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Announced last week, gaming giant Ubisoft will no longer be shipping manuals in their future releases. Starting with Shaun White Skateboarding you can count on in-game digital versions only. According to the official release, producing the roughly one ton of paper needed to create a manual means consuming 13 trees and emitting roughly 6000 pounds [...]

While I was surfing my news sites this morning I came across a story on Eurogamer that showcased a 7 year old E3 demo of Halo 2 and it got me thinking. The demo was cool but according to Bungie itself, a game produced with that engine was never a possibility. Did I type that [...]

Well with the USB stick support being added people are really geeked up for the recent update. Most of you have probably picked it up and are debating whether the M$ brand stick will make you cool enough to merit spending double the price. Just to clear that up for you, it isn’t! Though the [...]

Set in the 1950′s Mafia II screams “cast an eyeball” over here.  Irish and I got our hands on 2kCzech’s mobster sandbox title and it really razzed our berries! (that’s 50′s lingo for impressed us!) The gameplay takes place in fictional Empire Bay which seems to be a hybrid between the 50′s version of New [...]

Well one day down and two to go.. The air smells of Tostitos and BO but it’s easy to ignore considering I’m surrounded by tons of win. As of now there are no major surprises but the things we expected to see are here in all their digital glory.  Red Dead Redemption, Crackdown 2, Splinter [...]

That’s right PAX kicks off this weekend and Unscripted 360 will be there.  Maybe not in full force but we sure as hell are gonna do our best at taking Boston by the horns and riding that hefer into the ground. On the agenda for this special prime time event – PAX Talk.  We have [...]

As Deacon mentioned earlier in the week the Splinter Cell Conviction demo went live yesterday and initial impressions are total win. Some speculation naturally accompanies a title this long in the making and the game seems to pass with flying colors.  The graphics are clean and sharp, the gameplay is smooth, and you can shoot [...]

Well where to start, for some time the community has dealt with the unwavering opinion of some who are never wrong…. I feel it’s time to accept the challenge so to speak. So haters, in the immortal words of Doc Holiday “I’m your Huckleberry!!!” I have always taken pride in reporting accurate information that leaves [...]

Well with the speculation running wild over the past few weeks I thought I’d give you boys and girls a quick update on the FFXIII reviews that have been pouring in. As of now Metacritic (a trusted review site that compiles multiple reviews to produce an overall score) has the Xbox 360 version edging out [...]