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Team Fortress 2 - First Impressions

nospam@example.com (Kris Sum) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:11:08 +0100

I've only had a chance to play this for a couple of hours, but first impressions are that this game is fantastic! The classes are quite balanced (though my favourite class the demoman now lacks detpacks and mirv grenades), medics are greatly improved, and the whole game just feels very polished (though that might just be the shiny cell shading). Well done valve!

Gaming News..

nospam@example.com (Kris Sum) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:36:05 +0100

Ars Technica reports that the Unreal Tournament 3 demo is due out sometime in the next 2 weeks, according to posts on the official forum.
Team Fortress 2 is also out tomorrow at $29.99 for those of you who haven't purchased the Orange Box. Shack News has the new 'meet the demoman' trailer up.

ResidentEvil:Umbrella Chronicles

nospam@example.com (Kris Sum) — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:39:07 +0100

I'm really looking forward to this Wii game, it looks like it's taking shape very nicely!

ET: Quake Wars, demo released TODAY @ 6PM

nospam@example.com (Kris Sum) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:37:28 +0100

The new Enemy Territory: Quake Wars demo will be released to the general public at 6pm BST. I can't wait! There's a yahoo video preview here.

Bioshock

nospam@example.com (Kris Sum) — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:59:04 +0100

Bioshock seems to be getting fairly good reviews. As an ATI X550 user, i'm having trouble even getting a mouse cursor on the menu screen...

New Enemy Territory Quake Wars servers available

nospam@example.com (Kris Sum) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:42:07 +0100

The ETQW website now has standalone binaries available for linux and windows. Shame that there aren't any free public beta keys available for the client

Rage @ Quakecon

nospam@example.com (Kris Sum) — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:02:14 +0100

Id Software's new game "Rage" has some previews at gamevideos.com and shacknews.

E3 Starts...

nospam@example.com (Kris Sum) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:04:38 +0100

E3 has officially started, news sites are slowly filling up with news and hype - Ars has reports coming in regularly, as does Shack News and Wired Notable news items:

Nintendo DS gets Camera

nospam@example.com (Kris Sum) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:32:25 +0100

As reported by ars technica, the DS gets a webcam! Now all we need is someone to come up with a video phone program..

Resident Evil 4 (Wii Edition)

nospam@example.com (Kris Sum) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:12:00 +0100

After having played it for a few hours (and indeed, watching my house mate Sarah play it for most of the time) I can safely say that it's a Gamecube port worth buying! The wiimote 'point and shoot' control method is much quicker and easier than using a d-pad, and the widescreen aspect ratio, extra bonus game extensions and countless other little improvements go a long way to making this a must-have purchase, especially if you haven't played Resident Evil 4 on the GC. MetaCritic agree!