The summer game drought has seemingly spread to the Nintendo eShop – there are only three new arrivals due this Thursday, and one of those is a yet another match-three puzzler. There are some decent eShop discounts however. To celebrate its arrival on Wii U Virtual Console exactly one year ago, legendary SNES RPG Earthbound …
Here’s food for thought. By the time Nintendo gets round to releasing a new Metroid, they could find the bar for the increasingly popular ‘Metroidvania’ genre has been set so high that they may struggle to topple it. In the past couple of years we’ve had plenty of notable newcomers for Samus’ proverbial crown, including …
You know it’s a slow time of year for new releases when the only new arrival in the chart is a movie tie-in. That game? Little Orbits’ How to Train Your Dragon 2 at a lowly #34. It’s Watch_Dogs that’s the UK’s number one, knocking Sniper Elite 3 down to #2. This’ll be the 4th …
Last week’s meagre offering of new releases suggested that the notorious summer game drought is on its way. This week there’s no debating it – the drought is here. There’s just one new arrival heading to retail, and that’s Wii Sports Club. After first appearing on the Wii U eShop, all five of Nintendo’s Wii …
Those who never played Sniper Elite V2 may be under the impression that it was just another shooter. In reality, that couldn’t be further from the truth. As well as an X-ray kill cam, showcasing the entry and exit of every bullet in grizzly detail, it was also vital to both plan ahead and cover …
This week’s Nintendo eShop line-up brings us the second 3DS Pokémon game in the space of a week, with the first being last Friday’s Pokémon Art Academy. You may have already played this one though – it’s a Virtual Console release of Pokémon Trading Card Game. The Game Boy Color card battler is something of …
Last week was uneventful for new releases and as such this week’s UK chart is a dull one. Sniper Elite 3 is the UK’s number one for a second week running while Watch_Dogs remains at #2. FIFA 14 rises up from #6 to #3. Titanfall holds onto #4 and then at #5 it’s Wolfenstien: The …
Sony’s Big in Japan sale on the PlayStation Store has some cracking bargains – if you have an lot of time on your hands. £3.99 each for Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch and Demon’s Souls? Absurd. Their critical acclaim – 85 and 89 respectively on Metacritic – are reason enough for the …
Considering the time of year, we haven’t done too badly for new releases. The last few weeks alone have seen Sniper Elite 3, GRID: Autosport, EA Sports UFC, Tomodachi Life and a handful of other notables. This week however signs of the dreaded ‘summer game drought’ are becoming apparent. Pokemon Art Academy is the biggest …
Since filing for bankruptcy earlier this year, we’ve seen a steady string of Atari licensed products. Back in May a range of casino games featuring the likes of Missile Command were announced for Facebook and mobiles, while during E3 a whole host of Atari branded tablets and mobiles were revealed. Their latest licensing endeavour is …
It’s another busy week for new Nintendo downloads, and an eventful one at that thanks to the arrival of the first third-party release with cross-buy support. That game is strategic underwater RPG Squids Odysesey. It’s due to launch on 3DS this Thursday, priced at £9.99…or for the sum of sweet nothing if you already own …
Proving that shooters are still as popular as ever, 505 Games’ Sniper Elite 3 has taken the top spot of the UK chart. The fact that the last-gen versions are available for around £25 likely played a key part in helping it get there. Watch_Dogs remains at #2 while EA Sports UFC – last week’s …
Remakes, re-releases and revamps. These three words are becoming all too common in the world of videogames. There’s another, similar, word and it’s one that sums up Rise of the Dark Spark perfectly: rehash. Even though it’s from a different developer, it heavily recycles assets from 2012’s Fall of Cybertron. Character models – ergo transformation …
The big picture news of the week was the partnership between motorsport’s governing body, the FIA, and Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital. As you can see, FIA President Jean Todt amused Polyphony Digital’s Kazunori Yamauchi no end at the press conference. There it was announced that four tracks in Gran Turismo 6 have been certified …
To allow plenty of reviews of the week’s new releases to materialise, we always wait until towards the end of the week to compile our weekly round-up. This week however we’re still waiting on reviews for two major releases – Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark and Sniper Elite 3. Rise of the Dark Spark …
