The light gun is something I miss quite dearly. Its time has come and gone and in its place we now have the likes of Playstation Move, Wii Motes and Kinect. But all of these lack a certain something. It’s hard to put my finger on it, but the modern day equivalents to the light gun seem to be missing the charm and feel of a true light gun. Of course, light guns showed their true worth in the days... more.

The last few days have seen the arrival of the first official Resident Evil 6 trailer. Normally anything Resident Evil related (bar the horrific films) gets my attention and starts anticipation rolling, however this time around I felt a little more grounded. Iv watched the trailer around ten times now and I still cant conjure the same level of excitement or interest I once could. It could be down ... more.

Okay, let's be honest. This isn't really a teaser, it's more like a Bioware show reel where they have accidentally left a few seconds of unseen footage. Never the less we at least got to see something, tanks and explosions. Hopefully what we're supposed to see at the VGA's will be a full reveal and we'll be able to judge it for ourselves. Here is the clip: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/wat... more.

Avalanche, the developers behind Just Cause and its sequel, have confirmed their next title is currently under development. Codenamed Project Mamba, the project appears to be waiting for the current generation of consoles to die out with its 2014 projected release date. Founder of Avalanche commented on the developers struggle with the current situation with the recession: ...we have achieved ... more.

The latest to join Ubisoft's ranks is RedLynx, the developer known for their hit XBLA game "Trials HD", the studio also developed Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command for Nintendo DS and PSP and DrawRace for iPhone. Chief executive officer at Ubisoft, Yves Guillemot, had his say on the matter. "The team at RedLynx has developed exceptionally strong digital brands that stand out for their high repla... more.

Ubisoft just released a press release announcing that they've just officially acquired the "Trials HD" creators RedLynx. This is great news for both parties, as RedLynx will now receive greater help/funding to expand their vastly popular Trails franchise. Below is the attached full press release regarding the partnership: London, UK – November 02, 2011 – Today, Ubisoft announced tha... more.

Since launch, it appears Battlefield 3 has brought with it a lot of controversy in Germany. The controversy seems to centralize around the Terms of Service of EA and the Origin service itself. Ever since the Google Street View incident, the people of Germany have really been protecting their personal rights. The general consensus is that the German Origin program (which comes bundled in w... more.

The lovely folk at Raspberry Pi have been busy creating a computer which serves basic functionality at a very low cost. As we are all well aware, the days of study on pen and paper are becoming rapidly outdated. The fact is, it's just not efficient enough when using a computer is faster, easier and generally develops better results. With a huge E-universe of resources at your fingertips it seem... more.

According Wedbush analyst Micheal Pachter believes Modern Warfare 3 will double Battlefield 3's sales. Pachter believes Modern Warfare 3 will hit sixteen million globally by the fourth quarter of the year while Battlefield 3 will sell eight million globally. He was quoted in saying: "I'd guess that around half of the console copies of Battlefield 3 will be bought by people who also buy Mode... more.

Bright Light, the studio behind the EA published series of Harry Potter games, has been proposed closure "After a review of all current and future projects" EA have already began the process with the with the employees of the studio saying the affected staff "will be considered for positions at other EA studios including those in the UK". According to the official EA website, Bright Light's ... more.

Let me open by with the following statement : “Two years ago, Twitter was the greatest thing to have happened in the customer service department”. That statement applied to most business' who have a Twitter account, whether it be British Telecom, Game.co.uk or Sky HD. It was a fantastic advancement in an outdated area, whereby the norm was sitting on the phone for approximately 30minutes, b... more.

After a good few months of speculation and rumours it looks like Sydney-based developer Team Bondi are set to close as a liquidator has been appointed to wind the company up. In simple terms, a liquidator is an officer appointed by a company to collect in the assests of the company and settle outstanding claims once said company, in this situation Team Bondi, goes into winding-up. Documents ... more.

A patent filed by Microsoft in 2010 has been made public. The patent itself suggests that the Kinect system could be used to estimate a user's age and make unsuitable content inaccessible. Or so reports Geek Wire. Details proposes using a 3D depth camera (example: the one Kinect uses) to measure body proportions of the players body such as head width to shoulder width and so on. You can se... more.

Kim Swift, best known as co-creator of Portal and currently creative director at Airtight games, is set to reveal her latest title during a panel at PAX this weekend. Airtight games is best known for the third-person shooterR Dark Void. The announcement has been backed up by publisher Square-Enix who describe the panel as "Meet the development team, including Creative Director Kim Swift (Portal... more.

The National Gamers Surveys, conducted by New Zoo this year, reveals that more than a half of U.K, France and German adults are gamers, with the highest ratio of gamers in Europe being in the UK. Overall, the United Kingdom has the highest ratio of gamers, with 68% of men and 59% of women playing games. In Germany, 63% of men and 54% of women play games. In France, 61% of men and 52% of women p... more.

The Sun (shock horror) is today reporting the death of a 20 year old student who died due to deep vein thrombosis. The headline is simply ‘Death by Xbox’’ and is clearly a negative (yet highly misinformed) look on video games. This story is the second negative article to be published by The Sun which paints video games in a bad light. The student (named Chris Staniforth) played his Xbox f... more.