As the back of the Call for Heroes: Pompolic Wars box proclaims, “It is the darkest of times.” Well, that’s certainly true enough for anyone who installs and plays the game within. This action RPG from Quotix Software hits new lows in mind-numbing combat and ridiculously confusing level design.

Judging by the credits at the back […]

Last May, D3Publisher announced it would be bringing many of its games to Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade. The highest-profile title in the 360-bound bunch was the breakout hit Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords. Previously, the Bejeweled-inspired puzzler with role-playing game sensibilities was only available on the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable.

Apparently realizing it has […]

GamePolitics has a list of ten of the most well known gaming scandals to hit the games industry. Starting back in 1993 with the senate hearings on Night Trap (a game that arguably led to today’s ESRB), the list catalogs some things that the companies responsible would probably just as soon forget. “Hot Coffee (2005) […]

For one week only, Divineo.com are running a very special offer for the Xecuter Blaster 360 firmware flasher which prices it at just $59.99. This is the cheapest price you will find it by quite some way and an ideal product for updating the firmware of your Xbox 360 or flashing the firmware for […]

New details have emerged on just how well EA are going to pay their new recruit - former Xbox head Peter Moore. EA are paying him an annual salary of $550,000, in addition to help with re-location expenses of up to $330,000 and who could forget the $1.5 MILLION signing on bonus he is […]