Quake Live: Perfect for Slacking Off Work
By: Alan Ng | Posted: February 25, 2009 | 1 CommentTag: quake live
Quake Live has just been released into Open Beta phase and the shooter is free to play for most people due to its low spec demands. Even better though, (or worse in some cases) is that the game is now…
Sony PS3: Stats for Playstation Network and Home
By: Alan Ng | Posted: February 25, 2009 | No CommentsTag: sony
Sony has today revealed some figures for it’s Playstation Network and Home application on the Playstation 3. Since November 11, 2006, Sony has said that 20 million users to this date have registered for the Playstation Network.
Are Sony finally planning a Playstation 3 price cut?
By: Alan Ng | Posted: February 25, 2009 | No CommentsTag: sony
Mike Hickey, from Janco Partners has said today that Sony are planning to make an announcement ‘in the next few days’ on the subject of a Playstation 3 price cut. Hickey had said in a recent note to investors that…
New Sony PSP bundles: Hannah Montana and Assassin’s Creed
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: February 25, 2009 | No CommentsTag: sony
Sony is hoping that the announcement of two new PSP bundles will help to improve sales. These new PlayStation Portable bundles are Hannah Montana and Assassin’s Creed. Not much is known about the Assassin’s Creed bundle, but we do know…
Safari 4 Beta Review: JavaScript 30 times faster than IE 7
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: February 25, 2009 | 5 CommentsTag: apple
Yesterday saw the release of Safari 4 Beta from Apple, the operating system that runs on OS X and Windows. Apple has said that this new beta version has more than 150 new features, and that the new Safari 4…
Google explains Gmail and Talk attacks and takes action
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: February 25, 2009 | 6 CommentsTag: google
It was not such a great day for Google Inc (GOOG.O) yeasterday, as they not only suffered from an outage of their email service, Gmail as well as a phishing scam on their Google Talk program. This chat protocol is…
Limited Edition Xbox 360: Resident Evil or just Red?
By: Alan Ng | Posted: February 24, 2009 | No CommentsTag: Capcom
There has been a mixture of excitement and disappointment following Capcom and Microsoft’s announcement on their new ‘Limited Edition Resident Evil Xbox 360 Elite console’. That is what they are calling it, but pictures of the console suggest that it…
Square-Enix moves closer to Eidos buyout
By: Alan Ng | Posted: February 24, 2009 | No CommentsTag: Square-Enix
We recently reported of Square-Enix’ attempt to buy out gaming publishers Eidos a few weeks ago. Today it has emerged that Square-Enix are getting closer to securing that deal as they have already bought a significant number of shares.
Pioneer Kuro line of TVs: The End
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: February 24, 2009 | No CommentsTag: pioneer
March 2010 will be a sad time for Pioneer Corp (6773.T), as they will be killing of their line TV’s and the first to fall was the Kuro Plasma line. This was a true tipping point in the TV industry….
Capcom announce 4 Million Resident Evil 5 Demo Downloads
By: Alan Ng | Posted: February 24, 2009 | 1 CommentTag: Capcom
Capcom have just announced that the recently released demo for Resident Evil 5 has reached the 5 million download mark worldwide on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles.
Pancake Day 2009: IHOP offers free pancakes
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: February 24, 2009 | No CommentsTag: food
Today is Pancake Day 2009 and National Pancake Day is being sponsored by IHOP, and they are kind enough to be offering free pancakes. IHOP will be giving away these short stacks to guests in the hope that they will…
New Xbox 360 Elite Limited Edition: What does it do for you?
By: Alan Ng | Posted: February 24, 2009 | No CommentsTag: microsoft
Capcom and Microsoft have revealed that they will be teaming up to release a limited edition Red Xbox 360 Elite Console to coincide with the upcoming release of zombie horror shooter Resident Evil 5, which is due to hit stores…
Xbox 360 and PC Gamers: Halo Wars vs Dawn of War II
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: February 24, 2009 | No CommentsTag: xbox
PC users have recently seen the release of Dawn of War II which is a real-time strategy video game, Xbox 360 users will have to wait a few more days until they can get their hands on Halo Wars, this…
Street Fighter IV Beats Wii Fit to Top UK Charts
By: Alan Ng | Posted: February 24, 2009 | No CommentsTag: Capcom
Street Fighter IV has landed straight at the top of the UK software charts, dethroning Nintendo’s Wii Fit in the process according to the latest figures from Chart Track.
Red Resident Evil 5 Xbox 360 bundle is real
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: February 24, 2009 | No CommentsTag: microsoft
Remember those rumors about a Red Resident Evil 5 Xbox 360 bundle; well it looks as if they were true. The new package has recently shown up for Xbox Live subscribers, which now gives them more detail of the new…
