360 gaming blog.

Some people adore Infinity Ward or Epic some Bioware or Bethesda, me I'm a Valve fanboy. I have been playing their games all week, Portal 2, The Orange Box, Left 4 Dead 2. I really can't get enough of their work.

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Does anyone know when you become too old to play video games? I'm interested in what people think because it seems everyone has a different opinion on this topic. Just the other day on live some clever little chap worked out that my age is 23 and said ...

Hey everyone, I haven't written anything on my blog for a while as I have been busy with my squad so I thought I’d write some random thoughts on gaming.

I have been mainly playing BOPS (my new term for Black Ops) lately, well that's pretty ...

Finally the time has arrived; the new entries in the Pokémon series Black and White are upon us.

I have had mine on pre order for well over a month and it got dispatched today so I’m hoping it will come tomorrow.

I know lots ...

When I found out that Revolution was ending it wasn’t a surprise, it had been well past its peak for a long time and I knew that the members had fallen out of love with CEG. I was disappointed but hopeful too. I was already planning on joining an established ...

We are all well acquainted with the Call of Duty Series now but not everyone played the game that effectively started it all. Call of Duty 4, Infinity ...

Videogame piracy, not exactly a new issue but it’s something I’ve never really had to think about before today.

I usually notice the warning that is on every 360 game disc ‘do not make illegal copies of this disc’ and I thought piracy was ...

Format: Xbox 360, PS3
Developer: Q Entertainment
Release date: Q1 2011

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For those lucky enough to have played the Dreamcast you will probably remember a game called Rez. The brainchild ...

A new year and the gaming landscape looks to be changing dramatically. All of the major players are present but will their new technology deliver as it should?

Microsoft has chosen to go with Kinect. After most core gamers turned their ...

Blizzard, the creators of the best selling World of Warcraft and Starcraft among others has had its future plans leaked online.

The document supposedly reveals their plans for the next 5 years! It outlines release dates for upcoming games ...

Just to show the amount of games coming out in 2011 here are some of the most interesting ones:

Bulletstorm
L.A Noire
Deus EX: Human Revolution
Batman: Arkham City
Child of Eden
Gears of War 3
Dirt 3 ...

Incase you haven't seen this already here is the debut trailer for The Elder Scrolls V:Skyrim set for release on 11/11/11.

This is from the same studio that brought us The Elder Scrolls ...

This is a UK program in which Panorama investigate the idea of gaming being addictive. Aired Monday 6th December.

Here is the link to BBC iplayer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...cted_to_Games/
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If you haven’t already noticed there are some massive price cuts on game content on the Xbox marketplace this week. I'm not sure if all of the deals are the same in every territory but some of the best deals are only availabe today. Earlier I picked ...

It has taken a week but I think the gaming community is finally calming down after a hectic week playing Black Ops. I was lucky enough to get the game a day early as I ordered online and despite the reports that Activision were saying retailers were ...

Fable III is finally here and having racked up 16 hours worth of play during the last few days I wanted to share some views on the game so far.

I'm trying to take my time and enjoy everything as much as possible. There are very few main ...

“The sequel you’ve waited 16 years to see” claims the description on the Xbox live marketplace. Quite a bold statement and one that intends to play on gamers' notion of nostalgia and the days of the Genesis (Mega Drive). Being a Sonic game the fan expectation ...

Valve has to be one of the most respected companies in the gaming business. They aren’t simply makers of great games, they have their own game engine with Source and they have their digital distribution store with Steam.

I think for some ...

This week I was actually affected by the whole Project ten dollar thing that was originally started by Ubisoft and which is now being employed by other publishers including EA.


All of the most recent versions of EA Sports games ...

After having a long wait without any real news Sega have finally announced the release date of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1. It is due to release simultaneously across all territories on October ...

Is Digital Distribution a good idea?

Lots of great changes have happened to our consoles in the last few years but one I’m particularly interested in is Digital Distribution. I don’t think its full potential has been reached yet. It has ...

I think that music is a very important aspect for any good video game. OK so not all games have great soundtracks but it certainly helps to immerse you in a game. Generally most of my favourite games have great soundtracks with some stunning pieces of ...

It’s only after I was asked to go bowling last week that I realised some things aren’t better in real life.

I think I would rather stay at home and just bowl on the Wii. If you think about it there are no downsides to it. You can invite ...

Gamescom, the world's biggest gaming event is back for its second year and is currently taking place in Cologne, Germany. It is buzzing with lots of news and announcements for all of the biggest and most important games.

Probably the biggest ...

This video just made me speechless, all I can say is just wow!




I don't even know anything about the game and I'm already so happy!

If you wanted more Black Ops action here it is. It seems that Treyarch have followed a lot of the new gameplay changes introduced by MW2 along with a few new tweaks including what looks like a playback option where you can save certain pieces of action. ...

You may have noticed that we are currently in the quietest part of the gaming calendar; it's sort of the gaming off season.

There is always something going on that is gaming related but all we are really getting at the moment is drip fed ...

After discovering that there was an Alan Wake novel I bought it instantly, no questions asked I knew I had to read it. The story in Alan Wake is one of the strongest parts of the game and certainly if there wasn’t such a great narrative present then ...

For those of you that might be interested in pursuing a career in gaming or journalism you may be keen to know that http://ready-up.net/ are looking for three new staff writers.

Ready up is a UK based community gaming website run by professionals ...

Hey everyone it's me again, incase anyone is interested this is my week in gaming.

Ok so on Tuesday i set up my new 360 slim that i so badly needed, after recovering my gamertag twice, transferring my HDD, changing over my liscenses and ...