Now here’s a neat idea. Nintendo has teamed up with nine indie developers to release playable demos of their upcoming Wii U titles. They’re available now on both the US and European eShops until Sunday 22nd June, with a bonus 15% discount eligible against each one come launch day. Here’s the full list, courtesy of …
Retro collection Rare Replay bundles together 30 of Rare’s greatest and most cherished hits (well, 29 and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts) just in time for the company’s 30th anniversary. The deal is this – thirty games for thirty bucks with a combined GamerScore of 10,000G for the taking. Currently the UK pre-order price varies wildly …
Fast paced and focused, Bethesda’s first ever E3 conference is being heralded as a success. Now the publisher has another reason to celebrate – The Elder Scrolls Online is the UK’s new number one. It’s the third game of 2015 to break the 100k launch week sell-through barrier, bettering Battlefield: Hardline but unable to outperform …
Bethesda starts off the E3 conferences this year. If you can stay wake until 3am (BST) expect to see lots of more of Fallout 4, Doom 4, Battlecry and the all-but-officially-confirmed Dishonored 2. Maybe a couple of other surprises – current-gen revamps of the original Dishonored and Fallout 3/New Vegas have been rumoured in the …
Nintendo is known for doing things differently, so it should come as no surprise at all to find Splatoon far removed from your typical online shooter. The obvious shake-up is that the weapons the protagonists carry shoot paint instead of hot lead – teams of four complete to coat more ground than the opposition before …
The original June 2014 release date for The Elder Scrolls Online was beyond hopeful – Bethesda really didn’t have a hope in heck of getting the console iterations of the ambitious MMO shipshape in time. This week it finally makes its way to store shelves, twelve months later than planned. And wouldn’t you know it …
If this JRPG was set in modern day England it would tell the story of a mild mannered 20-something left in charge of a quaint countryside B&B. The kind that costs £125 a night and all breakfast produce is organic. Or allegedly so. Business isn’t exactly booming, and so the new owner has to make …
As we discovered firsthand back in 2013, SteamWorld Dig is a very hard game to fault without sounding petty. This somewhat belated Xbox One version – which appears to be the last iteration out the door, leaving Image & Form to give SteamWorld Heist their full attention – follows suit, with the past two years …
It’s sad to say that Wii U owners are probably used to being treated as second-rate console owners by now. That’s something that won’t be changing any time soon, especially with news that LEGO Jurassic World isn’t due out on Wii U until a week after the official launch. As such, the Wii U version …
Even with a 50% drop in sales, Nintendo’s delightful Splatoon has managed to remain in the UK top five for a second week. After entering at #2 last week, it now sits at #4. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is still the UK’s number one, making it three weeks on top. Will this week’s LEGO …
Would you take orders from a talking chalice? You probably would if the survival of an entire nation depended on the powers within said drinking vessel. It also helps that the titular, all-knowing mouthpiece has quite the personality. Two, actually – male and female, both softly spoken and full of dry wit. The chalice is …
Rumours of the PS Vita’s death are somewhat exaggerated – it’s the format due the most retail releases this week. Admittedly there’s just two, but that’s still a statement that’ll withstand in any courtroom. Those games are Steins;Gate (also out on PS3) and Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy. The latter – a sci-fi dungeon crawler …
If you can drag yourself away from Splatoon you’ll find a few new arrivals of note on the UK eShop this week. 3DS owners meanwhile have Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven to consider – a new JRPG from the minds behind Harvest Moon and Rune Factory. Don’t Starve: Giant Edition (£12.59) is definitely the week’s …
Well fancy spat – Wii U-exclusive Splatoon has entered the UK chart at #2. In doing so it becomes the system’s biggest ever launch for a new IP, toppling previous record holder ZombiU. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt sees a 69% drop in sales but remains the UK’s numbero uno for a second week running. …
It so transpires when escaping from a heavily guarded enemy fortress it’s essential to carry a piece of metal pipe. In the hands of chisel-jawed war hero B.J. Blazkowicz such a simple object becomes an invaluable tool of many uses, from prying open doors and breaking down broken walls to knocking unaware enemy soldiers off …
