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Welcome to Geek Native's command centre for console gaming. This is your hub for the latest news, reviews, and discoveries from the biggest names in the business. We're plugged into the worlds of the Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation to bring you highlights from the latest blockbusters and indie gems. If you mash buttons and explore digital worlds, this is your home for gaming culture. Power up and dive in.

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Continuing the archive of independent Console reporting (Archive Page 28).

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII trailer

January 18, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’re getting more news about the Final Fantasy XIII-2 sequel; Lightning Returns. the game wwil be out for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in the autumn this year. In the game Lightning tries to slow down the end of the world, helping the beings who live in Luxerion. The game is designed to encourage gamers […]

Filed Under: Console Tagged With: final fantasy, Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Square Enix, trailers

Microsoft’s IllumiRoom to hypnotise gamers

January 10, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This video is for a real life Microsoft research project. IllumniRoom is a proof-of-concept project that shows how the area around a TV screen can be augmented with extra visualisations. It’s really one of those videos you need to watch to fully understand. After all; “augmented with extra visualisations” doesn’t really do the experience justice. […]

Filed Under: Console, Cool Tech Tagged With: kinect, microsoft, xbox

LEGO and Warner Bros launch Legends of Chima

January 2, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

LEGO has found a knack for creating fun and engaging computer games. Their new franchise, Legends of Chima, is the next bold step. Legends of Chima: Online will be a kid safe, free-to-play, online world. It was developed by WB Games Montreal and allows gamers to customise their kingdom and explore huge enviorments. Legends of […]

Filed Under: Console, Mobile, PC Tagged With: Free to play, ios, lego, trailers, Warner Bros

Dishonored: Dunwall City Trials DLC trailer

December 7, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There will be a few DLC add-ons for Bethesda’s Thief-like Dishonored. The game is doing better than expected, perhaps off the back of Skyrim, so it’s possible the popular studio might squeeze out more than planned. Whereas DLC 2 and 3 will be more about story-driven campaigns and due in 2013, the first extra, Dunwall […]

Filed Under: Console, PC Tagged With: Bethesda, Dishonored, PlayStation 3, trailers, Xbox 360

Square Enix hunts the Final Fantasy super fan

November 26, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Square Enix are on the lookout for the ultimate Final Fantasy super fan. The winner gets their name in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, two tickets for the Final Fantasy Distant Worlds concept in Paris next year and a goodie bag. I watched Final Fantasy Distant Worlds when it came to Edinburgh and it’s well […]

Filed Under: Console Tagged With: final fantasy, Square Enix

Mass Effect 3: Omega trailer

November 26, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mass Effect 3: Omega launches today. It’s DLC that expands on the Mass Effect 3 story as players return to Omega and the popular Aria T’Loak to get rid of Cerberus from the station. In addition to the new story content there’s some interesting weapons; a chakram launcher and an N7 Valkyrie Assault Rifle. The […]

Filed Under: Console, PC Tagged With: mass effect, Mass Effect 3, PlayStation 3, trailers, Xbox 360

The official Dishonored “Killer Moves” compilation

November 15, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Bethesda have released a YouTube compilation of all their best fan submmitted power combos, killer moves and sneaky-sneaksneaks. Francesco Certo, a Dishonored fan, won the competition. Names of the other finalists are shown in the video – contrats if you get a mention. The music in the trailer is another winner; this time from the […]

Filed Under: Console, Music, PC Tagged With: Bethesda, Dishonored, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

BioWare Montreal and tabletop roleplayers lead on Mass Effect 4

November 12, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Yanick Roy blogged today at BioWare about Mass Effect 4. It’s a good start. Roy reveals his traditional gamer past. He was lured into computer RPGs by Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2, along with Neverwinter Nights – like many of us – but unlike many of us he landed a job at BioWare. I’d regularly […]

Filed Under: Console, PC, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bioware, mass effect

Halo 4 glyph lights up London

November 6, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

One of the largest and brightest man-made objects ever to fly over London did so last night. The object in question, some 50 feet in diameter and over three tons in weight, was the “Halo 4” Glyph. There’s no doubt Halo 4 is launching with quite a bang. Meanwhile, Master Chief was out on Tower […]

Filed Under: Console Tagged With: halo 4, london, photographs

Trailer for Skyrim DLC 3: Dragonborn

November 5, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

How are you doing with Skyrim? Still playing? At a point where you could pick up and start to play again if only there was some new content? Good news if you’re an Xbox player as the latest DLC for Skyrim comes to the marketplace for 1600 Microsoft Points on the 4th of December. That’s […]

Filed Under: Console Tagged With: Skyrim, trailers, Xbox 360

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