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New PS3 Custom Firmware Bricking 60 GB Consoles

Custom firmware v3.55 has killed quite a few launch PS3s as people rushed to “back up” their games without waiting to see if the thing actually works. Even when it was discovered that the firmware is utterly broken, people were still bricking their consoles because they weren’t reading whole forum threads. Read more here.

Xbox Is The New “Family Entertainment Center”

Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer declares the Xbox “isn’t a gaming console” but a “family entertainment center. Speaking to CVG, he said that he wants an “average 15-year-old girl” to be as excited about receiving an Xbox 360 as the boys. “… You go to your average 15-year-old boy, and he will say ‘I’ll take an […]

Sony To Permanently Ban Jailbreak Users From PSN?

Here is a phone call that someone has made to Sony Australia. Now clearly the caller asks multiple times whether his system will be banned, and the response is a definite yes. Also he asked about whether he should Update to Firmware 3.60 and once again the response is yes. Not only that but they […]

Bulletstorm Demo Coming January 25 On XBL And PSN

Bulletstorm Publisher Electronic Arts has announced that a demo for Bulletstorm will be hitting Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network on January 25. In the demo players will vault into the gritty boots of hero Grayson Hunt and get a glimpse at the game’s Echo mode, a score-based experience featuring the game’s campaign environments. Further, […]

Xbox 360 Is Now Selling Better Than The PS2 Did

The PS2 has always been the darling of the industry with sales now well over 100 million and it still selling well across the globe, especially in the emerging economies. However VGChartz has been crunching some numbers and has come up with a surprising situation, the Xbox 360 is selling far better now than the […]

Confirmed: Sledgehammer Making The Next Call Of Duty Game

According to a recent job listing advert for Sledgehammer games has confirmed that the next Call of Duty game is being developed by the studio itself. The job ad appears to suggest Sledgehammer is currently at work on the core annual series update which releases each November of every year. That job listing advert for […]

Rockstar: LA Noire’s Release Date Will Be “Announced Soon”

Rockstar has confirmed that L.A. Noire’s release date will be “announced soon”. The news came in after the company tweeted it a few hours ago: “L.A. Noire is coming to Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3 this spring. The official release date will be announced soon…” L.A Noire is being co-developed by Australian Developer Team Bondi […]

Sony Sues Hackers Over PS3 Root Key Publication, Custom Firmware

Sony has gone ahead and sued the people responsible for the PS3 master key and the custom firmware. According to documents, SCEA has filed a complaint with the Northern Californian District Court against George Hots (GeoHot), Hector Martin Cantero & Sven Peter (fail0verflow), and 100 “does”, or unnamed defendants. Sony alleges the defendants have “circumvented […]

Bulletstorm PC Specs Revealed

Can your PC run Bulletstorm? Get the system requirements below: Minimum System Requirements Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2 CPU running at 1.6 GHz 256MB Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS or ATI Radeon 2400 Pro 1.5GB RAM 9GB of hard disk space 16x CD/DVD drive Recommended System Requirements QuadCore 2.0 CPU 2GB RAM 512MB […]

Razer Introduces Switchblade -The Ultimate Mobile Gaming PC?

Many are already familiar with Razer, from high-end mice to the motion controller for PC. They’ve introduced the Razer Switchblade at CES 2011, heralding it as a revolution in (mobile) PC gaming. Put simply think of it as a handheld gaming PC with an Intel Atom processor. The Switchblade has Windows 7 but comes with […]

PlayStation Phone Images, Videos And Specs Blowout

The internet has seen a lot of information on the PlayStation Phone today. First off the specs. A Chinese website IT 168 supposedly got its hands on the phone and revealed the details. Remember that nothing is concrete as of yet. Processor: 1 GHz Snapdragon QSD8255 GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 205 Memory: 512MB RAM, 512MB ROM […]

Sony: “We Will Fix Hacks Through Network Updates”

Must be a bad day for Sony. A group of hackers revealed the PS3’s master key which gives people complete access over the system. A custom PS3 firmware has already been released. All hope may not be lost as Sony claims they will fix the “security issues” via “network updates” that they are planning to […]

Modern Warfare 3 Is Actually A Prequel To The Series?

Rumors, according to an “unnamed source” speaking to fan site thisisxbox.com has said that the upcoming Modern Warfare 3 will actually be a prequel to the Modern Warfare series. Players are rumored to take the role of Ghost, revealing how he became a masked member of Task Force 141. This has also been explored in […]

First Mass Effect 2 PS3 Review: 93/100 In GamesMaster

The first Mass Effect 2 PS3 review has come in courtesy of UK gaming mag GamesMaster. The latest issue 234 of GamesMaster gave the PS3 port a 93%, saying that the PS3 version is the one to get over the Xbox 360 version. “Basically, if you’ve never played Mass Effect before, and you’re lucky enough […]