Monthly Archives: April 2013

five years on: grand theft auto iv remains just as memorable as it did in 2008

COUSIN! Time to jog your memories back a few years. Five years ago today, Tuesday April 29, 2008, Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. I remember queuing up for it to buy at midnight and just being sheer excited for the game (despite being eight months under the …

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no e3 presser for nintendo. guys, this is a good thing

Direct megatons. In the middle of last night, Nintendo announced at its investors meeting following the announcement of its FY2013 financials that it wouldn’t be holding a press conference at E3. Nintendo of America announced its presence would consist of two small-scale events for media and retail partners respectively, whilst the public would get its …

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time to put up or shut up: microsoft announces may 21 next xbox event – now it needs to bring the goods

And here we… go. It’s official. After months and months of wondering when it would finally happen – it should have actually happened by now, in fact – Microsoft has at last announced May 21 will be the day we will finally see the next Xbox, the first such major pre-E3 event from it since …

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the sun: playstation 4 to launch in october [update]

PlayStation 4 will launch in October, UK red top The Sun has said as part of an interview with Sony Computer Entertainment boss Andy House. The paper, which headlined the interview as ‘Girls’ Games’ with the strap ‘Sony boss: PS4 will appeal to women too’, is quoted as saying: “Brit Mr House says the games …

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bioshock infinite: dear irrational, thank you for elizabeth – the real deal

She’s a keeper. [WORD OF WARNING: I WON’T BE DISCUSSING THE ENDING AS EVEN AFTER A WEEK, IT’S STILL SACRED TERRITORY. BUT THAT SAID, I WILL BE PROVIDING CONTEXT TO SOME EVENTS, SO IF YOU’VE STILL YET TO PLAY IT OR YOU’RE NOT TOO FAR IN IT, IT’S PROBABLY BEST YOU X THE TAB/WINDOW RIGHT …

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