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Everyone’s a WALL-E

Super Smash Bros. Brawl has been knocked off the top of the chart, but it’s doubtful that Nintendo will care – it’s Wii Fit that’s replaced it. Top Spin 3 has moved up from #6 to #4 while Kung Fu Panda – which is apparently not that bad – rises from #16 to #9. WALL-E …

Secret Files: Tunguska

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This point and click adventure game has had to survive not one but two conversions. Not only has it been converted from PC to Wii, but the speech has also has been translated from German to English. The change of format has gone smoothly – the controls work well and the visuals remain nice and sharp – but it’s fair to say that some of the jokes have been lost in translation. You can imagine the German version being quite witty and tongue-in-cheek in places, but now the jokes seem a little cheesy. Not â€˜My dog has no nose / How does he smell? / Terrible!’, but close enough.

Space Invaders Extreme

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I know what you’re thinking – re-releasing Space Invaders on the DS is about as worthwhile as stabbing yourself in the eye with a ballpoint pen. There has already been a retro revamp of Space Invaders on the DS in the form of 2005’s Space Invaders Revolution, which was an utter balls up. And who …

As you were

UK Charts

UK Chart Just to prove that I’m utterly rubbish, my prediction that Unreal Tournament III for Xbox 360 might do very well in the chart has not exactly come true. It is the highest new entry, but that’s only at #18. It’s as you were at the top of the chart, with Super Smash Bros: …

Metal Gear Madness

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The release of Metal Gear Solid 4 may not have done much for PlayStation 3 console sales, but has for some reason sent the value of older Metal Gear Solids sky-rocketing. Going by the current prices on Amazon Marketplace and eBay, the GameCube-exclusive Twin Snakes has been exchanging hands for in excess of Â£50, the …

Arkanoid, Breakout, Gerald Ford

This Week's Games

This Week’s Games It’s a good week for handhelds, if you’re looking through my eyes. Needless to say, I am looking through my eyes. What’s good about it? Well, echochrome for PSP for one thing. It’s a black and white puzzler all about perspective – if two parts of the maze aren’t joined, then rotate …

David Hasselhoff: The Game

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Well, maybe. The Hoff has been talking to BBC Radio 1, and at the end of the resulting Newsbeat story, we learn that he “remained tight-lipped about his latest project, which involves a game.” What could it be? Probably something less interesting than I hope. Because I hope it’s a new SpongeBob SquarePants game from …

Race Driver: GRID

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So it’s another racing game. How original. Another racing game from Codemasters. How original. Another racing game from Codemasters in the Race Driver series. HOW ORIGINAL.

Ah, but Race Driver: GRID is original. Sort of. A bit. Let’s put it like this: it’s original like Halo was original. That is to say, little tweaks to a very familiar game which make things manifestly better.

Like early on, when you can choose how you are referred to by the voiceover lady. ‘Jake’ was a choice, and for that Codemasters receive bonus points. Anyway, there are loads of them, so if you can’t find one you like, then you’re an idiot.

Use the stylus, Luke!

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Now these are cool: officially licensed Nintendo DS Star Wars lightsaber stylus. The three pack is set to retail at $8 (about Â£4 in real money), whereas the two pack costs $17 (Â£8) and actually light up. Give one to a pal and have a mini lightsaber battle!

Too Human – 8 years to make, 10 hours to complete

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Wired’s Chris Kohler was given the chance to play through Too Human – a game which started out as an RPG for the PSone before moving over to GameCube then finally Xbox 360. The gaming press have recently been billing it as Diablo for the Xbox 360 generation, but it would seem that calling it …

Life’s a beach

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Out with the old, in with the new. That is, the four new entries into the top 10: Super Smash Bros. Brawl takes the top of the chart, Battlefield: Bad Company at #2, Big Beach Sports at an absurdly high #5, and Beijing 2008 at #9. Then at #14 there’s Guitar Hero Aerosmith and The …

SOS – Summer of Sonic

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Summer of Sonic, in the nuttiest of shells, is a Sonic the Hedgehog fan convention that’s being backed by Sega Europe. It’s being held 9th August at the Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust in Central London and is free to attend. Blue hair dye is optional. As well as some poor sap dressed up as …

Nintendo Supernova

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If you’ve got Stars in your Club Nintendo account, go and log in to the Nintendo website and have a check, because any older than 24 months are going to expire today, like some sort of loyalty scheme supernova. Your best bet is to exchange them for Wii Points, on a different Nintendo website. But …

For mash get smash

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Five years after its US release, European Wii owners finally get to play Super Smash Bros. Brawl. A word of warning, though – people have been experiencing the same problem that occurred with the US version. It’s all to do with fact that it’s the first game to come on a dual-layered Wii disk – …

The name game

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Shirley Shirley bo-birley Banana-fana fo-firley Fe-fi mo-mirley Shirley! That’s The Name Game by Shirley Ellis, and this week I have been nothing short of enraptured by the names of games in the gaming news. There have been those that have made me want to rip my own face off. Activision’s Dancing with the Stars: Get …

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