Useless videogame accessories have been around for as long as videogames themselves. Who remembers the infamous Game Veil, a piece of black cloth designed for putting over your head while playing handheld games? Or those extra speakers for the original Game Boy, so that everybody in an entire train/bus/school/underground nuclear bunker can have their ears …
No FIFA Street 3 for PlayStation 2, PSP or Wii? That doesn’t sound like the EA we know. But given the mixed review scores it’s hardly a blow to any of the systems just mentioned. The PlayStation 2 actually has the most games released this week – a grand total of five, including yet another …
GDC 08 is underway in San Francisco, with the most significant piece of news being the announcement of Gear of War 2. The ‘fact sheet’ that Microsoft has issued is almost the opposite, merely pointing out that it’s a 360-exclusive again, uses the Unreal Engine 3 again, and sees Marcus Fenix battling the Locusts again. …
You can’t argue with £18. Not only because it’s a quantity of money, and therefore lacks the ability to formulate – let alone defend – an opinion of any worth. I am funny. But £18 for the Xbox 360 version of Sega Rally wasn’t to be ignored, so it was mine in the winter sale. …
All change in the top ten: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is #1 again, shoving Devil May Cry 4 to #2. FIFA 08 has risen from #10 to #6, while Burnout Paradise is already on the fall, down four places to #8. The Club meanwhile manages to hold on at #10. Both Maths …
Ubisoft aren’t as chummy with Nintendo in the way that Capcom or Sega are, but they did help bolster the Wii’s western launch with a large number of titles and continue to heavily support the system. With this in mind, quite a few people asked why Nintendo didn’t lend them the Excitebike name for this …
No, that’s not a late Christmas greeting – Telly Addicts is out on Wii this week. Obviously that’s not the biggest game out – that’s a combination of Battalion Wars 2, Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings and Cooking Mama 2. Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles on PSP is bound to be worth getting your teeth into …
Patapon is looking like the best thing to happen to the PSP since LocoRoco. Featuring characters drawn by the French graphic artist Rolito, it’s your job to march the Patapons into battle by pushing various buttons in time with the beat. A sort of musical platform game, if you will. Reviews have been glowing so …
Confusion! Way back in 2002, EA were working on an Aliens game for PlayStation 2 entitled Aliens: Colonial Marines. Some screenshots were released, but eventually the game was blasted out of an airlock and into a dark void. Now according to US magazine Game Informer, the name of the Aliens game Gearbox are developing for …
Remember the fuss about Starfox having to be renamed in Europe? Well, it would seem that publishers have no qualms about releasing two almost identical sounding games in this day and age. Enter Agetec’s Puzzle Guzzle for PSP, and Blast’s Puzzle Buzzle for PS2 and DS. Which of course both sound a bit like Tatio’s …
Tears of joy for Capcom this week as Devil May Cry 4 takes to the top of the charts. It would appear, then, that the decision to make it multi-format was a wise one. But would have it gone straight to #1 if it had been released on PlayStation 3 only? It’s impossible to say …
I really don’t understand what’s going on with Game’s new release section. According to them Turok, Devil May Cry 4 and The Club aren’t out today, despite running pre-order promotions for all three for the past month or so. Sort it out, fellas. The ‘big three’, then. As Jake mentioned earlier this week Turok is …
Tedious newswire emails tell me that Turok has been released in North America. When Disney Interactive first announced that they were doing something with the license, I wasn’t convinced it would ever happen. Everything associated with previous license holders Acclaim just has the kiss of death in my mind. But it has indeed made it …
Burnout Paradise has held onto the top spot for a second week running, which isn’t a surprise given that it’s the biggest game released in 2008 so far. Wii Play has moved up a couple of places to take second, while WWE Vs Raw 2008 has gone back into the top ten, rising from #12 …
That’s right, NiGHTS is coming to the PlayStation 2. Not some strange kiddie-fiddler wii-mote re-interpretation, but a nice little re-release of the Saturn original, with a slight lick of paint for the visuals. You could just consider it a retro re-release or something, but whatever man. The purple flared hermaphrodite is coming to Japanese PS2s …
