If you thought last week was bad for new releases – with just three titles hitting shop shelves – then get a load of this week. There’s just one game out, and that’s the largely unknown May’s Mysteries: The Secret of Dragonville on DS. The promotional video on YouTube suggests that it has much in …
As NGamer magazine themselves said, The Smurfs Dance Party has to be the most casual thing ever – a dancing game based on a movie licence. I’m willing to bet my last Jaffa Cake that it uses the same engine as Ubisoft’s own Just Dance, a series which has brought joy to many even though …
Previous Earth Defense Force games have been developed in Japan but for Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon the reins have been passed over to US developer Vicious Cycle, who developed the underrated spoof shoot’em up Eat Lead. It would seem that the series has lost none of the charm with reviews suggesting that, just like …
The Harry Potter games were getting better over the years – providing we ignore the horrid mess that was Quiddich World Cup – but something went awfully wrong with last year’s Potter tie-in and it ended up being one of the worst games of the year. Most of the levels were simply dull arenas where …
Curb your enthusiasm – you can count this week’s new releases using both of your thumbs. Air Conflicts – Secret Wars (out on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC) is compatible with 3D TVs and has online play for up to eight other aviators. There’s a bit more information on the publisher’s site if you’re curious …
Solatorobo: Red Hunter is the type of game that Nintendo fans would kick up a stink about if it had been denied a European release. But behold – here it is on our shores, without signs of any begging or pleading. If anything it proves that Nintendo are still confident in the DS market. This …
Wowsers – there’s a lot to get through this week. EA’s Shadows of the Damned and Warner Bros. F.E.A.R 3 are the two big hitters. General opinion on Shadows of the Damned is that it’s good but slightly lacking polish, with scores including a 7 from Eurogamer and an 8 from 360 Gamer magazine. F.E.A.R …
It’s scary to think that those who were born when Zelda: The Ocarina of Time was released will now be 13 years old. As such, I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of people buying it on 3DS this weekend will have never played it before. Probably not the majority, but I’d wager more than …
Giving away inFAMOUS for free wasn’t just a way for Sony to say sorry for the PSN fiasco, but also a way to get a few more people interested in the franchise before the sequel comes out. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t buy inFAMOUS 2 though, as with the majority of Sony’s PlayStation 3-exclusives it’s …
The pickings are slim this week but that’s not necessary a bad thing – it gives our fingers a chance to rest before next week’s E3 news explosion. Hunted: The Demon’s Forge is the ‘big’ release. Nobody was allowed to review it until today; Eurogamer are the first off the bat with a not too …
Codemasters’ focus on few titles but of a better quality is paying off – the company hasn’t released a duff title in a long time. Following suit is DiRT 3, which was actually released earlier this week. Sadly for PlayStation 3 owners the early release isn’t so much of a boon for them – it …
L.A. Noire is the type of game that’ll make your console feel all shiny and new, spouting some of the most realistic facial animation seen this generation. It’s a very ambitious game but unlike most that overload on features this one comes close to perfection with only a few repetitive tasks to drag it down. …
The last LEGO game was released less than two months ago but we’re already on the receiving end of another – LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean. This was called in at the last minute to replace the canned Armada of the Damned tie-in – in which you could choose to be good or evil, Ã …
Steel Diver isn’t quite the triple-A title the 3DS needs right now, but with most reviews around the 7/10 mark it’ll probably tide you over until Zelda: Ocarina of Time is released. Plants vs Zombies on DS does sound like a much better proposition, however. It may not be the best version, or in indeed …
I was hoping some reviews of Sega’s Thor tie-in would be floating about prior to writing this week’s round up, but alas this isn’t the case. Chances are though the lack of press coverage is for a reason. Sega did send out copies of Virtua Tennis 4 in good time, however, with word on the …