Amnesia: The Dark Descent Preview

I was lucky enough to get some hands on time with Frictional Games latest work of art; Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and I took the time to write up an in-depth and exclusive preview. It's part of my Ripten work so click the below image to be taken to the page and enjoy! ... more.

With the digital wave sweeping the country of Australia, and worldwide, analogue TV is becoming phased out across more and more homes and broadcasting stations. The only option? Buy a set top box or switch to an expensive budget breaking LCD or Plasma TV. Well not anymore. With computers becoming more and more widespread and with most households having at least one personal computer, Media Cent... more.

Earlier in the week Bethesda annouced 4 Pre-Order packs available from major american outlets, EBGames has announced that the classic pack will be available in Australia as a bonus. Expect to hear more in the coming weeks. The 4 packs are as follows; The Classic Pack, available when you pre-order through GameStop, contains: Armored Vault 13 Suit - Extensively patched up and dot... more.

We all know and love First Person Shooters, right? Of course that's right! So I took the time to compile an in-depth look A - Z of things in the FPS Genre. From Aliens to Zombies, Infinity Ward to Call of Duty, this definitive alphabet features it all. Click the below image to check it out, as the writing piece is for my latest writing breakthrough over at Ripten Gaming Blog! ... more.

With E3 sitting on the horizon and journalists the world over scrambling to their battlestations and publishers and developers putting the finishing touches on their presentations, it comes as no suprise that we have a games list confirmed already. In a recent Computers and Video Games post they featured a list of titles they have had confirmed through their usual press releases and contac... more.

Players take the role of main character Darius Mason, as they fight to save both humanity and themselves. Featuing both Single Player and Multiplayer, players will find new and exciting areas to wreak havok upon. In a press email I received from THQ today they included some information on the just now announced game. Half a century after the Red Faction resistance freed Mars, the red plane... more.

Recently posted on the Bad Company 2 blog was information on the 3rd of the V.I.P map packs to grace the game. It included; On June 9th, VIP Map Pack 3 will be available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 bringing new modes to Nelson Bay and Laguna Alta. Fight for control of the M3A3 Bradley and achieve supremacy against 3 other squads as Nelson Bay is enhanced with Squad Deathmatch mode. Use ... more.

ChildsPlay, a long running charity providing video game consoles and games to children in American based hospitals has acquired a plethora of new swag. Featuring stuff like Crysis 2 posters signed by the development team through to PC games such as Aion and EVE Online that were made in limited runs and signed by the development team, there's even items signed by Infinity Ward and Bungie. All it... more.

When games are going through early stages of development we often hear about how "innovative, fresh and unique" they are going to be. Obviously this isn't the case all the time, and sometimes games that are meant to be blockbusters end up in thd discount bin so fast our wallets spin. Below is some titles we think deserve a second look for better or for worse! Crysis Possibly one of the most hard... more.

Ever seen the movie "Death Race"? Well it's a remake of another movie which is based on a book and the general premise is that the prison system is so overun that the prisoners are put into gladiator style races to the death. Split/Second is kind of like that, minus the downside of being in prison, and add the bonus of getting large amounts of money and seeing crazy explosions. Split/Second: Ve... more.