This Week’s Games There probably have been other games this generation that have been delayed more times than Dead Rising 2 has been, but right now I can’t think of any. General opinion seems to be that it’s better than the original, although rather similar. There’s a special edition pack which includes a pen shaped …
Light gun games are perfectly suited to the Wii, but it’s hard to understand why Sega chose to pair up Gunblade NY and LA Machineguns and slap them onto one disk. Neither game is particularly well remembered and the part of their novelty in the arcade was that they had a huge vibrating gun fixed …
Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has been speaking to GamesIndustry.biz. Amongst other things, as relayed by Edge, he said that the PSP is “getting a bit old”. Funnily enough, I unearthed my PSP only last week. It’s the original, chunkiest model. A Japanese version, if you really must know. But I still thought: you …
There are a couple of indie videogame stores in a town nearby. Although their prices are a little steep (Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is currently priced up at absurd £42.99 in one of them) I pop into both every couple of months or so. They each have a benefit over the likes of …
UK Charts It’s really no surprise to find that Halo: Reach is top of the all formats chart. It has become Microsoft biggest ever launch week and the 5th biggest ever in the UK, selling 200,000 more copies than Halo 3: ODST did upon release. The PlayStation Move hasn’t done too badly either – Sports …
This Week’s Games Will the PlayStation Move get the world moving? Like some industry experts have said, I think it’ll take a while for word of mouth to spread before sales really become strong. The launch line-up may chart highly next week though, thanks to early adopters who want to try the technology first. That …
Those helpful folks at Famitsu (via andriasang.com and Edge) have shared with the world some Japanese lifetime hardware sales figures: DS – 31,039,215 PSP – 15,009,120 Wii – 10,655,962 PlayStation 3 – 5,501,923 Xbox 360 – 1,354,685 Fascinating, I’m sure you’ll agree. But it gets so much more pleasing when you start to look at …
When slipping this in my 360 my first impressions weren’t that favourable. Even if it were an Xbox 360 launch game the visuals would be a disappointment, with basic character models and animations that are recycled endlessly. The voice acting is pretty shabby too – I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the developers themselves …
Last week Super Mario All-Stars was rumored to be heading to Wii, not as a download but as a budget priced release. It’s now been confirmed – only it’s going to be called Super Mario Collection – and there’s a video to prove it. Let’s hope the UK version comes in the same packaging.
UK Charts This week’s chart is a sight for sore eyes with lots of interesting things happening. Tom Clancy’s HAWK 2 has gone from #10 to #2, Tetris Party Deluxe has risen all the way from #23 to #5 and the apparently quite good Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions has crawled in at #6. Spidey is followed …
“I will gain an extra life / When I get the high score.” That lyric – from ‘Photoshop Handsome’ by Everything Everything – has been stuck in my head since I got their debut album the best part of a fortnight ago. If not since last year when I first saw them live. It’s been …
This Week’s Games Sometimes the strangest games receive sequels. Ninety Nine Nights II is a good example – the original, which was released way back in 2006, wasn’t very good. Reviews suggest that this one isn’t much cop either – the average review score currently stands at 51%. Retailers like Amazon are already offering it …
Earth Defense Force 2017 is a genuine hidden gem for the Xbox 360. It’s an open world game, but instead of living the life of a gang member or playing as some random illegal immigrant you have to blast wave after wave of giant robots, UFOs and super-sized ants. It has managed to hold its …
UK Charts As reported by our fine selves, Mafia II isn’t expected to make a profit for 2K Games. Even so, it’s #1 for a second week running, followed by Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, Wii Sports Resort, Toy Story 3 and the ever popular Red Dead Redemption. Tom Clancy’s HAWX 2 enters at …
I was in a quandary if I should bother reviewing this download-only prologue to Dead Rising 2. After a few moments of reasonably hard thinking though I decided that it’s worthy of coverage, seeing that Capcom wants you to hand over cold hard cash for it. Well, 400 MS Points. If this were merely a …
