Apologies to anyone outside of the sunny shores of the UK, but this week’s competition is just for us.  This week, Gamer Limit is giving away three copies of A Boy and His Blob for the Wii to three lucky individuals.

Want the chance to get your hands on this charming puzzle platformer? All you have to do is tell us: “Who is your favourite companion in a game?” Read more… »

PopCap and Square Enix, two juggernauts of the game development world, joined forces and created Gyromancer.  What could possibly go wrong when you slap a high fantasy skin on Bejeweled Twist?

Well, you might end up with a masterpiece.  Or, you might end up with one of the most tedious puzzle games ever to grace a console.

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If there’s one thing I love, its creative mod-videos. Well, buckle up for one of the most popular level mods of all time (Little Big Planet especially): Contra’s first level.

In my opinion, 3D mods for 2D games put a whole new spin on retro titles: the creator has to interpret everything that isn’t viewable on a 2D plane, as well as figure out a way to incorporate the parent game’s mechanics as seamlessly as possible. Obviously Contra is perfectly suited for a parent game like Half Life 2.  If you enjoyed the video, the author, m0rtanius, also has Half-LifeVania and Super Half-Life Bros. for your viewing pleasure. Read more… »

Join Josh, Chase, Chris, Paul and special guest Alex Yue as they trudge through the misty bogs of gaming culture. This week our discussion is centered around a very controversial topic – the survivability of PC gaming. We discuss the past, present, and uncertain future of the PC platform while sharing our concerns about the unnerving PC version of Modern Warfare 2.

Hilarity ensues as we lure Shawn Evans onto the show to discuss his experiences with MW:2 in a LAN environment, and eventually confront him regarding a number of embarrassing facts.

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There has always been a divide for gamers when discussing developers and publishers. On the one hand, most gamers will be more than happy to explain how their favorite developers have helped broaden their love of gaming, from the moment they first jumped into the LucasArts world of Zombies At My Neighbours, right through until Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

However, dare to mention the part that the publisher had to play in such a great title, and you are bound to be bombarded with ramblings of how they stifled all creativity, or ruined the project entirely.

Activision and Electronic Arts bear the majority of verbal rock throwing from the gaming community. But ask yourself this: where would we be without them?

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Today Squre Enix announced that the sequel to the 2006 action adventure title Just Cause, plainly titled Just Cause 2, will arrive on March 23 on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

For those of you who don’t know, Just Cause 2 is a single-player sandbox action title where gamers take on the role of CIA black ops agent Rico Rodriguez. Rodriguez comes equipped with a variety of guns and gadgets including: a grappling hook, a parachute, various rocket launchers and small arms.  While the first game had you exploring a fictional Caribbean island, Just Cause 2 will take place on the fictional tropical island of Panau in Southeast Asia. Gamers will be tasked with overthrowing the evil dictator Baby Panay. Read more… »

That’s right ladies, gentlemen and llamas of all ages, your chance to get your art in a game is here. Ruffian Games are on the lookout for some talented artistic chaps to get Pacific City all dirtied up with graffiti. Read on to find out more information, such as the slightly important “How to enter” part.

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The Xbox 360 dashboard update on November 17 disallowed third-party memory devices, despite the fact that first party offerings are quite limiting in both size (only 512mb) and price ($30).

Datal, creator of said third-party memory devices, has decided to sue Microsoft for “unlawfully reducing competition in the memory card market.”  Hit the jump for the official Datel press report from their lawyers.

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The popular MMO Aion has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons since day one. It all started with some lengthy queues for players who pre-ordered the game, before moving into the humorless phase that most MMO gamers are more than familiar with.

Now, NCSoft have gone one step further by banning 16,000 accounts across American and European servers. Read on to find out what Community Manager Andrew Beegle had to say on the issue.

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Just when you think the world’s population is starting to recover from yet another zombie pandemic, a different one breaks out and resets the population to a select few.  In Valve’s sequel, survival rests on four individuals whose main goals are to reach safety, and beat the crap out of anything that stands in their way.

With a bunch of new weapons, five new maps, and additional monsters, zombie season just got that much more interesting.  While this year’s zombie title has seen a lot of additional content, the main issue still stands: is Left 4 Dead 2 a vast enough improvement over last year’s title to warrant a full retail release?  You’ll have to read on to find out. Read more… »

It has been a long seven months since Demigod’s release, but now, finally, in the latest Demigod patch, Stardock/GPG have unleashed a new hero on the community: the “Demon Assassin”.

Check out the complete patch notes after jump.

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Xbox fanboys rejoice! A common quibble between our favourite rival consoles has always been the ongoing debate of free PSN versus subscription based Xbox Live online services, but now it seems that Sony will also be plummeting down the subscription route in 2010.

In this case however, you will still be able to play games online free of charge, so the Xbox fanboys can hush afterall. So what exactly is Sony planning?

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