01 May 2011
30 Minute Playtest: Brink
Regular readers may know that Brink has been on my radar for some time . The idea of a new style of FPS based on parkour and teamplay sounded fantastic. Throw in some gre
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01 May 2011
Golden eras of gaming: Master System pt II
A few years ago IGN voted the Master System the 20th best video game system of all time . Sadly, the listing only totalled 25. Nevertheless, SEGA's Master System remains
01 May 2011
An homage to sweat effects
We all like realism, right? And we all love being able to emulate our sporting heroes, imitate our favourite characters and get as close to the action as we can? Recent y
01 May 2011
Megabits column: Portal 2
Megabits of Gaming contributes a monthly column in Charged Middle East – a leading Dubai-based gadgets and games magazine that provides news, reviews and features on the
01 May 2011
Megabits' Pick of Minigames To Love & Hate
A minigame can add a bit of challenge to an otherwise routine game task. It can provide a much needed break from a lengthy mission. If it’s ingenious enough, it can actua
01 May 2011
Megabits of news: weekly roundup
Megabits of Gaming trawls the web for the tastiest morsels of news, so you don't have to... PS3 users consider Xbox Live According to Kotaku, one in five PS3 gamers is co
01 May 2011
Megabits of news: weekly roundup
Megabits of Gaming trawls the web for the tastiest morsels of news, so you don't have to... Duty calls... First details emerge for Modern Warfare 3 ... Kotaku says: "The
01 May 2011
Megabits of news: weekly roundup
Megabits of Gaming trawls the web for the tastiest morsels of news, so you don't have to... Portal 2 tunes for free As if it wasn't enough that Portal 2 provided hours of
01 May 2011
This Generation's Most Awesome Moments
When compiling our list of the most awesome moments in gaming, we wanted to steer clear of the same old selections-the Psycho Mantis twist, Aeris, that sort of thing. Hen
01 May 2011
Must-Play Arcade Titles - Part One
Our 360s and PS3s have come in for their fair share of criticism over the last few years, and justifiably so. Xbox had the red ring of death nightmare that more than one
01 May 2011
Must-Play Arcade Titles: The Top 10
Welcome back folks for the second part of our rundown of 20 of the greatest games that the 360 and PS3 arcades have to offer. In part one we saw such shining stars as Mon
01 May 2011
Raptr launches social news site for gamers
We’re sure many of you out there will already be familiar with Raptr - the social networking site for gamers – but today it launched an update that incorporates a rather
01 May 2011
Review: Killzone 3
I sometimes wonder if the art of the plot is dead. Take Vanquish, for example - great game, rubbish plot. Or Final Fantasy 13. Rubbish game, long, boring plot. And now we
01 May 2011
Review: L.A. Noire
When a game that's been talked about as much as L.A. Noire has been over the last few months finally sits in your console ready for action, the sense of anticipation is m
01 May 2011
Review: Outland
There's been somewhat of a revival of side-scrolling platform games of late on PSN and XBLA but this latest release from Ubisoft and Housemarque is perhaps one of the bet
01 May 2011
Review: Virtua Tennis 4
It’s always the way, isn’t it? You wait for a decent tennis game to be released and then two come along at once. Hot on the heels of the slightly more sim-oriented Top Sp
01 May 2011
Review: WWE All Stars
The revelation that I’ve had over the past two weeks is that not only is wrestling goofy and ridiculous, but that it should be goofy and ridiculous. You take a look at to
01 May 2011
Ten most obscure gaming peripherals
As a kid I was never sold on buying gaming accessories for consoles bar the necessary controllers. I think in my lifetime I've only ever bought one gaming peripheral and
01 May 2011
Ten of the Best Console Commercials
No sooner do we run an article looking at some of the greatest games trailers of this generation (read it here ) than we decide to take a trip down memory lane and revisi
01 May 2011
What we want to see in GTA V...
Ever since the original Grand Theft Auto (GTA) hit our screens in 1997, the series has accrued countless awards, critical acclaim and controversy. It's evolved in form an