Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

Activision dropped this after merging with Vivendi on the grounds that they only wanted games in their portfolio that they could make sequels out of. What’s ironic about saying this is that Box Office Bust is the 11th game in the Leisure Suit Larry series. Not that it actually bares any resemblance to Larry’s original 2D point-and-click adventure games. In fact, it doesn’t actually bare any resemblances to any decent game you care to think of.

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What a day

Before you read this article, go to Play.com and buy King of Kong on DVD for a measly £3.99. Done that? Good, because now the next paragraph will actually mean something to you. And hopefully that headline will do too. Joystick junky Steve Wiebe has announced that he’ll be attempting to break the Donkey Kong …

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DS I see you

This Week’s Games The DSi hits shelves this week at a rather pricey £149.99. Many high street stores will let you have one for half price if you trade in your DS Lite though. You’d think that Nintendo would have a big new release to go alongside it, right? Wrong – there’s just a handful …

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Mr. Couch Potato Head

Hasbro Family Game Night appearing on Xbox Live Arcade isn’t the type of thing you’d expect to see mentioned on these hallowed pages. At least, it wouldn’t be if it were a straight-laced conversion of last year’s Wii / PS2 versions. Visually it’s the same but on Xbox Live Arcade the hub itself – and …

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