[News] Sony announces PlayStation 4!

Yep, it's official. After weeks of speculation, Sony officially announced its next generation console from an event in New York yesterday. However, despite the huge hype preceding the announcement, Sony did not unveil the actual console, smashing our hopes of catching a glimpse of what it would look like. 5 years in the making, according to Lead System Architect Mark Cerny, the PlayStation 4's goal is freeing game developers from technological barriers by offering a console that was 'by game creators, for game creators'. He further stated that the architecture of the PS4 was 'like a PC, but supercharged'.

[News] Xbox 720 details leaked!

Details about the long awaited Xbox 720 have reportedly been leaked online, giving us a glimpse of just how powerful it could be.

According to VGleaks.com, the new Xbox 720 will have eight 1.6ghz CPU cores (similar to the PS4's design), 8 GB of  RAM and a custom DirectX 11.1 class 800-Mhz graphics processor.

The new specs for the console, which has been codenamed 'Durango' are definitely impressive and on par with a high end PC, but gamers feel that it may fall short of the PS4's capabilities. As previously rumoured, the new console also uses a x6 speed Blu-ray drive and comes with a hard drive as standard.

source : www.vgleaks.com

[Top10] Video Game Weapons: Part 2

 5. Keyblade - Kingdom Hearts series

What better way to dispatch the baddies in Kindgom Heart's expansive fantasy world than to bash them with a gigantic key? Nothing, that's what. Plus this weapon comes with perks, with the ability to do wicked combos, open any lock and have Donald Duck and Goofy as your sidekicks. Also, there is absolutely no chance of you mixing this up with your car keys, considering that it's about 4 feet long.

[Top10] Video Game Weapons: Part 1

Every week (or fortnight), I'll post a 'Top 10' list pertaining to some aspect of video games. These could range from anything like protagonists, antagonists, vehicles or even food. For my first list, I will start off with iconic weapons that have grown from being a series' signature to defining entire genres of video games today.

Let it be known that this list is purely my personal ranking.
Here we go with this week's 10 Ten! 

Life is full of tough decisions. This is one of them.

10. Egg - Resident Evil 4 & 5

When you're facing an onslaught of zombies all alone, you need to be resourceful and use elements in your environment to defend yourself by any means necessary. However, players in Resident Evil found that instead of valuable handgun rounds, game designers decided to leave behind chicken eggs to lob at zombies. While a thrown egg may do very little damage to an undead army, the slapstick humour of the ensuing situation is killer.