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Oh woe is PS3
Published on December 29th, 2008.
The US continues to be an unhappy hunting ground for the PlayStation 3. Whilst rival game platforms, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360 continue to increase sales, the PS3...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
75 percent job cuts at Free Radical
Published on December 29th, 2008.
TimeSplitters developer Free Radical has been rumoured to be having financial issues for some time. Now the details emerge, who said the video game industry is recession proof?Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
Review: The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
Published on December 26th, 2008.
Stop dragon my heart around, Spyro has lost his spark and the Legend must end with this chapter.Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
Review: LittleBigPlanet I just dont get it
Published on December 21st, 2008.
What possible attraction can an old-school 2D platformer have in today’s gaming world of 3D wiz-bangery? And surely the focus of collecting items and reliance on an open...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
PlayStation Home Ho-Hum
Published on December 16th, 2008.
It is probably a generational thing, and sure it is still a beta, but why did we really wait so long for PlayStation Home. Well it looks like hackers...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
Review: Call of Duty: World at War Once more into the breach
Published on December 12th, 2008.
Not fair Treyarch, I still haven't found my socks after they were knocked off by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare late last year, and already a new Call of Duty...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
iTWire games of 2008
Published on December 11th, 2008.
As mid-December rolls closer, it is time to ponder lists. Gift shopping lists, New Year’s resolution lists and of course, best and worst of the year. So here...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
INTERVIEW: Mary Beth Haggerty Autodesk
Published on December 8th, 2008.
Appearing at the Game Connect Developers conference last month, Mary Beth Haggerty, Autodesks’ Senior industry manager for video games sat down with iTWire to talk all things Autodesk product...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
Video Game Piracy: The widening problem and how to stop it
Published on December 7th, 2008.
Studies indicate that around 10 percent of video games in an average household are of the illegally obtained variety. Observationally the practice of video game piracy is on the...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
Review: Mirrors Edge
Published on December 2nd, 2008.
Running is the name of the game in this stylish new IP from Electronic Arts. I hope you are fit as you follow Faith as she bounds over the...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
Review: SingStar ABBA, Vol 3 and Singalong With Disney
Published on December 1st, 2008.
Lucky this is a typed out review, my throat is somewhat horse from belting out everything from Disney classics to power ballads as Sony bombard the holiday season with SingStar...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
Review: Guitar Hero: World Tour The family perspective
Published on November 30th, 2008.
You guitar heroes, you think it’s all about you. Well now here comes Guitar Hero: World Tour, where a whole band of rhythmically challenged, living room inhabitants can get...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
This week in Nanny State News F.E.A.R 2 banned
Published on November 27th, 2008.
The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) have effectively banned the forthcoming horror/shooter F.E.A.R 2 Project Origin. By not being able to shoehorn the game into the constraints...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
Review: Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Published on November 27th, 2008.
It’s hard, it’s tough, and yet a great way to explore Los Angeles, welcome to the club. Midnight Club: Los Angeles will drain the blood from your knuckles, which...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
GCAP08: Keynote - Happy Feet creator ready to do original games
Published on November 19th, 2008.
Zareh Nalbandian, Managing Director of Animal Logic has helped open Game Connect Asia Pacific in Brisbane today. The team behind cinema visual effects for titles such as The Matrix,...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
New Xbox Experience just Windows dressing for us
Published on November 19th, 2008.
Microsoft has unveiled the new Xbox Dashboard software dubbed ‘The New Xbox Experience’. Whilst the download adds a new gloss of paint to the interface, for many, the full...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
GCAP08: Game Developers discuss Film, TV and Game integration
Published on November 19th, 2008.
Reading that headline you will be forgiven for thinking that game developers are about to sell out to the big film studios to suck your soul from your head with...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
Review: Resistance 2 Nathan Hale vs Marcus Fenix
Published on November 18th, 2008.
Both next-gen gaming consoles now have sequels to their most acclaimed exclusive shooters, so how does the first person alternative action of Resistance 2 stack up against Marcus Fenix and...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
Review: LEGO Batman the videogame
Published on November 16th, 2008.
What's better than building stuff with LEGO? Destroying the stuff you built, that's what. And when you do it in a video game, there is nothing to clean up!...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.
Review: Gears of War 2 It’s full of grit!
Published on November 16th, 2008.
Marcus Fenix and the other Cog's are back to battle the subterranean Locusts once more. And like any Hollywood action film sequel, much of what is on offer in...Filled under Radioactive IT - Gaming and Entertainment tech blog, latest news. No Comments.