When I read that a survey has found that 80 percent of gamers wouldn’t be put off 3D gaming by having to wear special glasses, I was deeply suspicious. Not so VideoGamer.com, which happily reported the findings unchallenged. Industry Gamer did a little better, at least pointing out that the survey was carried out by …
UK Charts Were a few rather critical reviews ever going to harm Medal of Honor? Of course not – even though it has been a few years since the last MoH it’s still a franchise that’s popular. As such, it enters at #1 in the UK chart, beating my prediction of a #2 entry. I …
The “everything you see on a Sunday†blurb on the back of the box does not relate to the Eastenders Omnibus or a nice roast dinner with Aunt Bessie’s Yorkshire puddings that most of the British population are accustomed to seeing on a Sunday, but rather the formations and tackles gridiron fans see on their …
Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski – the self-proclaimed ‘Tony Stark of videogames’ – was answering fan’s questions on Twitter last night. Some of the answers were food for thought, and not because he revealed that his favourite ice cream is “praline and dickâ€. When asked what old game property would he like to see make a …
Bioware’s Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic on the original Xbox was a brilliant, brilliant, game. If one disgruntled anonymous EA worker going by the name of EA Louse is to believed, the upcoming PC-only MMO Star Wars: Old Republic is a disaster waiting to happen. They started their rant – which you can …
Just This Week’s Games Is it randomly ‘made up’ word week? It certainly looks like it, with the likes of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’hoole – The Videogame, Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes and the PSP version of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger arriving in stores. As for games …
UK Charts In the all formats chart Castlevania: Lords of Shadow managed to outdo Enslaved: Odyssey to the West by one place – Konami’s fang-tastic romp goes in at #6 while Ninja Theory’s monkey man jumps in at #7. Likewise in the PlayStation 3 chart Castlevania sold more than Enslaved did but the Xbox 360 …
There has been a lot of average Sonic games over the years. Sega knows this, and before the ‘hogs reputation is completely run into the ground they’ve decided to “de-list†a handful of Sonic games from stores. In other words, Sega aren’t going to be shipping any more new copies of older Sonic games to …
This Week’s Games Two very fine adventure games are upon us this week – Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. If you’re wondering what one to buy, then my advice is to buy both. Come on – I’m sure you’ve got plenty of old games to trade in. Seriously though, if …
The front cover for Dead Rising 2 shows humble hero Chuck Greene brandishing a handmade weapon consisting of two chainsaws strapped to a canoe paddle. It’s one of the cooler weapons that can be made in the game, but it’s not the coolest. That accolade goes to the shower head – an item so simple …
UK Charts Only an idiot would doubt that FIFA 11 would take the top spot in the UK chart this week. How many copies have been sold though is really quite astonishing – 821,000 in just one weekend. In total FIFA 11 counts for 51% of all games sold in the UK last week, helping …
This Week’s Games Believe it or not there are two new PlayStation 2 games out today. FIFA 11 was always a given (even the Mega Drive received FIFA games up until 1998), but movie tie-in Despicable Me is a little bit more of a surprise. If the early reviews are to go by Despicable Me …
I noticed a rather dubious sounding Wii game on pre-order lists titled We Wish You A Merry Christmas. A quick search on Google reveals that it was actually released in the US last year, but Funbox Media – who still haven’t got a proper website – are releasing it in the UK this October. Estimated …
UK Charts Thinking that Halo: Reach would be #1 until Call of Duty: Black Ops turned up? Think again – after just one week it has been shoved off the top of the chart by Formula 1 2010. It’s the first Formula 1 game to reach #1 since Sony’s Formula 1 2001 over nine years …
Would a Mario game feel the same if Mario was replaced by, say, a shiny robotic baboon? I’d say that it wouldn’t do as some of the charm and the connection between the player and lead character would be lost. Halo: Reach is the second game not to feature Master Chief yet it still looks …
