Boobies! I mean Devil May Cry 4... Right, now that I have your attention on the subject at hand. What has gaming come to when the two lead characters are set to fight then a cutscene takes over and you just have to sit back for five minutes and let the cpu have all the fun. Well the beginning of Devil May Cry 4 is exactly this. It is honestly as though Konami think you're not cool enough to participate in these fights. Now thankfully, the rest of the fights in the game more than make up for this lack of control. That and the cutscenes are frickin' awesome...

This edition of Now Playing was going to be on Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, but unfortunately it’s pish. I’m a massive Transformers fan and have been since I was a young boy, loving Christmas’s and birthdays coming round hoping for some new Transformers toy. The G1 Transformers movie is still one of favourite films of all time but I struggle to find something good to say about the Revenge of the Fallen game. Bugger.

An email flyer came out recently promoting a live playtest of The BIGS 2. The BIGS was one of the highest rated baseball games when it came out in 2007 so its worth looking forward to this new sequel. If you are interested in giving it a go hit up the 'read more' link for the full article

Well my time with Prototype has come to an end and the game did indeed live up to initial expectations, although the last few sections of Prototype did feel like running straight at a brick wall with araldite (look it up) stuck to your shoes. Prototye has a learning / frustration curve thats near vertical and doesn't come into play till you are around 6 or 7 hours in. By this point you are upgraded to the max and should be able to take on anything that moves - but still - I found myself almost defeated by the basic hunters a little too often.

The time was set - Friday 12th June, 00:10 am - I just had to stay up to finish Bionic Commando. I could feel that I was getting close to the end and couldn't resist finishing it before the weekend. I’d just like to follow up on a few things here from my initial opening thoughts and I must say say that the closing impressions are far greater that what was once thought.

The long awaited Prototype finally reaches retail stores and looks set to be quite an impressive 'anger management' game, tearing through hordes of military personnel, the 'Infected' and even innocent bystanders. Our protagonist - Alex Mercer - wakes in a morgue to find himself genetically modified with new shape shifting powers and a fresh taste for revenge. Throwing himself at New York and its inhabitants he hunts down those responsible for him being this way.

Well a winner has been chosen for the cover of 2k Games NBA2k10. 2k Games gives a great thank you shout out to everyone to who part.

It looks like 2KSports are looking for fans to give something back to their latest series of sports games – they want you to vote for your favourite cover for NBA 2K10. The result of which will be drawn on June 16th.
Teaser video for the cover with Spike Lee after the break

So thats the first hour of play into Capcom's new Bionic Commando and first impressions are mixed. Fist concern is the sheer quantity of loading time. Whether you have the PS3 or Xbox 360 version of the game you're looking at around 15 minutes to install the game to the hard drive - I suppose you could play the Xbox 360 version straight from the disc but the in game loading times would just be ridiculous - then a loading screen between each major section of the game. No game should have to load this much. It does get a little excessive.

Well folks it looks like its time to get off the sofa again with Microsoft's new Project Natal and get "in the game!". Whereas with the Wii Remote you were limited to the motion of your two arms - and further down the line your feet with the Balance Board. With Project Natal your whole body becomes the controller!

Video after the break.

Having not long finished Battlefield: Bad Company, the wait is now on for Bad Company 2. Hopefully D.I.C.E will get it right again and give us more of the same with Marlowe, Haggard, Sweetwater and Redford continuing their new mercenary mission, but build on the explosions, character development, and destructive environments.