Microsoft are staggering the rollout of Xbox One game reviews, seemingly to ensure a steady slew of coverage for their new console over the course of the week. Today saw full price retail releases Dead Rising 3 and Zoo Tycoon have critical eyes cast over them, along with downloads LocoCycle, Powerstar Golf, Crimson Dragon and …
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes couldn’t topple Call of Duty: Ghosts from the top spot of the UK chart, instead having to make do with #2. Warner Bros. and Traveller’s Tales shouldn’t feel down though – it’s still the fastest selling LEGO game since 2008’s LEGO Indiana Jones. FIFA 14, Battlefield 4 and Assassin’s Creed IV …
With next-gen consoles about to be released to the masses, now seems to be the perfect time to talk about one of my favourite games of the current generation: Deadly Premonition. I came to Deadly Premonition the same way most people did, after being directed to YouTube videos of it’s craziest scenes. Expectations were of …
Rather than become one of EA’s annual updates, DICE has been allowed two years – if not more – to get Battlefield 4 shipshape. Boy does it show. If their Frostbite 3 engine doesn’t push current tech to its fullest, then it must be extraordinarily close. Not only is it something of a treat for …
New kid on the block LEGO Marvel Super Heroes builds on Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes in every single way, critics claim. We have no reason not to believe them – reviews went live as way back as 22nd October, including a 9.0 from IGN and 9/10 from Eurogamer. It speaks volumes that Warner …
First-party PlayStation 4 game reviews went up earlier this afternoon, lighting up the likes of Twitter with some heated discussion. The main reason for this is that review scores have been, somewhat predictably, mixed. Killzone: Shadow Fall has been noted as being pretty but vacuous by many critics, while not every reviewer found solace in …
It can be fascinating to discover how a pre-conceived mental image of something can be entirely different from the reality. After watching the trailers for this FPS prior to release we thought we were in for a simplistic run and gunner, much like The Farm 51’s own Painkiller: Hell and Damnation. What we’ve ended up …
If smothering Star Wars all over the Angry Birds franchise helped Rovio’s avian associates to make even more money, then why shouldn’t the license be applied to other mobile games? Ten minutes later and we’re still trying to think of a valid reason. NimbleBit’s Tiny Tower may not be quite as well known as Angry …
Call of Duty: Ghosts sits on top of this week’s UK chart like a good boy, becoming the UK’s third fastest selling of the game of the year behind GTA V and FIFA 14. We’re still unsure how well it has sold when compared to previous Call of Duty titles, but we do have a …
The problem with releasing a rhythm-action game on 3DS is that despite the handheld arguably still yet to hit its peak, it already has two very fine examples of the genre – Final Fantasy Theatrhythm and Sega’s Rhythm Thief. There’s no shame in settling for third place though, where is exactly where Natsume’s ghostly groove’em …
When gamers grumble about the imminent arrival of next-gen consoles, proclaiming that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 still do their job in a more than satisfactory manner, a little fact we like to bring up is that the Xbox 360 iteration of Black Ops took up so much space that only a paltry 1MB …
It’s a bit of a funny old week for new releases. Why so, you ask? Well, there’s a new PlayStation 2 game for starters in the form of Konami’s PES 2014. It’s also out on PSP this week if you still have one of those as your handheld of choice. The Wii U and 3DS …
You wouldn’t think it, but having a familiarity with marine life provides something of an advantage when playing this 3DS bait’em up. To progress from a fishing novice to a master of all things fishy, challenges have to be beaten in order to unlock new fishing areas. The majority of these challenges involve catching certain …
Call of Duty: Ghosts is out today and with the review embargo – which was 8am this morning – now lifted here’s a timely review round-up. The Official PlayStation Magazine and Eurogamer, amongst others, reviewed the PlayStation 4 version, while other websites – such as EGM – settled for reviewing the current gen versions. As …
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Battlefield 4 enter at #1 and #2 respectively in this week’s UK chart. Neither however has managed to outsell their predecessors, which can almost certainly be attributed to the incoming PS4 and Xbox One versions. To make way for these new arrivals FIFA 14 falls to #3, followed by …
