Six months ago I would have heartily agreed that Microsoft were doing the right thing by keeping the Xbox 360 going for a couple more years, especially considering the amount of unplayed games I have piled up is in double figures. The upcoming release of Battlefield 3 however has managed to change my mind – …
I’m not the type of person who goes around telling people that I’ll try anything once. This is because people’s response is often a lewd and predictable one. I will, however, try just about any game if it’s cheap. And so, it’s Tom Clancy’s HAWX and Cabela’s Trophy Bucks – purchased for £4 each – …
Chances are a few people out there aren’t too happy about Treasure’s legendary shoot ’em up arriving on Xbox Live Arcade. I’m talking about those who own the notoriously expensive Sega Saturn original – now it’s available as a download it’s likely that it’s going to fall rapidly in value. Those already well acquainted with …
We’ve brought this week’s new release round up forward a couple of days as this week’s biggest release – Gears of War 3 – is being released today. A Tuesday, of all days. Reviews hit the ‘net late last week. The Official US Xbox magazine gave it a perfect score of 10/10 while the Official …
Even with stock shortages and the likes of GAME and GameStation pumping the price up from £39.99 to £47.99 to take advantage of demand, Dead Island remains the UK’s #1. In the two weeks it has been out, it had already sold more copies than any of Deep Silver’s previous games. Incidentally, Deep Silver are …
Deus Ex: Human Revolution has been met with rapturous reviews and chart topping sales. So it should be happy days at Eidos Montreal. Even better, Square Enix is reportedly looking to double the headcount at the studio. Apparently, the current office wouldn’t be able to accommodate that number of employees. So let’s take a jaunt …
Last week was an eventful one for new releases. This week? Not so much, but there’s a fair old bit of variety. Perhaps not for PlayStation 3 owners though, as their new releases aren’t actually all that new – they’re Splinter Cell Trilogy HD and God of War Collection Volume II. Eurogamer said that the …
It’s not often we see sale figures for Xbox Live Arcade games, but Gamasutra has managed to sniff out what title came out tops in Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade promotion. Even though it was the final game to be released, Toy Soldiers: Cold War came out on top with 160,734 copies. Fruit Ninja Kinect provided …
We always strive to bring you articles that are slightly different to the likes of Eurogamer and IGN. So, here’s a feature we don’t think has been done before: comparisons of the typical software released for a console at launch and near death. PlayStation Although we could go back as far as the cassette-based formats, …
When Nintendo finally made demos a permanent reality on WiiWare, I was optimistic. But that seems to have petered out with, at the time of writing, only one demo available, that being of 2009’s NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits. WiiWare in general is hardly flying high, too, with three or four releases a month of late – …
With so many new releases out last week, there was no way that this week’s UK chart was going to be a dull one. And it isn’t. Even with mixed reviews – everything from a 3/10 in EDGE to 8.0 from IGN – Dead Island manages to take the top spot. Below that at #2 …
Every month Matt pulls a magazine out for under his bed and gives it a fine going over. Stop giggling at the back there – we’re talking about video game magazines. This month: issue 9 of The Official Dreamcast Magazine from July 2000. Official magazines are dubious things. There was the time that the Official …
Our cynical side told us to be wary of Dead Island. The trailer caused a lot of excitement on the ‘net but fancy CGI alone isn’t enough to distract from the fact that it’s by the developers behind Call of Juarez – a series that hardly has a glowing reputation. Were we right to be …
Released: 1985 Formats: ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 Whereas games are nowadays often designed to have worldwide appeal, back in the ’80s many titles for the likes of the Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad were rich with British cultural references for that era. There was Flunky, a game set in entirely Buckingham Place; a platformer featuring …
The next time you come home from work in a bad mood because you ended up going 30 minutes over your shift or because an afternoon snack got jammed in the vending machine, spare a thought for Deus Ex’s Adam Jensen. As head of security for a biochip manufacturer, he gets sent down to the …
