Here’s food for thought – will GTA V harm FIFA 14’s sales? The demographic between the two are rather alike, and GTA V is a mighty big game – some may hold off buying anything else until they’ve finished it. It has also been said that FIFA 14 won’t topple FIFA 13’s sales figures due …
It would seem that publishers and developers alike aren’t as hasty as they once were to bring their PC-exclusives to consoles. This isn’t exactly a bad thing – RTS games, for one, have never felt natural to play with a joypad. Indeed, even the lure of Halo’s rich sci-fi styling couldn’t help to generate strong …
Grand Theft Auto V is this week’s UK number one, of course. Only a buffoon would have thought otherwise. The story lies in just how well it has done. 1.57m copies were shifted on launch day alone, netting revenue of £65m. That means sales were 2.4 times greater than that of GTA IV, leading it …
It would seem that movie tie-ins have a new home in the form of the App Store. Given that they’ve always had a cheap and throwaway feel to them, this suits us just fine. To be fair, this match-three puzzler doesn’t look all that cheap. It’s as colourful as you may expect for a game …
Grand Theft Auto V isn’t just this week’s biggest release, but arguably the biggest release of this generation. Chart Track has revealed that 1.57m copies were sold on launch day, leading it to become the UK’s fastest selling game ever. The previous record holder was Call of Duty: Black Ops with 1.41m copies sold. If …
Even with a much improved assortment of games on the shelves, compiling a list of hidden gems for the 3DS still provides a sizeable challenge. Sega’s Rhythm Thief and The Emperor’s Treasure is certainly deserving of that status though. Released during April last year, Rhythm Thief tells the tale of the mild-mannered French fellow Raphael …
When Rare originally designed the Xbox Live Avatars we don’t think they realised just how diverse they would become. Our first game of poker online wasn’t just against some lads and lasses in suits and fancy hats but also the gingerbread man from Shrek and Batman’s nemesis Bane. Let it be known to all that …
Press releases are usually tedious affairs filled with exaggeration but the recently issued presser for Fuel Overdose – an anime-inspired car combat title released on PSN late last year – caught our eye. “Fuel Overdose competes with GTA V for a new sales record†reads the incredibly tongue-in-cheek title, where it’s then proclaimed by Skander …
At a reported $250 million GTA V takes the accolade as being most expensive videogame ever created, costing even more to produce than blockbusters movies The Avengers and James Cameron’s Avatar. Is it any good though? Of course it bloody is. The embargo lifted at 3pm today, where it was met to overwhelmingly positive reviews …
No doubt thanks to the current £24.99 price-tag, Deep Silver’s Saints Row IV has managed to hold the top spot in the UK top 40 for a fourth row running. You have to wonder just how many copies are going to be traded in tomorrow. At #2 it’s a new entry – Kingdom Hearts HD …
When a game has been stuck in development there are usually some rather blatant signs to indicate things haven’t gone smoothly. We’re talking dated visuals, shoddily implemented ideas and various inconsistencies that suggest content has been hastily removed. Remarkably, The Bureau – which was initially conceived back in 2010 as an FPS known simply as …
Due to the fact that there are three PlayStation 3-exclusives out this week, the spotlight is squarely on Sony for this new release round-up. Good news if you’re strapped for cash at the moment – or possibly saving money for next week’s GTA V – as two of these exclusives can be found for under …
Does a game about a giant boulder bounding its way down a mountainside need a plot? Probably not, but it has one regardless. To wit: a precariously placed boulder on top of a mountain wishes to be reunited with its partner – another boulder which is presently being chiselled into a statue for a town’s …
As a console enters its twilight years, it’s inevitable that the amount of budget priced software beings to increase, especially if that console has a sizeable userbase. It happened with the PSone – which survived off a diet of £9.99 titles for a good three years after the PlayStation 2 was released – and also …
Whereas Nintendo’s recently announced 2DS has seen the system undergo a radical redesign, Sony’s newly unveiled thinner PlayStation Vita retains all the curves of the original. The new model – out in Japan 10th October – is 20 per cent slimmer and 15 per cent lighter than the existing model. The battery has seen a …
