HEXUS.net - Definitive Technology News and Reviews

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel - PC

31 August 2007, 11:42

We had a brief play on Sacred 2 at the Games Convention, in a tailor-made multiplayer mode. The first Sacred game was considered very similar in style to Blizzard Entertainment's ...

GC 2007 0

A true "focus-pulling, motion-bluring, akshun-packed mega adventure" is what every smart first person shooter game... would love to claim. Over in Leipzig, Nick morphed his pen-hand into a scalpel to ...

7

Bounty Bay Online - PC

31 August 2007, 10:46

From a pirate to a fisherman choose your career path wisely and explore the world of the 14th Century on sea and across land in Bounty Bay Online.

GC 2007 0

Bounty Bay Online - The online role playing game

31 August 2007, 10:46

In addition to the preview of Bounty Bay Online published earlier today, check out this interview with Markus Melching, the man in charge of Yusho GmbH, the German co-publisher of ...

GC 2007 0

Xbox 360 exclusive RPG dated

31 August 2007, 09:57

From the team that brought us Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic and Jade Empire, one of the Xbox 360's most anticipated games of the year, Mass Effect has ...

0

Review: Fatal Inertia - Xbox 360

31 August 2007, 09:38

Set in the 23rd Century Fatal Inertia mixes street racing, demolition derbies and rallying with a futuristic setting where machines no longer need wheels and the laws of physics govern ...

0

Lord of the Rings Online free trial

31 August 2007, 09:12

On the back of the release of the second Lord of the Rings Online update, Turbine are now offering you the chance to jump into the magical world of Middle-Earth ...

6

Xbox live arcade price drop - limited time only

31 August 2007, 08:55

Microsoft will be cutting the price of a number of Xbox live arcade titles next week for a limited time only.

5

Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Goes Gold

30 August 2007, 18:08

Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars has gone gold and will be available in retail outlets in Europe and Australia on September 28, 2007 and on North American store shelves beginning October ...

5

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga – Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS

30 August 2007, 14:24

It's based on all six Star Wars films, has loads of extra bits and the typical humour we've come to expect from Traveller's Tales... Oh, and you get to swing ...

GC 2007 0

Pro Evolution Soccer(PES) 2008: A word of warning - Xbox 360/PS3

30 August 2007, 13:28

On occasions, I can get unnecessarily aggressive when I'm playing a football videogame, especially if the person who I'm playing against scores the same goals over and over by using ...

GC 2007 0

Hands-on with Wii Zapper and Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles - Wii

30 August 2007, 12:39

It's Resident Evil, but not as we know it. Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles bears some of the trademarks of the ever popular survival horror game series, but the game has ...

GC 2007 7

Fracture – Xbox 360, PS3

30 August 2007, 12:32

Fracture is a new FPS from Lucasarts that extrapolates current world issues, throws them forward several hundred years and then turns the whole lot into a terra-morphing shooter with unscripted, ...

GC 2007 1

Bioshock: PS3 version on the horizon and free score now available

30 August 2007, 10:52

Videogames news site, Gamepro are claiming that an inside source has leaked information that 2K's innovative first person shooter, Bioshock will be heading to the PS3 next year. There's also ...

4

Sega Rally - PS3

30 August 2007, 10:24

Fully deformable environments & surfaces will ensure no two laps, let alone a race, will be the same in Sega's realistic rally sim, Sega Rally.

1

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - Xbox 360, PS3, Wii

30 August 2007, 10:10

Ok so we’ve already told you a fair bit about Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, but how about a bit more info on the game itself and some pics ...

GC 2007 2

Nintendo's Wii breaks record

30 August 2007, 10:05

Video and software performance and sales tracking company, Chart Track's latest figures reveal that Nintendo is now the fastest ever selling home console in UK videogame history.

1

Nick plays so hard, he actually gets WET

30 August 2007, 09:00

It's hard to suprise a battle-honed warrior like Nick, but Sierra have ganged-up with A2M in order to create 'something wonderful' in the 3rd person shooter genre. Intrigued by the ...

6

Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 2900 XT 512MiB

30 August 2007, 08:50

We take a look at Sapphire's Radeon HD 2900 XT. The company has been known to known to produce truly customised SKUs in the past, so will its R600 ...

2

LEIPZIG: Scent of a Games Convention

30 August 2007, 00:09

At this year's Leipzig Games Convention, Nick had to endure 4 days of top class travel, luxurious hotels, hands on demos, freebies, booth babes and general luv from the people ...

3

Vadim offspring to launch modular GPU waterblock

29 August 2007, 17:50

High-end PC builder Vadim has entered the watercooling market under the name "BlastFlow". Its first cooler is a GPU waterblock intended to work on any graphics card... more or less.

9

HALO 3 goes gold!

29 August 2007, 17:34

The wait is almost over. Halo 3, the final chapter in the Halo trilogy and one of the most anticipated game releases of 2007, has been released to manufacturing.

9

Ageia go mobile with a custom PhysX PPU

29 August 2007, 16:41

Whilst busy getting my arse thoroughly blown around in Unreal Tournament 3, I had to pause from the carnage to take a few snaps of the new PhysX Mobile chip, ...

GC 2007 0

Ageia PhysX - it really works!

29 August 2007, 14:38

Over on the Ageia stand at the Leipzig Games Convention 2007, we sat down with the guys who justifiably proudly showed off their Ageia specific Unreal Tournament 3 levels which, ...

GC 2007 11

Hands-on: LAIR - PS3

29 August 2007, 13:27

In a world ravaged by endless conflict and natural disaster, a call for peace turns into a bloodbath of betrayal and deceit.

GC 2007 0

Midnight Club: Los Angeles - Xbox 360, PS3

29 August 2007, 10:53

I can see that Rockstar, once again, have something special on their hands because Midnight Club: Los Angeles, from what I’ve seen, is pant wettingly gorgeous…

GC 2007 0

The stats from Games Convention 2007

29 August 2007, 10:25

The statistics have been calculated for this year's Games Convention in Leipzig and once again it has been a successful event.

GC 2007 0

Halo Wars gameplay walkthrough

29 August 2007, 10:15

Check out the latest gameplay video for the real-time strategy game Halo Wars, which shows 10 minutes of gameplay footage and takes us through the game's control system.

5

Success of Superbike title leads to Xbox 360 and PS3 version

29 August 2007, 10:15

Italian developers, Black Bean Games have confirmed that SBK08 is in development for Xbox 360 and PS3 and will be released in May 2008.

0

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue announced for PS3

29 August 2007, 09:40

Sony has confirmed that Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, a prequel title showcasing the forthcoming Gran Turismo 5 for PS3 will be available both on Blu-ray disc and as a download ...

5