With hardly any new releases out last week, it’s no surprise that this week’s UK top 40 isn’t exactly brimming with activity. The top ten is almost unchanged – Call of Duty: Black Ops II on top, followed by Far Cry 3, FIFA 13, Just Dance 4 and Assassin’s Creed III. Then we have Hitman: …
Talk about a match made in heaven. If we were asked to name the developer we would pick to create an Adventure Time game, Wayforward would have been the first to roll off our tongue. The studio has built up a very strong reputation for releasing polished 2D platformers with a hint of retro flair, …
We wouldn’t go getting too excited about this week’s new releases. Far Cry 3 was the last major release of 2012, so it’s just dribs and drabs for now until things pick up again next year. Paper Mario: Sticker Star is worth a look though. Reviews surfaced online quite a while ago to tie-in with …
Even though there’s plenty of singing and dancing in the cut-scenes, it feels sad to say that this isn’t the all-singing, all-dancing, sequel that we were expecting. The fact that platformers are thin on the ground these days makes the whole experience that little more disheartening. At least it impresses in terms of presentation. It …
There seems to be a growing trend with new console launches – a twin-stick shooter can always be found nestled somewhere in the launch line-up. The Xbox 360 had Geometry Wars, PS Vita owners could download Super Stardust Delta on day one and now early adopters of the Wii U have their own ‘old skool’ …
Nintendo must be feel a little disappointed that there are no Wii U games in the UK top ten chart this week, especially after telling Eurogamer that they “definitely†expected there to be. They even hoped that there would be one or two in the top five. The three big name Wii U games aren’t …
Back in 2010 a spokesperson for Activision said that Call of Duty is “the closest thing this generation has to a Star Warsâ€. After scratching our heads for two years, we’ve finally found a way in which Activision’s annual shooter can be compared to George Lucas’ sci-fi saga. In the past it has always been …
There’s always a duff title or two in any launch line-up. The reasons are simple – it’s either down to the developer’s inexperience with the system, or the publisher pushing to get the game out on launch day. Retailers always tend to overstock on launch titles, you see, and that’s very good news for publishers. …
Sometimes it’s nice to be proven wrong. When we first saw that this kart racing sequel featured vehicles that transform into boats and planes, we were quick to draw comparisons with Mario Kart 7, and thus assumed it would be a shameless clone. When we actually sat down and played it though, we were pleased …
It’s a very good sign when a publisher hands out review copies to press way before a game’s release. Reviews of Far Cry 3 surfaced last Tuesday – a whole ten days before this Friday’s release. No doubt this was in order to drum up a few extra pre-orders, fuelled by the steady string of …
It’s not such a bad thing that American gamers got hold of their Wii U consoles almost two weeks before us Europeans. In those two weeks reviews of nearly all the launch games have appeared online, giving us a heads up of what to fork out for come this Friday’s launch. Before we round-up review …
The Walking Dead series should be remembered for a number of reasons. It proved that there was still life left in the point and click adventure genre, and managed to convince us that episodic gaming can be a brilliant thing if handled correctly. Perhaps less significantly, we also learned that Telltale are indeed able to …
When a game manages to stay #1 in the UK chart despite an 81 percent drop in sales, you know it’s sold a lot of copies. Call of Duty: Black Ops II has, emphatically, sold a lot of copies. Hitman Absolution fails to take the top spot then, but its #2 entry still stands as …
Twenty years ago this week – Tuesday, November 24th 1992 to be exact – Sega released Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Weekday releases are increasingly becoming the norm in the UK, but back in 1992 it was unheard of. Sega’s witty marketing department even went as far as dubbing its Tuesday release as “Sonic 2’s Dayâ€. …
There are at least two things going for Verticus. First, it’s got Stan Lee’s name above it, and that’s going to generate a fair smattering of interest. Second, it’s vaguely reminiscent of that sky dive, which is still reasonably fresh in the collective mind. I do mean vaguely though: thankfully alien attacks weren’t one of …
