Seriously, it’s rubbish – Eurogamer gave it lowly 1/10 last week. But there it sits at #7 in the chart. There’s a new #1 though – EA’s Army of Two, which is a bit of a surprise seeing as it hasn’t had that much coverage in the press since a poor showing a few months …
Yes, that’s a childish headline but what you going to do? Nothing, that’s what. Or maybe let out a schoolboy-like laugh. It’s only the Wii and PSP receiving Destroy All Humans 3: Big Willy Unleashed this week though – the PlayStation 2 version felt the wrath of THQ’s recent cutbacks. Bully: Scholarship Edition is another …
Have you noticed that there are already an abundance of obscure RPGs on the PSP? Congratulations – you’re smarter than most of the publishers out there. This one tries to stand out from the crowd by featuring dozens of super-sized lizards and, well, that’s about it really. Koei aren’t exactly known for innovation – just …
There’s no new number #1, with Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games staying on top for a sixth week in a row, but there are three new entries in the top ten. Lost: The Videogame goes in at #3, Frontlines: Fuel of War at #4 and the Xbox 360 RPG Lost Odyssey at a …
Project Gamerz (yes, it’s a terrible, terrible name, but let’s move on) is a project set up by the Metropolitan Police, involving various technology companies including XLEAGUE.TV – where you’ll find a PDF press release you should at least skim-read. As far as I can gather, it’s basically the police putting on gaming sessions, to …
How weird is this: there are three games out this week with ‘lost’ in the title. There’s the Ubisoft’s tie-in of the perplexing TV series, the apparently quite good Xbox 360 RPG Lost Odyssey, and an incredibly belated conversion of Lost Planet for the PlayStation 3. Impressions of Lost seem pretty mixed so far, but …
The popularity of the Famicom (the Japanese NES) in the Far East can’t be underestimated. Nintendo themselves only discontinued repair services for the Japanese console last year. The last official release for the system was in 1994 though, in the form of Adventure Island IV, but since then a flow of pirate carts have steadily …
Well, some sections of the BBC News website anyway. Alright, not hardcore sections like Europe, where people even care about stories in non-English speaking countries. But we can at least do better than Also in the news. Though there is a games story on that page today. Damn it all. In the Business section is …
Three new entries in chart land this week – Unreal Tournament III at #9, FIFA Street 3 at #11 and Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity at #37. Sega have been a bit cheeky with Sonic Riders – the PlayStation 2 version is only £19.99 (although it can be found for £14.99 on the internet) but the …
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 …
