New Songs Available for Rockband Store from Next Week

By Jessica on 31 Jul 01:47 PM
From next week the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content will feature one song each from eight different stars, some even making their debut to Rock Band. They will be available between the 3 and 4 of August. The new tracks are:

Get Access To The Battlefield 3 Beta

By Wedgeh on 30 Jul 09:53 PM
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Want to be among the first to get hands-on with Battlefield 3? If you own Medal of Honor Limited Edition you will receive an invitation to the Battlefield 3 beta within 12-months following the release of Medal of Honor.

Halo Fanboys Get A Crack At The Spartan 'Elite'

By Wedgeh on 30 Jul 09:31 AM
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Launching in less than seven weeks, Halo: Reach, is set to be the BIGGEST entertainment launch of 2010, and will be available exclusively on Xbox 360! The award-winning 'Halo' franchise is a global phenomenon, with Halo 3 making entertainment history in 2007 setting launch sales records that beat all previous video games and blockbuster movies.

Details of Armoury and Equipment Brought Forward by the British Armed Forces for Arma 2

By Jessica on 29 Jul 07:42 PM
The Arma 2 homepage has been updated with the latest Intel on the forthcoming downloadable content to Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead. Detailed information about the British Armed Forces armoury and weapons as well as information about each faction are now available for immediate analysis accompanied by pictures, here:

Worms Invade Steam

By Wedgeh on 29 Jul 06:34 PM
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From humble beginnings, the original Worms titles took PC gaming to new levels of popularity and mass appeal. Selling in excess of 25 million copies over its 15 year lifespan, Worms has taken its wholly unique brand of addictive gameplay, hilarious humour and wild weaponry across almost every console possible, and on Thursday 26th August 2010 it will be returning to the format that made it most successful; the personal computer.

Linkin Park To Headline Medal Of Honor Soundtrack

By Wedgeh on 28 Jul 10:27 AM
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Electronic Arts Inc. today announced that the Grammy award-winning rock band Linkin Park will headline the in-game soundtrack for Medal of Honor with the lead song to their new album A Thousand Suns (releasing on September 14).

Shogun 2: Total War: Information and screenshots

By POBmaestro on 27 Jul 07:59 PM
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The next title in the successful Total War series will see the game returning to its Samurai roots. Here for your enjoyment is some information on Shogun 2: Total War plus brand new screenshots.

Sony: Blu-ray successor in the pipeline

By POBmaestro on 27 Jul 07:22 PM
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Sony, along with Tohoku University, has revealed a new type of disc storage that is in development. The 405nm wavelength all-semiconductor laser technology will pave the way for a single disc to contain 1TB of data. This would allow for a multitude of new applications, including more complex graphics and gameplay and the ability to have an entire television series on one disc.

Rock Band 3: Further tracks named

By POBmaestro on 27 Jul 07:08 PM
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Adding to the 20 or so tracks announced last month, Rock Band 3 developer Harmonix has named a few more of the 83-track strong list.

Alan Wake: New add-on available today

By POBmaestro on 27 Jul 07:02 PM
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A new add-on for Alan Wake entitled "The Signal" is available to download on Xbox Live from today. Players who purchased the psychological action game brand new can use a token card to download the add-on for free, but if you got the game second hand then you will have pay 560 Microsoft Points for the experience. Read more for information on the add-on.

UK all formats games chart (week ending 24th July)

By POBmaestro on 26 Jul 06:03 PM
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Toy Story 3 goes to infinity and beyond, well to number one in the charts at least. Leader of the pack last week, Crackdown 2, tumbles a mighty nine places to 10th, whilst at the other end Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and FIFA 10 are the biggest winners, moving up eight places each to 12th and 19th respectively. Red Dead Redemption climbs to second while in at number nine is new entry Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels Starry Skies. Read more for the top 20 chart!

Transformers: War For Cybertron PC Review

By Wedgeh on 26 Jul 09:59 AM
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Now we all remember the Transformers in one form or another, from its humble beginnings as a Saturday morning cartoon, through it's multiple generations, the animated movie up to the more recent Michael Bay adaptation. The Transformers would have touched you during your life in some form, it would have shown its power to you.

Mafia II: Playable demo August 10th

By POBmaestro on 25 Jul 08:43 PM
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2K Games have announced that their highly anticipated action crime caper Mafia II will have a playable demo available to download on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC from August 10th. The demo will allow players to...

Rock Band Adds Three More Avenged Sevenfold Tracks Plus More

By Wedgeh on 25 Jul 08:22 PM
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Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that tracks from Warner Bros Records' hard rock band Avenged Sevenfold and tracks from Latin Music superstar Juanes will be available next week in the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Wii.

Street Fighter III Third Strike Online, Street Fighter X Tekken And More

By Wedgeh on 24 Jul 08:55 PM
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Lots of Capcom news here, firstly the official announcement of Amaterasu and Thor into the roster of the eagerly awaited Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 title, the gameplay videos of which can be viewed below.