Any word on whether there’s a simultaneous PC release, or will the True Master Race of gamers have to wait 6 months or more for a poorly optimised port like with GTA IV?

Wait… blockbuster still exists? Who on earth uses it?

Was about to comment about how “disruptive innovation” is complete PR bollocks, then I noticed that there’s a tag for that. Well played, Beefjack, well played.

Currently waiting for this to unlock on Steam. I played to demo and came to a faily similar conclusion to the review, although I found the X-ray bullet cam gimmick was enjoyable enough to carry it for me. I’m telling myself that it’ll help me revise anatomy.

Out of interest, who are your five decent characters?

The ones I can come up with immediately:
Paul Denton (Deus Ex)
Niko Bellic (GTA IV)
GLaDOS (Portal)
Therese/Jeanette Voerman (VTM:Bloodlines)
Minsc (Baldur’s Gate 1/2)

And… uh… yeah, all the others that come to mind are the standard gravelly-voiced white guys.

Yeah, a lot of that trailer reminded me of Human Revolution, especially the start before everything got really bombastic.

This has piqued my interest somewhat, though – the first COD game to do so since the original Modern Warfare. I’m a sucker for near-future military badassery.

Crossbows would be a lovely addition to the game. I enjoyed using longbows a lot, but couldn’t help myself wishing that I were using a efficient, deadly crossbow.

This is probably my most-anticipated game right now; the aesthetics and gameplay look excellent and the team behind it has a superb pedigree. I’m hoping that these release dates are accurate as it should give me enough time to play it before returning to university.

Do they say what the mean by “sex offender” in this context? Obviously they want people to think of dirty paedophiles stalking kids on online games, but an absurd range of crimes can get one onto a sex offender register, especially in the US.

Best headline I’ve seen on the subject yet, and +1 internets for the DX reference.

To clarify, Susan Greenfield isn’t a psychologist – she’s a neuroscientist who focuses on synaptic pharmacology and whose research interests mostly cover neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

I don’t know if “abusive” is a fair term. People evidently think that there’s enough value in DLC to make it worth buying, otherwise the publishers wouldn’t keep releasing it. I’d agree that there have been some egregious examples of overpriced DLC, but there have been crappy overpriced expansion packs for years now, so it’s [...]

Well obviously the industry will pull through – there’s still a huge demand for games which is unlikely to abate any time soon – it’s his company’s outmoded business model that’s in question. Shame about the jobs lost if GAME goes under, but to be honest I’m somewhat surprised anyone actually shops there any more.

That was excellent. I played the single player as far as the stock exchange bit and gave up due to the high levels of tedium. Thanks for informing me about the rest of the plot and being far more entertaining than the actual game would have been!

Been quite busy but managing to squeeze in the occasional round of Battlefield 3, and still enjoying the occasional dopamine hits that my brain doles out when I manage to kill someone or get a new weapon.

Lovely idea, but I’d bet serious money that at least 80% of the people signing up will be male, and within a month the majority of the initial female users will have left after growing tired of receiving thousands of mindless messages from the male members.

This is ludicrous in the extreme, and they also seem to be assuming that one doesn’t shop around for the items. A quick search of amazon.com shows the keyboard to be $10 cheaper than their listed price, and the mouse to be £32 cheaper. The fact that they suggest a $33 HDMI Monster Cable (demonstrably [...]

Yeah, it certainly isn’t notably high end. Assuming these stats are accurate, it’s thoroughly underwhelming for a 2013 release.

I was vaguely interested in Anno 2070 despite it being Ubisoft, but now I wouldn’t even consider buying it in any circumstance other than a ridiculously cheap steam sale. Having to worry that my game won’t run because I switched out my graphics card one too many times just isn’t worth the hassle.

GAME is still operational? Huh. I just sort of assumed that Amazon and Play.com would have put them out of business by now.