Author: Alex Seedhouse

EA and Bioware have released new details on a further addition to the new Heavy Weapon category available within their soon to be released title, Mass Effect 2. Titled the M-920 Cain, the weapon has been created by Normandy’s scientists whom have prototyped a modified version of traditional high-explosive rounds that are able to be applied to a 25 gram slug. When these are accelerated to a speed of 5 km/s, the round is becomes absolutely devastating. Though not necessarily encompassing nuclear materials, the prototype weapon has been nicknamed the ‘Nuke Launcher.’ Upon impact, its high-explosive matrix generates a mushroom…

I’m sure many are eagerly awaiting the March release of Square Enix’s highly anticipated RPG title, Final Fantasy XIII, as much as I am. However, i’m still waiting for Square Enix to announce the details of the Collector’s Edition for the title, which was previously confirmed in December. Firstly, I’d imagine that Square Enix would announce the Collector’s Edition as their final “13th” announcement on February 13th, so please remember that for now this is completely unconfirmed and may be a complete mistake on Gamestop’s part. For those that welcome a little rumor regarding the contents of such edition, it may…

It was with joy that I saw my subscription copy of Official Playstation Magazine UK arrive in the post this morning. This was not only due to the fact that I was hoping to find more information on the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII from Square Enix, but more for the fact that I knew that the latest issue would offer the World Exclusive review for Quantic Dreams’ Playstation 3 exclusive, Heavy Rain. Reviewed by Editor-in-chief, Tim Clark, it was his opening sentence that easily confirmed to me that this was another overtly ambitious title that wasn’t going to fall anywhere…

“I don’t want to do a sequel because I’ve said what I had to say about these characters and this story,” he explains. “Honestly, I have nothing else to say.” Such a statement may not be of too much surprise, especially with the known potential that you can kill characters off through poor choices. Yet Cage explains his reasoning in stating “I believe that the value of my company lies in its ability to create new IP’s.” Of course we are aware of the extra DLC, known as the Heavy Rain Chronicles, that are entirely optional but set to expand…

In a message posted on the official UK Final Fantasy XIII website, Motomu Toriyama has stated that the International version of the upcoming Square Enix title is “finally complete.” There’s not much else to say other than this message appears across all the European versions of the site in each language, so we can continue to look forward to the release date on March 9th! The full message is as follows; MESSAGE FROM MOTOMU TORIYAMADear gamers in Europe,FINAL FANTASY XIII overseas version is finally completed.I am sorry for the long wait.At present, members of the development team in Japan are on…

Bioware have today released a further “Fight for the Lost” trailer this time featuring the psychopathic killer, and potential squadmate, Subject Zero. For each kill she makes, she adds a tattoo to her body and these days her skin is covered in ink. She is a powerful biotic character with a mysterious past, and there isn’t that much information known regarding her background other than that it was based around brutality and violence. Her emotional instability doesn’t help the fact that she can lift and discard enemies like trash with her biotic powers, and as a particularly dangerous, unstable, and…

Edit: EA has released the following statement regarding how the single-player campaign within Medal of Honor will function, this comes after a misconception from information that I reported below that the campaign would be split into two rather than both elements melded together – for that, I apologise. The below quotation will hopefully clear up any confusion, sorry! We want to clarify that Medal of Honor will have one seamless single player campaign, not two separate campaigns as was recently reported. You will, however, play as multiple characters that each partake in diverse and unique experiences from both the “Tier…

In a rather big Playstation Store update, SCEE has today released the first batch of Premium Avatars to Playstation 3 owners across Europe. Priced at 20p (or €0.25) each, you’ll now have the choice between a selection of fourteen new Premium Avatars, each based upon the highly popular LittleBigPlanet title. The selection is as follows, and we’ll try and get an image as an example when the Store update goes live. LittleBigPlanet themed Premium Avatars;o Sackboy Avataro Craft Earth Avataro My Moon Avataro Sky Avataro Arrr! Avataro Marvin Avataro Gloria Avataro Great Blue Avataro Frost-E Avataro Hugo Avataro Lily Pad…

Bungie has today released information regarding the Halo Reach trailer, mainly providing answers regarding whether it was an actual representation of how the final game would look. In this week’s Bungie Weekly Update, they state “The Halo: Reach trailer was produced directly in our new game engine using real game assets. Because the game is still in the midst of development, which means things like frame rate are still in flux, we do something called a ‘frame dump’ that lets us spit out the content, frame by frame, and then compile it back as the video you all saw on Saturday.…

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and PlayStation have today announced in an email this morning, a whole range of LittleBigPlanet merchandise that is set to be released this Winter. To quote the email, “Snap up a whole sack-full of goodies including figurines, mugs, keyrings, t-shirts, hoodies and loads more, all featuring the loveable little character.” Whilst we’ve only really seen a whole range of Sackboy figurines on retailers such as Play.com, we’ve picked up an advertisement displaying an upcoming LittleBigPlanet branded PSP Case and includes a set of stickers for you to customise it. The advert, from Accessories4Gamers Ltd., details that it…