Video Game News and Reviews

Good news for PS3 and Wii owners, Rock Band 2 has been given a release date for the PS3, PS2 and Wii. For the PS3 and PS2 versions are set for release on March 27th and the Wii version on April 24th. As for the price, the PS3 version will retail for around £40, £30 for the PS2, and £40 for the Wii version.  Also, EA is lowering the price of the instruments. The standalone guitar is now £40, the drums are now £50 and the whole bundle with drums, guitar and mic is now £90. And that’s not it! You can now buy the software and the instruments all in one big bundle, it will cost you £120 for…

One of the many planned add-ons for the best World War 2 FPS game of 2008, Call of Duty: World at War, will soon be released onto the Xbox Live Marketplace for purchase. This pack will features 3 multiplayer maps and a new map for the bonus Zombie mode, the maps are as follows: Nightfire – You can battle through a once powerful city as the night falls with this new map. Station – Clues in the name with this one, it is based in a ruined Metro station which features a series of winding tunnels and corners. Knee Deep – This map is set on the Island of Peleliu in a small village which had been taken over by…

After hearing about the upcoming release of a new Street Fighter game, I was not sure if it could contend with other next-gen fighting titles such as Dead or Alive. After buying the game on Friday I soon released that not only does it compete, but it’s the best. When you first put the game in, you get this kick ass opening movie which looks amazing, plus,  if you have a HDTV, this scene deserves  to be treasured and watched every time you switch on the game. Now onto the game, this new street-fighter game come with many old characters such as Ken and Ryu. However, there are also several new characters such as Crimson Viper. Although the characters are great, with only a few different game…

It seems that the latest attempts to crack into the MMO market and steal some of the customers away from World of Warcraft has failed. With games like Warhammer Online and Age of Conan, there were some thoughts that World of Warcraft may loose some subscribers, but that doesn’t seem to be the fact. The first game to be released, Age of Conan, in May 2008, seemed to have a reasonably good start, with 400,000 subscribers, which then rose up to 700,000 within the first few months. However, it has gone down hill slightly. In January, Funcom, announced that they would be shutting down over half of the Conan servers, and recently, there have been rumors that Conan’s subscriber level…

With the release of a couple of big games set for release next week, Halo Wars and Killzone 2. I thought this post would be useful to some people. I’ll start with Halo Wars I guess. Halo Wars is a real time strategy game based in the time before the first Halo game. Halo Wars is only on the Xbox 360, and if you haven’t yet, you can download the Halo Wars demo for free just to give it a try. If you just want to see what to expect, here is one of the trailers for the game: Now for the second game, Killzone 2. This game is only for the PlayStation 3 and it looks absolutely amazing. This…