There are a lot of ‘angles’ on Ridiculous Fishing: the tortured development; the indie supergroup that eventually finished it; the chart success since last week’s launch, despite having been preceded by a blatant clone; the active eschewing of IAPs in favour of a £1.99 upfront price tag. And 45 degrees: the angle that the graphics …
Regional taste and brand recognition are the reasons for the ten games below not being released in the UK. It certainly doesn’t have anything to do with the games in question being a little too odd – this is the country that gave the world Little Britain, Fawlty Towers, Monthy Python and Mr. Blobby. It …
For a second week running there’s lots of activity in the UK chart, with no less than three new entries in the top five alone. Even with sales down by 72%, Tomb Raider has been able to fend off all newcomers – Square-Enix’s superb reboot remains at the top of the chart. God of War: …
The Teletext Preservation Project has this week uploaded 125 editions of Digitiser from 1995-1998. We’re not sure how they did this, but we’d like to imagine that they used some form of “space trowelâ€. These are full editions – everything from reviews, like this one of Actua Soccer on PlayStation, to Violet Berlin’s weekend columns. …
Crystal Dynamics are a developer who have been around a lot longer than most people realise, having first cut their teeth on the ill-fated 3DO back in 1992. They were, in fact, responsible for the 3DO’s original pack in-game – Crash ‘n’ Burn. If that name rings a bell it might be because Eidos sneakily …
When the original God of War was first envisioned we don’t think the developers realised just how long the franchise would run for, otherwise they would have given Kratos a stronger backstory that other tales could be spun from. Take God of War: Ascension as an example – it’s a prequel to the PSP’s Chains …
Lara starts her adventure alone, battered and bruised, doing what she must to survive. Her first kill is not a mercenary or even a mythical creature, but an innocent deer killed for sustenance. There’s a strong emphasis on survival instincts throughout, with Lara having to make do with a primitive bow and a rusty axe …
There are two video game characters obviously ripe for an endless running revival. Sonic Dash ticks one off the list, but someone needs to get Naughty Dog to stop wasting their time on PlayStation 4 and give the public what they really want: mobile Crash Bandicoot. And hey, Jason Rubin might have some time on …
With reports that a million copies were sold within 48 hours, it’s no surprise that Tomb Raider is this week’s new number one. It’s the best selling game of the year so far, selling double what previous top seller Aliens: Colonial Marines managed to, and the fastest selling Tomb Raider since 2006’s Legend. There are …
Due to the lengthy delay between the US and UK cinema releases of Wreck-It Ralph, we aren’t going to be seeing the wrecking giant on DVD and Blu-Ray for a little while yet. This isn’t the case in the US though, where the movie is about to receive its home release. In celebration, Disney has …
Will Wright’s original city building sim has been released on almost thirty different formats over the years, but today we’re going to take a look back at just one version in particular – the SNES version from 1991. This isn’t any old SimCity. It’s Nintendo’s rendition of SimCity. Part of the SNES launch line-up, alongside …
It’s always a good sign when a publisher sets a review embargo date well before a game is due out. Tomb Raider is perfect example of this – reviews surfaced online eight days prior to its Tuesday release. There are perhaps fewer 10/10s around than Square-Enix had hoped for, but reviews on the whole have …
Despite being only being four months old, Sega has slashed the prices of Virtua Fighter 2, Fighting Vipers and Sonic the Fighters on Xbox Live Arcade to 160 MSP each. The discounted prices are only available to gold members until 11th March. Sonic the Fighters isn’t a particularly good game due to being rather on …
Evolved Games are a publisher who are no longer around. When you look at their back catalogue it’s no surprise as to why – their biggest release was Terminator Salvation, which is often referred to as being one of this generation’s worst movie tie-in. Smash and crash racer Mayhem was the last title the publisher …
Well, we don’t think it’s possible for somebody to buy Metal Gear Rising expecting it to be another intense stealth experience. If the ‘Rising’ part of the title doesn’t suggest that this is a spin-off, then the fact that the back of the box proudly proclaims it to be a “new kind of Metal Gear …
