A French Counter-Strike player, Julien Barreaux, spent a long six months plotting revenge against a gaming rival who beat him in a CS knife-fight. During that time, Barreaux was able to track down his virtual assailant's identity and location, known at the time only as "Mikhael". When Mikhael came to the front door, Barreaux "plunged a kitchen knife into his chest," missing his heart by a mere inch... ...

Hot on the heels of Valve's Portal for Mac teaser posters, parodying Apple brand advertising campaigns, is a Half-Life 2 on Mac teaser trailer. For those oblivious to its relevance, it too parody's the Apple hype machine, this time drawing from an infamous television commercial that did the rounds in 1984. Ironically, HL2 comes to the Mac 6 years late. Hit the jump for the original commercial: ...

Do you have faith in the ability of the guys behind 300, The Dark Knight and Watchmen? Me too! That's why I'm so excited to hear that they've snapped up the rights to a live-action Mass Effect film; my most beloved sci-fi game in the history of sci-fi games... ...

Teaser trailers are cool and all, but nothing satisfies curiosity and anticipation more than a trailer filled with a good look of what we can actually expect to be playing. Treyarch, who assure us this sequel will have dedicated server support, have delivered just that for us to take a look at. ...

Just when you think it's all doom-and-gloom for the Call of Duty franchise, for PC gamers at least, Treyarch pull through. When asked about the dedicated server topic in relation to the forthcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops, studio head Mark Lamia stated that "dedicated servers are excellent", and I'd have to agree... ...

Harbinger has pointed out Steam's arrival on Mac today, with about 60 titles ready to purchase including Valve's Portal which is entirely free until the 24th of May. Portal is the first game Valve have let loose on the Mac platform using their Source engine, which is also now available immediately to licensees who wish to produce Mac games using it. ...

Hidden Path Studios, in collaboration with Valve, have just updated Counter-Strike: Source with a slew of new features and functions. 144 new achievements, a new 'domination and revenge' system and player stats are just some of the updates made... ...

Who remembers GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo 64? Or should that statement read 'who doesn't remember it?' I'll keep this concise, and I don't want to get anyone's hopes up, but Activision have just registered "goldeneyegame.com". Make of that what you will. ...

So, the demo is out, and by now at least some of you will have had the opportunity to have a quick game. I imagine most of you are probably feeling something similar to me, which is disappointment. However, despite the multiplayer ...