From Thief to Fable Legends, this year has already seen a fair few big hitters. This week however sees not one but two of the most anticipated releases of the year – Titanfall and Dark Souls II. There’s also Yoshi’s New Island on 3DS, which of course is aimed at entirely different demographic. Arriving the …
It’s a reasonably busy week for new arrivals on the Nintendo eShop. That’s where the 3DS is concerned, anyway – the Wii U sees just two Virtual Console releases and a few discounts. Those two new additions to the Virtual Console catalogue are the NES iterations of Double Dragon and Super Dodge Ball, priced at …
Admittedly, we did have doubts about Dark Souls II after hearing it was going to be made more accessible. Our collective minds started to run wild with thoughts of handholding, forced tutorials and even an optional ‘easy mode’ but the slew of reviews which arrived today have put those qualms to rest. Word has it …
Agent Kendall, low level FBI computer technician, gets given the go ahead on a top arson and terrorism case. She’s everything a fictional female FBI agent should be – good looking, smart, fit, and incredibly over-proportioned. Or polygon heavy, if you prefer. A remake of a game first released in 2011, Bureau: Kendall Rising is …
European gamers have to wait until Friday to get their Titanfall fix, but that’s not the case in the US where the fast-paced FPS launches tomorrow. Reviews started to surface this afternoon, and scores are somewhat predictably high. At the time of typing the Metacritic stands at a lofty 87% from 26 critics. A few …
South Park: The Stick of Truth taking the top spot of the UK chart provides some food for thought – could this have been the game that would have turned THQ’s fortunes around? It certainly would have helped the publisher get back on track. The eagerly awaited cartoon adventure has become Ubisoft’s first #1 of …
Obsidian’s long-time coming RPG South Park: The Stick of Truth begins with the chance to create your very own bulbous-headed South Park citizen. The creation tool isn’t the most comprehensive around (sorry, female players – you’ll have to make do with a male for this adventure) but it is amusing to mess around with, and …
You can bet your last dose of Zombrex (it exists, right?) that this year will see the release of many collections, trilogies and such for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. They offer publishers the chance to squeeze a little bit of extra money out of their back catalogue, and as long as they arrive at …
Where was Sir Clive Sinclair last weekend? He was at The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge, making an impromptu visit to their Sinclair Celebration Weekend Event. Albeit an impromptu visit with a few days notice. He was there with his brother Ian. More Sir Clive Sinclair Watch next week. Unless he’s not photographed somewhere …
EA’s plan to take Plants vs Zombies – PopCap’s much loved 2D timewaster – and turn it into a third-person class-based shooter did initially sound disastrous. Yet with some attentive nurturing on behalf of the newly formed PopCap HD studio, we’re reminded of that not particularly well-known phrase: “From tiny acorns mighty online shooters grow.†…
With the Year of Luigi coming to an end, a range of Luigi-themed discounts are underway on the Nintendo eShop. The best of these is New Super Luigi U for £13.49. Less good, at least in terms of discount, is Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros. on 3DS for £27.99. NES classic Super Mario Bros. …
A week which sees the release of three cartoon tie-ins and little else sounds like a total write off. When South Park and Pac-Man are involved though, you know you’re in good company. The often delayed South Park: The Stick of Truth is the runaway headliner, and word has it that the extra development time …
Now here’s a feature that has spent some time on the back burner. Once scheduled to coincide with The Stick of Truth’s original release date – back when THQ was still breathing – we’ve held it off time and time again following the numerous delays. With Obsidian’s RPG finally out this week, we’re mildly pleased …
Three big name new releases were competing for people’s payday money last week, and even with some mediocre reviews behind it Square-Enix’s Thief has managed to steal the top spot, pushing LEGO The Movie Videogame down to #2. FIFA 14 is at #3 while the better than expected Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare cuts in …
Sandlot’s budget-priced shooter series has been called ‘the videogame equivalent of a B-movie’ so many times that it’s dangerously close to becoming a cliché. When the first EDF was released on PlayStation 2 – under the guise of Monster Attack in the west – it’s true that the comparison was more than fitting. The assortment …
