The Sims bandwagon keeps on rolling, but whereas the Wii’s rushed out conversion of The Sims 2: Pets was a bit of damp dog, this tailor-made effort is superlative stuff. In fact it’s more like a medley of Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon than a proper Sims game – you don’t have to make them …
Now here’s a surprise – Capcom’s Bionic Commando – last seen in Marvel vs Capcom 2, we believe – is making a comeback on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The first person to link the headline to the game in question wins an awesome invisible prize. The 1988 8-bit original was a neat run …
The second – or is it third? – PlayStation 3 price drop has shaken up the chart a bit, propelling Resistance all the way from #22 to #8 and Motorstorm up from #23 to #18. Heavenly Sword goes back in at #14 and Formula 1 also makes a re-appearance at #24. Project Gotham Racing 4 …
How’d this happen? Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron – one of the biggest PSP exclusives of recent times – arrives on store shelves with hardly any fanfare. It’ll be interesting to see how well it does in the top 40 chart as this week’s #1 PSP game – Final Fantasy Tactics – hasn’t even managed …
Nintendo has been full of surprises recently, but perhaps the biggest surprise of all is that they keep on coming. Have a read of this little lot just announced at a Japanese press conference. Which was held in Japan. To be honest the first announcement isn’t really that much of a surprise. To wit: Sonic …
Business management games work nicely on the DS, as EA’s conversions of Theme Park and Sim City have proved. One that seems to have passed under the radar though is the largely self-explanatory Toy Shop by Lexicon Entertainment, due out early next year. Two siblings inherit their grandfather’s shop, but rather than sell it and …
After just one week Halo 3 has been knocked from the top of the charts by FIFA 08. Bungie’s blaster now rests at #2, with Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights at #3. We’d say that THQ timed the release of Juiced 2 just right – it probably wouldn’t have done half as well as it …
Sony have reduced the price of the 60GB PS3 to 350 quid. You’ll also get two first party games with that. If that offer rocks your boat, you’ll have to act quick though, as Sony have taken the slightly strange decision to axe the 60GB version of the console once all the stock has sold …
After last week’s chaotic release schedule things have calmed down somewhat this week, with Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions on PSP being the only highlight. Both EDGE and Eurogamer gave it a 9, with the latter claiming it to be “Gorgeous, complex, well-written and beautifully presentedâ€. There’s a couple of CSI games …
Surprise! Billy the Wizard on Wii has managed to outsell Halo 3, stopping it from taking the chart’s top spot. We jest, of course – Bungie’s opus has become the second fastest selling game in the UK with an estimated 466,000 copies sold. The 360 has an installed base of 1.4 million meaning that 1-in-3 …
Worried that excess sweat from your grubby mitts will send you precious Wii-remote flying across the living room? Then you’ll be wanting one of Nintendo’s free Wii-remote jackets, available from here. Nintendo are bundling them with the Wii-remote from now on, but you’re able to claim up to four for free. Don’t be greedy though …
Back in January IGN writer Matt blogged about having the fortune to play a canned version of Halo for the DS. Ten months on and the poor chap is still being branded a liar, and so to clear his name – and stop the bickering on Wikipedia – a handful of videos and screenshots have …
Although claims of Halo 3 being the ‘biggest entertainment release in history’ aren’t fallacious you can’t deny that Microsoft’s marketing men have perhaps gone a bit overboard with the Halo 3 hype. We remember back in the days of the Dreamcast when a somewhat modest Sega were more than pleased to announce that Sonic Adventure …
Disregarding the fact that Halo 3 was released on Wednesday – netting Microsoft a cool $170 million in the US alone in just one day – this week’s line up of new releases “belongs” to THQ, with no less than five games out across different formats. Juiced: Hot Import Nights, Conan, Moto GP 07, Bratz …
Dreamcast maraca shaker Samba de Amigo is coming to Wii. The original used two plastic motion-sensing maracas, so it’s something of a match made in heaven. The real surprise though is who Sega have asked to develop it – GearBox software, of Brothers in Arms fame. After years of rendering muddy fields and soldier’s helmets …
