Matt Gander It would appear that rather than spend a fat wad of cash developing a new Manhunt game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Rockstar are going to knock out Manhunt 2 using current generation tech. The PlayStation 2, PSP and Wii to be precise. Rockstar’s new London studio are handling the Sony versions, while the …
Nintendo’s philosophy has always been to wait and see what their competitors are up to, then go one step further and better their products. It happened with the SNES, it happened with the Nintendo 64 and it arguably happened with the Wii. Back in 1995 however, the Kyoto giant went head first into the world …
Star Fox 64 – nee Lylat Wars – was the first game to be created by Nintendo with a rumble pack in mind. It worked brilliantly, providing feedback for explosions of all shapes and sizes. It also worked well in Zelda, vibrating away when a secret grotto was nearby, while GoldenEye 007 used it to …
With Eledees out in Europe whenever Konami can be arsed (Amazon has it down for a 30th April release; Game says 30th March) the development team behind it have unveiled their next Wii-exclusive: Dewy’s Adventure. He’s a water droplet, you see. Yes, it sounds like something you’d buy for someone who’s only just learned to …
When Sonic Mega Collection Plus was released on PlayStation 2 and Xbox, it managed to take the top spot in the chart, meaning that Sega Mega Drive Collection – reviewed here – could potentially ‘do the business’ for Sega. It’s only £14.99 with postage at Choices too. If it gets outsold by the dismal looking …
The storylines for RPGs usually fall into one of three categories: saving a sacred realm, rescuing royalty, or going on a treasure hunt to find a holy weapon of sorts. Contact breaks out of these traditional shackles by involving you personally as a character. Let’s try to explain. A Professor crashes on a strange planet …
Not much has been heard from Midas Interactive for a while. They didn’t even have a raft of new releases for the festive period, which is odd when you consider that Christmas would be an ideal time to push out some stocking fillers. They’ve made an announcement today though, that being that they’re branching out …
To all intents and purposes, zombies are the ultimate video game adversaries. This is one of the reasons why Game 505’s Zombie Zone went into my shopping basket whilst at Sainsbury’s today, the other reason being that you have to pay for parking unless you spend over a fiver in store. The nerve of it! …
It’s not just the futuristic setting that sets Crackdown apart from the gun-ho urban gangsta GTA clones; it’s the fact that it’s not quite so po-faced. This is arguably down to the augmented ability system. At the start you can only lift small objects, jump small distances and throw small grenades. By the end of …
Last month N Gamer magazine promised to spill the beans on a wealth of top secret Wii games; this month they’ve put the previously unannounced Scarface: The World is Yours on the front cover. That’s about it as far as the secrets go, disappointingly. So yes – it’s another conversion. Developers Radical are putting a …
It’s a toy license. It’s a budget game. It’s from DSI, who don’t have the best reputation around. Or any reputation at all. In this case, though, conclusions shouldn’t be jumped to – the developers have managed to use the license to good effect, creating a neat little homage to the classic Transport Tycoon. It’s …
More than five months on from being released in the rest of the world, Nintendo have finally had the decency to release Star Fox Command in Europe. When I originally reviewed it back in September, I came to the conclusion that it’s good but not great. I’d rather have a conversion of the sublime Star …
Unless they want an angry mob at their door, Phoenix Games should probably think of another name for their upcoming and probably turgid Pac-Man clone. They clearly haven’t been watching Celebrity Big Brother.
With nine dungeons, various sub-missions and collectable bugs and ghosts to locate, Twilight Princess is by far Link’s longest romp yet. It took me just over thirty six hours to see the credits, but there’s loads of stuff left to see and do – it wasn’t until the final battle that I realised I hadn’t …
This month’s Official Nintendo Magazine has a preview of a quirky new Nintendo DS game from Koei entitled Prey the Stars. Despite being nearly finished and due for release in the spring, when we put the name into Google all we could find were a handful of Australian online stores offering pre-orders. Which is odd. …