The ability to charge good money for single retro titles on the likes of Xbox Live Arcade and Virtual Console has made publishers very stingy with their retro complications. The likes of Midway Arcade Treasures, Capcom Classics, EA Replay and Taito Legends on PlayStation 2 and Xbox were rammed full of content but so far …
I think I’m correct in saying that EA has been keeping Shift 2: Unleashed rather low key. They’ve also removed the Need for Speed name from it which is odd; it’s not as if it would harm sales. Reviews have been good though: Eurogamer gave it an 8, praising the social features. If realistic racing …
Every month we trawl eBay’s completed listings to find stuff of interest that has sold for vast sums. Why? Because it feels so good. With the 3DS now in the back pockets* of thousands, if not millions of gamers I thought it would be a fine idea to search for other items offering the chance …
For no reason other than coincidence the last two games I’ve played through have both been movie tie-ins. Avatar left me feeling blue, while Wolverine had me seeing red. That’s seeing red as in blood and gore… not as in feeling angry. About an hour into X-Men Origins: Wolverine I had a rather vicious scuffle. …
With so many releases out last week it would have been a miracle if Homefront managed to hold onto the top spot. It’s now at #3, making way for Crysis 2 at #1 and the apparently better than expected LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars at #2. Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition is …
We’re celebrating ten years of Games Asylum all month, but today is our actual birthday. Since YOU haven’t thrown us a SURPRISE PARTY, we have no choice but to present ten fun facts about Games Asylum. Enjoy. We’ll be in the corner singing Happy Birthday to ourselves. Games Asylum is ten years old, but its …
The Nintendo 3DS is released in the UK today. Being at the cutting edge of games journalism, we can bring you a complete look at Nintendo’s first 3D hardware. That is to say: the Virtual Boy. Not the 3DS. Back in 1995 Nintendo went head first – no pun intended – into the world of …
I’ve already given my two cents on the 3DS launch line-up, but if you missed it and can’t be bothered to click here, then here’s a quick run down. Super Street Fighter IV, Nintendogs + Cats, Ridge Racer 3D and Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars should be on the top of your list. PES 2011 3D: …
I’ve been looking back through the 200-plus reviews I’ve written over the last decade. It was definitely a couple of years before I remotely found my feet, but after that it’s not all bad. In an act of almost unconscionable self-indulgence, I present ten intros which I think bare repeating – an awkward mix of …
The original de Blob was a Wii-exclusive and sold a not-to-be-sniffed-at 750,000 copies. With dollar signs in their eyes, THQ went multi-format for this sequel but it would appear that it hasn’t been a gamble that paid off. Sales are reportedly as low as 75k in the first month. Does this prove that platform games …
Chart Track are bursting with statistics this week. To wit – Homefront has become THQ’s first #1 since UFC: Undisputed in 2009 with an astounding 70% of copies sold on Xbox 360. Kaos Studio’s last game – Frontlines: Fuel of War – managed to get to #4 in the chart in 2008; already Homefront has …
The 3DS launch line-up is a funny thing. There’s a lack of an easily indefinable system seller, while the likes of THQ, Take-Two and Activision don’t have a single title ready. On more positive note, however, it’s quite astonishing that Ubisoft has managed to get six games due for launch. Activision would have presumably given …
As part of 10 Years of Games Asylum, the site’s fine writers are each choosing one game to represent the last decade. Now it’s Adam’s turn. Despite Matt’s fondness for Viva Piñata and random budget games, it turns out we almost made the same selection for our ‘game of the decade’. Matt picked Fallout 3, …
It has been a rough week for THQ. Their orders for Homefront were slashed due to it ‘only’ having a Metacritic rating of 75%, but then they bounced back after 375k copies were sold in the US on launch day. For new IP in a crowded genre that’s not bad going. General opinion is that …
Looking back through a decade of Games Asylum reviews makes for interesting reading, especially when the one of the first sentences I laid eyes on was: “Nintendo aren’t afraid to show their kind.†What? Exactly. Not all my reviews from the early days were filled with typos and grammatical errors, fortunately. Rather than blow my …