Matt Gander Slowly but surely, video games are starting to become associated with keeping fit. We have the extraordinary popularity of the likes of Wii Fit and Kinect to thank for this, and to be honest I’m a little surprised that fast food companies haven’t tried to get in on the act to help improve their images. …
If any of these faux Wii 2 rumours – fresh from my very own brain – turn out to be true, my uncle will be a monkey. Or however that phrase goes. Behold: Nintendo’s top boffins are currently creating a new colour that only the Wii 2 will be able to display. The Wii 2 …
I was hoping some reviews of Sega’s Thor tie-in would be floating about prior to writing this week’s round up, but alas this isn’t the case. Chances are though the lack of press coverage is for a reason. Sega did send out copies of Virtua Tennis 4 in good time, however, with word on the …
The humble GameGear has gained more than a little attention on these hallowed pages this month. First we covered the fact that Sega are re-releasing their 8-bit hits on the 3DS’s virtual console, and then we chose the uber obscure Kuni-Chan’s Game Paradise for our monthly retro feature. I see no harm in continuing the …
It would seem that people did plenty of gaming while munching on their Easter eggs over the long weekend – there are three new entries in the top 40 UK chart this week. Portal 2 has become Valve’s first #1 (and also EA’s 5th #1) of the year, Mortal Kombat enters at #2 while Operation …
Atari have revamped their retro classics in the past but usually only to the extent of a fresh lick of paint and some fancy new special effects. Yars’ Revenge – which as the loading screen reminds us, was Atari’s best selling original Atari 2600 game – is less of a revamp and more of a …
You’re spoiled for choice this week – there’s even a new 3DS game out. Fair enough it’s only Puzzle Bobble Universe but that’s still better than another one of Ubisoft’s half-arsed conversions. Portal 2 is by far the ‘big one’ – critics haven’t been able to find enough words to praise it enough it would …
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 games magazines. This month: the final issue of the Official UK PlayStation Magazine from March 2004. The early days of the Official UK PlayStation Magazine focused on …
It’s sad that it has come to this – having to play a movie tie-in to get a platforming fix, due to publishers thinking that original platformers won’t sell on Xbox 360. At least the cast of Rango aren’t cuddly talking animals – sheriff Rango is a rather unlikely hero and an ugly one at …
Zumba Fitness became 505 Games’ first ever #1 last week. It’s still at #1 this week, so it’s not hard to imagine that they’re pretty pleased about that. If another Zumba game isn’t released in time for Christmas I’ll happily eat my own weight in lard. Promotion, of some kind, has helped FIFA 11 rise …
Having sold 3 million copies of Michael Jackson: The Experience on Wii, DS and PSP, Ubisoft are now ready to unleash the late ‘King of Pop’ onto Kinect and PlayStation Move. It’s not the only Kinect game out this week either – Fantastic Pets also joins Jackson. There’s a demo on Xbox Live if you’re …
How did Nintendo celebrate Mario’s 25th birthday? They put a crusty old SNES game on a Wii disk and bundled it with a music CD that wasn’t even worth taking out of the box. Unbelievable, really. Rumour has it that Nintendo plans a similar package for Link’s 25th birthday. Could a press release like the …
Released: 1991 Format: Sega GameGear Kuni-Chan no Game Tengoku (Kuni-Chan’s Game Paradise) has so much history buried deep within its After Eight-shaped cartridge that it’s hard to know where to begin. The intro is a good place, I suppose – it’s set within the walls of Castle of Illusion, the very same place that Mickey …
Samurai Shodown Sen is a game that I’ve had my eye on for a while, slowly waiting for the price to drop. I nearly brought it when it dropped to £8 in HMV but my patience paid off – a couple of weeks ago it dropped to £5. In a nutshell, it’s a borderline average …
I should have saved last week’s ‘Aye carumba – it’s Zumba’ headline for this week – Zumba Fitness now at #1 in the chart, pushing Crysis 2 to #2. It’s the first ever #1 for 505 Games and also the first fitness game to take the top of the chart since Wii Fit Plus in …