Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned (Borderlands)

While zombies in the media have become rather overdone, Gearbox have approached their first bit of DLC with spooky B-movie style panache, and created something equal parts charming and fun. The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned puts you on a deserted island, picking up the pieces of the Atlas Corporation’s failed mining operations. ...

Borderlands: Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot (Borderlands)

This piece of Borderlands DLC is a repetitive, boring-as-shit arena grind. You see, it’s a co-op expansion where you’re placed in one of three areas to fight different foes, under conditions such as slowly draining health, low gravity, or only your pistols being effective.

Each section has between five and 25 rounds. Each round is made up of five waves, which take between two and five minutes. ...

5 of the most amazing yet totally unoriginal games (Uncharted 2: Among Thieves)

Let's face it, the public doesn't want originality. The public wants first-person shooters on 360, fitness games on Wii and pirated copies of anything else because the risk of buying something unfathomable is too high. It doesn't want LittleBig Planet (despite Steven Fry), couldn't give a damn about Okami despite all our best efforts, and thinks Rez HD is a sleep disorder you get from those newfangled tellies.

But while some games are ...

TalkRadar UK #25: Role Players (Heavy Rain)

We're back for another hour or so of game-based rambling. This week we soar to the high-brow heights of why Japanese RPGs may be in danger in the Western world and trawl the depths of whether we'd have a kiss with Heavy Rain's Madison ...

The most mispronounced game names EVER (Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2)

Way back in 2007 we cobbled together a fun little list of frequently mispronounced game names. Far more obnoxious than the simple “Mah-rio/May-rio” switch, these names are routinely butchered and for a defensible reason – they’re almost all nutty as hell.

We thought we’d expand on that original feature, as 2007 is like 70 million years ago in internet time. ...

Why MAG is better than COD… if you’re rubbish at shooters (PlayStation 3)

Let’s get one thing straight right from the off: I’m shit at COD. Oh sure, I’ve finished both Modern Warfares on Veteran with my sanity and personal hygiene (barely) intact. But pit me against a P90-wielding fourteen-year-old from Arkansas on the land of the interwebs and I absolutely crumble. Want further proof of my sheer shittyness? I had to knock back five cans of the strongest French lager known to man in an effort to ...

BioShock 2 strategy guide (BioShock 2)

Rapture may be beautiful, but it’s also a dangerous place to be. So why not make it even more dangerous (for everyone else, that is)? These tips should go a long way to ensuring that you make Rapture your own underwater palace in double-quick time. If you just want to get through to the end, you could probably do it in under five hours. ...

BioShock 101 - the story so far (BioShock 2)

What is Rapture?

It’s a city built at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean by billionaire Andrew Ryan to escape the social anxiety of a post-war America. It opened on November 5, 1946 and construction finished in 1951. ...

NES commercials from around the world (PlayStation 3)

In the 1980s, videogames weren’t ‘cool.’ They were rad. Totally rad. And the raddest games at the time were on the Nintendo Entertainment System, the console that made so many from our generation gamers for life. The collective memory of playing Super Mario Bros. and blowing into cartridges has a worldwide reach that crosses cultures and transcends borders. The proof is in the ads ...

The Top 7… failed futures of gaming (PlayStation 3)

They were once the way ahead. But now they're dead ...

Top 5 iPhone games of January 2010 (PlayStation 3)

You know the biggest problem with iPhone games? Volume. About a thousand of them come out each month and no gamer has the time or the cash flow to sift through the mountains of sludge and search out the good stuff. That’s where we come in. We’ve navigated the iMinefield of cash-ins, wannabes, and just plain crap to deliver to you the five mega-funnest, most addictive, and flat-out best games released during the past month ...

10 video game creatures that would make awesome pets (The Last Guardian)

Real pets are rubbish. If they're not pissing and shitting everywhere, they're trying to hump your leg or chewing on that miniature Master Chief helmet you paid 140 notes for. By contrast, video game creatures are clearly awesome. Most seem to lack the necessary anatomical parts to forge faeces, they never need walking and some can even fetch you a fern tree. That's why we've chosen the following collection of multi-talented critters - who between them can entertain kids, open cans of tuna and even win you huge bets - as our dream pets. Yup, looks like Fido will be taking that fateful trip to the vet after all. ...

The eight most talked about stories of the week (Feb 1-5) (Heavy Rain)

Another week of comings and goings in the world of video games. But why trawl through news sites when you can catch up with all the important stuff right here in one article? These are the stories that got us talking this week ...

The 50 greatest gaming world records (PlayStation 3)

Games are much more than just a whole lot of fun – they also offer a vast wealth of gaming challenges. Just think of time-trialling in your favourite racing game, trying to shave seconds off your best lap time (we lost months of our youth doing just that on the Ghost Valley 1 course in the original Super Mario Kart). Or trying to survive 50 waves of Locust bad guys in Gears of War 2’s Horde mode… Games always want us to do better, to improve our skills and beat the best of the rest ...

TalkRadar 87 - Chrono Crossover (White Knight Chronicles)

Win Halo Legends, feel the BioShocks and Mass Effects, and BONERS! ...