Do you know how many new UK #1s there has been this year? Lots. The answer is lots. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is the latest, managing to outdo its predecessor which entered the UK chart at #2 in 2008. It’s #1 in every single format chart too, apart from PC and 3DS. Last …
When Nintendo revamped the DS for the first time we received a smaller model. This isn’t going to be the case with the 3DS though – next month will see the release of the super-sized 3DS XL. The screen is 90% bigger, clocking in at 4.88 inches, and the battery has also received a boost. …
The best Kinect games so far have been ones that require simple gestures. With this in mind, adding Kinect controls to Steel Battalion: Heavy Armour sounds like a strange move right from the start. It has to be played with both the Kinect and the controller at the same time, while sitting down. Reviewers claim …
The problem we have with this belated conversion is not how it plays but how it makes us feel. When playing the console version we get a warm fuzzy feeling inside knowing that one of the largest publishers in the world is still brave enough to release a 2D platformer, when in this day and …
After waiting a lifetime – or at least the Xbox 360’s lifetime – a decent sized Games on Demand sale is upon us. The prices may be cheap, but don’t expect anything new – the majority of the games that have dropped in price are launch titles. Prices are in effect from 19th to 25th …
The beginning of 2013 is looking incredibly jam packed with Crysis 3, Dead Space 3, Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite, Aliens: Colonial Marines and X-Com due out. Now we can add Sega’s Anarchy Reigns to that list too. After putting the Western release on hold, Sega have confirmed that it’s due out Q1 2013. Believe it …
If there’s one thing developers Grasshopper Manufacture are good at, it’s excellent character design. No More Heroes gave us Travis Touchdown, a fearless assassin that most gamers could still relate to despite being something of an anti-hero. Shadows of The Damned then gave us Garcia ‘Fucking’ Hotspur and his slightly-camp floating skeletal pal Johnson. Garcia …
Despite being released on a variety of formats (Amiga, ST, C64, Mega Drive, Lynx and NES to be precise) Toki: Going Ape Spit isn’t a particularly well remembered platformer. And that’s even bearing in mind that it was re-released on iPhone back in 2009. Hopefully the upcoming remake will jog a few people’s memories. Toki …
Two out of the three games released last week have managed to enter the UK top 40. It’s the rather good Heroes of Ruin on 3DS that misses out, having to make do with #5 in the 3DS chart. Riding high though are both Lollipop Chainsaw – arriving at #4, much higher than possibly anybody …
The web made a step towards being a whole lot bigger yesterday, when ICANN revealed the full list of potential new generic top-level domains – because .com is terribly 1985. Sony have gone for .playstation, .xperia and .sony. Microsoft are after a handful, including .microsoft, .xbox and .live – giving them the option of both …
There aren’t many games out this week, but those that are making an appearance are worth considering. We were curious as to why Lollipop Chainsaw had been given a £29.99 price tag. Now that the first few reviews have appeared online we know why it’s not quite full price – it’s rather on the short …
If anybody is saddened by the fact the ten games below were never released, then you probably need to take a good long look at yourself. We’re mildly confident that they’re the best of the worst. Jamster All-Stars – PlayStation 2 After the undeserved success of the two Crazy Frog Racing games the publisher started …
With Euro 2012 upon us now seems a fine time to talk footballing platformers. There were a few of these about in the mid ‘90s – you could even say they were a minor fad. A lack of information available makes it hard to say which was first – Soccer Kid or Marko’s Magic Football. …
It would seem plenty of gamers have been spending the weekend playing Game of Thrones while sitting on their gamer thrones – it’s this week’s highest new entry, arriving at #6. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Solider is #1 for the third week running. The only other two games to stay at #1 for three …