Tag Archive: gaming

Nov 24 2012

10 Years of Xbox LIVE Infographic

Infographic showing statistics from 10 years of Xbox LIVE

Love them or hate them, there’s no escaping infographics these days.  They are EVERYWHERE.  Personally, I’m a fan.  I’ve always been interested in visualisation techniques and better ways to represent data visually.  After all, the human brain can process images and patterns much faster than it can text.  The best visualisations are the ones that …

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Jul 16 2012

Is Battlefield 3 Premium worth it?

Battlefield Premium Logo

Last month saw the launch of Battlefield Premium, DICE and EA’s answer to Call Of Duty’s ELITE system for their seminal online shooter, Battlefield 3.  So far, 800,000 people have signed up for Premium, launched on 4th June for PS3 and 12th June for Xbox 360 and PC.  Operating using the ever more common “Season …

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May 29 2012

Ghost Recon Future Soldier audio bug leaves players speechless

Ghost Recon Future Soldier for Xbox 360

Being a huge fan of the Tom Clancy games ever since the original Rainbow Six broke onto PC way back in 1998, I picked up Ghost Recon: Future Soldier for the Xbox 360 at the weekend.  True to form for the series, the game’s mix of 3rd-person shooting, high-tech equipment and squad mechanics is as …

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Feb 29 2012

GAME cancels Mass Effect 3 pre-orders alongside other EA releases

Mass Effect 3 N7 Collector's Edition

GAME Group look to be in some trouble today after the news broke that they would not be stocking any EA published titles after Friday’s release of SSX.  The game retailer had some trouble with Metal Gear Solid at the start of February and had to stop taking pre-orders.  Things seem to have gone from …

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Jan 15 2012

How to open your NAT settings for Xbox LIVE on O2 Wireless Box II

The Game and Application Sharing tab on the O2 Wireless Box II settings page

I’ve had my fair share of issues with my broadband connection since signing up with O2 (provided by Be There) 3 years ago. Fortunately, it’s improved a great deal over that time and is now extremely stable. The biggest problem I had was playing online via Xbox LIVE, especially getting my Network Address Translation (NAT) …

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