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It’s not a huge secret; I’m a big Metal Gear Solid fan. Unfortunately I’m not a big Sony fan (or in other words, not a big spend-£425-on-a-console fan) so despite my seething bitterness at not being able to play Metal Gear Solid 4, It’s still pretty to look at. Here’s the trailer from the recent [...]

Yup, it’s been a busy week for the 360. Among the bunch of new trailers uploaded to the Marketplace recently, Halo Wars and Banjo-Kazooie 3 stand out. All that’s really known about Halo Wars is that it’s an RTS set in the Halo universe. At the moment it’s only been announced for the 360, so [...]

Microsoft has revealed the price and date of the Zune, the new portable music player. It would appear that the price tag of $249.99 (£132) would tempt consumers away from Apple and the extremely popular iPod. But for each Zune sold, Microsoft will lose money on it… The device will be launched initially in the [...]

Lord Of The Rings and King Kong director Peter Jackson has signed a deal with Microsoft to create what he describes as a “new form of interactive entertainment”. The Oscar and BAFTA winning filmmaker said he would be creating a series of video games based on the Halo franchise, which was originally created by Bungie [...]

At the X06 conference in Barcelona, Redoctane and Activision have announced that Guitar Hero II will be available for Xbox 360. The president of Redoctane is quoted in the press release stating: “The tour will continue the rockin’ gameplay Guitar Hero fans have come to enjoy, and will now include expanded Xbox 360 capabilities. With [...]

Information: Title: (Infernal Affairs II or Mou Gaan Dou II) Certificate: (15) Released by: (Tartan Video’s Tartan Asia Extreme Label) Run Time: (114 minutes) Origin: (Hong Kong) Language: (Cantonese) Vintage: (2003) Set between the years of 1991 and 1997, Infernal Affairs two begins ten years before the events of Infernal Affairs and tells the story [...]

Here’s a unique way of selling insurance based on a popular video game. Travelers Insurance’s new TV advert borrow ideas from Katamari Damacy, showing a ball of stuff bouncing down San Francisco’s hills. You could say Fallon, the ad agency behind the commercial, ripped off Katamari. I wonder what the King of All Cosmos will [...]

Wipe off that drool young boy as there are new shots of Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball 2. Try saying that after a few pints while dancing to The PussyCat Dolls. As you do :: cough :: The game expands on the original format by introducing several more mini games such as Jet Ski [...]

Yes, at last Capcom's popular videogame franchise Devil May Cry will finally become an animé series. Announced by Capcom, Wowow and Madhouse at the Tokyo Games Show 2006, there will be 12 episodes coming in the spring of 2006. Madhouse has a very good track record with handling good animés such as Chobits, NANA, Patlabor, [...]

Information: Title: (Infernal Affairs or Mou gaan dou) Certificate: (15) Released by: (Tartan video’s Tartan Asia extreme label) Run Time: (100 minutes) Origin: (Hong Kong) Language: (Cantonese) Vintage: (2002) Ming (Andy Lau) and Yan (Tony Leung) lead parallel lives: Ming is a Triad mole in the police department; Yan is a police stooge in mob [...]

Yep, it’s happened – Naruto has crossed the 200 episode mark in Japan, and it is still putting out filler. For those who are watching the excellent early episodes on Jetix at the mo it will be depressing to read but Naruto does slip in quality later on. The problem is the same as that [...]

Naruto may have become clogged with filler but the same can’t be said for One Piece. Currently the anime is running the same storyline as the manga – albeit a fair few chapters behind – and is absolutely superb. (there are tonnes of spoilers coming i’m afraid!) The crew of the Merry Go have had [...]

From the makers of "American Pie", releases a new film (in stores on film & DVD, now) called "Waiting" It's not too different from "American Pie". College, house parties, crude scenes & crude people but it's still as entertaining as expected. It's an american, romantic comedy… It's turning sexual things into humor, which a lot [...]

Sony has decided to slash the price of the PlayStation 3 by 20% when the long-awaited games console goes on sale in November. The decision was prompted by concern that the PS3's original price tag of 62,790 yen (£284) would push gamers towards cheaper systems made by Microsoft and Nintendo. The cheaper PS3, with a [...]

    When you look at the past work from the developer of Genji, you should quite rightly feel in safe hands even if your knowledge of Genji is limited. Yoshiki Okamoto is the genius behind the likes of Onimusha, Devil May Cry, Resident Evil and Street Fighter II, all wonderful games in their own [...]