Prey demo available on PC, 360 version delayed.

Thursday 22 Jun 2006 : 18:53 PM



A playable Demo of Human Head's upcoming 1st person shooter Prey is now downloadable for PC from the official website - click here

Xbox 360 fans are going to have to waith though, as it won't be available to download from Xbox live today as promised.

A spokesperson said, "We do not want 360 people waiting up for the demo or having false expectations. The 360 demo will not appear on Marketplace tonight.

"I'm still waiting for specifcs, but I'm being told that it's still in testing at Microsoft. From what I understand this isn't Microsoft's fault, and is more likely just an issue of timing.

"I'm hesitant to give any estimates for a release, but I've been told it should be reasonably soon after the PC release, but could be as long as a few days."

Tags: 1st Person Shooters , Human Head , Prey , Shooting Games

Formats: PC , Xbox 360

Tomb Raider 10th Anniversary Remake goes ahead

Saturday 17 Jun 2006 : 11:44 AM



Despite reports on many gaming sites yesterday about it's cancellation, Eidos has confirmed that a remake of the original Tomb Raider is still on and will apparently be released on PSP, PS2 and PC.

The video above was leaked onto the internet and was confirmed by developers Core Design to be real, although it was Core who yesterday claimed the game had been cancelled. We'll let you know just as soon as they change their minds again.

Tags: Core Design , Eidos , Tomb Raider

Formats: PC , Playstation 2 , PSP

30,000 banned from World of Warcraft for cheating.

Tuesday 13 Jun 2006 : 22:47 PM



During the month of May, Blizzard froze over 30,000 WoW accounts for gold farming (over 30 million gold apparently). Considering the amount of people who play the game it isn't a huge number but it's definitely a step in the right direction. The full statement from Blizzard reads as follows.

"In keeping with Blizzard's aggressive stance against cheating in World of Warcraft, we banned over 30,000 accounts in the month of May, and with that removed well over 30 million gold from the economy across all realms. The banned accounts were taking part in activities that violate the game's Terms of Use, including using third-party programs to farm gold and items, which severely impacts the economy of a realm and the overall game enjoyment for all players."

Tags: Blizzard , MMORPG's , Online gaming , World of Warcraft

Formats: PC

Micro Machines v4 gameplay footage and details

Tuesday 13 Jun 2006 : 11:55 AM



This great gameplay footage from the upcoming Micro Machines v4 was released this morning by Codemasters, along with a few new details.

We're only 17 days away from the June 30th launch date for the Playstation 2, PSP and PC versions, the NIntendo DS version will follow later.

The bad news is that we can't see any mention of online play for any of the versions, here's hoping they'll announce online play for the DS version, this game is crying out for it surely ?



Tags: Codemasters , Micro Machines , Micro Machines v4 , Racing

Formats: DS , PC , Playstation 2 , PSP