Japan Gaming Guide

A lot of people are having trouble with Xbox Live at the moment, so if you can’t log in, find people to play against or download stuff then don’t panic! You’re not alone. Microsoft have announced that they are aware of the problems, they are very sorry, and working hard to get things sorted out. […]

If you happen to be in the vicinity of an American ‘Toys R Us’ store over the holiday period, you might want to pick up the overlooked GBA title Mazes of Fate, which is going for the bargain price of $9.99. Mazes of Fate is an old school dungeon crawler reminiscent of the classic Eye […]

Japanese site gamespark has ended the year with a list of the top 20 Xbox live arcade games. The rankings are based on the ever-popular metacritic scores. Top of the list? Castlevania Symphony of the Night – a truly awesome game which I missed on the PS1 and was very pleased to get the chance […]

  2008 is starting with a bang on live arcade – Metal Slug 3 is coming to the service this Wednesday. The side scrolling shooter was due to put in an apperance some time ago but size restrictions meant it had to be held back. For 800 points this is a really fun game, and […]

At last the Xbox 360 is going to get motion sensing controls. According to the spreading rumours a first party add on will bring tilting and shaking to the MS console by the end of next year. Following the Wii’s lead hasn’t really worked on the PS3, we’re not sure how well it will translate […]

Hi all, hope you had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, and Santa bought you all the game related goodness you need for the new year. We’ve been pretty quiet over December, but now we’re back to bring you all the gaming news in the new year. We’ve just finished transferring all the old […]

Halo 3 is getting a couple of tweaks in an update tomorrow. The playlists will be adjusted to accommodate the new maps that Bungie are rolling out. If someone in a lobby doesn’t have a map, it won’t be used, so there’ll be no getting booted off if you haven’t forked out for the downloadable […]

The PS3 is to get a video on demand service. Starting from next year, players will be able to download motor racing videos for around 200 yen. The first videos are part of the Gran Turismo 5 hype machine, but we expect more to follow later. [Read]

The latest update for the 360 dashboard is expected to roll out sometime today. The update brings with it some nice features. Firstly, a wider range of video formats will be supported. This means you’ll be able to view a wider selection of the movies stored on your PC – at present the choice is […]

An update to Bioshock is on the way, along with some downloadable content. The widescreen display issue will be fixed, and there’ll be some new plasmids to play with. Maybe now’s the time to give hard mode a try. [Read]