Category Archives: Games

Post by: Nik Taylor Rock Band 3 is imminent, complete with new keyboard peripheral, and EA has just announced the full setlist. It’s noticeably less ‘rawk’ than previous RBs, with 83 tracks from the likes of Amy Winehouse, Huey Lewis … Continue reading →

Posted by: Jane Douglas http://images.video.msn.com/flash/soapbox1_1.swf Today the world’s most popular MMORPG (the merciful acronym for massively multiplayer online role-playing game) received a big update in the shape of Wrath of The Lich King, a long-awaited second expansion pack. This open-ended, … Continue reading →

Posted by: Jane Douglas Tomorrow lunchtime we’ll be at the 26th annual Golden Joystick Awards, part of the London Games Festival, to see which titles pick up which prizes.  The Golden Joysticks are the people’s awards of game honours, with … Continue reading →

Posted by: Jane Douglas It seems Eurogamer will be judging the Best Videogame Script at the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards 2008. The shortlist of nominees is heavy on Rhianna Pratchett, who’s work on Overlord and Heavenly Sword (with … Continue reading →

Posted by: Jane Douglas Video: Prince Of Persia – new trailer Out today (you’ll find it jointly first here on MSN and on IGN) is a brand new trailer for Ubisoft’s next-gen Prince of Persia reboot, out on December 5. … Continue reading →

Posted by: Nik Taylor If you’re going to chuck money at publicising something, why not make people happy at the same time? That seems to have been the thinking behind last Friday’s publicity stunt, where the PR firm charged with … Continue reading →

Posted by: Jane Douglas Today I spent time with some folks from Rare – the British games developer behind upcoming Xbox 360 title Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise. A few live – and huge -Piñata were even on hand to … Continue reading →

Posted by: Nik Taylor I’m back from E3, swapping the glorious sunshine of LA for the murky grey skies of another British summer. Although the conference lacked any announcements that could be justifiably be described as ‘huge’, I found it … Continue reading →

Posted by: Nik Taylor I’ve spent this afternoon dashing around the Los Angeles Convention Center, trying to take in as much as possible from all the games being demoed here. There are stacks of shooters here, and of course Resident … Continue reading →

Posted by: Jane Douglas At the E3 games expo, from which my co-editor Nik Taylor is currently reporting, Nintendo have just announced that Rockstar will be bringing out a Grand Theft Auto game for the DS. It will go by … Continue reading →