Now that it has been launched, we can bid farewell to some of the speculation around what Microsoft’s next generation games console will bring to the table – or can we? As a fan who lined up at midnight outside the Sydney Myer store on launch night of the original […]
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I’m always a huge fan of the immersive gameplay experience, and the folks at Ubisoft are very, very good at it. Ubisoft are the name behind some of the most successful game franchises in recent memory, from Assassin’s Creed, Driver, Far Cry to the Tom Clancy series (Rainbow Six/Splinter Cell […]
A few years ago Canadian games developer BioWare brought us the critically acclaimed “Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic” and later followed with “Jade Empire” and, more recently, “Mass Effect” and “Dragon Age”. In 2010, BioWare (now owned by Electronic Arts) has released the long awaited sequel to Mass […]
Well, earlier in the week I finally finished a Madden 2010 Franchise (Green Bay Packers). Every year I play the 30 seasons (averaging one game per season) and taking care of all the offseason tasks. Now, I present to you my summary of the Franchise experience for the latest version […]
Where to begin? If you’ve played Assassin’s Creed (the original) before and even enjoyed it a tad bit, you’ll love the sequel. Overview The sequel (Assassin’s Creed 2 – AC2), begins at the conclusion of the original (story wise) as Desmond (the character you portray in the future) is helped […]
Last week I was very fortunate enough to be able to purchase an unsold copy of UbiSoft’s recently released “Assassin’s Creed 2” – black edition. It was very difficult to acquire a copy of the black edition as it was only available via pre-order (which I did not know) and […]
Hi, well as per my annual ritual I’ve purchased Madden 2010. I’ve been buying Madden on PC, PS2 and 360 since 1995 and recently I started to question whether I should continue to do so in the face of lagging game quality, copious amounts of plainly obvious bugs and a […]
“The rumors are confirmed! Star Wars: The Old Republic, a massively-multiplayer game set in the critically acclaimed world of Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) was officially announced this week at a press event held at the LucasArts campus in San Francisco.“ Ugh. Rather than build KOTOR:III which would have […]
Well, I’ve found this link here which explains some of the fixes in the recently released patch for the frequently buggy Madden NFL 2009. Looks like they have adjusted the player progression bug in Franchise mode – and I can officially verify that it takes effect immediately once applied (to […]
Tonight I powered on the Xbox 360 to be told there is a patch available for Madden NFL 09. I have no idea what the update is for, but I apply it anyway. I’ll do some digging around to find out what it is supposed to fix. In any case, […]
Well, fresh from my previous post on Madden, I’m in a new and potentially blocking situation: I can’t save. I’d really, *really* like to hear from anybody who has suffered from “Freeze syndrome” – i.e. random console locks when playing Madden NFL 2009. It seems that I’ve had a lockup […]
I’d like to help London Studios (creator of the very successful SingStar franchise) sell a few more games. There are a number of tracks I’d like to see – these are songs you might find if you wander into a pub and hear the odd tune. This isn’t just a […]
New year, same glitches. So fans of this blog and of EA Sport’s Madden franchise (in particular on the Xbox 360) will know that Madden NFL 2008 was basically a release which no one in their right mind would have enjoyed given the heinous defects encountered – especially in franchise […]
Hi all. Tonight I played Madden 09 on the Xbox 360 for a couple of hours. Big improvement over Madden 08 in terms of stability, but I have a few items to nit pick. Before I forget (again) – here’s a link to EA Sports site where you can download […]
Well, in an article that should shock no one, Australians are paying too much for video games [smh] (both online and retail). This will come as no shock to anyone who has ever been overseas – and applies to many other markets equally, especially automotive (cars in the US are […]