Have you ever wondered what your starter Pokemon say about you? We make like Psyduck and put our (frankly limited) psychology skills to the test: Chespin – Grass type A lover of all things cute and fluffy, your lifelong dream is to open a theme park exclusively for hamsters. You’re even able to look past …
If we were handed the Hot Wheels license we would take it down the same path as 2008’s Speed Racer tie-in and create a neon-hued racer with gut-retching tracks full of loop-the-loops and corkscrews. Due to the subject material it would unlikely be a decent substitute for a new F-Zero or WipEout, but it may …
System 3’s platformer Putty Squad headlines the news section in this month’s Retro Gamer magazine. As well as confirming that the retro revamp – first announced way back in 2010 – is still alive and bouncing, it also has been revealed that the newly announced collector’s edition will contain something very special – the Amiga …
Just like Fahrenheit and Heavy Rain before it, Quantic Dream’s PlayStation 3-exclusive Beyond: Two Souls has been met to incredibly mixed reviews. An interactive psychological thriller starring Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe, it tells the story of Jodie Holmes – a young woman who possesses supernatural powers. The globe-trotting adventure spans 15 years of Jodie’s …
I have very fond memories of Arcade magazine, but looking over the 24 issues now, it was a curious beast. As launch editor Matt Bielby put it in his first editorial: “there are two ways of looking at this magazine.” Those were “the culmination of years of videogame mags,” or “the first games magazine to …
The arrival of this hack and slash RPG is timely. With the Xbox One almost upon us, it illustrates just how far XBLA games have come. For the first year or two the download service saw nothing but simple single-screen shooters, retro re-releases and such exciting pursuits as Hardwood Backgammon. With the humble Xbox 360 …
FIFA 14 is still the UK’s number one, but that hasn’t prevented Grand Theft Auto V from breaking yet another record – Chart Track reports that it has already outsold GTA IV’s lifetime UK sales. It’s no wonder the GTA Online severs are beyond crowded. Chart Track also reports that FIFA 14’s sales are down …
Originality isn’t exactly a highpoint in ZootFly’s latest XBLA title. It’s a third-person hack and slasher in which the titular Marlow Briggs swings an assortment of super-sized bladed weapons around in a very similar manner to God of War’s Kratos. Puzzles are mostly of the block shoving variety while during the first level alone there …
Following on from Pikmin 3, this week sees the release of another title that Nintendo hopes will improve the Wii U’s market share. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD may not see a huge surge in sales though, due to being a remake. A new Zelda, on the other hand, would have done …
I thought it was some extreme creative license, but actually an LMP1 prototype sportscar at Laguna Seca isn’t as far-fetched as I initially assumed. Nonetheless, the Audi R18 is quite a fun car to have included in the Forza Motorsport 5 demo. Certainly it was too much for me to resist when I spent some …
Our first taste of the PlayStation 4 was not with Killzone, Driveclub or even inFAMOUS, but rather Activision’s Skylanders Swap Force. This was mostly because the queues to play those games were approaching two hours at the time. Nevertheless, Skylanders did a cracking job at introducing us to the newfangled DualShock 4 controller. It wasn’t …
If any mega franchise was going to be able to dislodge Grand Theft Auto V from the top of the UK chart after just one week, it was FIFA. And that’s exactly what has happened, even with sales of FIFA 14 down 24% that of FIFA 13. Chart-Track believes that’s “possibly due to all the …
Sainsbury’s has bagged an exclusive Skylander – the ‘Halloween 2013’ edition Eye-brawl. It’s available in-store now for £14.99 – the standard RRP for a Skylanders Giants figure. Usually retailer-exclusive edition Skylanders have a simple alternative colour scheme or have been moulded out of glow-in-the-dark plastic. What sets this one apart from the rest is that …
Some games force self-discovery onto the player and end up feeling like richer experiences as a result. Dark Souls is a good example, rarely holding your hand and encouraging the player to work things out for themselves. Farming Simulator is another with a steep learning curve, but rather than improve the experience it worsens it, …
It took just 72 hours for Grand Theft Auto V to make more than $1 billion, recouping its massive development cost many times over and making it the fastest selling console game ever. You’re probably already playing it, enjoying the expansive world and occasional hooker killing. Which makes a review somewhat irrelevant, but let’s proceed …
