Matt Gander There’s always a duff title or two in any launch line-up. The reasons are simple – it’s either down to the developer’s inexperience with the system, or the publisher pushing to get the game out on launch day. Retailers always tend to overstock on launch titles, you see, and that’s very good news for publishers. …
Sometimes it’s nice to be proven wrong. When we first saw that this kart racing sequel featured vehicles that transform into boats and planes, we were quick to draw comparisons with Mario Kart 7, and thus assumed it would be a shameless clone. When we actually sat down and played it though, we were pleased …
It’s a very good sign when a publisher hands out review copies to press way before a game’s release. Reviews of Far Cry 3 surfaced last Tuesday – a whole ten days before this Friday’s release. No doubt this was in order to drum up a few extra pre-orders, fuelled by the steady string of …
It’s not such a bad thing that American gamers got hold of their Wii U consoles almost two weeks before us Europeans. In those two weeks reviews of nearly all the launch games have appeared online, giving us a heads up of what to fork out for come this Friday’s launch. Before we round-up review …
The Walking Dead series should be remembered for a number of reasons. It proved that there was still life left in the point and click adventure genre, and managed to convince us that episodic gaming can be a brilliant thing if handled correctly. Perhaps less significantly, we also learned that Telltale are indeed able to …
Twenty years ago this week – Tuesday, November 24th 1992 to be exact – Sega released Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Weekday releases are increasingly becoming the norm in the UK, but back in 1992 it was unheard of. Sega’s witty marketing department even went as far as dubbing its Tuesday release as “Sonic 2’s Dayâ€. …
Our collector’s edition of Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?!! arrived in the post today (just two days after the US release, thank you very much Videogames Plus) so we thought we’d share a couple of snaps. It’s also available on 3DS but due to the system’s stupid regional lock-out we’ve …
Those who follow us on Twitter – to whom we are eternally grateful – will know that I had a bit of trouble procuring a copy of Halo 4. My copy was dispatched the weekend before its Tuesday launch but it didn’t arrive on our doorstep until Thursday. With a day off work to play …
Hitman: Absolution has been a long time coming, so this week’s Tuesday release is no doubt a godsend for those who have been looking forward to it. Worth the wait? Yes… well, maybe. Like a lot of this winter’s big releases, reviews have been mixed. So far scores include 5/10 from Videogamer, 7s from both …
If we were in charge of compiling a collection of Midway’s best arcade games, we would have picked the cream of the crop from the Midway Arcade Treasures series and included as many extras we could get our hands on. Midway Arcade Treasures 2 was one of our favourite retro collections of the PlayStation 2 …
It feels absolutely pointless to report that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is #1 in the UK chart this week, because of course it bloody is. Since last Tuesday it has become the biggest launch of 2012 and the fourth biggest of all time, with 60 percent of copies sold on Xbox 360 and …
Thinking of buying a Kinect to keep the kids quiet this Christmas? You’ve picked a good time to make a purchase – you should be able to find one for under £80 new, and significantly less second hand, with games starting at literally pocket money prices. You should feel sorry for our downstairs neighbour – …
If Halo 4 were food, it would be tomato soup – something you’ve had loads of times before yet it’s still comforting. The first few levels in particular have a slightly overbearing sense of familiarity, thanks to an opening not unlike the one found in the original Halo. Make no mistake – 343 Industries can …
The videogame magazine market is but a mere shadow of its former self. It’s soon to become even smaller – Future has announced plans to end both PSM3 and Xbox World. The final issues for both will go on sale Wednesday December 12th, reports CVG. “We intend and fully expect there to be no redundancies …
Call of Duty: Black Ops is the best selling Call of Duty so far, beating even Modern Warfare 3, so it makes sense that Activision has chosen to give it a sequel. In fact, all of the Call of Duty games have sold so astonishingly well that it would make sense to make sequels to …