The secret lives of videogame characters

Sonic once had an affair with Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. Amy found out but never let on for the want of living a quiet life. Conker’s Bad Fur Day was Luigi in a squirrel costume. It was the only job he could find at the time and he didn’t want to ruin his clean image. Hitman’s Agent …

Read more

Brink and you’ll miss it

It’s fair to say that we have Game and GameStation’s sales to thank for the big shake up in this week’s UK top 40. Just about every game they have reduced has shot back up the chart, with the most notable risers being DiRT 3 up from #2 to #7 and Call of Duty: Black …

Read more

Mobile domination by a retail park

Last time in Street Viewtiful, we went to Finland to check out the shiny offices of Angry Birds developers Rovio. That got me wondering about British mobile super-publisher, Chillingo. Firstly, I seem to have missed the news that they were bought by EA last year. And that Clickgamer.com – the current publisher of Angry Birds, …

Read more

Vampires suck

Curb your enthusiasm – you can count this week’s new releases using both of your thumbs. Air Conflicts – Secret Wars (out on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC) is compatible with 3D TVs and has online play for up to eight other aviators. There’s a bit more information on the publisher’s site if you’re curious …

Read more

Phoenix Games

A tribute to Phoenix Games

I usually check the website for budget publisher Phoenix Games around once a month. The reason for this is simply for my own amusement – they are the company that brought us White Van Racer on PlayStation 2, after all. There were no cheap giggles today though – it would appear that they’ve shut up …

Read more

Child of Eden

Well, you certainly can’t say that Child of Eden has a clichéd plot. Lumi, the ever first human child to be born on a space station, is being digitally reconstructed by a future generation in an attempt to view her memories. But she’s under attack by a virus, which must be destroyed to allow access …

Read more

Tennis games – good for net profit

Fore! With tennis on the television this weekend both Virtua Tennis 4 and Top Spin 4 re-enter the top ten at #5 and #8 respectively. Oddly though, Fight Night Champion dropped down the chart despite boxing being on the picture box as well. As predicted last week, with Transformers: Dark of the Moon now out …

Read more

James Pond in the Deathly Shallows

This can’t have been originally conceived as a James Pond game. I say that not because it bears no resemblance the fondly remembered ’90s platform games, but because one of the three controls puts James Pond into reverse. Now, I realise that some fish can swim backwards. But if you were bringing James Pond back, …

Read more