Archive for October, 2008

Confirmed – Star Wars: The Old Republic

October 22nd, 2008 – 7:00 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Games

The previously discovered reunion of Bioware and LucasArts led many to assume of an impending Star Wars MMO and they were of course dead right.

Star Wars: The Old Republic has been announced as the second massively multiplayer online game for the Star Wars franchise. It’s the first MMO for BioWare so taking their previously proven [...]

Alan Awakes

October 22nd, 2008 – 6:37 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Games

It’s been a good two years since any substantial content for Alan Wake has arisen so this new trailer for the hotly anticipated psychological thriller is a true joy.

With a first proper insight into the character and plot for Alan Wake this trailer puts new light on a brooding hit.
No release date on this one [...]

Obama’s hip and Palin’s Gangsta

October 20th, 2008 – 9:14 pm Posted by: Liam
Filed as: Music, TV

The U.S election is coming to an end soon so each party’s supporters are pulling out all the stops to promote the people they want to lead America for the next four years. First up is old school style hip hop artist MC Yogi who believes Barrack Obama to be the future and he tells [...]

LittleBigPlanet Units Recalled Worldwide

October 18th, 2008 – 7:33 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Games

The biggest title for Sony this Christmas is definitely LittleBigPlanet, so sudden news of a delay on the PS3 blockbuster has hit a nerve on many pre-ordering gamers.
It’s only brief, while LittleBigPlanet’s initial release date of next week has only been pushed back to “the week of October 27th” the cause of the delay is [...]

BioShock 2: Sea Of Dreams – Teaser Trailer

October 18th, 2008 – 8:51 am Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Games

UPDATE – 2K have released a full quality trailer in response, now added below.
An N4G user has picked up on and filmed a teaser trailer for BioShock 2 discovered when completing the newly released Playstation 3 version of the original Bioshock.
It’s only a quick teaser trailer but I’m still intrigued.

Canned Geek Podcast – Episode 25: Spike Lee Is A Pirate

October 17th, 2008 – 5:03 am Posted by: Liam
Filed as: Pod/Vodcasts

In this podcast we merge pirate elements of the proposed September show and mix with geeky topics relevant in the month October. The three of us discuss how Youtube lets you hear how stupid you are, the Australian version of Top Gear, an overproduced snack aimed at gamers, some unimportant anti-video game lawyer, American Politics, [...]

Review: Wall-E

October 15th, 2008 – 8:04 pm Posted by: Kyle

The universe we live in is remarkable. It’s beautiful, massive beyond comprehension and is filled with wonder and mysteries. The fact that life even came to be is extraordinary considering the chain of events that occurred over billions of years for things to take on their present form: humans included. Yet, we can forget this. [...]

Brisbane Gamers Meetup #4

October 14th, 2008 – 2:06 am Posted by: Liam
Filed as: Events, Games

Join your fellow gamers for some drinks and games at the 4th Brisbane Gamers Meetup!
Held at the local chinese restaurant/pool hall/arcade Cybercity 2002 in fortitude Valley, enjoy some cheap dinner then mash buttons on the arcade machines, play some pool, or belt out a tune in our own personal karoke room. BYO Drinks.

Aliens At War – Melbourne Call Of Duty Launch Event

October 13th, 2008 – 6:29 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Events, Games

Activision and Alienware are teaming up to host a huge event in Melbourne, Australia for the launch of Call Of Duty: World At War.

Running 24 hours long this November 8th, the event is looking to be a real blast. Not only will Call Of Duty: World At War be playable across 100 XBOX 360s and [...]

StarCraft 2 / 3

October 12th, 2008 – 12:25 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Games

As California freezes over with Blizzard’s media event BlizzCon underway news has been revealed of the future release plans of upcoming RTS StarCraft II as a trilogy.

Each single player campaign in StarCraft II will be packaged as a stand alone story specific to a certain race with Terrans: Wings Of Liberty shipping first in the