Gaming

By James O’Malley Introduction After sneaking through Jerusalem and leaping across the rooftops of Constantinople by way of Florence and Paris, this week the Assassin’s Creed franchise lands in London, with the launch of AC: Syndicate. The game, set at the tail end of the Industrial Revolution, sees you hanging out with the likes of…

By Stephen Lambrechts While Sony has been enticing new customers with some really cool themed PlayStation 4 consoles of late, early PS4 adopters have had to stick it out with their plain old black editions. That’s about to change, however, as Sony has announced a spunky range of colourful, interchangeable faceplates for your PS4. Giving…

By Stephen Lambrechts While Sony has been enticing new customers with some really cool themed PlayStation 4 consoles of late, early PS4 adopters have had to stick it out with their plain old black editions. That’s about to change, however, as Sony has announced a spunky range of colourful, interchangeable faceplates for your PS4. Giving…

By Rob Edwards iiNet customers across Australia are yelling profanities at their Xbox One consoles after a glitch within the ISP’s service prevented them from downloading games and updates. Users have reported issues downloading a number of titles including Halo: The Master Chief Collection, World of Tanks, Grand Theft Auto V, Forza 6, and the…

By Patrick Goss Sony has slashed the price of the PS4 to £299 in the UK as it looks to tempt the console hold-outs to upgrade to the next-gen. The Japanese giant is still battling away with Microsoft for gamers’ hearts and minds, and the decision to lower the recommended retail price will no doubt…

By Rob Edwards The Christmas console wars have started, with Sony dropping the price of the PlayStation 4 to $479.95. The $70 price cut applies to the console’s 500GB incarnation, while the 1TB model is currently selling on Sony’s website for $549. The move sees Sony taking the fight to its only real console competitor,…

By Hugh Langley The whole situation with Konami and Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has been a bit of a mystery for sometime, and now the plot thickens. Following a report that Kojima had officially parted ways with the game company, Konami has claimed that Kojima is merely on holiday. “Currently, Kojima and the development…

By Hugh Langley The whole situation with Konami and Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has been a bit of a mystery for sometime, and now the plot thickens. Following a report that Kojima had officially parted ways with the game company, Konami has claimed that Kojima is merely on holiday. “Currently, Kojima and the development…

By Dan Griliopoulos Introduction Picking the best VR games at the moment is tricky because many of the best VR experiences aren’t the best games, and vice-versa. For example, much as we love Team Fortress 2, you don’t half get motion sick running at the scout’s speed in VR. Other experiences are like hands-off coaster…

By Kate Gray Is there anything more repellent than becoming mainstream? You spend your whole life carefully curating your hobbies and tastes to make sure that they tread the thin line between “good” and “popular”, and then suddenly people start liking a thing that you like. Don’t they know that you got there first? Don’t…

By Kate Gray Is there anything more repellent than becoming mainstream? You spend your whole life carefully curating your hobbies and tastes to make sure that they tread the thin line between “good” and “popular”, and then suddenly people start liking a thing that you like. Don’t they know that you got there first? Don’t…

By Hugh Langley Oh internet, will you ever agree on anything? We couldn’t just celebrate the Nintendo Entertainment System’s 30th birthday without it turning into an argument, could we? Someone on NeoGaf has gone and done it, asking forum dwellers if they pronounce the console’s name as “NES” or “N. E. S.”. Can open. Worms…

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln Once upon a time there was a boy. Fresh faced and dosed up to the nines with sugar, the chubby minor descended upon the upper floor of London’s Trocadero (back when it was SegaWorld and peak ’90s). Teeming with blue neon lights, seizure-baiting strobes and down-on-their-luck students dressed in Sonic costumes, the…

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln PSVR needs to decelerate to accumulate Once upon a time there was a boy. Fresh faced and dosed up to the nines with sugar, the chubby minor descended upon the upper floor of London’s Trocadero (back when it was SegaWorld and peak ’90s). Teeming with blue neon lights, seizure-baiting strobes and down-on-their-luck…

By James O’Malley Nintendo’s next console will be a replacement for both the WiiU and the 3DS, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal reports that development kits have already gone out to developers making games for the new system, and according to The Verge, which picked up the story, the new console…