If you’re anything like me, you’ll have been relatively disappointed with this year’s E3 trade show in Los Angeles. With the Wii U delivering more questions than answers and precious few exciting new announcements elsewhere, the biggest stage in the gaming calendar desperately needed a star to shine through. There’s a case to suggest one never materialised, but if anyone came closest to a show stopping unveiling, it might perhaps have been Sony. Tooled to …

Ah, it’s that time of year again. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and those long barmy summer nights fill with the sounds of laughter and the aroma of someone else’s barbecue. And for three days at the beginning of June, you’ll be able to hide away from all of it. Secluded from the dangers of pollen or killer bees, gamers around the world will find forums, blogs and live streams beaming the …

Given that speculation has been rife about a potential HD successor to the Wii for some time now, news of Nintendo’s next home console may or may not come as much of a surprise. Taking into account the absolute drought of first party Wii support recently, it might not be a surprise at all. Even so, the internet is currently exploding at the news that Nintendo may be preparing to announce it’s next system as …

Yeah, it’s me with another post about zombies. Yawn, yawn bloody yawn. I just can’t get enough of the buggers, you see. Shambling about as they do, hunting for the next trace of human flesh to gnaw on.. aren’t they just adorable? Aww.. Fellow zombie enthusiasts can today feast their eyes on some new footage of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. First revealed last month alongside a slew of other new announcements, REORC (I know, …

Fans of doing awesome stuff for charity and having a great time doing it, take note. The third installment of the phenomenally successful and fantastically good willed Humble Indie Bundle is now live. For fifteen days only, charitable gamers can once again pay what they like for a selection of indie gaming goodness, with each of the latest offerings coming courtesy of Finnish developers Frozenbyte. In return for your generosity, you’ll bag highly rated action-platformer …

If there’s one thing I love, it’s sensationalist reporting from the mainstream media about video games and their ills against society. Once upon a time I used to find this sort of thing a frustrating annoyance, but whether it’s Fox News and their “Bulletstorm will make you rape people!” angle or Alan Titchmarsh and his laughable lack of grasp on the 21st Century in general, I can’t help but giggle nowadays. Today’s funny piece comes …

Review by Mat C Killzone 3 Developer Guerrilla Games Publisher Sony Computer Entertainment Released February 2011 Available for PlayStation 3 Time Played Finished Verdict: 2/5 Rotten Egg “To be honest, it’s all a bit of a mess. By the time you’ve done trying to care about the characters or grown weary of being shunted from one location to the next, you might be forgiven for throwing in the towel. Killzone 3 attempts to maintain your …

Well folks, it looks like somebody at Capcom finally woke up and decided to leverage the Resident Evil brand in a way that doesn’t suck decomposing donkey dongs. The series that gave birth to (and then started eating) the survival horror genre celebrated its fifteenth anniversary this past week, and to celebrate Capcom have opened the doors to a whole mansion full of undead news. I guess Resident Evil games are like London buses. You wait two years for one …

..fucking shit. Sorry for the expletives, but I’m pretty sure the majority of Tap readers will excuse me once they see the video in question. No doubt you’ll have some choice words of your own, too.

Listen. Can you hear it? Those faint whispers? They’re the faint whispers about a new generation of home games consoles. Whispers that are starting to become steadily more audible; driven by rumor, speculation and internet job postings. When people start to talk about such matters, conversation often moves swiftly on to guessing what features the eventual successors to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 will bring. Digital distribution, proven to be a hit on PC but …

Following on from yesterday’s decision to delay this week’s launch of Motorstorm Apocalypse in Japan, Sony have today also announced their decision to postpone the games release beyond its scheduled Friday launch in the UK.

I’ve been feeling particularly old within the last week. Maybe it’s down to the harsh realities of adulthood. I’m due to complete the purchase of my first home within the next two weeks and will be a married man in just under three months. As wonderful and exciting as those two events are, they can also be pretty daunting; as I’m sure any married homeowners who read Tap-Repeatedly may attest to. Perhaps however it’s also because the Pokémon …

Feel free to file this one under Obvious News is Obvious, but the Nintendo 3DS has gone down pretty well after its long awaited launch in Japan. How well exactly? An entire launch shipment of 400,000 units snaffled by hungry gamers in just a few hours. Nom Nom. Predictable as this may be, those are pretty impressive figures. Nintendo are reportedly aiming to shift 1.5 million shiny new 3DS units by the end of March, …

Review by Mat C Marvel vs Capcom 3   Developer Capcom Publisher Capcom Released February 15 (NA), February 17 (JP), February 18 (EU) 2011 Available for PlayStation 3 (version reviewed), Xbox 360 Time Played Long enough to acquire thumb blisters. Verdict: 4/5 Thumbs Up “As something of a novice in the fighting genre, I found the game’s immediate accessibility and accommodating attitude to button bashers a welcome introduction. Once you learn how the game works however, there’s also a deeply engaging …

2011 has started pretty much in the same way that 2010 ended; with a slew of rumours and hype about the next round of portable game consoles. Although Sony continues to dance around the Xperia Play – the as of yet unannounced but obviously real PlayStation Phone – we’re pretty much also guaranteed to see the long awaited PSP2 arrive during the next 12 months. Hey, you didn’t expect to see Miyamoto and chums have …