Two fine examples of box art have crossed our paths this week, so here’s our first – and what’s highly likely to be our last – box art review. To silence those dismayed to find that Bioshock Infinite’s artwork had been designed to “entice uninformed frat boy typesâ€, an alternative cover has been printed on …
Bioshock Infinite received something that last week’s Gears of War: Judgment didn’t – a mid-week release. We’d be very surprised if a million copies haven’t been shifted already, as it’s on track to become one of the highest rated games of all time. The Metacritic average currently stands at an almighty 96%, putting it higher …
Those with over-active minds, such as ours, have often wondered why Sega chose to bundle Altered Beast with the Mega Drive. It wasn’t exactly a system-selling game in terms of quality, and that’s us being kind about it. But ask yourself this – what game should Sega have picked instead? The five other games that …
With the baton passed over to Bulletstorm creators People Can Fly, Gear of War: Judgment could have only really gone one of three ways: The developers had enough new tricks up their sleeves to make the series feel fresh. They were able to do a very good Epic impression, giving us more of the same …
Considering it’s the first major Xbox–exclusive of the year, it’s not much of a surprise to find that Gears of War: Judgment has claimed the top spot of this week’s UK chart. What is a surprise though is that Activision’s poorly received The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct has entered at #3. Those two new entries …
The 3DS was released in Europe two years ago today. If it were a child it would be entering the notorious ‘terrible twos’, sporadically having tantrums in public and throwing bits of mashed up banana at passers by. Right now though the 3DS’s future is looking anything but terrible. This wasn’t always the way. The …
Everyone loves something for nothing, so when some freeness is offered as a bonus for pre-ordering, or dished out at a games show, you’re not going to turn it down, are you? But you’re also not going to use it, are you? Let’s see what tat’s been languishing in a box in the attic for …
So, what’s on the agenda this week? Gears of War: Judgment is the big one. It’s the first game Microsoft has published at retail this year, and it looks like it’s the only one until the recently announced retail version of Minecraft arrives in a couple of months. After something of a drought there are …
They might have peaked in about 2009, but there’s still a healthy market for games with the word ‘brain’ in the title – certainly on mobile. But rather than playing another clone of Nintendo and Dr Kawashima’s 2006 effort, why not contribute to medical science? Well, there’s an app for that: The Great Brain Experiment, …
There are a lot of ‘angles’ on Ridiculous Fishing: the tortured development; the indie supergroup that eventually finished it; the chart success since last week’s launch, despite having been preceded by a blatant clone; the active eschewing of IAPs in favour of a £1.99 upfront price tag. And 45 degrees: the angle that the graphics …
Regional taste and brand recognition are the reasons for the ten games below not being released in the UK. It certainly doesn’t have anything to do with the games in question being a little too odd – this is the country that gave the world Little Britain, Fawlty Towers, Monthy Python and Mr. Blobby. It …
For a second week running there’s lots of activity in the UK chart, with no less than three new entries in the top five alone. Even with sales down by 72%, Tomb Raider has been able to fend off all newcomers – Square-Enix’s superb reboot remains at the top of the chart. God of War: …
The Teletext Preservation Project has this week uploaded 125 editions of Digitiser from 1995-1998. We’re not sure how they did this, but we’d like to imagine that they used some form of “space trowelâ€. These are full editions – everything from reviews, like this one of Actua Soccer on PlayStation, to Violet Berlin’s weekend columns. …
Crystal Dynamics are a developer who have been around a lot longer than most people realise, having first cut their teeth on the ill-fated 3DO back in 1992. They were, in fact, responsible for the 3DO’s original pack in-game – Crash ‘n’ Burn. If that name rings a bell it might be because Eidos sneakily …
When the original God of War was first envisioned we don’t think the developers realised just how long the franchise would run for, otherwise they would have given Kratos a stronger backstory that other tales could be spun from. Take God of War: Ascension as an example – it’s a prequel to the PSP’s Chains …