Releasing two rhythm action titles on the same day may not sound the best of ideas, but Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy are two very different games. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy has been designed with Final Fantasy fan service in mind – a collection of all things Final Fantasy, wrapped up in …
Released: 1997 Formats: N64, Wii Virtual Console, 3DS Just like the upcoming Wii U, the N64 had plenty of naysayers before release. Unlike the claims about the Wii U being underpowered though, the criticisms against the N64 weren’t unfounded. Even the developers of such launch titles as Killer Instinct Gold and Mortal Kombat Trilogy claimed …
It’s quite apt that the Men in Black theme song included the lyrics “Here come the Men in Black, they won’t let you remember,†as the games that followed the 1997 movie have all been rather forgettable. The first to be released is easily the most renowned. Rather than being a casual shooter, it was …
We very nearly had an all-new UK top 5 this week. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes remains at #1 and is followed by new entries The Amazing Spider-Man at #2, Spec Ops: The Line at #3 and London 2012 at #4. FIFA 12 falls from #2 to #5. See, Activision. If you release decent …
A couple of weeks ago, beardy indie development sorts the Pickford Bros launched their self-explanatory Games We Like page, and called for other indies to do the same. A number have done so now, and always on the look out for interesting bits to play, I thought I’d act on some of those recommendations. Karate …
If you missed out on the first part of Telltale’s The Walking Dead story, then you missed one of the best zombie games of recent times. It was an excellent blend of zombie slaughtering and pointing and clicking, demonstrating Telltale’s storytelling skills to their fullest. The best thing about it though was that there were …
While searching for Starfox 64 screenshots earlier we came across a rather amazing discovery – many websites for Nintendo’s big name first-party N64 games are still online. There’s plenty of long forgotten artwork to be found like this Mario Party 2 character roster. Poor old Donkey Kong. The full list of websites still up is …
First person shooter Spec Ops: The Line isn’t new IP but it has been such a long time since the last Spec Ops game (2002’s Spec Ops: Airbourne Commando) that it may as well be. Spec Ops: The Line is pretty far removed from previous games in the series too. Much like Tom Clancy’s Ghost …
Budget re-releases notwithstanding, this is only the second new PSP game to receive a retail release this year. The first, if you’re curious, was fellow RPG Fate/Extra. Considering some stores no longer stock PSP games, be it new or pre-owned, we doubt that the format would be receiving any new games at all if it …
The Amiga was a magnificent bundle of circuits. Just when people thought they’d seen what the machine was capable of, something else bettering it would be released. Some of the last commercial Amiga games – I kid you not – included Wipeout 2097 and Quake. Sure, they required a few extra pieces of hardware in …
Do you know how many new UK #1s there has been this year? Lots. The answer is lots. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is the latest, managing to outdo its predecessor which entered the UK chart at #2 in 2008. It’s #1 in every single format chart too, apart from PC and 3DS. Last …
When Nintendo revamped the DS for the first time we received a smaller model. This isn’t going to be the case with the 3DS though – next month will see the release of the super-sized 3DS XL. The screen is 90% bigger, clocking in at 4.88 inches, and the battery has also received a boost. …
The best Kinect games so far have been ones that require simple gestures. With this in mind, adding Kinect controls to Steel Battalion: Heavy Armour sounds like a strange move right from the start. It has to be played with both the Kinect and the controller at the same time, while sitting down. Reviewers claim …
The problem we have with this belated conversion is not how it plays but how it makes us feel. When playing the console version we get a warm fuzzy feeling inside knowing that one of the largest publishers in the world is still brave enough to release a 2D platformer, when in this day and …
After waiting a lifetime – or at least the Xbox 360’s lifetime – a decent sized Games on Demand sale is upon us. The prices may be cheap, but don’t expect anything new – the majority of the games that have dropped in price are launch titles. Prices are in effect from 19th to 25th …
