Gaming

By Dan Griliopoulos Introduction Drinking is fun. Drinking responsibly is better, sure. But the point is, drinking is fun. And between the release of Bethesda’s Fallout beer and Activision’s own accompanying beverage for Black Ops 3, we’ve been thinking about drinks and games – specifically, drinks that feature in games. There have been loads of…

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln 2015 is the Xbox One’s year to lose We all know the story. We’ve heard the same boring old schtick. The PlayStation 4 is the best-selling console – and by a long distance, too. Microsoft has lost the war. Sony’s PS4 has had, for the better part of 12 months, the stronger…

By Hugh Langley Nintendo has announced its second quarter earnings for 2015, and the biggest takeaway is that 10.73m Wii U units have been sold – meaning it’s finally moved past the Dreamcast’s 10.6m total. Hooray. It’s a small victory for the console which, to date, has only sold one tenth of the units that…

By Stephen Lambrechts If you’re a gamer who doesn’t reside in the UK, you’re likely feeling a tad jealous (and slightly parched) over the prospect of missing out on the UK-exclusive Fallout beer from Bethesda and Carlsberg that was announced earlier in the week. Now Australia has gotten in on the exclusive video game beer…

By Guy Cocker Release date, consoles and characters Update #1: Star Wars Battlefront is only three painstakingly long weeks away from coming to home consoles and PC. We’ve played the game for ourselves thanks to last month’s beta, but now have an epic new trailer to tide us over until the game’s launch. Update #2:…

By Hugh Langley The next Gran Turismo game has just been announced at PlayStation’s Paris Games Week show, and it’s called Gran Turismo Sport. The game will launch in beta early next year but Sony hasn’t revealed an exact release date. The game is titled Sport and not Gran Turismo 7, presumably, because it’s angled…

By Hugh Langley The next Gran Turismo game has just been announced at PlayStation’s Paris Games Week show, and it’s called Gran Turismo Sport. The game will launch in beta early next year but Sony hasn’t revealed an exact release date. The game is titled Sport and not Gran Turismo 7, presumably, because it’s angled…

By Hugh Langley It’s been a long wait, and unfortunately you’ll have to wait a while longer – No Man’s Sky isn’t coming to PS4 until June 2016. The announcement was made during the PlayStation Paris Games Week press conference, confirming that we won’t be getting the game in time for Christmas. Earlier this week,…

By Hugh Langley It’s been a long wait, and unfortunately you’ll have to wait a while longer – No Man’s Sky isn’t coming to PS4 until June 2016. The announcement was made during the PlayStation Paris Games Week press conference, confirming that we won’t be getting the game in time for Christmas. Earlier this week,…

By TechRadar Deals To celebrate today’s release of Halo 5: Guardians, Techradar has teamed up with UK retailer Zavvi.com to offer you the chance to save £10 on the UK’s hottest Xbox One bundle! This brand new console bundle includes the double-storage 1TB version of the Xbox One and comes with one of the hottest…

By Hugh Langley Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox One will finally become backwards compatible on November 12. Microsoft community manager Larry Hryb announced on Twitter that the update will roll out on November 12 for all Xbox One owners. It’ll allow the Xbox One to run a selection of Xbox 360 titles including Mass…

By Hugh Langley Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox One will finally become backwards compatible on November 12. Microsoft community manager Larry Hryb announced on Twitter that the update will roll out on November 12 for all Xbox One owners. It’ll allow the Xbox One to run a selection of Xbox 360 titles including Mass…

By Dan Griliopoulos Introduction The James Bond movies have all the right ingredients for a decent video game — namely guns, violence, and a few more guns for good measure — so it’s perhaps surprising that only a handful of games have etched themselves into the collective memory. That said, the martini-drinking, wise-cracking spy lent…

By Hugh Langley Anyone who’s recently played Sonic Runners on iOS or Android might have noticed things have been getting a little more PG than usual. The ‘Halloween Special Stage’ has been infiltrated by a rogue typo that incorrectly changes the name of character ‘Boo’ as ‘Boob’. To the none of you that have been…

By Dave James The days of seeing stories like ‘PS4’s outselling Xbox by almost 2-to-1‘ could be over as Microsoft looks to have called time on the console sales war. Last week saw the Big M announce its quarterly results – yes, yes, fiscal announcements, yawn – but the interesting thing noted by Game Informer…