Absolute dedication to a very specific cause never ceases to intrigue me – and it’s more common than anywhere on the internet. Today, for example, there’s a press release about the first annual Widescreen Gaming Forum (WSGF) Awards. The WSGF website is an impressive thing. I have no interest in how well widescreen is implemented …
UK Chart Last week was definitely a good one for new releases, with no less than four new entries in the top 10 chart. Fable II takes #1, followed by Far Cry 2 at #2. EA’s apparently very good but not that scary Dead Space arrives at #6, with Midnight Club: Los Angeles at #10. …
With the London Games Festival under way, and the Video Games Live concerts taking place at the Royal Festival Hall today, I’ve been listening to the first Video Games Live CD release. Game music attracts a particularly fanatical fan, if you’ll excuse the phraseology. I am not such a person. The only game soundtrack CDs …
This Week’s Games Without a whiff of sarcasm, it’s a good week for new releases. Fable II has been a long time coming but looks like being worth the wait, and both Far Cry 2 and EA’s twisted survival horror romp Dead Space have been getting a lot of positive attention. Then there’s Midnight Club: …
A medieval variant of Master Chief’s amour and energy sword have been spotted in Fable II. Rumour has it though that you can only unlock “Hal’s armour†– as it’s known in the game – if you’ve pre-ordered the limited edition pack, which has had several items dropped since being first announced. Annoyingly. Fable II …
The Women’s Conference sounds like a smashing event. Nintendo will be there, patronising all 14,000 of them with the likes of Wii Fit, Wii Music and Personal Trainer: Cooking. Games less likely to be shown to the fairer sex include anything with sport or a gun in it because, you know, they don’t like that …
Something Awful have knocked up a guide to what was required in order to get the ‘Nintendo Seal of Quality’ stamped on their game, throughout Nintendo’s console history. You can see it by clicking on these words. Best bit: “Works extra good when blown on.†The infamous seal was never intended to show consumers that …
Play-Asia just popped an email in my inbox promoting two new upcoming Dreamcast releases: 2D Shooter DUX and watery puzzler Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles. Last Hope developer NG:DEV.TEAM is at the helm of DUX. The choice of colour palate is bold (to say the least) but there’s a nice smooth visual style. Wind and …
Are beat ’em ups back? I’ve not used that term in ages. Beat ’em up. Brilliant. Once one of the busiest genres, these days we’re pretty much left with Tekken, Virtua Fighter and Soulcalibur. It makes me wonder whether video game genres are subject to boom and bust, much like the economy. Ten years from …
This Week’s Games So, Saints Row 2 has turned out to be pretty good. Early previews suggested that the developers had gone down the twisted and brutal path by turning up the violence, but from the looks of things in the last few months of development they’ve had a change of heart and turned it …
UK Chart Last week not one but two NBA games were released. It’s slightly interesting to see that in the Xbox 360 chart Take 2’s NBA 2K9 has outsold EA’s NBA Live 09, whereas in the PlayStation 3 chart it’s the other way around. And by the word interesting, I mean not very interesting. At …
Has London Games Festival – kicking off later this month – got it right now? Take Video Games Live – a performance of video game music by co-creators Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall, and the English Chamber Orchestra. That’s proper, real life classical musicians right there. It’s at the Royal Festival Hall, but tickets are …
Does Bomberman ever have trouble getting through airport security?
This Week’s Games Lego Batman is this week’s big game, available on all formats. Game are giving away a free keyring (a Lego Batman, unsurprisingly), with the PSP and PlayStation 2 versions available for a nice £19.99 each. Anybody want to guess what the next Lego game will be? I would say Harry Potter or …
