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.

Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham City has sailed into the all-format sales chart at number one this week, keeping FIFA 12 at bay in second place. Other notable new-entries include Football Manager 2012 (no. 3), The Sims 3: Pets (no. 6), Rockstar's Game of the Year edition of Red Dead Redemption (no. 36) and Dance Central 2  (no. 40) Here's the top ten: Batman: Arkham City FIFA 12 Foo... 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.

During a conference yesterday, Activision annouced that they were dropping the Guitar Hero franchise. As well as this, they also said they had stopped development on True Crime: Hong Kong, which seemed to be nearing completion and set for release. This shocking news was followed by confirmation that there probably wouldn't be a new Blizzard game this year. The reason Activision gave for the cance... more.

Zombie Studios download only title Blacklight: Tango Down has a sequel already in the works. Zombie CEO Mark Long confirmed the sequel and revealed they plan to release the title in summer 2011. The only details on the sequel are the maps will be larger and mech-like vehicles will feature in the game. It was also confirmed there are no plans to support the first Blacklight with DLC other than p... more.

THQ have confirmed three new WWE titles, including Smackdown VS RAW 201, WWE Online and a mystery title. THQ CEO Brain Farrell has said the following "For fiscal 2011, we plan to deliver another high-quality WWE Smackdown vs. Raw game this fall, building on this billion dollar game franchise," stated Farrell. "We also plan to go live with WWE Online in Korea later this year. We will be demonstr... more.