The Virtua Fighter 5 marketing machine is starting up and it looks like they have a firm favourite in the console war. Honestly if you had both consoles and wanted this game which version would you buy after seeing the above advert? The one with online support or the one without? I just wonder why they advertised this so prominently?  Source: NeoGAF

Check the video above which compares the graphics between Halo 2 and Halo 3 to see that Bungie really has upgraded the graphics for this version. Anyway what is up without retailers, The Halo 3 boxes have huge stickers all over them telling the retailers that they are not allowed to sell the game until the 26th. CNA’s and Pick …

The Official PlayStation magazine has reviewed Ratchet & Clank. Now when the PSM reviewed Warhawk the fanboys went nuts about the editor being biased and this being an evil plot by Microsoft to smear the PS3. Now I am pretty sure the fanboys will be more than happy to point at the 93/100 R&C received as proof of how good …

So today I got a message from a friend of mine on Xbox Live saying that I should change my motto to "Xbox Live should be free", as Microsoft are debating on whether they should make Live free or carry on charging us for the service. Now this is just a rumor, and as such has not been confirmed by …

I was over at Megarom this morning for an Activision press conference and PR meeting which was quite cool. They showed us a bunch of games that I will post about in the next few days but for now I just have to give you my impression of Call of Duty 4. Call of Duty 4 is most probably the …

Finally… For some obscure reason this game has been haunting me since it was announced. I just cannot wait to play it and it has finally arrived. Viva Pinata Party Animals – the demo – is now available to download from the marketplace. I wish I had know this before getting to work so that I could have started the …

After posting about how fantastically well the 360 is doing in America it is only fair to offer the other side. This war really does seem to be a battle between two large regions with the Wii wining both. Here you go, the latest sales in Japan. Wii – 26,181PS3- 13,101360-  1,243 The Japanese don’t look they are ever going to take to the 360 do …

It looks like the Halo effect has started in the US with the release of last weeks sales figures. While the order is still the same the gaps have changed dramatically. Wii          –   93,455 (-20%)Xbox 360-   88,658 (+17%)PS3         –   30,158 (-42%)  A 42% drop for the PS3 and this in the week that Heavenly Sword was released. Ouch, I told …

If like me you were a bit suprised to see a new patch waiting to be downloaded when you logged onto Live tonight don’t be to worried. According to Major Nelson it is just a small update to cater for the new big pad controllers coming out. I thought it was a bit big to be just that but hey …

RJ van Spaandonk the executive director of Core Group was kind enough to answer some questions that I emailed through to them. As you can see I would have loved to follow up on some of the answers but since it was an email Q&A my opportunities are limited… So here we go.. Q. Do we have a definitive launch …

Now this games has always looked awesome but I just feel the guys who made this trailer have not done it justice. It just doesn’t do anything for me. That won’t stop me really wanting this game though…

Kojima Productions has promised the media attending the Tokyo Game Show that the MGS 4 demo that they have been playing is going to be available as a download on PSN very soon.  No dates have been announced but lets hope it will be part of the post TGS update and then we can finally see if the AI is as bad as I …