We’re running this week’s new release round-up a little earlier than usual because this week’s biggest games are already out. We can understand why Microsoft wanted to give Kinect Star Wars a simultaneous US and European release seeing as it’s the first big Kinect game since… well, in a very long time. Quite why Capcom …
There’s a slight retro theme running through this week’s new releases – a new Silent Hill along with the anticipated HD collection, a Ridge Racer revamp, this year’s Tiger Woods and a load of Capcom classics on one handy disk. The emphasis is obviously on the word ‘slight’ there. Silent Hill HD Collection angered fans …
Capcom seemingly learnt nothing from the forgettable Resident Evil: Outbreak series on PlayStation 2 – Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City has been getting some terrible reviews, including a 3/10 from gamesTM. GamesMaster also reviewed it this month but didn’t give it a score as they weren’t able to play it online. They did however point …
Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2012 is out this week which in a way is ironic – as we were compiling this new release round up we found it hard to identify what this week’s big game is. Not that there isn’t anything decent out – it’s just a funny week of odds and sods. Football …
I don’t think we’ll ever understand publishers. Capcom’s ‘interactive anime’ Asura’s Wrath was pushed back from last month to this month, but what a day to choose to finally release it. Not only is it going up Mass Effect 3 but also Capcom’s own Street Fighter X Tekken. There’s Twisted Metal on PlayStation 3 and …
It shouldn’t be tricky to pick out what new releases take your fancy this week as there aren’t a lot of them. SSX is the big one. A few online retailers are still calling it ‘SSX: Deadly Descents’ even though EA dropped the sub-heading a few months back. Eurogamer surprised a few people by giving …
We’ve had our say on the PS Vita’s line-up, but to quickly recap Uncharted: Golden Abyss, WipEout 2048, Lumines, Everybody’s Golf and FIFA Football are the ones that should be on top of your shopping list. Then there are a few decent conversions to consider if you don’t already own the originals – F1 2011, …
The last two weeks have been rammed with new releases. This week however is more like a typical February with just two releases of note – Tekken 3D Prime Edition and UFC 3. The 3DS already has two very fine fighting games, and if Nintendo Gamer’s review is to be believed, Tekken doesn’t quite manage …
Just like last week, this week had us checking our calendar to make sure it really is only February. Catherine, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and The Darkness II are the big new releases and all are worthy of your time and money. Catherine is one of niche appeal though – it’s an interactive anime with …
After the quiet month of January, which would have been a new release write-off if it wasn’t for Resident Evil: Revelations, February has so many notable releases that it’s like October all over again. Say thank you to the nice Japanese men for Final Fantasy XIII-2, Metal Gear Solid HD Collection and Soul Calibur V …
We have Capcom to thank for January’s biggest new release – Resident Evil: Revelations on 3DS. It’s also the only new game out this week. Good timing there, Capcom. Reviews have been mixed – EDGE gave it 6/10 (“the levels are a mishmash of beauty and blandness”) while Nintendo Gamer magazine dished out 90% and …
This week pQube kindly remind us that it’s winter by releasing Winter Sports 2012: Feel the Spirit on Wii, 3DS and PC. The promotional video includes no in-game footage to speak of, which is a little worrying, but one of the events included is ‘ice speedway’ (read: motorbikes on ice) which sounds pleasingly barmy. It’s …
In January the gaming industry is too bloated from high-calorie Christmas treats to be able to push any new games out of the proverbial door. All part from a few publishers, that is. Step forward Sega and Easy Interactive, who are this week releasing CRUSH3D on 3DS and Heroes of Hellas 2: Olympia on DS. …
There are still plenty of shopping days left until Christmas but the publishers seemingly aren’t aware of this – just four games are out this week. Just Dance 3 hits PlayStation 3 belatedly which should help it shoot even higher up the chart. It requires the PS Move and as such we wouldn’t be surprised …
The PSP has pretty much been ignored by publishers this winter, with just a few annual sport games and LEGO Harry Potter to see it through the bleak winter months. Square-Enix though are coming to the rescue – not only have they almost single-handedly kept the system in the public eye over the past year …