If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! A new episode of downloadable content is out for Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, on both PC and Mac (well the sequel on the latter, as the original still isn’t ready), and also the Xbox 360 [...]
A pair of trailers have been posted up on YouTube, showing off the upcoming apocalyptic arcade shooter sequel, Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon. One trailer shows off ground combat, and the other air combat, with the game guaranteeing some fast paced blasting action as you come under siege from legions of giant ants, wasps, spiders [...]
Team 17 has unleashed the latest in its series of Alien Breed shooters on Xbox Live Arcade and the PC (via Steam). Alien Breed is a top down blaster which was a hit back in the nineties, and this polished modern reprise (powered by the Unreal 3 engine) has already witnessed two outings, Alien Breed: [...]
The Green Lantern film is due out next summer, and Warner Bros has just announced that the obligatory game license will be partnering its release. Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters is an action-adventure “inspired” by the film which stars the newest member of the Green Lantern Corps, Hal Jordan, the first human to join [...]
The demo of Microsoft’s over-the-top futuristic action game has been released onto Xbox Live. Crackdown 2 gives you more of the same vertical jumping, furious blasting, sandbox style action that the original boasted. As a superhuman agent, you must track down not only criminals this time round, but also mutants who were infected by a [...]
Publisher Square Enix has announced that Obsidian Entertainment will be putting together action RPG Dungeon Siege 3. Obsidian, previously responsible for the likes of Neverwinter Nights 2, will be helped along with input from the original developer Gas Powered Games. The third outing for the franchise will be the first time it has graced the [...]
Man of Steel teaser trailer released
If you’re sick of comic-book adaptations and film remakes, the last thing you might expect to get excited about is a new Superman film. That’s right: there’s a new Superman film scheduled for release in 2013. However, before you run off groaning at the idea of yet another mediocre cash-in, this one comes with caveats. [...]
Penguin owner buys ASI self-publishing company
According to the BBC, Pearson, which owns Penguin books among other things, has bought Author Solutions Inc in a £74 million deal. The deal means that Pearson now has control of a self-publishing interest. The news has raised concerns among some writers that intellectual property (IP) rights for new writers may be at risk, especially [...]
The Winner of our April 300 Word Writing Challenge is writer John J Brady, (known on these forums as alchemist). He wins a £10 voucher to spend at Amazon or The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired [...]
Forum member Teresa Edgerton is the winner of our January 300 Word Writing Challenge. She wins a £10 voucher to spend at The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired by an image selected by our moderators. For [...]
All Zombies Must Die hits the Xbox
At the weekend, All Zombies Must Die was unleashed on Xbox Live. As you can probably guess from the title, this is a rather tongue in cheek game developed by Doublesix with a focus on multiplayer zombie slaying. Set in the town of Deadhill, All Zombies Must Die offers a huge variety of weapons (such [...]
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