Any number of developers could have easily produced a twin-stick shooter baring the Geometry Wars name. Activision thankfully chose not to take the easy route, opting instead to go that extra mile to find the right team for the job. That team was Lucid Games, home to numerous ex-Bizarre Creations staff. It’s times like these …
The barrage of new releases begins to slow down this week, with just three titles heading to retail. Next week is quieter still, with what appears to be the final retail release of the year. If you’re wondering where reviews of The Crew – which launched on Tuesday – are, Ubisoft did provide an explanation. …
Even with a couple of slightly less than positive reviews behind it, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker still looks set to start 2015 in the best possible fashion. It was Giant Bomb and GamesRadar who weren’t entirely sold on the Super Mario 3D World spin-off. “I consistently enjoyed my time with Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, but …
Although there are a fair few games heading to the Wii U and 3DS eShop this week, it’s debatable as to how many will be of interest. It really is an odd little assortment. Big Ben’s WRC FIA World Rally Championship: The Official Game (£29.99) is the ‘big’ one, we suppose. The 3DS has been …
The Black Friday sales didn’t just cause havoc at the supermarkets. They’ve managed to send the UK chart into a tizzy too. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare retakes the top spot, but this wasn’t down to people rushing out to buy it alongside a shiny new PS4 or Xbox One. 67% of sales last week …
It doesn’t take long to realise Platinum Games were up against a very tight schedule with this Nickelodeon tie-in. For us, that moment became all too apparent when being ushered down one narrow corridor to next in order to fight yet another bunch of identical enemies. Platinum’s experience with the scrolling brawler genre – for …
It’s a potentially expensive week for Nintendo fans – this Friday sees the launches of Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and the first wave of Amiibo figures. Ka-ching! There’s also Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth and WayForward’s apparently not too bad Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom …
The Tropico series can easily be compared to EA’s FIFA. Each update adds a handful of new features and has a spot of fine tuning under the hood, but these improvements alone aren’t enough to prevent more than a passing resemblance to its predecessor. Sim City went leaps and bounds from one iteration to the …
This week belongs to Nintendo. Not only do we have the biggest Wii U launch of the year – in the form of Super Smash Bros. – but also the eagerly anticipated Pokémon Alpha Sapphire/Omega Ruby on 3DS. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is due on the eShop this Friday, but at £49.99 you’d …
Grand Theft Auto V has retaken the top spot of the chart, becoming the UK’s best selling game of all time in the process. Sales generated during last Tuesday’s PS4/Xbox One launch alone were enough to push it past Call of Duty: Black Ops, Chart-Track reports. Ubisoft also has a reason to be cheerful. Far …
Chances are the trio of upcoming titles below have managed to escape your attention. They’re flying so low under the release radar that even the almighty Google brings up very few search results. As reported by VideoGamer back in September, GAME’s pre-order section suggests System 3 are dusting off city simulator Constructor for a HD …
Back in 1982, Atari could have easily used the E.T. license to create an uninspired Pac-Man clone. It really doesn’t take much of an imagination at all to envision E.T. running around a maze, gobbling up Reese’s Pieces while collecting “phone†parts and avoiding FBI agents. Instead Atari handed the license to Howard Scott Warshaw, …
If you find yourself buying more games than ever before, there’s a very simple reason for this. With budgets as expensive as they are, games nowadays are designed to appeal to the largest possible audience. An easy way to achieve widespread appeal, especially when it comes to first-person shooters, is to add sci-fi elements. Indeed, …
After next week’s heavily Nintendo-oriented slew of releases the annual barrage of big name games starts to slow. December is looking very quiet indeed. This is no surprise – the last month of the year is usually void of major new releases. Why publishers can’t hold a couple of titles back until then, instead of …
After more delays than we can recall Watch_Dogs finally arrives on the Wii U eShop this Thursday. While the retail version – due out Friday – can be found for around £35 online, the eShop version has been marked up at a hefty £49.99. On top of this there are two additional add-ons – Conspiracy! …