Left 4 Dead: Crash Course available on Xbox 360

We can confirm that the Crash Course DLC package for Left 4 Dead is now available to download from the Xbox Live Marketplace. It was originally priced at 800 Microsoft points, but has now been changed to 560MP. Good times. Read more

Modern Warfare 2: No vehicles confirmed by Infinity Ward

The idea of roaming around in vehicles in Modern Warfare 2’s multiplayer was an exciting one, but it has just been confirmed by Infinity Ward that this will not be a reality. Oh well, it was a long shot anyway. Read more

Battlefield Bad Company 2: Release date, redefining multiplayer gaming

If you are a fan of the Battlefield Bad Company games, listen up good, as we have a confirmed release date for the upcoming sequel, as well as fresh details on the game straight from the EA press conference at GamesCom 2009. Read more

Saints Row 2: Ultor Exposed DLC released for Xbox 360, PS3

Owners of Saints Row 2 on either the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 will be pleased to know that the first downloadable content for the game has been released today on the XBL and PSN. Read more

Hands-on: RC APACHE Black Hawk Helicopter 780

This is the RC APACHE Black Hawk Helicopter 780 that landed on my desk over the holiday season and thanks to a little free time we had great fun having a play.

Budget Gadgets was the site that kindly sent us this remote controlled helicopter to review and while I am 31 years old and love almost any gadget, especially the RC kind, I thought a 5 year boy (my son) would also be needed for the “Fun Factor” test Read more

Last Minute Christmas Gifts at the Right Price

While Christmas is great and everything, it’s definitely crept up on us! Here we are now, 4 weeks to go and no tree, no turkey and worst of all, No Presents! Oh No! But worry not my disorganised friends; Prezzybox has a range of last minute gifts in one place so you don’t need to spend ages looking around for the perfect present Read more

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 Announced plus First Screenshots

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 has just been announced by Codemasters and that it is currently in development, this is fantastic news because Colin McRae is a legend and he would have wanted these games to continue, racing was his life and we got a little of his action whilst playing these games. Read more

WowWee’s FlyTech Bladestar: Futuristic Combat War

Welcome to the all new WowWee’s FlyTech Bladestar, this is a stunning indoor flying toy that is a must buy which is available for only $49.99.

The reason we have said “Futuristic Combat War” is simply because of the way you can control it and the game you can play. The WowWee’s FlyTech Bladestar has many built-in infrared sensors within and basically flies like a helicopter, you can either control the flying gadget with the remote control or simply use yourself, just walk up to the WowWee’s FlyTech Bladestar and it will move away from you automatically.

Now for the combat war, you can have a dogfight with the enemy if they have one of these flying machines, get them insight then shoot the enemy thing down, they are crash-resistant so do not worry when you get shot down. Perfect Christmas must have. Watch the advertisement video below.

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Sikorsky X2 Demonstrator takes-off for first time

This is the Sikorsky X2 Demonstrator, it’s a futuristic helicopter that’s not completely ready yet, but today it had its first flight. The single-engined fly-by-wire aircraft was in the air for around 30 minutes.

While the X2 Demonstrator was airborne it demonstrated a hover turn, forward flight and hover. The helicopter features a pusher propeller and coaxial rotors, Sikorsky said that they believe the X2 will revolutionize the helicopter world.

Current helicopters have cruise speeds of around 150 kts and a Westland Lynx holds the helicopter world speed record at 216.45 kts. The Sikorsky X2 Demonstrator will have cruise speeds of around to 250 kts.

To find out more about Sikorsky’s X2 and why current helicopters are limited by rotor aerodynamics, hit the read link below.

Read more on Aviation Week

2 Ecoman EC10156 Micro Bullet RC Helicopter

So it is a nice day outside and you are staring outside of the window wondering what you can do. Well I think that I might just have the answer, get yourself 2 Ecoman EC10156 Micro Bullet RC Helicopters.

These micro radio controlled helicopters are very popular at the moment; the reason for this is the fun factor as well as the cheap price.

These small helicopters are both agile and fast; they can fly up to 50 feet in height. There are a number of great features on these Ecoman EC10156 Micro Bullet RC Helicopters, these include:

Altitude & Rotor Speed Control, Brake for Easy Landing, Built-In Li-Poly Battery for Long Flying Time, Flight Stabilizing System, Miniature Design for Indoor Flying, Recharges Through Transmitter, Super wide IR Control, fly up to 3 helicopters at the same time and a Unique Rotor-Blade System for Steady Lift Off.

Currently Woot have these mini rc helicopters on offer for just $19.99

Subsidiary of U.S. military security contractors buy 314 B1 Super Tucano Fighter Plane

Blackwater Worldwide who are a subsidiary of U.S. military security contractors have just purchased the 314 B1 Super Tucano Fighter Plane from the Brazilian aviation company Embraer. The 314 B1 Super Tucano propeller-driven fighter plane was bought for $4.5 million and delivered to EP Aviation at the end of February.

EP Aviation has apparently got 33 planes and helicopters registered with the FAA, obviously officials with Brazil’s government and Embraer declined to comment on the Estado report and apparently according to the source below phones calls were not returned. Apparently after reading on the internet the company called Blackwater Worldwide are infamous for its allegations of its killings in Iraq. Let us tell you more about the 314 B1 Super Tucano Fighter Plane.

The 314 B1 Super Tucano is black and grey and is propeller driven which if you look closely looks pretty similar to that of the World-War 2 fighter plane, the Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano which is also named ALX or A-29 is a turboprop aircraft designed for light attack, counter insurgency (COIN) and pilot training missions. It incorporates highly modern avionics and weapons systems which we have listed below. At the moment it is being used by the air forces of Brazil, Colombia and the Dominican Republic and now Blackwater Worldwide has it.

The armament is as follows, 2x 12.7 mm FN Herstal M3P machine guns, 1x 20 mm cannon pod below the fuselage, 4x 70 mm rocket launcher pods, Conventional and intelligent bombs, 2x AIM-9 Sidewinder or MAA-1 Piranha or Python 3/4 air-to-air missiles and External stores on 5 hardpoints. The maximum speed is 593 km/h (320 knots, 368 mph).

Source – USA Today

GTA IV Real Life Niko: guy stills Grand Theft Auto 4 with pepper spray

This is a really interesting story that makes us aware of a few different points and a debate, it also seems that the news reporters did not do their research that well as they made a few mistakes on facts about Grand Theft Auto 4 and the main character Niko.

On the same day that GTA IV hit shelves a 27 year old man tried to act a little like Niko by stealing $145 of video games and as this included GTA IV on the day of its release, it made the local news. Around 10.30am at a GameStop store, the man pepper sprayed two people in the store and made his getaway, only to be spotted by a helicopter soon after and arrested. When the police made the arrest, the young guy said “I wanted it, so I took it”.

Where this story gets interesting, is the way it was reported by the local news channel (see the video below), they said that the guy acted “probably just like the character in the game, he wanted Grand Theft Auto 4”. Did they forget that he also took some other games? They also said that he was “acting out his gaming experience”, so straight away they start blaming games, did they not think it could have been a movie he watched.

He did not get away from the law, but for the news reporters to say “unlike the character in the game, he surrenders to police” proves they have not played the game, as Niko mostly surrenders when police are right next to him with guns.

The fact is, some people will always break the law and it will be a combination of things that can include video games, films and their upbringing, but this does not happen to most people, as they know right from wrong. What we see in movies and on the news can be a lot worse than video games, although some people do lose touch with reality when they have no social life.

Watch the video below; let us know how you think video games affect people.

My Evil Side in Grand Theft Auto IV: missions or wild on GTA 4?

It was a few days ago that I first got my hands on Grand Theft Auto IV and it took until last night to get a first impressions look, the reason for this was stopping the gym and getting stuck into Wii Fit. When I first started the game my first impressions were that the game looks much like the last few, other than the improved graphics and this is a good thing, although I know GTA IV has a lot more than any Grand Theft Auto game before it. While my version is for the Sony PS3, the Xbox 360 version is the same in almost all aspects Read more

Saints Row 2 Gang Leader Interview: Did they copy GTAIV gameplay files?

The video below is of the THQ Gamers’ Day 08 Saints Row 2 Gang Leader Interview, it is about the lead designer giving the scoop on how to take over the city from rival gangs by drug trade, by violence and breaking them down piece by piece.

What we like was a comment sent in saying this –

Is it just me or did the developers get their hands on GTAIV gameplay files and copy everything they could, cheaply. Main character voice hmm who else did that? Three choices for each sex real shocking probably couldn’t possibly fit more in. “saints row 2 has the best customization of any game right now, you can choose male or female, change your clothes …” shocking, really. Helicopters, one word – inventive, and really who wants to control half that’s just ridiculous. Ambient and active gameplay? Are you serious douche bag it’s an open world game you don’t need to reiterate to sound legitimate. “the complexity of co op is far beyond any other game single player co op or otherwise” - ..learn English, and if that were coherent it would still be an outlandish lie, good job saints row 2 you’ll probably sell under 500k copies, good choice releasing it right on top of your biggest, and better competitor.

Watch the video then tell us what you think.

Helicopter Simulator by Flyit

Have you ever wanted to know what it would feel like to fly a real helicopter well as long as you have around $105,000 you can have this simulator.

This helicopter simulator by Flyit is supplied in an 18’ trailer as a totally self-contained system, and its software has over 24,000 airports available.

The FLYIT Professional Helicopter Simulator is a two place, side-by-side seating cockpit with dual controls providing hands-on instruction for hovering and all flight manoeuvring.

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Aftermath Episode 2: cool new Preview

For those of you who can’t wait for the live action version of Aftermath Episode 2, here we have a cool new preview for you to feast your eyes on. Many people having been moaning about the quality of Read more

World’s Smallest personal helicopter

First the personal hover device, and now the personal helicopter what will they come up with next.

It’s said that this is the worlds smallest but I would add probably most dangerous personal device around. Read more

The Bugcopter Mini RC Helicopter

You’ve heard of the Infrared Mini RC Helicopter but have you heard of the Bugcopter? This cool remote controlled bugcopter takes just 30 minutes to charge and has a long flight time of 7-8 minutes. Read more

Venom Night Ranger: 3D XL RC Helicopter with V-Series Brushless Motor

If you are an intermediate to advanced pilot then the Venom Night Ranger 3D XL RC Helicopter is designed just for you. This RC helicopter uses the new V-Series™ 20L Brushless Motor along with a 20amp Brushless ESC and Belt Driven Tail Rotor. The charge time from the Read more

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