Foreword: This feature was originally supposed to go up for Halloween, but we’re so lazy and useless it took us over a month to finally upload it against our better judgement. Robots. They’re pretty good to shoot to bits, especially when their nuts and bolts bounce around all over the place. Terrorists? A little bit …
In a bizarre but mesmerising piece of online marketing, Nuts magazine (probably with the involvement of Nintendo) have produced a series of Topless Wii videos – a dozen videos featuring topless Page 3 ladies playing Wii games, with the help of copious amounts of Baby Oil. As far as we could make out, the aim …
Despite being a bit clapped out, Need for Speed: Pro Street has managed to take the top of the chart, knocking former #1 Assassin’s Creed all the way down to #6. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games has done better in its second week of release too, rising seven places to #7, while Super …
Usually when there’s a company merger in the midst there’s a few rumours beforehand, but today Activision dropped a bombshell – they’re planning to merge with Crash Bandicoot and Spyro license-holders Vivendi. Let’s not forget about the recently announced Ghostbusters game, and the already announced Prototype and Wet either. Vivendi of course also own World …
With December now upon us, you might be trying to think of some decent Christmas gift ideas. It just so happens that Play-Asia has something you might like to stick into somebody’s stocking – the rather long winded Sega Mega Drive Portable Video Game Player. Clocking in at just under £20, this officially licensed handheld …
How Shiny have fallen – from Earthworm Jim and MDK, over to a tedious looking kid’s licensed game. Sega said they’d be disappointed if The Golden Compass – based on this winter’s big movie – didn’t at least take the top spot of the PlayStation 2 chart. But with no review copies sent to the …
We’re not one to talk about other sites, but there’s something strange going on over at GameSpot. The US reviews editor, Jeff Gerstmann, has left, apparently due to an argument surrounding his review of Kane & Lynch. There are all sorts of rumours flying around. Eurogamer are claiming that a source “close to the editorial …
Some games catch you completely unawares, and Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune is one of those games. When I initially heard about it at some games show or another, I was ready to write it off as “some game that looks a bit like Tomb Raiderâ€. Developers Naughty Dog have been limited to Crash Bandicoot and Jak …
The guys at NGamer – which comes with a handy Jam Sessions DS case this month – have been treated to an exclusive look at the Wii and DS versions of Ghostbusters: The Videogame. I wish Vivendi weren’t calling it that; just plain old ‘Ghostbusters’ would suffice. As mentioned here, the Wii and PlayStation 2 …
It’s common knowledge that the next-gen versions of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 are broken. Even on a great connection, the online play is laggy and slow, with action stopping while your opponent dribbles around you and scores. For a game based on timing, the teleporting of players around the pitch is unforgivable. Having played the …
It would appear that Activision’s Spanish for Everyone really isn’t a game for everyone, featuring a highly dubious plot containing hidden sexual overtones. Furthermore, the “exceedingly racial stereotypes” have prompted a few complaints, causing copies to be returned to US stores. Ten year old Shaun catches a ride to Mexico with his Aunt to get …
At my college there was a large contingent of special needs students. Among the “needies” we had ‘Lurch’, a boy who was about seven feet tall and appeared to have his elbows glued to his body, ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’, a wheelchair-bound girl with a large hump on her back, and The Rock, who …
Bad news for EA, as unlike its two immediate predecessors, Need for Speed: Pro Street doesn’t debut at #1. It is #2, but then it’s supposed to be a bit poo, so that seems entirely appropriate – if needlessly childish. It could yet be Christmas #1 though, being supported as it is by a ridiculous …
One moment Midway claim that Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Zombie Ninja Pro-Am won’t be released in the UK due to being of limited appeal, then the next thing we know there’s a copy coming through our letterbox completely without warning. And there was us stupidly thinking that publishers love getting press coverage for their games. …
The BBC’s Economics Editor and presenter of Dragons’ Den, Evan Davis, was this week confirmed as a regular presenter of Radio 4’s Today programme from next year. He could tell you all about supply and demand. So could games retailers at the moment. This week we had 1,400 Wiis disappearing from Amazon in 10 minutes …
