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Square-Enix to release new Final Fantasy XIII details?

It has been a while since we last heard any fresh details on Square-Enix’s highly anticipated title, but there have been some reports over in Japan stating that in the November edition of Famitsu, there will be a heavy focus on Final Fantasy XIII. Read more

Nintendo Wii Review: Call of Duty World at War

Call of Duty 4 was the war game to beat last year, but the game did not make an appearance on the Nintendo Wii. This year that has changed, as the latest game from the franchise, Call of Duty World at War has made it on to the biggest selling games console. Read more

Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Xbox 360 Review

There is a new Banjo-Kazooie game to the series, Nuts and Bolts. As the player you get to follow the lives of a bird and dear, yes strange I know, only in the world of games. The new game likes to poke fun out of the past, present, and future. Read more

Another Gears of War 2 Review

It looks as though everybody and their mother are writing a review for Gears of War 2, but you can never have too many reviews. The more reviews that you have of a game, you then have a better understanding. Read more

Call of Duty World at War Review by IGN

Call of Duty World at War might be in a different time period to the ever popular Call of Duty 4, but one thing never changes with war, the tactics and use of weapons. IGN have been kind enough to do an in-depth review of the latest game in the franchise, and we will go over a couple of points. Read more

MLB 2k9 face cover winner: San Francisco Giant’s Tim Lincecum

2K Games have been doing their homework carefully, as they need to pick the face that will appear on the cover of their next installment, MLB 2k9. The winner has been picked, and it is San Francisco Giant’s Tim Lincecum. Read more

World of Warcraft WoW Servers Down

With World of Warcraft (WoW) being so popular it’s not surprising that everyone goes crazy when they cannot play due to servers being down, and this is just what happened in the last 12 hours.

The WoW servers were down for hours and after a few sites contacting Blizzard asking for more information about the issues, they were informed that it was due to “an overly-extended maintenance period”.

By 11:50pm EST realms had started to come back up, you can view a list of all available World of Warcraft Realms as well as the status of each here. It looks like Blizzard may need to keep the gamers better informed in the future.

Did the WoW servers being down affect you?

Apple say iPod gaming beats Nintendo DS or Sony PSP

Apple have been no strangers when it comes to dominance over the market. This latest bit of news is no different as Greg Joswiak, Vice President of iPod and iPhone Product Marketing for Apple believes that the iPod is a better gaming device than Sony’s PSP or Nintendo’s DS. Read more

Activision say Wrath of the Lich King to be best seller

Christmas is fast approaching and as usual, the games industry is preparing for one of its most competitive periods of the year. After the phenomenal success of World of Warcraft, Activision (who are now fully merged with Blizzard) are preparing to unleash their add-on to the series in ‘Wrath of the Lich King’. Read more

Mirror’s Edge Sony PS3 and Xbox 360 Comparison Video

Mirrors Edge is a first person action-adventure video game that was released in November on the Sony Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360. Developed by EA Digital Illusions CE (DICE), it makes use of the Unreal Engine 3 and gives the gamer a chance to experience a unique first person adventure like never like seen before. Read more

Gears of War 2 Errors Published by Epic

It hasn’t been too long since Gears of War 2 was released onto the Xbox 360 but it appears that some elements of the multiplayer mode been hit with various errors. This has led to Epic Community Manager SixOkay to address these problems and he has posted some information on the official Epic forums. Read more

Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV): Downloadable content in 2009

For those who were hoping for the downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV before the end of the year, don’t hold your breath. A Rockstar executive said that it will not make it out this year, so when are we likely to see it then? Read more

PS3 News: New LittleBigPlanet (LBP) DLC in Japan

There have been some small bonus content made available already for LBP, but judging by the news on the official Japanese LBP site, it looks like we are due to be receiving some additional content shortly. Read more

Microsoft Live Experience New Details: Xbox 360

When we find new details about Microsoft’s Live Experience for the Xbox 360, we know this is good for our readers, and this is just what we found today. Read more

Call of Duty 5: World at War 1.1 Patch available for PC

Call of Duty 5: World at War is released today, and will completely change the way that you play Call of Duty. Players have been thrust in to the action of WWII. There is already a 1.1 patch for the game on PC and will make a number of improvements. Read more

Call of Duty 5 World At War Weapons Review

Call of Duty games have always been about the weapons and Call of Duty 5 World at War is no different. As the franchise has shifted back to WWII, weapons are more primitive but are still the most important part of the game. Read more

Left 4 Dead demo PC and Xbox 360: release date today

Last week we reported that the demo for Left 4 Dead was made available for those who ordered their games from GameStop and EB Games for the Xbox 360 and the PC. Today, November 11, the game has now been made available to all Xbox 360 and PC users.

This co-op zombie shooter is the single player demo; the multiplayer demo will be available from November 18. The Europe release of Left 4 dead is on November 21, so you still a good few days of practicing before that big launch day.

For those of you who have already had almost a week with the demo please let our readers know what your thoughts are? Let us know if the game is missing anything, or if the developers have done a great job.

Little Big Planet Levels Deleted: Sony PS3 Gamers How do you feel?

We reported yesterday that there have been copyright infringements on LittleBigPLanet, when Sony PS3 users have been creating their own levels. Players had noticed that their custom levels were moderated, then deleted. Read more

Gears of War 2 Multiplayer: Players disappointed with connect time

For those of you who have been living on another planet, Gears of War 2 was launched for the Xbox 360 over the weekend. Gamers have now had the chance to form their first opinion, and they certainly like the campaign mode, but have been left disappointed with the multiplayer mode. Read more

Xbox 360 Gears of War 2 beats Sony PS3 LittleBigPlanet Sales

Looks like Microsoft has dealt the first blow to the Sony PS3 on the build up to the holiday season, as gears of War 2 has beaten LittleBigPlanet in games sales in the UK charts. As we well know both titles are exclusive to their consoles. Read more