Ubisoft announced the May release of its new 5-a-side soccer title, Pure Futbol, yesterday. Developed by Ubisoft Vancouver for the PC, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360 platforms, Pure Futbol is audio-visually designed to give gamers “raw sensations of the soccer field”, with a strong emphasis on the physical aspects of the sport. This will partly be achieved by lowering the camera angle closer to the field of play, attempting to give players a more immersive and visceral experience. Offering 17 international teams, 3 legends teams, 230 current players, and 17 legendary players, Pure Futbol will be going head to head with FIFA Street, rather than FIFA. Apart from the single-player campaign, the game Pure Futbol will also offer multiplayer and full leaderboard support for four...

Very few science fiction settings evoke dread quite like that of lonely marine stuck in a crossfire between Aliens and the Predator. Over the years, many have tried to tell their own version of the story using varied mediums such as movies, comics and of course video games. The gaming industry has seen its fair share of hits and misses at such attempts; however, the good news is that this particular game is one of the better ones. While the 2001 AvP2 by Monolith still remains my all-time favourite, this year’s Alien vs. Predator by Rebellion comes very close to the finest in the series. The plot of the game is similar to the events seen in the 2004 Alien vs. Predator movie. Charles Weyland is up to his old shenanigans again, messing with ancient pyramids and Predator technology....

Eschewing a digital-membrane interface, the new SteelSeries keyboard is a truly old-school input device that is meant for gamers who want a different level of sensitivity, along with other gamer-friendly features. Called the 6Gv2, it has been modelled after the multi-award winning SteelSeries 7G, featuring 18-karat gold-plated mechanical switches that ensure quicker reaction times. The 6Gv2 also supports advanced key combinations and has a powerful buffer that lets users have complete-keyboard simultaneous key press ability, known as ‘anti-ghosting’ – a truly useful gaming feature if used properly, where for example you can move, aim, crouch and fire, all simultaneously. This functionality is a unique feature of the SteelSeries G line. Potential customers need not...