Aug 12, 2010

Irrational Games have officially confirmed that their mystery project – hitherto codenamed “Project Icarus” – will be Bioshock Infinite. Set to be a prequel to the original title BIoshock, the game is set in 1912 and set on a Columbia, a sky city. Want to know more? The press release tells us: The player assumes the role of former...

Aug 11, 2010

Well, lookie what we have here – a pretty Castlevania Lord of Shadows collector’s edition featuring an original soundtrack and nifty art book. Whilst there had been rumours about a collector’s edition, Konami were playing their cards close to their chest and we had received neither pictures or specifics about the special edition. Now –...

Aug 11, 2010

Each week we update you on what games have been getting quality time on the consoles, PCs and handhelds of our lovely GGS.com staff. Here’s what we’ve been playing this week: Andrew: Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles; Tomb Raider; Silent Hill Michael: Persona 3 (PS2), final fantasy x2 (PS2); Little Big Planet (PSP) Niki: Arkham Asylum (PS3) Steve: Velvet...

Aug 11, 2010

Today a new Naughty Bear DLC is available on both Xbox Live and PSN for all the people who, like me, rushed up to snap up this title the moment it hit the shelves. The new episode from 505 and A2M features Naughty pitting his skills against the ‘X-Bears’, a posse of awesome superheroes bears headed up by – wait for it – DANGER BEAR....

Aug 10, 2010

In late 2009, the gaming press was swamped with rumours of the Wii 2 – a new generation of the family-favourite console to ship with a Blu-Ray drive. The rumours, allegedly leaked by a Nintendo of France employee, stated that the Wii2 system will feature a Blu-Ray drive (with the additional aim of capping piracy), 1080P and lower resolutions, a worldwide...

Aug 6, 2010

Welcome to our weekly Community Q! Once a week we flip the tables and listen to what you guys have to say . . . rather than sitting back and make you listen to us! Community Q: “I don’t put that I’m a gamer on my CV. I’m scared it’ll give prospective employers the wrong impression1.” Discuss! Do you agree? Disagree? If so,...

Aug 4, 2010

Name: Vikki Blake A/S/L: 34/F/UK GGS Position: Editor-in-Chief Status: Married & babied. Sorry, guys. This ship has sailed. Q: What’s the first game you ever played? I think it was something like Chuckie Egg or Jet Set Willy on my Dad’s old Amstrad. There was also some game – I want to call it Two Tribes, though I might be wrong –...

Aug 4, 2010

Each week we update you on what games have been getting quality time on the consoles, PCs and handhelds of our lovely GGS.com staff. Here’s what we’ve been playing this week: Michael: Persona 3 (PS2), final fantasy x2 (PS2); Little Big Planet (PSP) Niki: Pinball HD (iPad) Sarah J.: Left 4 Dead 2 (360); Resident Evil 5 (360) Tom: Lost Planet 2 (Xbox 360);...