). Sort of. The Steam Box is supposedly a high-end gaming PC in terms of hardware, dedicated only to running Steam and other third-party game delivery systems such as EA’s Origin. It’s supposedly …
Read More »Success! Vita scoops first and second spots in UK all-formats sales chart
Sony’s gorgeous new handheld, the PlayStation Vita, has managed to secure the top two slots in the UK all-formats software chart in its launch weekend. Uncharted: Golden Abyss is officially last week’s best-selling game on any platform in the UK (excluding download sales), closely followed by FIFA Football – a …
Read More »Assassins Creed: Revelations multiplayer beta is PS3 exclusive, starts September 3
Ubisoft is giving PlayStation Plus and Uplay members an exclusive first taste of the Assassin’s Creed Revelations multiplayer beta. The trial event is set to run September 3rd to 11th, and similar to last year’s Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood beta, the sneak peak will be for PS3-eyes only. The beta will …
Read More »Duke Nukem Forever comes second to one in Junes NPD results
It takes more than bad press and negative reviews to keep the good Duke down. The video game number crunchers at NPD revealed Duke Nukem Forever was the second best-selling game of June, outgunned only by L.A Noire, which celebrated its second month at the top of the sales heap. …
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