There are very few games out this week, but those which are being released are very good. PlayStation 3-exclusive Starhawk hasn’t had a great deal of publicity but that could quite possibly change – early reviews are incredibly positive, including a 9.0 from IGN. “This is a smart shooter that understands what makes games fun,†…
Ten years ago movie tie-ins were incredibly lucrative and publishers were quite happy to make games out of anything they thought might turn a quick profit, even if the source material wasn’t ideally suited to being turned into a game. Looking back through the release lists, a decline in movie tie-ins has been happening since …
Activision has released a teaser trailer for their movie tie-in Men in Black: Alien Crisis. Let’s see what we can learn from it, shall we? A teen rating for a teaser trailer? Ok, we’re intrigued. Do you have what it takes to be conned out of the best part of £30 on another rushed out …
The Carnival Games series has been on a slippery slope since the Wii original. This is a fact made even worse than it initially seems when you bear in mind that the first Carnival Games wasn’t all that great to begin with. This didn’t stop it from being one of the Wii’s multi-million sellers though …
Another week, another new UK #1. This week it’s the turn of Sniper Elite V2, which must be a good cause for celebration at Rebellion seeing as their last game – NeverDead – sunk without trace. Prototype 2 drops down to #2 and is followed by FIFA 12, FIFA Street and Mass Effect 3. This …
US publication Game Informer has been treated to the world’s first look at Bethesda’s upcoming PC MMO Elder Scrolls Online. There are only a few screenshots floating around online at the moment, but using our limited photoshop skills we can exclusively reveal how the final game will look: We jest, of course, but we do …
A quiet Saturday night resulted in having a look around various online retailers’ pre-order sections to see what’s coming out soon. With summer almost here the answer was ‘not much’ but we did find some unannounced games. If Play.com are to be believed, 1st June will see the release of Worms Collection on Xbox 360, …
I can’t imagine why I’ve never been asked to contribute to Thought For The Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. I’d totally base one around iPhone game Crow. It’s got moral choices, you see. Really unsophisticated ones, which do little but switch the game into hard mode if you try to be good. I …
The original Sniper Elite on PlayStation 2 and Xbox became something of a cult classic. A quick look on Amazon reveals that even the 2010 Wii version has held its value, with the current cheapest copy knocking on for £18. As such, there’s probably more people eagerly awaiting Sniper Elite V2 than most realise. It’s …
It’s not often that we’ll dedicate a whole blog post to something that has been posted on another website, but GameSpot UK’s interview with Excalibur Publishing – of Farming Simulator and Street Cleaning Simulator fame – is quite the eye opener. We mean that without a hint of sarcasm. Excalibur’s games are often mocked on …
With the figures selling out quickly and Activision drip-feeding details of Skylanders: Giants in order to get fans in a frenzy, Skylanders fever is very much in full swing. We’ve noted before in a previous eBay round-up how a few of the rarer figures have sold for large amounts, but a quick look at eBay’s …
Following on from last week’s post about three long lost N64 games being preserved online, this week has seen the ‘preservation’ of the previously unreleased Game Gear puzzle game Crazy Faces. The release comes from the almighty SMS Power, a website dedicated to preserving everything 8-bit and Sega flavoured. Crazy Faces was in development in …
Many gamers rejoiced when Telltale Games arrived on the scene, and rightly so – their aim was to rejuvenate the then-dead point and click adventure genre. Their licensed games have received mixed reviews in the past, with their last game – Jurassic Park – critically mauled. There’s no need to worry though. This is Telltale …
Prototype 2 is the UK’s new number one this week, but it’s not all good news for Activision – it hasn’t sold as well as the last game did during launch week. It has however shifted more copies than the last two number ones – The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and Kinect Star Wars. …
It has come to our attention that… …various videogame characters are being held hostage… …inside glass prisons on Brighton Pier. Thank goodness for disposable income, eh?
