Even with less hype and fanfare surrounding this year’s Call of Duty, it would seem that only one publisher is willing to go up against Activision’s juggernaut. That publisher is EA with Need for Speed – one of just two big name games out this week. Reviews of Need for Speed started to surface earlier …
Giving a fatigued franchise a break is an approach we wish more publishers took. Putting Need for Speed in the pit stop for two years doesn’t appear to have entirely paid off however. While the once annual series was in rework we’ve seen the release of Project CARS, Forza Horizon 2, Forza 6 and Driveclub. …
This week’s Nintendo eShop line up isn’t one to yell about from the roof tops. That said, it isn’t exactly a write-off either. Maybe talk quietly about it amongst your friends. This indifference comes from the fact that eight of the week’s releases are retail downloads. They’re priced reasonably enough though, with prices almost identical …
Halo 5: Guardians has managed to dislodge Assassin’s Creed Syndicate from the top of the UK chart. Chart-Track reports that not only did it beat AC Syndicate’s week one sales by 50%, but also Halo: Master Chief Collection (by the same amount). Assassin’s Creed Syndicate falls to #2 with a 39% dip in sales. FIFA …
Arcade emulator MAME has been around for 18 years, so it stands to reason that the games supported in the latest updates are obscure to say the least. All the big arcade hitters were made compatible a long time ago. The latest release (version 0.167) supports arguably the obscurest system yet – a Sonic the …
If you read our Halo 5: Guardians review round-up – or simply read a handful of reviews elsewhere online – you would have seen that scores haven’t been universally positive. It’s certainly facing the most mixed reception of any Halo game so far, with the single-player mode in particular coming under fire. Since writing our …
If SkyScrappers was a retro game it would be a SEGA Saturn oddity. The kind that was briefly mentioned in easily excitable ‘90s gaming magazines, and then never heard of again until eBay sparked an import gaming resurgence. Indeed, it wasn’t until 1999/2000 that it became apparent that the Saturn had far more hidden gems …
Halo 5 reviews are live! Well, mostly. A number of gaming sites are holding back their scores until the servers are fully populated, in order to give the multiplayer aspect a fair review. Eurogamer, who no longer hands out scores, chose to review the SP mode only. “Perhaps the most important thing to say about …
It’s a frighteningly busy week for the UK Nintendo eShop. Frightening not just because there’s a handful of new horror games out, but your virtual wallet is bound to take a significant hit as well – plenty of the week’s releases are well worth a look. Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water is arguably the …
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate has managed to dislodge FIFA 16 from the UK chart’s top spot but we doubt Ubisoft are popping champagne corks just yet. It’s the slowest selling major AC game to date. We know it has beaten sales of 2014’s last-gen AC Rogue – and quite possibly Revelations – but it has obviously …
Amazon customer reviews of Skylanders SuperChargers on Wii – known as Skylanders SuperChargers Racing – have been spectacularly low so far. Currently it stands with a 2 star rating formed of 21 customer reviews. Last year’s Trap Team, in comparison, bares a much healthier 4 star rating. The main complaint is that it’s a racing …
A Telltale series involving the time-travelling antics of the ever likeable Marty McFly is an enticing proposition, many would admit. Before donning Marty’s curiously tasteful orange body warmer though it’s worth bearing in mind that this series harks back to 2010 – a time when Telltale was still perfecting their storytelling craft. See also: their …
Is the yearly nature of Assassin’s Creed causing damage to the franchise beyond compare or is Syndicate’s single-player focus a step in the right direction? A bit of both, if reviews are to go by. General consensus has it that it’s a step in the right direction and the best AC in a long time, …
This Friday sees the return of one of the biggest franchises around – Assassin’s Creed. Wisely, Ubisoft has ditched multiplayer in favour of bringing Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’s single-player mode back to the glory days of Assassin’s Creed II – often referred to as a defining moment in the series. Although we don’t doubt that it’ll …
Considering it has spread all over the internet these past few days, you’ve probably already read Masayuki Uemura’s insights into the development of the NES. Specifically, the Powerpoint image from the 30th anniversary presentation revealing that the NES was packaged with a light gun simply because “America loves gunsâ€. This week Wii U owners get …
