The shelves of gaming emporiums will be bulging with new releases come Friday – by our estimation, 22 new games are expected at retail. It’s an equally busy week for new downloads, too. The majority of these are launch titles for the PlayStation VR. RIGS: Mechanized Combat League, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, Battlezone, Eve …
Sony enforced tight quality control during the PSone’s early years. 2D games in particular were in the firing line, with Sony cherry-picking only those that showed off the system such as Rayman, Rapid Reload and Mortal Kombat 3. It’s often stated that Sony didn’t want any 2D games on the system, believing they didn’t show …
Last week’s eShop update saw two of Nintendo’s big winter hits make an appearance – Paper Mario: Color Splash and Mario Party: Star Rush. This week is far, far, quieter in comparison with no Wii U games or Virtual Console releases whatsoever. This leaves us with just three 3DS titles. Chase: Cold Case Investigations – …
Even with sales down 79% over launch week, FIFA 17 continues to occupy the UK chart’s top spot. This means Mafia III has to settle for #2. Sales were up 58% over the six-year-old Mafia II, although Mafia III’s predecessor did manage to claim #1. With three other games in the top ten alone, we …
Gears of War 4‘s most positive reviews almost read like they’re from an entirely different game when compared to the lowest scoring. The thing is, there are only a couple of digits apart – 9/10s compared to 7/10, the lowest score The Coalitition’s reboot has gained so far. This appears to all down to whether …
Next week sees the release of a ridiculous amount of new games, ranging from the Xbox One’s highly anticipated return of Gears of War to Sony’s sizeable PSVR line-up. It’s probably wise, then, that Nintendo has chosen to release two of their biggest winter games a week before the rush. Reviews of Paper Mario: Color …
A few months ago I came across Left 4 Dead: GOTY Edition on Xbox 360 in a charity shop for three measly quid. I was certain I no longer owned a copy, and being the GOTY edition it was bound to feature at least one piece of DLC I didn’t already have. Or in fewer …
The PlayStation 2 was such a success that it became viable for publishers like 505 Games (nee 505 GameStreet,) Phoenix Games, Midas Entertainment, and D3 Publisher to release cut-price budget titles on the system. Even a few of the larger software houses, like Capcom, Ubisoft, and Atari, got in on the action, with their deeper …
This week Wii U owners have something to smash open their piggy bank for – Paper Mario: Color Splash. It’s the first major Wii U release in quite some time. Sadly, it’s also Nintendo’s only significant system exclusive for the remainder of this year. Indeed, the pickings are getting even slimmer for the Wii U, …
Good old FIFA – EA’s sports series sells so well that even supermarkets like Morrisons, who don’t usually push game sales heavily, get in on the action. Everybody wants a slice of that launch day pie. And so FIFA 17 had the most successful launch of any FIFA game, ever, with sales up 18% over …
Now here’s a fine example of an open world game that has ambitious intentions, and unlike so many others, manages to make good on its promises – to find fame and fortune in a sandbox medieval realm. This is achieved by any means seen fit, from becoming a notorious ne’er-do-well to man of the people; …
This week sees the release of what’s likely to become one of 2016’s biggest sellers – EA’s annual update of FIFA. It’s all change for the franchise this year, with the current-gen and PC versions moving over to the Frostbite engine and a new, blatantly NBA 2K16 inspired, single player story mode. As usual, the …
Popular YouTuber Stuart Ashen takes a break from unboxing loot crates, and gently nibbling the corners of expired foodstuffs, to bring us footage of unreleased PS2 shooter Explosion Royale. Ashens came across Explosion Royale while browsing a charity shop in Norwich back in 2012. Packaged in a badly printed case, he initially believed he had …
A handful of new Wii U games join the Nintendo Selects range this week, prompting Nintendo to permanently drop the prices of Captain Toad, Mario Party 10, Pikmin 3 and Super Mario 3D World on the eShop to a rather handsome £19.99 each. Coming as a surprise to many, we also have two indie games …
The UK top 40 sees just one new arrival this week – Destiny: The Collection at #4, with the Xbox One version claiming the bulk of sales – while the top three remained unchanged. This means BioShock: The Collection takes the top spot for a second week running, followed by PES 2017 and fellow sports …
