Tag: games
Nintendo profits fall as Wii sales slow
Nintendo have released their annual financial report, revealing a fall in annual profits for the first time in four years. As demand for the Wii hardware continues to decline, operating profit fell by 36% to 356.57bn yen (£2.5bn) in the…
Steam for Mac gets a release date
There's not long to wait now before Mac gamers get their hands on the Steam gaming platform. After missing its April launch date, the popular game library and download software will now be hitting Apple's machines on the 12th…
World of Warcraft movie slowly taking shape, Blizzard creative chief reveals
More news trickling in on the proposed World of Warcraft movie today. Though we'd previously believed that the movie was now in the process of finalising script details, it seems that that stage is still a little way off. However,…
Testers play with Steam for Mac – Video
Getting hold of computer gaming software has never been all that easy for Mac gamers, often having to wait ages for a slim chance of even the biggest titles hitting Apple's computers. However, the news that popular digital distribution…
Farmville headed to the iPad and to Android handsets?
Farmville is thought to be heading to a whole load of mobile platforms, after a string of telling web domains were recently bought up. Domain names farmvilleandroid.com, farmvilleipad.com, farmvilleiphone.com and farmvillesms.com have been discovered by website Superannuation. The domains seem…
How to get yourself banned on Xbox Live until the year 9999
Getting your Xbox Live account suspended for wrist-slapping behaviour for a few months is one thing, but getting yourself banned from the Xbox 360's online service until the year 9999 really takes some doing. That's what befell the son of…
App Store Round-Up: Hockey, Taschen, crosswords and more!
It's as varied a bunch of apps as ever hitting Apple's store this week. From the Times Concise Crossword to the iStudiez Pro revision planner, the App Store is both all work AND all play this week. Keep an eye…
Slim Xbox 360 with 250GB hard drive and Natal for under £200 by Xmas? So say analysts …
The rumours of a slimmed-down Xbox 360 hitting stores this year are hotting up again. But now analysts are predicting not only that the smaller console will arrive before Christmas, but that it'll come bundled with a 250GB hard drive…
Splinter Cell: Conviction – Review
Name: Splinter Cell: Conviction Genre: 3rd Person Stealth Action Adventure Platform: Xbox 360 (reviewed), PC Price: £37.00 (Amazon) If there is one thing cooler than a highly trained covert ops expert, it's a highly trained covert ops expert gone rouge….
Gallery: Kick Ass game headed to the iPhone
Kick Ass, the smash hit graphic novel and summer blockbuster, is all set to hit the iPhone this coming April 17th in the shape of an ultra violent, ultra funny brawler. Kick-Ass is a fully 3D action fighting game set…