Most developers, if not all, have a game in their back catalogue that was the one that they always wanted to create. It was their destiny to do so, if you will, or sometimes even the sole reason their studio was formed in the first place. We’re talking about things like Bungie’s sci-fi opus Halo, …
This week’s UK chart has an unexpected #1 – not Nintendo’s Pikmin 3, but Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition. We assume that’s down to a combination of the game’s ‘pocket money’ price tag and the kids currently being off school. The long awaited Wii U-exclusive Pikmin 3 pops in at #2 – a very respectable placing, …
This on-rails shooter from Polish developer Teyon isn’t exactly the freshest game around – it was first released in the US way back in January. US publisher Mastiff allegedly chose not to send out review copies to US press, leaving reviewers to source their own. The few that did then bother to go out of …
After months of waiting, the Wii U finally receives the game that enticed a lot of people into purchasing the system in the first place – Pikmin 3. We doubt it’s going to turn the Wii U’s fortunes around single-handedly, but it should help to get a little bit of momentum going. Nintendo’s garden gang …
You can thank the helpful old dears at the charity shop in town for this article – if they hadn’t put this book in their shop window then we wouldn’t have popped in and bought it. Ostensibly ‘Where’s Wally?’ with the Street Fighter II crew, this hardback from 1994 has to be the oddest piece …
The prospect of time travel isn’t quite as farfetched as you may think. Within moments of loading up this movie tie-in we were transported back to the days when almost every licensed game was a 2D platformer, filled to the brim with enemies defeated by a simple bonk on the head and countless spinning items …
It’s The Last of Us atop the UK chart for a sixth week. Last week’s ‘big’ release, Dynasty Warriors 8 wasn’t desperately likely to depose it, but manages a very respectable #5. Nintendo will be hoping that Pikmin 3 does the deed next week. Back to this week though, Minecraft is up a few to …
Yeah, we’re doing this – a history of Smurf games. Don’t go rolling your eyes just yet, as there’s a little bit of history to be had. One of these games was seen as a ‘killer app’ upon release, quite a few ended up on a big blue scrapheap, and a handful can fetch a …
There are more Dynasty Warriors fans out there than most people realise. After putting up with the odd duff spin-off and a few sloppy sequels, their loyalty has been rewarded with Dynasty Warriors 8 – reportedly the best instalment yet. Scores have been resoundingly high, including a 9/10 from Destructoid. The Official Xbox Magazine UK …
You know when you’ve been playing a game of an evening, and you can still see it in your mind’s eye when you go to sleep? Match-three puzzlers have a habit of doing it to me. Well, Garfield isn’t an obvious choice for an endless runner, so Namco-Bandai have had to set Wild Ride in …
With game budgets forever rising and big name franchises more important than ever, the days of versatile development studios are slowly coming to an end. The guys at Beenox must know how this feels – after working with various brands across different genres they’re now single handedly in control all things Spider-Man. If they aren’t …
The Last of Us celebrates a deserved 5th week on top of the UK top 40 this week. Nintendo has a reason for celebration too – Animal Crossing: New Leaf and new entry Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros. are at #2 and #3 respectively. Now that’s a dream team. FIFA 13 and Minecraft: Xbox …
Rather than being a straight-laced one-on-one brawler, Pacific Rim has more in common with one of the recent WWE or UFC games. Perhaps this was to be expected seeing as developer Yuke’s Co. knocks out WWE games on a sometimes bi-yearly basis. Fights are as slow and clunky as the colossal giants themselves The Japanese …
Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us is a very special game, so it’s fitting for us to give it a special eBay round-up. PR types sometimes send a few little gifts out alongside review copies of games – usually a T-shirt or two, or maybe a bottle opener with the game’s logo on if you’re …
It’s a quiet week for new releases, but the presence of Mario and Luigi: Dream Team Bros. prevents it from being a total non-event. We’re curious as to how well the brothers will do in the chart next week – fellow 3DS RPG-lite Paper Mario Sticker Star entered at a lowly #40, and that was …
