Typical. We’ve been waiting patiently for SEGA Vintage Collection: Monster World only for it to arrive on Xbox Live Arcade the same day as SEGA Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co. This may not sound like a bad thing to happen but it really is. Our feeble brains can only handle so much nostalgia, you …
We’re certainly not short on RPGs at the moment. If you’ve finished The Witcher 2 and Diablo 3 and don’t like the look of either Risen 2 or The Game of Thrones, then Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma could very well be your next addiction. Capcom have claimed that they hope to sell 10 million copies, and …
Just when we thought we’d seen the last of the special edition Skylanders until Skylanders: Giants arrives, Activision has slipped a few new ones out. Joining the rare gold and silver Skylanders toys are the similarly elusive glow in the dark and crystal clear figures. Wrecking Ball, Warnado and Zap seem to be the figures …
In the 12 years that this website has been around, we’ve never featured a book review. That changes today: two glorious Nintendo history books have recently plopped through our letterbox. Well, to be fair it was more of a floor-shaking thud. These books are rather on the heavy side containing over 200 colour pages of …
Now this is cool – Nike’s latest advert features a playable Sonic the Hedgehog mini-game set in the iconic Green Hill Zone. Towards the end of the advert a billboard appears on screen featuring a red and white football boot along with the words ‘Sonic X Vapor’. Click on this and the mini-game instantly appears. …
We weren’t sure if it was going to be Max Payne 3 or Diablo 3 that would be taking the top position of this week’s chart. Diablo 3 is the first big PC release in a very long time while Max Payne 3 has the advantage of being multi-format. Turns out it’s Rockstar’s purveyor of …
How times have changed. Back in the ‘70s and ‘80s most new releases were little more than shameless clones of Atari’s then ground-breaking arcade titles. Even Nintendo was guilty of this, releasing their own version of Breakout. Skip forward nearly four decades – Pong is 40 this year, would you believe? – and Atari are …
This week saw the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II, a mere 19 months after Episode I. Can Sega really get away with calling that episodic? It’s a bit of a stretch. Perhaps Sonic the Hedgehog 4: It’s Not Long and Sonic the Hedgehog 4 v2: Let’s Have Another Go would have been …
Wednesday has been release day for new Xbox Live Arcade games for as long as we can remember, but over the past few months Microsoft has been releasing the occasional game on a Friday to liven up dull weeks. Today is a fine example – we’re being treated to an Xbox Live Arcade version of …
Two games out this week have been referred to as rescuers of this year’s slumping game sales. Those two are of course Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion XL (Max Payne 3) and Athletics Tournament: Summer Challenge (Diablo 3). Diablo 3 – Amazon.com’s most pre-ordered game of all time – didn’t get off to a smooth …
One of the biggest video gaming mysteries in recent times is why Activision chose not to promote Singularity. Any other publisher would have been proud to have a first person shooter with many comparable elements to Bioshock in their catalogue, but Activision were quite happy to let it slip out on the quiet and vanish …
If we were gambling men we would have put money on FIFA 12 being the last FIFA to be released on PlayStation 2. How wrong we are: FIFA 13 has been confirmed for release on Sony’s ageing console, making it the first game to be announced for the system this year. A PSP version is …
Do you know why men are more obsessed with gizmos, gadgets and modern technology than (most) women are? It’s down to something called occasionally referred to as ‘sharper spear complex’ – mankind’s desire to create better, stronger and more efficient weapons. It’s a trait trapped in our DNA from our long distant ancestors who would …
This week’s UK chart has seen a slight shuffle in the top ten – Sniper Elite V2 remains the UK’s number one and is followed by FIFA Street, FIFA 12, Prototype 2 and Mass Effect 3. Outside of the top ten there’s a little bit of action going on, but the emphasis is on the …
I’ve been playing Don’t Run With A Plasma Sword recently. It’s been hard to put my finger on why it’s not entirely satisfactory, but I’ve got there: it’s a packet of Party Rings. It’s unarguably a great name for a game. The sense of humour is carried through to the loading screens, where you’re given …
