Adam Philbin A couple of weeks ago, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto was quoted in an interview as saying, “I could make Halo. It’s not that I couldn’t design that game. It’s just that I choose not to.” Perhaps it didn’t sound as pompous originally. Now Halo creators Bungie have reacted in an interview with Joystiq, saying: “Yeah, well. …
Simpsons games have a tendancy for being utterly rubbish or uninspired, so we’re not getting too excited over EA’s announcement of The Simpsons Game. On the plus side, the television show’s script writers are involved and it’s said to be heavy on authentic dialogue and animation. Though the actual game is split into sixteen episodes, …
Some crazy websites are talking about the possibility of the PlayStation 4 being released in 18 months time. Some more rational websites have taken this rumour and speculated, rather reasonably, that Sony might have a revised PlayStation 3 model in development. It sounds realistic enough – the rumour is of a new PlayStation model, using …
To celebrate the release of Mr Biffo’s Confessions of a Chatroom Freak today (what with Digitiser being the spiritual deity of this site’s predecessor), here’s our first and potentially last embedded Youtube video. So sexy!
Square Enix have a habbit of re-releasing old Final Fantasy games, and as such you’d be forgiven for thinking this was yet another re-release. Final Fantasy III is much more though – superficially at least, it’s a beautiful remake of the seventeen year old NES original. Better yet, it’s the first time the original Final …
GAME are now closer to having a monopoly on the UK highstreet, as they’ve bought out Gamestation for £74 million. MCV have some more on the story, talking about financials and shareholders. This is unlikely to be good news for anyone – smelly as many Gamestation stores were, they were GAME’s only direct competition. Many …
There’s a neat Lord of the Rings Online video over at GameTrailers showing the bard’s gameplay. Players can play their bard’s instrument ingame by tapping away at the keyboard, making their own sweet music. Quite a nice touch. How long will it be before someone makes something like World of Guitarcraft? While you’re at it, …
“I’m a mechanical, I’m a mechanical, I’m a mechanical man! I cut down trees, I wear high heels, suspendies and a bra  or something like that. It’s been twelve years since the original Command & Conquer defined the real time strategy genre and Westwood perfected what they’d started with Dune II. Back then happy hardcore …
Apparently it’s true. Within the first four days of its release, Pokémon Diamond & Pearl sold over a million copies in the US, making it the fastest selling Pokémon game to date. More than half a million people pre-ordered a copy, which must be some kind of record. On the surface it doesn’t look like …
Sony might need a hug in a mug » UK:R continues the everlasting anti-Sony campaign, pointing out that last week the PlayStation 3 was outsold 7 to 1 by the Wii in Japan (11k PS3s, 75k Wiis). The country where it’s sold at a reasonable price. In the US the Wii outsold the PS3 2 …
A collection of gaming tidbits. » Obviously biased but pretty much honest UK:R reveals that PS3 hardware sales are slumping after its first week in the UK. Which is pretty much to be expected after a big launch, but an 82% drop in sales is pretty significant and stock remains plentiful. Has everyone who wanted …
Jeux France has posted scans from Portugese gaming magazine Maxi Consolas, confirming Sega’s NiGHTS exclusively for the Wii. UK:R posted a picture of NiGHTS on the cover of a Swedish games magazine a few days ago, but I didn’t know exactly what to make of that at the time. Maxi Consolas has showered us with …
Rockstar have unveiled the Grand Theft Auto IV trailer online tonight (despite their website initially falling apart under the load). You can view it at www.rockstargames.com/IV/ or alternatively just download the video here. As the words above suggest, it’s set in Liberty City, rather than the ’80s or Tokyo like many had speculated. You can …
It’s not all doom and gloom for Sony. The PlayStation 3 is doing some good in the world, thanks to Folding@Home. Folding@Home is distributed computing software, designed to put your computer’s idle processor time towards protein folding simulations. The idea is that it will help scientists better understand proteins, and perhaps one day help contribute …
In an interview with Gamesindustry.biz, Sony’s UK managing director Ray Maguire spouts assorted excuses for the high cost of the PlayStation 3 in Europe. Ray Maguire says: “The cost of retail is vastly more in the UK than it is in the US and that’s before you even stop to consider the US doesn’t have …