Xbox 360 Dash Update

It’s almost Christmas and Microsoft have a nice present for all of us Xbox owners. The new dashboard has been confirmed for launches on 6th December to all Xbox Live members. The free update redesigns the Xbox 360 interface style, bringing it in-line with Microsoft's Windows and Windows Phone products to allow Microsoft to push their connectivity in the future. The update also adds Kinect style functionality and cloud saving for Xbox Live Gold...

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Gaming For Cash

We all want to make money and we all want to live the good life. Wouldn’t that statement be much better if we said this instead? We all want to make money playing video game and we all want to live a good life working with video games. In this case the person I am thinking of is Toby Smith, his unlikely business proposal on Fivesquids was an attempt t play virtual bodyguard in various Xbox 360 FPS games. His proposal was to play as your...

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Skyrim Patch Announced

As I’m sure you are aware the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has had a few rough edges over the past few weeks. Luckily developers Bethesda have announced a patch for their open world RPG that will launch at some point the week beginning Monday 28th November. Bethesda employee Pete Hines said that the batch will improve ‘long-term play on PS3’ as this has become quite an issue with that version of the game. When the save game becomes too large the...

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What did Skyrim teach me?

So 2011 might have been the best year to be a video gamer ever… we got great games, massive releases and new trends, features and pre-releases. As the nights draw in the gaming sessions will get longer and we have a great collection of games to spend time with too. Over the past few months we seem to get a classic ever few weeks and a few weeks ago we got the best of the bunch in the form of Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. I have already stumped hours...

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Skyrim - DLC

By now I’m sure you have all had a run at the fifth Elder Scrolls game, Skyrim, dare I say it some may have completed the main quest too. If this is the case then you are either running off the remaining side quests or looking to the god of Bethesda for their first confirmation of DLC. The extra content has been confirmed by Bethesda and they have also explained that they will be looking to make more substantial pieces then they did for Oblivion....

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Played too much Skyrim?

As I’m sure any regular readers will know but the game I have been most looking forward to all year is finally here. It’s in our Xbox’s and our Computers, ruining relationships, destroying social activity time and getting people sacked from their day jobs. The last week has flown by in a blur of dragon attacks and fire spells. Anyone who has ever played Tetris for more then an hour will know that video games slowly creep into our real lives. I remember...

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Skyrim - Glitches Galore

Bethesda have always been know to ship games with strange bugs and glitches. It’s become a common place to almost expect some strange occurrences during the initial release period. Morrowind have a lot of game breakers and the occasional texture, wall, NPC issue but was all in all a very playable game. We remember being able to steal stuff without anyone caring and loved breaking the game by playing two or more of the different houses. Oblivion...

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Xbox - The Next Generation

We all know that Microsoft have a new Xbox on the way in some form or other but can we speculate what developers have in mind. The main developers and publishers clearly know Microsoft's got another Xbox on the way from Tweets and their regular slips of the tongue. For the moment, though, all lips are sealed. Of course the Xbox 360 remains immensely profitable, more profitable this year than any other, but the second a successor takes shape, you...

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Skyrim Personal Review

It’s almost dark now as the night draws in, the cold open tundra behind me has taken the best part of the day to traverse and I’m feeling the battle damage more then ever. The bitter winds have forced me to wait and rest so I can regain my health after several tough battles with Giants herding their Mammoth and a rouge Sabre wandering the open space. In the next moment the wind picks up again and distorts the sounds of the incoming enemy, my Nord...

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Skyrim Sales Figures

Skyrim has been a worldwide success since it’s release last week and is fast becoming a great contender for Game of the Year. Forums are filled with people asking about followers, marriage and the value of Bonemeal but even that doesn’t pull us away from our game for long. 2011 is of course the year of the incredible game sales and Skyrim has been no exception. It has already beaten Gears of War 3 and Fifa 12 for first week sale and is currently...

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Skyrim Dragon Armour

The past few weeks have revealed more and more about the perks and abilities available in the recently released Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The one particular aspect this article will cover is in relation to the announcement of the Dragon Armour and how to acquire it. It’s no secret that Dragon Armor is in the game as it had been speculated and confirmed by various screenshots weeks ago, but we can now confirm that the only way to obtain this...

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Skyrims Egg

(Possible Spoiler Below to Easter Egg) Prior to the recent release of the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda Software caused a stir by filing a lawsuit against the creator of Minecraft, Markus "Notch" Persson. Basically, Notch had been in the process of creating a game called ‘Scrolls’ and he wanted to file for a copyright under the same header. Bethesda panicked by thinking that he might make a copyright claim against their flagship Elder...

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Skyrim - How could it possibly go wrong?

Skyrim is just around the corner and personally I’m looking forward to getting a good amount of time in the shoes of my muscular Nord Warrior. I’m very wary though that the Elder Scrolls series has had its bad points at times too. I love Morrowind for its large, diverse open world but I found Oblivion's world to be rather bland. From what we have seen of Skyrim the environment looks fantastic. Of course for any game with the scope of the Elder...

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Getting Games Early

We all know what it’s like to hear about the next big game years before it comes out but when the last few days creep around we still all toy with how we can get our hands on a copy early. Tuesday we the worldwide release of Modern Warfare 3 and all over the world gamers had been idly sitting, waiting for their preorders. A few folk have been lucky enough once again to land a copy through some unscrupulous independent retailers who just don’t give...

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When....

Every single game these days has it’s downfalls; Arkham Asylum had it’s terrible finale, Metal Gear Solid has Raiden, Halo 2 has the Arbiter and COD has the Elite Membership. Lets face it most games have an issue or two and below I’m going to outline some of my biggest gripes. 1. When people who aren’t snipers spawn in your bushes on Battlefield 3 I’ve been here for 5 minutes killing people, why did you feel the need to show everyone where I am? 2....

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GTA V - Please Remember

Like most of you I am quite excited about GTA V and have been quite impressed with the trailer released this week. I wrote a little article a few days back explaining what can be seen in the trailer itself and what is likely to be included. I have now put together a list of 5 areas I think shouldn’t be included in the fifth outing. 5: Mini-games Although Mini-games are no doubt going to be included in the final game at least make these...

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