“An incredibly elaborate Lemon Jelly video with inflections of The Mighty Boosh.” I thought that was a suitably clever opinion about Hohokum, around which I could build a review. But it turns out that’s not really an opinion, so much as background information. The graphic style – clean lines, bold colours, slightly wonky characters – …
As long as they’re handled with due care and attention, we have nothing against developers dusting off older games for a re-release. And that’s a good thing too, seeing just how many are due over the next few months. Word has it Metro Redux is a shining example of how to remaster – to use …
After a month or so of very little, Image & Form ends the Wii U eShop dry spell with SteamWorld Dig. Although not a new game, its somewhat belated arrival on Wii U is no less welcome. A heady mixture of Metroid, Mr. Driller and Spelunky, we found the 3DS version very hard to fault …
Back in July we were confident in saying that The Last of Us Remastered would hold onto the top spot of the UK chart until Destiny arrives. Turns out we underestimated Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition’s popularity somewhat. Blizzard’s loot laden quest set tills ringing last week, becoming the UK’s number one in the process. …
When it launched in 1989, Konami’s side-scrolling Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game went on to become the biggest selling coin-op of that year. Clearly keen to repeat the success, Konami looked for other suitable licenses. In the years that followed Bucky ‘O Hare, The Simpsons, The X-Men, and even quintessentially European hero Asterix went …
Even though it’s not entirely a new game, per se, Activision still chose to launch Diablo III: Reaper of Souls – Ultimate Evil Edition across the globe on Tuesday. For the uninformed, it contains Diablo III and – for the first time on consoles – the Reaper of Souls expansion pack. The last-gen versions can …
New Xbox 360 and PS3 releases show no signs of slowing, but that’s not the case for the humble Wii and it hasn’t been for quite some time. As noted in our weekly UK chart round-up, Chart-Track has struggled lately to compile complete top tens of full price Wii titles. Last week’s chart, for instance, …
For a third week running Nintendo’s eShop roster is taking us back to the past. That’s to say, it’s another week filled with Virtual Console releases and very little else. On Wii U VC there’s HAL’s cult classic puzzler Adventures of Lolo (£3.49) and also the equally classic scrolling brawler Double Dragon II: The Revenge …
Considering Risen 2: Dark Waters entered at a respectable #14 back in 2012, it’s slightly surprising to find that Risen 3: Titan Lords has failed to make the UK top 40. Deep Silver’s RPG does however enter at #12 in both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 individual charts, suggesting it only narrowly missed out …
The menu music is all wrong. The in-game soundtrack is punky, as it should be, but I honestly have no idea what’s going on the bleepy electronic menu music. There are more significant things both right and wrong about this freemium incarnation of Crazy Taxi, but that’s what sticks with me. What’s right is that …
Due to a hefty backlog of unplayed titles we only got round to trying Risen 2: Dark Waters earlier this week. We didn’t think much of it, to put it lightly. Allegedly the series has something of a cult following though, despite the fact that weren’t alone in disliking Risen 2 – the Metacritic for …
For a second week running there isn’t much going on in the world of new Nintendo downloads. That’s as far as new releases are concerned at least – this week’s discounts, courtesy of Ubisoft, aren’t a bad little assortment. The Game Boy’s Mega Man 3 flies the flag for Virtual Console releases, arriving on 3DS …
Down, forward, punch – Capcom’s Ultra Street Fighter IV is the only new arrival in this week’s UK chart, entering at #15. Considering the content it contains was available as DLC a couple of months ago, that’s not bad going at all. Even with sales down 55%, The Last of Us Remastered holds onto the …
To celebrate passing the 100k follower milestone on Twitter, SEGA Japan has kindly released an assortment of Twitter icons. 100 in total, no less. The range – found here, on SEGA’s site – varies from vintage consoles to long forgotten heroes of yore.
Enjoying current Xbox 360 freebie Motocross Madness? Us neither – the races are far too easy while the exploration mode is both badly designed and tedious. If you’re still hoping to squeeze the achievements out of it though, then here’s a glitch that will assist in bagging two of the slighter harder ones. ‘Free Fall’ …