December 2009 – Page 2

PixelJunk Shooter on the PSN today

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9piUeupkQs Good news, everyone! Q-Games’ PixelJunk Shooter is available on the PSN today, for a modest Â£6.29. If you aren’t already familiar with the charming PixelJunk games, then why not? Go download the brilliant PixelJunk Monsters for your sins, if you haven’t already, and PixelJunk Shooter too of course.

Prime Time

Blog

Activision’s last two Transformers games were nothing more than kiddy crap, but apparently even Activision themselves were surprised at how well they sold. It’s no surprise, really – any game with giant robots in is bound to appeal to more people than, say, Kung Fu Panda or Shrek. The new issue of GameInformer suggests that …

A Mini firmware update

Blog

Could news of a PS3 firmware update possibly be considered interesting?Â Well, PS3 firmware 3.15 has a nice little feature – PSP Mini emulation on the PS3. So, if you can’t be bothered to dust off your PSP to play one of the nifty PSP Mini games such as Fieldrunners or Tetris, you can now play …

Ride it until the wheels fall off

UK Charts

UK Charts So, Tony Hawk: Ride hasn’t managed to get into the top 40 chart this week. This could be down to a number of things – mediocre reviews, a high price tag and a lack of promotion. Mr. Hawk has been swift to come to defend it on his Twitter page, saying that â€œmost …

Where’s Papa Na’vi?

This Week's Games

This Week’s Games, in 2D There was a time when Pandemic could do no wrong, churning out Full Spectrum Warrior, Destroy All Humans and Mercenaries in quick succession. That was before being taken over by EA, where their output suddenly dropped – their Dark Knight game was canned, Mercenaries 2 wasn’t as good as the …

F1 2009

Reviews

I am a simple man. Give me a decent circuit, a good sense of speed, a believable enough simulation of a Formula 1 car, and a grand prix weekend’s complement of practice sessions, and I’m happy. F1 2009 does just that, so in terms of their first game with the license, it’s job done for Codemasters.

The Avatar Is The Star

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Kotaku have somehow got hold of Microsoft’s “Avatar Guidelines” – a set of rules for how the Avatars can be used in marketing material. Obviously it’s nothing for us gamers to worry about – it’ll be the marketing men and graphic designers that get a slap on the wrist for breaking the following: – When …

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