Matt Gander

After toning down Manhunt 2 and re-submitting it to the ESRB, Rockstar’s blood stained sequel now has a release date – 31st October – and a new M (Mature) rating. That’s only for US gore-hungry gamers though – it’s not yet known if the BBFC will let the...

Xbox 360 sales should be on the up this week, thanks to the price drop and release of the black Elite edition. If you’re going to pick up a shiny new game to go with it, then Bioshock should be top of your list – it’s a first...

A survey was recently carried out in Japan to discover what they consider most symbolic of good old England. The top three answers were fairly predictable: The Beatles, fish and chips, and Harry Potter. When English people were asked the same question about Japan their answers were Godzilla,...

Nyko’s Wii Party Station is something that you’re going to be in one of two minds about – you’ll either think it’s shit, or really shit. Designed to match the Wii itself, it’s a white block with two beverage holders, a slot for your Wii remotes, a bowl...

All hoofs are pointing to Jeff Minter’s Space Giraffe heading to Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday. Just 400 (£3.80) Microsoft Points and a bag of wool to you, squire. Early reviews suggest it’s going to be a love it or hate it thing, which isn’t a surprise seeing...

It’s a right old boring chart this week – Purr Pals in the only new entry – so we’re going to do something different and take a peek at the top 40 in Denmark. Why Denmark? Because it’s the only other European chart – other than Irish –...

Premier Manager 08 on PlayStation 2 is the only game out this week. The Official PlayStation 2 Magazine gave it a 4, calling it shallow and unrealistic – according to their review they managed to buy “Petr Cech” and “Michael Essien” for £5 million each. Ha! Next week...

If there wasn’t a game in development based on the upcoming animated Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, then the world would come to a complete stand-still. Brash Entertainment obviously don’t want that to happen, so they’ve snapped up the rights. Due out on PlayStation 2, Wii and DS,...

Things are finally looking up for Atari: after selling off a handful of studios and licenses and focusing on smaller, cheaper to develop titles (and endless Dragon Ball Z brawlers), their profits are up 13 percent on last year. They’ve still got some way to go though, as...

As Edge said themselves this month, EA’s new Simpsons game looks like it could actually be quite good. Rather than using the movie for inspiration, it’s instead going to parody videogames themselves, with a Medal of Homer level, a Frogger inspired mini-game and a nod to We Love...

It’s a surprise to find that the first DS wrestling game isn’t based on the WWE knuckleheads, but instead a tardy Jack Black movie tie-in. It’s somewhat less of a surprise to find out that it isn’t very good. It’s more than satisfactory if you look at it...

Midas Interactive are renowned for one thing: publishing the games nobody else will. However, it’s also what that they are most disliked for. Allow us to explain: some of their conversions of quirky Japanese PlayStation 2 titles – like Detonator, Rollercoaster World, Xtreme Express and Steel Dragon EX...