To Phil, love from Aunty Sony

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 …

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Kellogg’s Frosties – now with added guitars

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 …

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Men with odd shaped balls

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 …

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Three more cheers for the Overlord

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, …

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Curling with Avril Lavigne

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 …

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I find it kind of funny; I find it kind of sad

The Daily Mail are at it again, and this time they’re angry about Sega releasing Mad World on the “family friendly Wii”. 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 …

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With Alex Kidd built in!

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 …

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And this week’s movie license is…

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 …

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The Video Game Not News

We all love not news – those stories that tell us nothing at all. They’re in all areas of the specialist media, but I think games websites still do it best. But I was disappointed to find little on American gaming sites – just IGN telling us that Left 4 Dead isn’t coming to PlayStation …

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Yoda wins!

Soul Calibur IV shot straight to the top of the chart, which isn’t surprising seeing as it’s the first one-on-one brawler to be released in ages. It’s the Xbox 360 version of that has shifted the most copies so far – 56 percent, in fact. Wii Fit has dropped to #2, Big Beach Sports has …

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Advance Wars in disguise

The wait for a definitive Transformers game is over – Glu have just released Transformers G1: Awakening for mobile phones. It’s based on the original 80’s series and has more than a hint of Advance Wars about it. Two versions have been made – one with 2D battle scenes and another with 3D battles for …

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The soul still burns

I’m still pretty bemused as to why Soul Calibur IV features Yoda and Darth Vader, but they don’t appear to have dragged down the quality of the game with plenty of high scores rolling in. Remember: Xbox 360 gets Yoda while PlayStation 3 has Vader. Apparently though you’ll be able to download the missing one …

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What a bunch of WALL-Es

I wanted to wait until I’d seen the film to play THQ’s WALL-E tie-in. I wasn’t so interested in the quality of the game – Matt’s covered that – but rather how it relates to the film. The answer: tenuously. It starts with the same opening sequence – WALL-E trundling around, compacting scrap, building structures, …

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The most popular game in Brighton

There may not have been a new Zelda or Mario shown at E3, but don’t despair – a new adventure game by Chibi-Robo creators Skip has been revealed in a recent issue of Famitsu. The best thing about this, ahem, colourful game is that it stars a wide range of B-list Nintendo characters living together …

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Cooking Papa

Ubisoft are publishing a Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen game for Wii and DS this September, while Atari have recently announced interactive cook book What’s Cooking? With Jamie Oliver for the DS. If you ask me, this paves the way for a Escape to River Cottage game staring Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Imagine the mini games: Fishing! Cooking …

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