I decided recently that I wanted to play Dead Space. Off I went to my local game shop with a couple of games to trade, not expecting that I would be told that that game wasn’t appropriate for a girl to play.

Criterion have released the news that Burnout fans have been waiting to hear, they’ve told us what will be coming in their first DLC pack in 2009.

Fans of the series will be pleased to hear that Burnout will now have an 8 player offline mode, Burnout Paradise Party, so that when you have your friends around for those gaming parties you’ll all be able to get stuck into a bit of Burnout.

When the review copy of Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway came through my letterbox I was slightly apprehensive about playing it. My Granddad served in the 2nd World War and I am very aware of the way in which the war has affected people’s lives. I’ve stayed away from World War 2 games before because of this but I was determined to give this one a chance.

So was this the right thing to do, or should I have left well alone?

With a new direction for the Prince of Persia series many gamers are asking if the title will match up to those that have gone before.UbiSoft have taken the brave step of including an active companion, Elika, to fight alongside the Prince and are hoping that she will bring a new depth to both the game play and the story.

Over the weekend I was able to get some hands on experience with Prince of Persia at the MCM Expo in London.

Welcome back. You’re a regular here, so why not follow us on Twitter too…Those trophy reapers among you will be pleased to know that a 20MB download is now available for GTAIV. Pop the disc …

Ahhhh. That ‘new game smell’. It gets me every time when I take off the plastic wrapping and open up the box. It almost gets me hooked on the game before I’ve even played it.

But does Mercenaries 2 keep the ‘high’ going, or does the rush end there?

Continuing my series on girl gamers, I recently had the privilege of interviewing Violet Berlin.

For those of you who don’t know Violet is something of an icon for girl gamers of my age. She was one of the first girls in the public eye to make gaming acceptable for females, and has made a career of presenting gaming television programmes such as GamePad.