Opinion

Are Male Gamers Inherently Sexist?

The image above these words shows the box art for The Last Of Us, the new PS3 exclusive from Naughty Dog. As you may have noticed it features a female on the front, but it turns out that wasn’t always going to be the case. Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann recently revealed to VG247: “I believe...

Nolan Bushnell Disses The Nintendo Wii U

With the Wii U having been out for over a week now, it’s time for people to start expressing their thoughts and feelings on the latest home console from Nintendo. Many people have bought one, and are likely happy playing on it right now, but not everyone is a fan. One non-fan is Atari founder...

Wii U Owners Unhappy With Firmware Update

The Wii U was released in North America last weekend (and the reviews are already in). Unfortunately Nintendo saw fit to release the console with many features unfinished, releasing a firmware update on day one in order to enable these elements. This isn’t a minor update most people will be able to skip either. Instead...

Xbox Live At 10 – Changing The Face Of Gaming

Xbox Live has been with us for over 10 years now, with Microsoft rolling out the dedicated online gaming service on Nov. 15, 2002. It wasn’t the first of its kind — the Dreamcast beat it to the punch by several years — but it is the one that has changed the face of gaming,...

Grand Theft Auto V Could Be Huge

Rockstar sure knows how to build hype for its titles, releasing the first trailer for GTA V well over a year before it was ever going to release the actual game. A drip-drip of information since has both frustrated and fascinated fans of the series. The developer finally revealed its plans for Grand Theft Auto...

Pachter Calls Wii U A “Sell Out”

Michael Pachter is the Wedbush analyst gamers love to hate. After previously stating that he just doesn’t get the Wii U, and that it isn’t going to work – because Nintendo essentially got lucky with the original Wii – he’s back again. And lo and behold, his position has changed a little. Pachter recently stated:...

First Wii U TV Ad Sucks

At this stage it’s impossible to tell whether the Wii U is going to be a huge success (just like its predecessor) or an abject failure (just like the GameCube). However, with the Wii U only weeks away from launch, the time for speculation about its ultimate fate is drawing to a close. Instead it’s...

‘Angry Birds Trilogy’ Is Way Overpriced

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past couple of years you’ll no doubt have heard of Angry Birds, the mobile gaming phenomenon that has turned Finnish developer Rovio into a well-known name. Rovio has since moved on from Angry Birds (at least for the time being) releasing Bad Piggies instead. But...

‘Borderlands 3′ Is Happening, Believe It

Borderlands 2 has now been out for a week, and most people are happily either playing through the campaign or teaming up with others online. Apart from the odd poor review, the reception has been fantastic. Sales have also been strong; Borderlands 2, for instance, enjoyed the biggest launch of any game so far in...

Super-Slim PS3 Confuses Consumers

Earlier this week Sony unveiled a new super-slim Playstation 3 that is thinner and lighter than the current model. But many of the details, as well as Sony’s ultimate strategy, are confusing consumers. For starters there’s the question of who this new line is for? Existing PS3 owners will have no need to buy one,...

‘Borderlands 2′ Review Riles Fans

A review of Borderlands 2 written by Adam Najberg has caused controversy by gaining thousands of comments from disgruntled gamers unhappy at the negative views expressed in it. As if reviews are always and entirely factual. I have some criticisms about the review myself: The constant references to Call Of Duty seem out of place...

Xbox 720 Delayed Until 2014?

It’s been clear for some time now that Microsoft and Sony are both working on new home consoles to replace the Xbox 360 and PS3 respectively, but as of yet no further details have been revealed to the public. If the numerous chatter of a release for both in 2013 is to be believed then...

Confusion Over ‘GTA V’ Release Date

Despite the fact that Rockstar released the first trailer for GTA V in November 2011, there is still no sign of the game actually arriving in stores. At this moment no one outside of Rockstar knows when the game is going to be released, whatever yarn they may try to spin suggesting they do. This...

Sony: PS3 In Prime Of Its Life

The PS4 (and of course the Xbox 720) is expected to land sometime towards the end of next year, with consumers able to purchase the new hardware in time for the 2013 holiday season. And yet right now we still have the PS3 (and Xbox 360) to enjoy. It’s often easy to forget that not...

Media Molecule Talks Up Potential Of PS Vita

At Gamescom 2012 last week, Media Molecule unveiled Tearaway, a game which takes the LittleBigPlanet kernel and adds new elements specifically for the PS Vita. Sony’s new handheld hasn’t exactly set the world alight, but perhaps Tearaway is the first sign that it could in the future. MM creative director Mark Healey certainly thinks so....