http://www.australiangamer.com Australias leading gaming web comic en-us 2006 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:27:16 +1100 matt@australiangamer.com (Matt Burgess) http://www.australiangamer.com/review/4211_batman_arkham_city.html In 2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum gave us the greatest superhero video game anyone had ever played and earned itself a spot as one of the best titles for that year. Setting themselves a very high... Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:36:08 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/review/4211_batman_arkham_city.html http://www.australiangamer.com/review/3731_homefront.html Luke takes the war to the American streets to see if Homefront can bring down the other big shooters on the market.... Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:55:05 +1000 http://www.australiangamer.com/review/3731_homefront.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3709_fifa_interactive_world_cup_2011.html Think you're a decent FIFA player? Why not show off some of your skills at the FIFA Interactive World Cup qualifiers in Sydney. ... Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:41:44 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3709_fifa_interactive_world_cup_2011.html http://www.australiangamer.com/review/3679_bulletstorm.html Luke puts on his dudebro hat to get himself ready for a bootfull of crazy Bulletstorm action.... Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:09:55 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/review/3679_bulletstorm.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3706_halfbrick_announces_machine_gun_jetpack.html The studio behind the Fruit Ninja, Monster Dash, Age of Zombies and Raskulls are working on a brand new mobile game that is sure to draw a lot of attention. Enter into the ring Barry Steakfries and... Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:52:59 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3706_halfbrick_announces_machine_gun_jetpack.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3704_saints_row_the_third_announced.html Rumours have been going around for a while about this but now it has been confirmed, THQ have announced Saints Row: The Third... Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:50:12 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3704_saints_row_the_third_announced.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3703_dlc_hits_civilization_v.html 2K Games have announced some brand new DLC for one of my favourite games of last year, Civilization V. ... Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:49:34 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3703_dlc_hits_civilization_v.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3698_new_brink_screenshots.html The guys over at Bethesda have sent across a bunch of new screenshots for their upcoming first-person shooter Brink, which is being developed by Splash Damage, the creators of Enemy Territory.... Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:40:49 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3698_new_brink_screenshots.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3697_major_league_baseball_2k11_heading_to_australia.html 2K Sports have announced that they will be bringing their Major League Baseball series to Australia after our country has been left without it for a number of years now.... Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:14:32 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3697_major_league_baseball_2k11_heading_to_australia.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3699_battlefield_3_-_fault_line_trailer.html Last week i posted a teaser for Battlefield 3 where we got our first glimpse of the gameplay. Well now a full blown trailer has been released that shows a few minutes worth of the game from the... Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:56:49 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3699_battlefield_3_-_fault_line_trailer.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3696_wb_to_appeal_mortal_kombat_decision.html We all knew they would do it but Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment has sent out statement advising that they will be appealing the refused classification decision made earlier this week by the... Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:07:32 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3696_wb_to_appeal_mortal_kombat_decision.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3691_stoked_big_air_coming_to_australia.html It's been a lengthy amount of time since we've had a decent snowboarding game drop into our consoles. With absolute shockers like Shaun White Snowboarding not helping us out in anyway, and the SSX... Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:44:06 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3691_stoked_big_air_coming_to_australia.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3690_in_prototype_you_can_karate_kick_on_a_helicopter.html Readers of Penny Arcade may recall this comic strip about Prototype. Well Activision has sent us a new teaser trailer for Prototype 2...Ahhh, i see what you did there Radical Entertainment... Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:08:29 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3690_in_prototype_you_can_karate_kick_on_a_helicopter.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3688_realism_in_shift_2.html Slightly Mad Studios have a new video out that shows everyone exactly the level of detail they are going for in Shift 2 Unleashed. Boasting an advanced physics system and an in-depth tuning option,... Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:49:57 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3688_realism_in_shift_2.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3687_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_trailer.html The Elder Scrolls website has just gone through a huge redesign to make way for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which is due out at the end of this year. Adding to the change, a brand new trailer has... Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:44:01 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3687_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_trailer.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3686_dead_space_2_gets_severed.html Anyone that watched our review of Dead Space 2 would know that Jae and myself are big fans of the series. Jae spent about 2 weeks eating up anything Dead Space related; he played the console games,... Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:27:46 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3686_dead_space_2_gets_severed.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3684_mortal_kombat_refused_classification_in_australia.html Yep, that's right. Confirmation has been received that the reboot for Mortal Kombat has been refused classification in Australia. For anyone that has seen all the trailers and marketing around this... Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:41:11 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3684_mortal_kombat_refused_classification_in_australia.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3683_battlefield_3_gameplay_debut.html The first gameplay trailer for Battlefield 3 has shown up over at the official site, while its not really that much footage at the moment, it is still freaking awesome.... Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:52:58 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3683_battlefield_3_gameplay_debut.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3681_whip_kick_boom.html With Bulletstorm out today, i thought i would share with you a few of the brand new trailers that have been released to celebrate the launch.... Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:29:30 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3681_whip_kick_boom.html http://www.australiangamer.com/preview/3682_wwe_all_stars.html I went along to THQ to have a few beers, eat some pizza, and throw some people around the ring in WWE All Stars.... Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:15:32 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/preview/3682_wwe_all_stars.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3680_i_hope_you_like_need_for_speed.html Need for Speed is about to go into overdrive again as fans can prepare for a bunch of new DLC for Hot Pursuit, and we've got some more details on the soon to be released Shift 2: Unleashed... Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:17:36 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3680_i_hope_you_like_need_for_speed.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3672_dragon_age_web_series_with_felicia_day.html BioWare is teaming up with The Guild creator Felicia Day to deliver a 6 part web series based in the Dragon Age universe.... Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:08:30 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3672_dragon_age_web_series_with_felicia_day.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3671_mike_patton_confirmed_for_the_darkness_ii.html Last week when The Darkness II was announced one of the big questions fans wanted to know was if Mike Patton would be returning to reprise his role. Today we've received confirmation that yes, he will... Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:06:53 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3671_mike_patton_confirmed_for_the_darkness_ii.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3668_pendulum_dlc_for_dj_hero_2_.html While Activision has pulled the plug on the Guitar Hero business unit for this year, we still have the last batch of DLC on the way to wrap things up. With DJ Hero 2 being critically received as one... Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:02:05 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3668_pendulum_dlc_for_dj_hero_2_.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3666_new_teaser_for_alice_madness_returns.html American McGee has posted on his website a brand new teaser for Alice: Madness Returns... Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:56:50 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3666_new_teaser_for_alice_madness_returns.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3665_balls_of_steel.html Man does 2K know how to do a kick ass collector's edition for a video game. The one for BioShock 2 had some seriously cool stuff in it, and that art book was absolutely amazing; it's still sitting on... Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:40:53 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3665_balls_of_steel.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3664_more_bulletpoints_with_cliffyb.html The last Bulletpoints with CliffyB was all about shooting people in the butt, this time around we get an insight into saving the environment?... Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:02:59 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3664_more_bulletpoints_with_cliffyb.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3661_what_happened_to_the_bioshock_movie.html Last year we were hearing a lot of talk about the BioShock movie that was in the works. Gore Verbinski, the director behind The Ring and the blockbuster franchise Pirates of the Caribbean was looking... Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:45:11 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3661_what_happened_to_the_bioshock_movie.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3659_first_grammy_win_for_a_video_game.html While Lady Gaga was busy looking like a complete idiot, history was being made for video games as Christopher Tin received a Grammy for his song "Baba Yetu". This piece of music was written for the... Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:43:08 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3659_first_grammy_win_for_a_video_game.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3655_nba_jam_hits_the_app_store.html NBA Jam has become the game to break out over at Jae's place whenever we get the crew together for party time. It's seriously loads of fun and usually we have these ridiculous rules which involves... Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:02:30 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3655_nba_jam_hits_the_app_store.html