News broke earlier today that EA are currently exploring the options of putting themselves up for sale. There’s more on that story here and here, but what would happen in the unlikely case that the company was to sell off their IP and shut up shop for good? Because publishers are a predictable bunch, we’re …
After a dull few weeks with very little being released we finally have some exciting stuff upon us. If Square-Enix’s Sleeping Dogs had turned about to be poor no doubt the creatively void journalists out there would be reeling out lines like “This dog should have been put to sleep†and “Every dog has its …
Released: 1994 Formats: PSone, Arcade If a developer released a racing game in this day and age with only one track, we’d either expect the rest to be available as free DLC or consider them to have a screw loose. Back in 1995 though this happened. After wowing gamers in the arcade, Namco’s Ridge Racer …
None of the characters below are starring in the upcoming PlayStation All-Stars, but by our reckoning Sony still has the rights (or could easily access the rights) to at least five of them. Whether gamers would want to play as a cartoon mouse or a medieval jester over Nathan Drake or Cole MacGrath is another …
The UK is seemingly caught in a time-warp – this week’s UK chart is pretty much identical to that of last week. This means London 2012: The Official Video Game is #1 for the third week running. That’s followed by LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, …
The rate that new games appear on the Xbox Indie service is overwhelming – there’s no way we’d be able to play through them all to sort the wheat from the chaff. We have Eurogamer to thank for bringing this 80 MSP shooter to our attention via their review, and now we’re going to wax …
If video games were an Olympic sport – and let’s be clear, they aren’t – then button bashing would have to be the blue ribbon event. After all, it’s well established as the equivalent of sprinting 100m. Sadly, the noble sport of button bashing is dying. Nintendo dealt the first serious blow with Wii Sports, …
Thank goodness for downloadable games. If it wasn’t for the ability to buy new games from the comfort of your sofa or toilet, then this week’s new release round-up would make for very dull reading. The belated PC version of The Amazing Spider-Man is this week’s only retail release. Here’s a fun fact: the PC …
Everybody knows that Donkey Kong was popular in the ’80s, but it’s easy to forget just how popular. The arcade classic kick-started a craze, with Donkey Kong appearing on just about everything his stupid face could be slapped onto. It was an arcade game like no other at the time and managed to notch up …
You won’t find Wonderboy or Alex Kidd on this list of Sega’s long lost heroes – we’re going even deeper into the depths of obscurity. Presenting eight former heroes that Sega have seemingly forgotten about: Tempo Despite starring in three different games on three different formats – Game Gear, 32X and Saturn to be exact …
It was a great weekend for Team GB over the weekend and it’s has been another great week for SEGA – London 2012: The Official Video Game remains at #1 in the UK chart for a second week running. Not only this but Sega’s Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games has stayed …
Konami has made the news this week and for reasons a lot more exciting than announcing that Metal Gear Solid 4 will belatedly be receiving trophy support. Congratulations are in order, first. Three of Konami’s employees – from their Konami Sports & Life subsidiary – competed at the London 2012 Olympics, one of which managed …
The freemium model is a bit of a curious fit for an official Olympics game. It doesn’t quite give the right message, does it? If you want to succeed, you need to build on your natural talent through plenty of good solid practice. Or just bung us a few pennies and we’ll sort you out. …
You can’t deny that Deep Silver hasn’t picked a good week to release Risen 2: Dark Waters. There’s absolutely nothing else out at retail. The PC version of Risen 2 was released to a sea of 6s and 7s back in May. There are no reviews of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version at …
We’ve had a soft spot for Harvest Moon ever since the series made its debut on the SNES, but our fondness for the franchise wasn’t the reason we were eager to play this 3DS endeavour. It was the plot that compelled us to pick up and play it – the story is a novel one, …