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by Mike Bantick
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NAMCO BANDAI is taking no chances with today’s release of Tekken 6. 2.5 million copies of the fighting game have been shipped to retail outlets.
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by David Swan
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Sony Ericsson has officially launched the Xperia X10, formerly known by
the codenames X3 or Rachael. The X10 is the company's first foray into the Android market, but the announcement comes at an odd time, especially with Christmas drawing near.
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by Mike Bantick
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PC gamers are getting used to waiting for cross platform blockbusters and it looks like this scenario with the release of the highly anticipated Assassin’s Creed II from Ubisoft.
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by Mike Bantick
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It has been available in many other parts of the world, but before the end of the year, Australian PlayStation 3 owners will get a chance to turn their game console into a Personal Video Recorder with the PlayTV device.
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by Mike Bantick
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 It’s good to be evil in Bayonetta, this witch with high calibre high heels takes on angels in high definition. SEGA has announced the release date for the western version of the game.
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by Mike Bantick
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Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City has hit store shelves. This new stand-alone version of the game contains the previously released The Lost and Damned and new GTA IV episode The Ballad of Gay Tony on a single disc. Check out the launch trailer and absorb the details of Rockstar Games’s free Xbox LIVE multiplayer weekend where you can take on the developers, literally at their own game.
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by David Swan
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Nokia today released the Nokia N97 software update 2.0 that adds new functionalities and applications to the device. Read on to find
out what’s on offer in the free download.
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by Mike Bantick
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The Australian Teachers Of Media (ATOM) Awards have been handed out this week. In its 27th year the awards are there to encourage people working and studying all forms of screen media across Australia and New Zealand.
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by Stephen Withers
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Whereis maps for GPS navigation units now include photorealistic renderings of major junctions to make life easier for drivers.
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by Mike Bantick
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Gather the gang together, it is time for some old-school meets new-school Mario fun on the Wii. New Super Mario Bros. Wii has its November release date locked in.
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by David Swan
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Starting today, smartphone applications from Aussie mobile developer
BigTinCan are now available for download and purchase through the
Cellmania distribution channel - opening up the products to over 200M
new users throughout the USA, Europe and Asia/Pacific. Aussie Aussie Aussie!
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by Mike Bantick
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Movies on demand as an instant-streaming offer are now set to arrive for PlayStation 3 owners. The Netflix service is already available to North American Xbox 360 owners as well as numerous other home entertainment devices including some already branded Sony.
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by Stephen Withers
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As the number of digital channels is set to increase, Freeview has revamped its web site.
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by Peter Dinham
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Mobile and Internet content services provider, Mobile Streams, has signed a licensing deal with mobile entertainment retailer, FoneStarz Media, for distribution of its content on channels Australia and New Zealand and Western Europe.
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by Mike Bantick
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Looks like the efforts by developer Valve and comments by publisher Electronic Arts have not been enough to get a new version of Left 4 Dead 2 past the Australian Classification Board.
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by Jake Widman
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Research by a psychology professor shows that people talking on cell phones are more than twice as oblivious to their surroundings as those not on the phone -- so much so that they failed to notice a clown on a unicycle.
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by Mike Bantick
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Sony is ready to relaunch the free PS3 with a BRAVIA LCD TV promotion again. Giving away 25,000 PlayStation 3’s with select BRAVIA’s. When Sony says it is doing a relaunch, it means a relaunch with video footage of a PS3 being hurled into an innocent LCD TV at 22 metres per second.
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by Mike Bantick
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Combining the age old attraction of LEGO building blocks with the new-fangled latest video game technology is LEGO Rock Band. Joining David Bowie and Blur on stage, waddle out the four LEGO versions of members of Queen. We will, we will, block you!
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