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It’s a good news day for Sony on no less than two financial fronts, as the company publicly declares that for the first time in almost 4 years, the PlayStation 3 is no longer hemorrhaging money from its every USB-shaped orifice.

Because I am ridiculously in love with all things Valve, and specifically Team Fortress 2, I thought I would share the latest piece of community news with you all, knowing that you will fully appreciate it as much as I do. Several months ago, Valve opened their doors to the Team Fortress 2 community, allowing any individual …

As you may have gathered by nothing looking or working as once advertised, Tap-Repeatedly is undergoing a metamorphosis. Largely visual, like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, we expect a whole rainbow of problems in the next several weeks. Should you encounter any particularly egregious issues, THEN TOUGH LUCK please email via the link below. …

Troika’s Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines had a lot in common with Obsidian’s Alpha Protocol: both were just stupidly well-written, both did a great job with settings and characters, both offered a slew of unforgettable moments. And both were so broken upon release that they were nearly unplayable by many. Vampire, like Alpha Protocol, was the …

Psychic Aquatic World Cup news now, as Paul the Oracle Octopus is up to his old tricks again with some predictions for tomorrow’s World Cup grudge match between England and Germany in South Africa. Paul, who happens to be something of a celebrity in his German homeland, isn’t prepared to join most television pundits in …

Having announced their new subscription service at E3 last week, Sony have this week followed up the unveiling of PlayStation Plus with a firm run through of the services cost, features and other notable bits and pieces. In an update posted to the Official European PlayStation Blog, PlayStation Plus looks all set to deliver a …

It’s a strange feeling knowing you may be made redundant within the next few months. Technically it’s termed “Redeployment”, where those unfit for purpose through a competency based exercise are placed into a “pool” to fight for the odd job or two that crops up. I wouldn’t really refer to it as a pool either, …

It’s been a little since Activision/Blizzard scumhole CEO Bobby Kotick shoved his foot so far into his mouth that it came out his ass – he’s been too busy cornholing his most profitable studio to be verbally inflammatory – but who can forget such lovable quotes as this and this? But the Most Hated Man …

Sony want you to love 3D. So do Nintendo and Rupert Murdoch. More importantly, they want you to love 3D enough to buy it. They want you, the same people who collectively earned $2,729,711,510 for James Cameron’s rather large back pockets, to spend $2,000 on a new TV, subscribe to new services and buy new …

So I guess someone spilled some oil in the Gulf of Mexico recently. Unlike Dr. Robotnik – who always saw fit to implement a new plan when an old one had failed spectacularly – BP has essentially given up trying to stop the flow of oil into the Gulf, and is just waiting around for …