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Article | 5/12/2008 PS3 can read new 400 GB Blu-ray Disc

Pioneer is now showcasing the biggest Blu-ray disc ever that can hold 400 GB worth of data. The technology features 16 separate layers on a single-sid...

Article | 5/12/2008 Nirvana, Eagles & Smashing Pumpkins coming to Guitar Hero

Activision has announced the holiday lineup of downloadable tracks for its latest music title. The company is bringing some sweet gifts to music fans ...

Article | 5/12/2008 Mirror's Edge DLC looks better than actual game

Fans of the mind-bending Mirror's Edge will get a post-Christmas treat this January in the form of 7 time-trial maps, and one additional map that will...

Article | 6/12/2008 Konami teases 'A Next Metal Gear'

Earlier Friday, on the Kojima Productions section of Konami Japan's website, a flash page was put up hyping the next Metal Gear. The bad news? It's so...

Article | 4/12/2008 Nintendo DS game calls you the N-word

Copies of Animal Crossing: Wild World for the Nintendo DS were sent out Tuesday to several video game publications, including GamePro, due to the fact...

Article | 21/11/2008 Grand Theft Auto IV DLC arrives Feb. 17

Prepared to tackle the city again?

Article | 18/11/2008 Valve offers entire back catalog of games for $99

Valve is now offering its entire back catalogue, including upcoming new release Left 4 Dead, for $US99.

Article | 25/11/2008 iiNet announces new partnership with Xbox 360

iiNet customers to receive quota-free Xbox Live downloads

Article | 14/11/2008 Bungie: Halo 3 Recon is '3-5 hours, not a $60 game'

Is Halo 3: Recon an expansion or stand-alone game? According to Bungie, quoted in the December issue of Game Informer, it's both.

Article | 19/11/2008 Intel's Core i7 Sydney media briefing

Intel celebrated the launch of the Core i7 at a party in Sydney's Cruise bar. Intel boasted about releasing the fastest CPU on the planet, and provide...

Article | 17/11/2008 Report: Blockbuster Set To Release Set-Top Box

Attention movie aficionados: Blockbuster is reportedly in the process of building a set-top box that can stream movies to your TV. Responding to Micro...

Article | 14/11/2008 EA Sports Active: a Wii Fit killer?

Hoping to gymnastically leap onto the phenomenal success of Nintendo's Wii Fit game system, Electronic Arts is to launch its own EA Sports Active game...

Article | 11/11/2008 Easygoing Miyamoto suddenly tight-lipped on Wii HD console

While rumors persist that Nintendo is working on a new Wii console, complete with HD and some kind of new interface, the notoriously loose-lipped Shig...

Article | 11/11/2008 Grand Theft Auto IV expansion date still in the air

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says he's "not sure" when the promised downloadable content will arrive on Xbox 360.

Article | 12/11/2008 User-created LittleBigPlanet levels deleted without warning

A cornerstone of PlayStation 3 platformer LittleBigPlanet is the powerful level-design tool that lets players create their own worlds and share them w...

Article | 12/11/2008 Epic acknowledges Gears of War 2 bugs

Epic Games on Monday published a list of known issues affecting Gears of War 2, slow matchmaking chief among them.

Article | 13/11/2008 Fanboys join death and taxes as life's certainties

If a nuclear holocaust were ever to befall the planet and end life as we know it, we can be certain that at least two species would survive to carry o...

Article | 13/11/2008 Gears of War 2 sales top 2 million at launch

Surprise! Gears of War 2 did very well in its first three days at retail, thank you. But not as good as Halo 3, which sold well above 2 million in the...

Article | 13/11/2008 Microsoft responds to Xbox Live bannings

Reports of abnormally high bannings from Xbox Live have swelled on the internet in recent days, suggesting that Microsoft anti-piracy ninjas are inadv...

Article | 12/11/2008 Trailer: Midway Games - Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe - Sub-Zero vs Batman and Superman vs Raiden

Sub-Zero vs Batman and Superman vs Raiden in Midway Games' Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.