Every fan of FIFA, NFL and NHL are always eagerly anticipating EA Sports’ announcement of the new season’s cover stars. I myself am a massive fan of the EA Sports FIFA and NHL franchise, as football and hockey are two of my favourite sports. EA Sports’ decision to put Tampa Bay Lightning’s Steven Stamkos on [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Comic Con Roundup
Comic Con has been a haven of fandom for over three decades now and is increasingly showcasing video games along side the more traditional comics, movies and TV shows. This years convention wrapped up this past Sunday after a plethora of developer panels, demos and video footage. There’s no chance I could see everything that [...]
Call of Duty 4: Star Wars Galactic Warfare Mod
Call of Duty 4 (Modern Warfare), arguably one of the best, if not the best Call of Duty game that has ever been made, has just been handed a mod courtesy of a group called Black Monkeys de, which has created mass excitement amongst both fans of Call of Duty and Star Wars. Black Monkey’s [...]
Nintendo 3DS: Slashing Prices and Taking Losses.
The 3DS is arguably the most innovative and ambitious creation amongst the current Nintendo systems. Because of this, Nintendo naturally predicted the 3DS to do well around the time of release, but the system didn’t meet the developer’s expectation. The pre-order sales were below standard, and general sales haven’t done all that well either, at [...]
THQ: A Tough Quarter Ahead.
Lately, THQ have not exactly been having the best of times after seeing one of their promising main titles of the year, Red Faction: Armageddon, waver in the area of sales. In a conference call, Chief Executive Brian Farrell said that “Red Faction Armageddon did not meet our expectations.” For a period of three months, [...]
Bad Company, Good Craic
Explosion spam, havoc wreaking helicopters, snipers lounging at the back of the map not contributing to the objective, players using that one assault rife with no recoil and the increased bullet damage perk. All of these frustrations can be found in Battlefield: Bad Company 2′s multi-player. Funnily, the list is also completely interchangeable with Call [...]
DiRT 3: Yet More DLC!
Codemasters today announced that there is even more downloadable content (DLC) on its’ way to Dirt 3! As well as the already-released McRae Vision Charity Pack, Mini Gymkhana Special Pack, Mud and Guts Car Pack, Monte Carlo Track Pack, Power and Glory Car Pack, Teams and Cars Unlock Pack, and a great number of individual [...]
Brothers in Arms: Furious 4rums
The word furious sticks out like a sore thumb in the new Brothers in Arms title, because it is just what the developers over at Gearbox Software have left the fans of the Brothers in Arms series feeling, absolutely ruddy furious. Whilst these fans, as well as myself, eagerly anticipated the sequel to the 2008 [...]
Battlefield 3: Consoles limited to 24-man sessions
EA’s brand manager, Kevin O’Leary, told PixelEnemy that limiting Battlefield 3 multiplayer on Xbox 360 and PS3 to 24-man sessions is the “best possible experience” that the console gamers could have. Whilst the console versions of Battlefield 3 are limited to just 24-man sessions, the PC version will be able to support up to 64 [...]
Capcom Unveils Resident Evil 6?
Resident Evil fans have a lot to be excited about at present; with current title Resident Evil Mercenaries (3DS) keeping them busy and upcoming titles Resident Evil: Revelations (3DS) and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (X360/PS3) on the horizon. Despite the many entries into the franchise at present, it seems Capcom may have one more [...]