Category: Gaming
The ZX Spectrum is BACK as a games machine!
Thirty years after Sir Clive Sinclair's original took the world by storm, the Spectrum name is to live on in the form of a new games machine that will be capable of playing all 14,000 Spectrum titles ever created. The ZX Spectrum Vega is an all-in-one joypad that plugs into your TV via HDMI, and…
The UK Top 10 video games chart: Call of Duty Advanced Warfare shoots back to the top
[nextpage title="Next"] Black Friday shakes up the chart this week, shooting Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare back to the top from No.3, switching places with last week’s No.1, GTA V. As sales of the PS4 and Xbox One versions of GTA V drop off in their second week of release, it is the previous generation…
Dennis and Gnasher come to Minecraft
In an unexpected partnership between old and new media, The Beano has partnered with Minecraft to offer Dennis and Gnasher mods for the popular game. The tie-up whilst unexpected makes sense: Whilst the Beano is attempting to remain relevant in this century (it was first published in 1938), Minecraft is like crack for children. The…
REVIEW: Far Cry 4
Have you ever gone to a far away country to scatter the ashes of a beloved parent, only to end up joining an insurgency movement aimed at overthrowing the charismatic dictator? Me neither, but I can identify with the story a hell of a lot more than I could with Far Cry 3’s awful protagonist.…
WATCH: Advanced Warfare Zombies Trailer
We heard rumours about this last month, but it has now been officially confirmed by Activision that Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is getting zombie DLC. Exo-Zombies is apparently a "survival co-op experience" and will be released next year. You can watch the trailer above.
How accurate is Assassin’s Creed: Unity compared to real life Paris?
Pretty accurate, it seems - at least according to some awesome photos taken by Damien Hyperlite. He posted to Imgur a series of photos showing the game and the real buildings, and it is safe to say that whilst the game might be buggy as hell, they clearly spent a lot of time getting the…
Ubisoft dishes out free games to placate Assassin’s Creed: Unity complaints
Ubisoft has announced that the Downloadable Content for Assassin's Creed: Unity will now be free - to make up for the bug-riddled mess that was the game's initial release. The update comes following the release of Patch 3 - which is yet another fixer for some of the problems in the game. Writing on the…
Nintendo to sell empty boxes in shops. Really.
Far be it from us to question Nintendo in its infinite wisdom, but the company has just announced that it will be selling empty boxes. Seriously. Buyers of Nintendo Pocket Football Club and Mario vs Donkey Kong from shops will open the case to find... um... nothing. Well, just a download code for the titles.…
READ: How an MP tried to stop Space Invaders in 1981
Old people complaining about videogames has been a tradition dating back for as long as games have existed - but did you know in 1981 there was a discussion on games in the House of Commons, and one MP introduced a bill to attempt to regulate the menace that was Space Invaders? Journalist Simon Parkin…
Kickstarter bans “Blood Sport” gaming device
It sounds very clever, but is also very wrong: "Blood Sport" was a Kickstarter looking to raise money for a device that would take your actual blood whenever you get shot playing online games. For real. Creators Taran Chadha and Jamie Umpherson were looking to raise $250,000 to create the device, and then put it…
