XCOM: Enemy Within Competition THIS IS NOW FINISHED WINNERS ARE BELOW  We are running a competition to win copies of the award winning game XCOM: Enemy Within, which the guys over at 2K Games have kindly donated to us. We have 5 copies of the game on Xbox 360, and 5 copies on PS3 to give away to some lucky readers. Entering the competition could not be simpler,(1) just count how many time...[Read More]
Immortal Gravewalker in Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor  Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Monolith Productions today released an all-new trailer, Shadow of Mordor E3 CG Trailer Gravewalker. The trailer showcases protagonist Talion on his quest for vengeance alongside the immortal Wraith Spirit bound to him by an unbreakable curse. Like Talion, this wraith seeks revenge against Sauron ...[Read More]
RABBIDS INVASION THE INTERACTIVE TV SHOW  WILL BE AVAILABLE IN NOVEMBER 2014 Brand new video game concept allows players to interact with episodes from the TV series  Today Ubisoft announced that Rabbids Invasion The Interactive TV Show, developed by Ubisoft Barcelona in collaboration with Ubisoft Paris and Ubisoft Casablanca, will be available in November 2014 on Kinect for the Xbox One, t...[Read More]
The internet is alive with news reports of Microsoft’s announcement that it will unbundle the Kinect sensor from the Xbox One. This seems to be an answer to Sony’s domination of the market, with PS4. Xbox again are backtracking to save face, and try to claw it’s way back to the top. It was pointed out to me recently, by Gale another writer here at Mouse n Joypad, about some of the real affects thi...[Read More]
E3 is fast approaching and it’s usually at this time of year that we as gamers get our first look at the games that will be hitting our shelves in the next year or so. It’s like Christmas for us and I’m sure I’m not alone when I start to make my wish list on the back of what we have seen at E3. This is not without its problems and I think, our reactions to the trailers we see is a huge factor in o...[Read More]
Trailer and Release Dates for the Next Chapter in the Telltale Games Series Today Telltale shared the official trailer and release dates for âIn Harmâs Way,â the next episode of The Walking Dead: Season Two â A Telltale Games Series. The Walking Dead: Season Two â Episode 3 âIn Harmâs Wayâ will be available starting next week on these dates for the corresponding platforms: ...[Read More]
Destinyâs PvP Mode wonât be available straight away  Bungie have revealed that Destinyâs competitive multiplayer mode will not be available until a few hours into the game. Speaking to Eurogamer Bungie said that after a player has unlocked the PvP mode with one character it will be unlocked for all characters on the players account. Explaining why the developers made this decision wa...[Read More]
Games With Gold For May  May brings us two more free games with gold, and this month we have Dust An Elysian Tale from the 1st-16th. From the 16th we have the highly recommended Saints Row The Third. Dust An Elysian Tail comes from independent developer Humble Hearts, and it is a beautiful, breathtakingly animated love letter to 2D side scrolling action-adventure games. In the land of Falana, the...[Read More]
Stealth v Mayhem In Wolfenstein The New Order  Just released by Bethesda and MachineGames is this new video entitled, âStealth v Mayhemâ. In this video we see two ways to handle each scenario, the Stealth way in which you creep around using silenced weapons, or the Mayhem way where you create complete and utter havoc, on the Nazis. Having the choice to execute soldiers silently is the dream o...[Read More]
Let’s start off with one of the most hyped up cross platform games there has been in recent years, Watch Dogs, I’m both looking forward to and wary of Ubisoft’s open world adventure set in a near future Chicago. The game puts you in control of Aiden Peirce a skilled hacker with a troubled past who is out for vengeance due to losing his family. As Aiden you’ll be able to use his hacking skills in t...[Read More]
Watch Dogs 9 minutes of Multiplayer Gameplay Ubisoft has just had the good graces to gift us another trailer for Watch dogs, the multi platform open world game that puts you in the guise of super hacker turned street vigilante Aiden Peirce, only this time they have shown off some of the games multiplayer features.  Letâs start with the obvious its looks really fun! Being able to pop in and o...[Read More]
I was talking to a friend of mine regarding the advert for The Elder Scrolls Online recently and from there we began discussing other gaming adverts or trailers that really hit us where we live. I decided I would make a list of my top ten favourite trailers. Let me be clear. This list is for the advert only and how good or bad the game turned out to be hasn’t been factored into this. So here’s my ...[Read More]