People keep saying that there is a lot of money in gaming but for every huge hit we normally have 10 failures. However Guitar Hero has not been one of those failures. Ever since the first plastic mock guitar hit the stores the game has been a complete success. The franchise has now broken the $1 Billion mark which obviously …

Sam Kennedy from 1UP.com has written a hugely detailed article examining the Gamespot Gerstmann ordeal. He goes into all aspects of Gamespots business and point out some very interesting points that really do make Gamespot look bad. For example. (On Gamespot employees) At worst, they worked for an organization that caved to advertiser pressure, at best, they worked for an …

So can anything stop the juggernaut that is Nintendo? If this week’s European sales figures are anything to go on then no… Wii  – 119,835PS3 –   61,578360 –   51,733 So the Wii is outselling the PS3 2:1 and the PS3 seems to now be outselling the 360 continuously across Europe. If you wondering about the break down between the countries …

Bloomberg has a nice write up of the PS3’s current fortunes which includes some very interesting news in it. Starting off with that great PS3 sales in Europe over the festive season, they managed to sell just over 1.2 million units which is inline with the US sales. How the Xbox 360 would love to be able to see that …

Okay I am not sure if you saw it or not but a little while some moron by the name of Kevin McCullough posted an article about Mass Effect on his website. However it didn’t appear that the guy had even watched a demo, never mind actually played the game. He went on some weird rampage to prove that Mass …

There is a rumour going around this morning that makes perfect sense. Apparantely a secret inside source at Microsoft has confirmed that they will drop the price of the Xbox 360 premium by $49 to $299 on the same day that GTA IV is released… The idea being that a ton of PS2 and Xbox 1 owners are going to …

So you thought that Gordon was a mute? How wrong you were, he actually phoned up a radio station in America and poured his heart out to the listeners across the nation. Okay maybe he didn’t and it is just a spoof but it is funny none the less…

I have never been into the doll uh Action Figurine scene, but I was completely and utterly addicted to Gears of War for quite some time. Now a company called Figure Xpress has released a Gears of War range of action figures. I would absolutely love to own a set of these but at $200 for the set it is …

Army of Two is becoming one of the most controversial games of the last few years and it hasn’t even been released yet. I enjoyed the short time I had with the game and am still hoping for a great finished item…. Everytime I see a trailer I get more excited about it. I do hope they remove the tampon …

So I was having a chat with some people over the weekend where someone was trying to convince us that HDMI is a huge leap in visual quality over component. I have heard before that this isn’t true but I could never really test it out or see for real. However imagine my suprise when I found this trailer comparing …

  Sony is taking some potshots at Microsoft’s paid for and currently unreliable Xbox Live service. With the current instability and lack of official local support for Xbox Live I have to admit that the PSN is starting to look more appealing. MAXCONSOLE – Playstation 3 – Latest PS3 web ad takes a shot at Xbox Live – PSN ‘The …

Huh? This is kind of weird but looks like some fun anyway. I had not heard of it yet but it does remind me a bit of a cross between Viva Pinata and Rayman Rabbids.. Either way it has now landed on my list of interested games and I will see if I can find out more about this and …