Black Friday: Wal-Mart carrying awesome game console deals

If you're a gamer, you're spoiled for choice when it comes to Black Friday bargain hunting, with neat deals at Sears and GameStop, and some okay deals at Toys 'R' Us. If you're a gamer looking to pick ... continue

Kid rings police after parents confiscate Xbox

True (and depressing) story: some little sod from Illinois has called 911 on his parents after they punished him by taking away his Xbox 360. Ugh. The Chicago Tribune reports that the boy hung up before the emergency ... continue

Microsoft could face legal action over mass Xbox 360 bannings

Last week, Microsoft started rocking its banhammer in a big way, permanently banning 1 million Xbox Live users from the online gaming service for playing on a modded Xbox 360. But was Microsoft's choice to ban 5% ... continue

[VIDEO] The most amazing Modern Warfare 2 kill yet

Modern Warfare 2 has introduced throwing knives to the mix, leading to this frankly amazing round-winning kill: Stroke of genius or miraculous luck? Whichever, it'll take something to top that. [YouTube] Related posts:Modern Warfare 2 effectively banned in Russia[VIDEO] Modern ... continue

Modern Warfare 2 effectively banned in Russia

[UPDATE: Turns out this story came from a dodgy translation, and that Modern Warfare 2 has not been banned in Russia after all. Activision clarified the matter with VG247, stating, "Reports that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ... continue

Sgt. Pepper’s comes to The Beatles Rock Band next week

What's your favorite Beatles album? If you answered "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," we can almost certainly be friends. Now we're friends, want to come round my place and play Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on ... continue

Final Fantasy XIII dated for North America, Europe

The biggest release of 2010? It might just be Final Fantasy XIII. And now, more than three years since it was first shown off, Square Enix has confirmed a North American and European release date for this ... continue

Xbox 360 getting Facebook, Twitter, and Last.FM on November 17

The Xbox 360 dashboard update that will allow you access to Facebook, Twitter, and Last.FM through your console goes live on Tuesday, November 17. That's according to Marc Whitten, Xbox Live general manager. Here he is, doing ... continue

[RUMOR] Project Natal launch details revealed

UK games site MCV is claiming to have the first details for the launch of Project Natal, Microsoft's controller-free Xbox 360 device. The salient facts are as follows: in Britain, Project Natal will hit stores in November 2010, ... continue

Microsoft unleashes banhammer on 1 million Xbox Live players

Cries of frustration, anger and grief rose up from parents' basements across the land as a million Xbox Live players found themselves cut off from the service in an anti-piracy blitz by Microsoft. Microsoft describes the number of ... continue

Modern Warfare 2: Review Round-up

It's Modern Warfare 2. It is, hyperbole aside, the most anticipated game of 2009. But is it any good? The review embargo for Infinity Ward's shooter is still ten hours away, but some naughty websites and newspapers ... continue

Brian May had hair demands for LEGO: Rock Band

Queen guitarist Brian May had only one demand when signing up for LEGO Rock Band (aside from receiving a stack of money): that developer Traveller's Tales get his famous perm right. As you can see above, they got ... continue