Jake You can’t argue with £18. Not only because it’s a quantity of money, and therefore lacks the ability to formulate – let alone defend – an opinion of any worth. I am funny. But £18 for the Xbox 360 version of Sega Rally wasn’t to be ignored, so it was mine in the winter sale. …
Tedious newswire emails tell me that Turok has been released in North America. When Disney Interactive first announced that they were doing something with the license, I wasn’t convinced it would ever happen. Everything associated with previous license holders Acclaim just has the kiss of death in my mind. But it has indeed made it …
I thought it was a bit bloody strange when SCi bought Eidos. “But SCi are small and rubbish, aren’t they?” That’s what crossed my mind a number of times. Now CEO Jane Cavanagh and two other senior managers have left the company, after reportedly failing to secure a sale of the inevitably struggling company. The …
Patapon is from the minds behind LocoRoco. A February 2008 release has been announced for North America. It looks excellent. There’s no UK release yet – so unlike LocoRoco it seems we won’t be getting it before our friends across the Atlantic – but those three facts are all I need to know to import …
Bad news for EA, as unlike its two immediate predecessors, Need for Speed: Pro Street doesn’t debut at #1. It is #2, but then it’s supposed to be a bit poo, so that seems entirely appropriate – if needlessly childish. It could yet be Christmas #1 though, being supported as it is by a ridiculous …
The BBC’s Economics Editor and presenter of Dragons’ Den, Evan Davis, was this week confirmed as a regular presenter of Radio 4’s Today programme from next year. He could tell you all about supply and demand. So could games retailers at the moment. This week we had 1,400 Wiis disappearing from Amazon in 10 minutes …
I’ve written about my love of Super Mario 64 – the best game ever, FACT – many times. But I’m definitely not assuming that Super Mario Galaxy isn’t as good without giving it a chance. So to prove it, after playing Super Mario Galaxy for only a few hours, here are three ways that it’s …
As the ever clever Matt predicted, Super Mario Galaxy hasn’t had an easy first week. It enters at only #5 in the multiformat chart – and splitting multiformat games into their individual versions, it’s still only at #3. Assassin’s Creed takes the top spot, the Xbox 360 version inevitably doing more of the donkey work …
It’s war not raw: Call of Duty 4 is the highest new entry at #1, followed closely by WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2008 at #2. The Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty 4 becomes the second fastest selling title on the format, behind only Halo 3. Honestly, why does anyone bother releasing anything but …
Everyone loves the Wii, right? And what could be more fun than singing and dancing? With the possible exception of ridding the world of June Sarpong through an elaborate machine-o-death, nothing. So Boogie – a singing and dancing game for the Wii – should be one of the funnest (shut up, it’s a perfectly good …
Read this: “our upcoming product will deliver an experience that will span the traditional boundaries of video game entertainment.” Span the boundaries? Surely that doesn’t really make sense. But hey: it sounds like it might mean something, and that’s good enough for a press release. A press release announcing almost nothing, anyway. What almost nothing? …
EA have announced the full song list for ridiculous peripheral-fest Rock Band. And it’s fine – good, even. ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’ by The Ramones: excellent. And what’s that? A Pixies track? Sterling work, EA. Except the line-up has been split helpfully into decades, and ‘Wave of Mutilation’ is filed under “2000s”. That’ll be a track off …
Don’t you think? There are two reasons I’m interested in the game: Wipeout was the first game I had for the PlayStation, so I have an unreasonable amount of affection for the series; and I like the way the HUD bends inwards. Neither’s a particularly good reason, so hopefully it’ll actually be good as well. …
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