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Old football games should be kicked into space

Every month we trawl eBay’s completed listings to find stuff of interest that has sold for vast sums. Why? Because the voices told us to. What would you do with 192 copies of This is Football on PlayStation 1? Apart from using them to play a giant game of Jenga, I can’t think of any …

Deathsmiles Deluxe Edition

Reviews

I don’t think anybody will forget their first play through of Deathsmiles. Not because it hands out achievements like penny sweets, or because it can be finished in around twenty minutes due to infinite continues, but because this 2D shooter captures your attention immediately. The levels are short but perfectly formed, while the bosses are …

UK games mag figures make for uneasy reading

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Will there still be videogame magazines on the shelves in 10 years time? I’d like to think so, but the latest ABC figures for UK magazine circulation suggest otherwise.

Out of the 14 magazines listed, only The Official Xbox Magazine saw a rise in readersâ€¦ if you can call 25 extra readers a rise. The Official Nintendo Magazine and GamesMaster took the biggest hit, each seeing a loss of around 6,000 readers.

I’m surprised by this as GamesMaster has recently re-launched and usually comes with free gift such as last month’s Mortal Kombat 3D mouse mat and this month’s Zelda belt.

The ABC figures in full, courtesy of MCV:

Deathsmiles will make you grin

This Week's Games

After the insane popularity of Street Fighter IV, I’d say that there’s a good chance Marvel vs Capcom 3 will take the top spot of the chart next week. Reviews have been solid, although Eurogamer did point out that there wasn’t a great amount of unlockables. They also said that the last boss is a …

Man finds Sega stuff in skip; gets skip in his step

Retro

A Greek gamer has blogged about his joy of finding five brand new Sega Mega Drive II consoles and six new GameGear handhelds thrown away in a skip next to a Greek toy store. Although the boxes were dusty, their contents were completely intact. Just imagine how much these consoles would have been worth back …

The murky world of multi-game carts

Retro

Being the mere human that I am, curiosity runs through my veins. Bootleg multi-game carts just so happen to be something that gets my curiosity glands flowing – there’s joy to be had from coming across one of these mystical beasts, plugging it in, and seeing what treasures it contains. If you’re currently scratching your …

Test Drive Unlimited 2 skids/races/smashes into pole position

UK Charts

After two weeks at the top of the chart, Dead Space 2 steps down to Test Drive Unlimited 2 making it Namco Bandai’s first #1 since acquiring Atari Europe. The chaps at Chart Track also tell us that sales were split like this: 68% Xbox 360 version, 28% PlayStation 3 and 4% PC. I guess …

“Use your body and your brain, if you want to play the game”

This Week's Games

Are developers holding a contest behind our backs to see who can keep their audience waiting the longest? It bloody well feels like it – Gran Turismo 4 and Gran Turismo 5 were five long years apart, which also happens to be the time-span between Test Drive: Unlimited and its sequel. With the troubles Atari …

Monkey Puncher

Our Pixilated Past

Released: 2000 Formats: Game Boy Color Animal rights organisation PETA has been around since 1980 and occasionally backlash against videogames which feature animal harming for entertainment. Super Meat Boy and Cooking Mama are two titles that have recently rattled their cageâ€¦ pun fully intended. It’s odd, then, that Taito’s Monkey Puncher managed to escape their …

Boy uses mum’s credit card online; Microsoft becomes the Devil

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The witch hunters at the Daily Mail have caught wind of how an 11 year old boy rang up over Â£1,000 on his mother’s credit card by purchasing items from Xbox Live. Eighteen months ago she inputted the credit card details onto Xbox Live so her son could play online, but because the details were …

Nintendo: if you like puzzle games, you’ll love sports games

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I think Nintendo of Europe’s marketing has taken a tumble recently. First there were those ridiculous adverts with Jedward; now they’re making wild accusations as to which games we would “love”. According to the display boxes of Mario Vs Donkey Kong on DS, if you like the hybrid of puzzle and platforming action it contains, …

Mario marches up the chart

UK Charts

EA’s Dead Space 2 manages to cling onto the top of the chart for the second week running. That’s followed by FIFA 11, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Call of Duty: Black Ops and LittleBigPlanet 2. It’s good to see LittleBigPlanet 2 still sticking around – usually titles of niche appeal rank highly then swiftly vanish. At …

Another reason to hate eBay

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Yet again I’m having a love/hate relationship with eBay. On Thursday I sold a Sega GameGear game; the (French) buyer had zero feedback, but I wasn’t too concerned over this. We all had zero feedback at one stage, right? Two days later I received an e-mail entirely in French, telling me that the buyer was …

radiangames Ballistic

Reviews

When Microsoft rejigged the Xbox 360’s dashboard they hid the Indie Games section away in a dark and dusty corner. The community rebelled and now the Indie Games section has been moved to a place where it’s impossible to ignore – you have to scroll past it to get to the popular demo section. Since …

Mud, sweat and tears

This Week's Games

This week would have been all about vastly improved RPG sequel Two Worlds 2, but as reported by Eurogamer it has been delayed not once but twice over the last few days. It’s now pencilled in for a 25th February release, due to a large amount of stock being wrecked on route from China to …

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