After the huge wait of 6 months, there is yet another game being released in the Call of Duty Franchise. But before you dismiss it as yet another iteration of what is probably the largest cash cow in video gaming, maybe Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will actually offer something a little different.
The Black Ops series is Treyarch’s alter ego to Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare and whilst Treyarch’s offerings have often been overlooked as the underperforming sibling, Black Ops 2 promises to deliver the future, if not in the …

Ahead of the imminent UK and Europe wide Amazon Kindle Fire launch, Amazon have fanned the flames by professing to video content producers “if you’re not talking to us, you should be.”
The comment made by head of Global Video Anthony Bay reveals not only the motivations of Amazon to secure as much video content as possible ahead of the launch date, but also gives valuable insight into the heavy content focus of the Kindle Fire device. This will be the first time that an Android tablet has been launched with …

There have been whispers circulating for some time now that Nokia, off the back of the Lumia range of Windows Phones is planning to release a tablet computer in the near future. Now it seems that the rumours are true, particularly when the recent comments by leading Nokia designer Marko Ahtisaari are taken into account.

The comments were made in an interview with Finnish business technology magazine Kauppalehti Optio where Ahtisaari confirmed that Nokia are “working on it” when asked about the possibility of a tablet computer. Despite these comments and …

The continued dominance of Sky in the UK’s entertainment landscape took another leap forward today with the news that BBC’s catch up on demand service, iPlayer will soon be available through Sky’s Anytime+ service.
Anytime+ is essentially Sky’s version of the iPlayer, a video on demand service that is open to Sky customers. Sky are planning to make the iPlayer available to Sky customers by Christmas, opening up the BBC catch up TV system to more than 5 million users.
 
Despite the growth in use of TV recorders and PVR machines catch …

January is an exciting time in the world of gadgetry and technology as we get to see what all of the big electronics companies have up their sleeves for the coming 12 months at the Consumer Electronics Show. CES 2012 had much to achieve, not least was taking the lacklustre performance of the sector in 2011 and producing enough innovations that would excite consumers into buying technology once again.
One of our favourite trends at CES 2012 was that the major television manufacturers spent far less time harping on about 3D. …

2011 was an excellent year for gamers with the release of magnificent titles such as Battlefield 3, Skyrim and Unchartered 3 to name but a few, the next 12 months promises to be just as thrilling however with a packed release schedule from the industry’s leading lights.
Diablo III (PC)
Fans of the Diablo series have been waiting what seems an age for the third instalment of Blizzard’s RPG. Currently its release date has been mentioned as “early 2012” by Blizzard although some online retailers have posted release dates around the end …