Neowin hands on: Left 4 Dead 2 demo
The Left 4 Dead 2 demo has been available for a day or two now, if you pre-ordered the game, and I've managed to get my hands on it too. The sequel to the popular Left 4 Dead is due on 18 November 2009, which is only a matter of... Read on »
Xbox 360 is statistically least reliable console
According to research carried out by warranty provider SquareTrade, almost a quarter of Microsoft's Xbox 360s fail within two years, leaving it behind the PS3, and the console which proved to be most reliable: the Nintendo Wii. The research was carried out on 16,000 consoles, and all of those were... Read on »
Nintendo DS pirates labeled 'terrorists' by Yutaka Kubota
Yutaka Kubota, president of Japan's Association of Copyright for Computer Software, has branded Nintendo DS players who download games (freely) and then play them on their own flash-ROM carts as terrorists, according to articles by TechRadar and 1Up.com. In an interview with magazine Famitsu, Yutaka Kubota said "this is an... Read on »
NVIDIA PhysX SDK brought to the Wii
It was only last week that NVIDIA announced they had made their PhysX SDK available for the Playstation 3. This week, NVIDIA... Read on »
NVIDIA to bring PhysX support to PS3
NVIDIA announced in a press release today that it has signed an agreement which will allow registered PS3 developers free access to... Read on »
New Gears of War 2 update and DLC coming this month
The third update to Gears of War 2 is due this month, with a new map pack (Snowblind) to accompany it shortly after, according to an article by Gamespot. The update will offer a new ranking system, as well as a new auto-balance system, and will be entirely free. The... Read on »
Lord of the Rings game rights return to Warner Bros
EA Games have left a license deal, which gives them the rights to Lord of the Rings, to expire, meaning that the rights now go back to Warner Bros, and that EA will be publishing no more Lord of the Rings games. The agreement was meant to end in 2007,... Read on »
Dates announced for Fallout 3: The Pitt
The next downloadable content pack for the popular RPG Fallout 3 will be released on 24 March, for both PC and Xbox 360, according to an article by Eurogamer. The DLC pack will be available at the same price as the previous content pack, Operation: Anchorage, at 800 Microsoft Points.... Read on »
Age of Conan subscriptions fall below 100,000
According to an article by GameIndustry.biz (pointed out by Eurogamer), Age of Conan subscriptions have crumbled severely, to less than 100,000, according to a report by E24. Perhaps what makes it worse is that Age of Conan was the third best selling game of 2008, having shipped over 1 million... Read on »
Team Fortress 2 Scout update due next week
An update is on its way for Team Fortress 2, next week. This time it's for the scout, and, like the previous updates, will add new features to the character in question. So far, the Team Fortress 2 official website tells us little about the update, other than a new... Read on »
Battlefield Heroes beta opened again
Battlefield Heroes, EA's free multiplayer shooter, has been opened up for beta testing again, according to an article by Eurogamer. According to the Battlefield Heroes website, the servers will be up again "some time" today. During the time that the beta was (temporarily) closed, new content was added, and some... Read on »
Fallout 3 DLC delayed by a month
The second and third downloadable content packs for Fallout 3 have both been delayed by a month, according to Gamespot. The two content packs: The Pitt and Broken Steel can now be expected to arrive in March and April respectively. The first of the downloadable content for Fallout 3 –... Read on »
Ubisoft buys out Canadian developer Action Pants
Publisher and developer Ubisoft announced that it has acquired Canadian developer Action Pants. The developer was established in 2006, and will be releasing its first game for the Wii, which we're told will be a sports one, this year. Action Pants currently employs over 110 developers, and, based on the... Read on »
Certificate error makes Gears of War for PC unplayable
According to Eurogamer, a Windows digital certificate has been the cause of many problems for many Gears of War players on the PC recently. Many players have been unable to start the game due to a hard-coded date in the certificate that prevents the game being played from that date... Read on »
F.E.A.R 2 Demo Released
The sequel to 2005's popular horror FPS, F.E.A.R 2, will be arriving this February, already available for pre-order on numerous websites. However, for those who want a glimpse of it before then, a demo was released on Thursday that gave a taste of what gamers have to look forward to.... Read on »
Left 4 Dead update released, fixes exploits, tweaks gameplay
A new update was released yesterday by Valve which fixes numerous bugs, exploits, and performance issues, as well as a few tweaks to gameplay. The game was made available in late 2008, and despite a very warm welcome, received criticism for the bugs and exploits in the game. However, gamers... Read on »
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