Matt Gander The discovery of a new Sonic game on an old Xbox development kit caused a bit of commotion on the internet recently because, well, it’s a Sonic game. It’s no shame Sonic Extreme was canned though. As this video shows, hedgehogs and skateboards don’t mix. Another unreleased Xbox game has since surfaced too, and not …
The Official PlayStation Magazine isn’t a magazine I buy regularly, or even at all, but if somebody has had the audacity to take the magazine out of the plastic wrapper in the newsagents then I usually pick it up and have a look. It just so happened that I found a “loose” copy of the …
I don’t know what’s worse – Zumba Fitness holding #1 for the sixth week in a row, or Call of Juarez: The Cartel – which currently has a Metacritic score of 51% – taking #2 in the top 40 UK chart. The distinctly average Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows Part 2 is up from #7 …
Even if you’re an American Games Asylum reader you must have caught wind of the News of The World fiasco. It’s a British newspaper that ruined its reputation so badly by illegally hacking people’s mobile phones that they closed themselves down. The newspaper was no spring chicken – it had been around since 1843 and …
I’ve owned most of the Tony Hawk games, but as far as I can remember I’ve never finished any of them due to either tedium setting in or hitting a huge difficulty spike and getting frustrated. I found Tony Hawk’s Project 8 to be a particularly harsh mistress – after four hours of play I …
Previous Earth Defense Force games have been developed in Japan but for Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon the reins have been passed over to US developer Vicious Cycle, who developed the underrated spoof shoot’em up Eat Lead. It would seem that the series has lost none of the charm with reviews suggesting that, just like …
Every month Matt pulls a magazine out from under his bed and gives it a fine going over. Stop giggling at the back there – we’re talking about video game magazines. This month: issue 1 of Mr. Dreamcast from April 2000. It’s fair to say that there were more than enough magazines dedicated to the …
It must have been a slow week for sales last week. Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2 makes #7 in the top 40 UK chart yet Chart Track claims launch sales have been the lowest for any Harry Potter game. Even lower, believe it or not, than ‘Part 1’ which only made it …
It would be impossible for us to review Kinect Fun Labs – it’s merely a hub to download gadgets (as Microsoft call them) for Kinect. And it would be impossible for us to review those gadgets too, as the four available in no way resemble a conventional game. They do though, rather oddly, have achievements …
The Harry Potter games were getting better over the years – providing we ignore the horrid mess that was Quiddich World Cup – but something went awfully wrong with last year’s Potter tie-in and it ended up being one of the worst games of the year. Most of the levels were simply dull arenas where …
Released: 1992-1994 Formats: Arcade, Mega Drive, SNES, GameGear, Game Boy Time has been kind to a lot of scrolling beat ’em ups from the 16-bit era – Golden Axe and Streets of Rage still play as nicely now as they did back in the ‘90s. I think the reason for this is that the third …
Sonic once had an affair with Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. Amy found out but never let on for the want of living a quiet life. Conker’s Bad Fur Day was Luigi in a squirrel costume. It was the only job he could find at the time and he didn’t want to ruin his clean image. Hitman’s Agent …
It’s fair to say that we have Game and GameStation’s sales to thank for the big shake up in this week’s UK top 40. Just about every game they have reduced has shot back up the chart, with the most notable risers being DiRT 3 up from #2 to #7 and Call of Duty: Black …
Curb your enthusiasm – you can count this week’s new releases using both of your thumbs. Air Conflicts – Secret Wars (out on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC) is compatible with 3D TVs and has online play for up to eight other aviators. There’s a bit more information on the publisher’s site if you’re curious …
I usually check the website for budget publisher Phoenix Games around once a month. The reason for this is simply for my own amusement – they are the company that brought us White Van Racer on PlayStation 2, after all. There were no cheap giggles today though – it would appear that they’ve shut up …