To promote today’s release of Mercenaries 2: World In Flames, EA attempted to recreate scenes of a fuel crisis in Venezuela, as found in the game, but in North London. Hands up who thinks that’s a good idea. The only people to put their hands up are in EA’s marketing department. And they’re all idiots. …
Apologies for the harsh language there, but you may (or may not) have noticed that Games Asylum’s YouTube page has been permanently disabled. Occasionally we’d get the odd e-mail from EA and other publishers via YouTube claiming copyright on videos that we uploaded, but they didn’t mind us uploading them. And why would they? We’re …
While the PSP is currently surviving on slim pickings, the PlayStation 2 continues to fade out gracefully with news that Rebellion are working on Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts for the system. It’s not a conversion of either the upcoming Wii or PlayStation 3 versions of World of War, but a new …
Now this is a nice little idea. After registering and inputting your Xbox 360 Gamertag on True Achievements you see what your real Gamerscore is, based on how rare your unlocked achievements are and how hard they actually are to obtain. Have a read of the about page – it’s quite funny. Turns out my …
The DS is turning into quite a versatile format for ‘non-games’. Already the honourable handheld has seen brain training programs, interactive cook books, various language teaching guides, driving test quizzes and a guide to quitting smoking. So what’s next? How about Sommelier – a wine tasting guide, in which you can read about thousands of …
Retro Gamer Magazine has updated their website, but instead of a just giving it a coat of new pixel paint they’ve given it a jolly good overhaul including the ability to become a ‘Retrobater’. Stop laughing at the back there. Once a profile has been created you’re then able to upload profiles of classic (and …
Although the Games Convention was going on in Germany at the weekend, I chose to keep an eye on the world of video games from the less obvious surrounds of the Reading Festival. But amongst the teenagers who’d written on themselves and students with glowsticks, there was a reasonable amount to keep an eye on. …
It’s questionable whether this is meant to be for public viewing, but the company Build has uploaded images of the custom presentation piece Sony gave to Phil Harrison when he left the company to join Atari. If you can’t be bothered to click on the link, six layers of plexi-glass have been used to give …
I expect we’re all guilty of picking out breakfast cereal as a child just for the free toy inside. Even on the wrong side of my 20s, I’d be tempted by one of the LCD Guitar Hero toys being packed inside Kellogg’s cereal. I bet the music’s a bit rubbish though. They’re North America only …
Madden 09 is out, so it’s not going to be hard to guess what the best selling game this month in the US will be. If memory serves, last year’s iteration managed to get quite high in the UK chart, but I’d be surprised if it gets into the top ten. The Wii version is …
Codemasters’ Overlord was one of last year’s hidden gems and recently found a new lease of life on PlayStation 3. Sale figures must have pleased Codemasters, as not only is there going to be a sequel, but versions for Wii and DS too. The Wii is getting Overlord Dark Legend. It’s a brand new game, …
EA are pushing the boundaries by releasing a sports-based party game for the Wii. But get this: it features celebrities. Celebrities like these: American female singers and people I don’t know. You want a proper list? Alright then: Fergie Avril Lavigne LeAnn Rimes Keith Urban Nelly Furtado Paul Pierce Mia Hamm Kristi Yamaguchi Reggie Bush …
The Daily Mail are at it again, and this time they’re angry about Sega releasing Mad World on the “family friendly Wiiâ€. Mad World, if you weren’t aware, looks like an unofficial tribute to the monochrome Sin City and lets you kill foes by sticking traffic signs through their head. It looks quite good. John …
Count yourselves lucky – while we happily sit and play on our Wiis, Xbox 360s and Atari Jaguars, gamers in Brazil are still getting to grips with the Sega Master System. Tec Toy have been manufacturing the console for the past few years over there and have just unveiled their 2008 model – the Master …
Word has it that The Mummy III – out this week on PlayStation 2 and DS – is going to be the last game published by Sierra before they become Activision Blizzard. It’s a shame to see them going out with a fizzle rather than a bang – they had a decent reputation in the …