GOTY 2011: Game of the Year Award
- It's time for the real deal, as we're about to announce what GamingUnion.net's Game of the Year is for 2011. I know, I can tell you're all really excited! Narrowing down ...
Latest Bulletstorm Headlines
| 9 | Bulletstorm is the only first-person shooter game I've played where I actually feel like I failed shortly after the tutorial. The game's goal is simple enough: kill opponents in various ways to progress through the story (or online mode) and gain points while doing so; the more interesting the kill the more points you get. Everyone knew this from the very first commercials that were released for the title, highlighting all the brutal (and often times crude) means of mowing down enemy soldiers. People Can Fly highlight the game as an arcade shooter for casual players, something for just anyone to sit down and enjoy. The back of the box will label this game as 'An intense, outrageous shooter'. Neither of these descriptions truly bring out exactly how much fun Bulletstorm is, and how easy it is to underestimate in depth and quality. » Read the full review |
GOTY 2011: Best Xbox 360 Game Award
- Our next home console following on from the Nintendo Wii is Microsoft's Xbox 360, which has had a fantastic year by its own standards. Despite having a relatively weak fi...
GOTY 2011: Best New IP Award
- Next up is our award for the Best New Intellectual Protocol of 2011. In other words, it's our award for the best original title of this year. Unfortunately, this year was...
GOTY 2011: Game of the Year Nominations
- This is it, the one you've been waiting for. We've gone through a number of categories for our Best of 2011 awards, including some new ones like Best Reveal, Indie, and Tr...
GOTY 2011: Best Xbox 360 Game Nominations
- Up next on our list of awards is the Best Xbox 360 title of 2011, and while we're really looking forward to the new Halo trilogy, Alan Wake and Fable: The Journey, this ye...
GOTY 2011: Best New IP Nominations
- Despite there being a ton of great games this year, it's disappointing to say that there weren't actually that many new IPs on the scene. Sure, it's a risky business laun...
A Gamer's Holiday Gift Guide - Game List for Guys
- Welcome back to our ‘Gamer’s Holiday Gift Guide’. For the last two articles we’ve focused specifically on memorabilia like Plasma Gun replicas and Mario Chess sets...
Bulletstorm Fails To Turn Profit For Epic Games
- Epic Games has revealed that Bulletstorm, their crazy, over-the-top, first person shooter which released towards the start of this year, has failed to turn a profit. Howe...
Top Ten Games of 2011 So Far
- The opening half of 2011 has been a great time to be a gamer. Perhaps not quite as strong as 2010, but one still filled with 'Game of the Year' contenders. Publishers cont...
'Controversy Isn't A Bad Thing' For Games, Says EA
- Controversy isn't a bad thing, in fact, it can be good for video games depending on the situation, says EA's Frank Gibeau, and publishers should "court" it if it fits the ...
UK Charts: Dragon Age 2 Dethrones Pokemon
- This week's UK Charts have been released by GfK Chart Track and they show that Dragon Age II has replaced Pokemon Black and Pokemon White at the top of the charts. Pokemo...
Bulletstorm To Top 1 Million, Fox News Controversy Kinda Helped
- Epic Games' new over-the-top shooter Bulletstorm launched earlier last month and it's already well on its way to the one million mark, reckons Epic boss Mike Capps who sai...
Black Ops Becomes Best Selling Game In US History
- This month's NPD Group figures have been released, and they show that Call of Duty: Black Ops is still the king of software sales in the United States. Indeed, Treyarch's ...
UK Charts: Pokemon Black/White Dominate For Nintendo
- Nintendo's latest Pokemon game, Pokemon Black/White has dominated this week's UK video game sales charts. Despite there being two versions of the game, it still managed to...
The Good, The Bad, and The Fugly - Episode 2
- The last part of February was a good week for gaming and March is off with a bang! The new episode of GBF is here and we give the quick rundown of titles that we reviewed ...
UK Charts: Killzone 3 Edges Battle With Bulletstorm
- We've had some big releases in the past few weeks and last week was no other, with Killzone 3 and Bulletstorm both vying for the top spot in the UK video game sales charts...
Multiple Ways To Get Into Gears of War 3 Beta, Says Epic
- Epic Games has confirmed that there will be multiple ways to access the Gears of War 3 beta. Currently it's possible to gain access by picking up a copy of Bulletstorm (Ep...
Duty Calls Downloaded Over 1.25 Million Times
- It's been revealed that Duty Calls, the not-so-subtle parody of Activision's Call of Duty franchise, has been downloaded more than 1.25 million times by consumers. The ...
Out The Pipeline: New Releases For February 2011
- January's out the window and February's knocking hard on the door. There's a ton of games ready to be hurled out the pipeline, but we're going to point out the ones that'l...
EA Spoof Call of Duty With Duty Calls To Promote Bulletstorm
- EA has released a free-to-play first-person shooter called "Duty Calls", which is an obvious parody of Activision's premier franchise, Call of Duty. The game has been deve...