Like a school boy who has a girl’s pencil case, it’s all too easy to take the piss out of Nintendo Europe’s Stars catalogue. But we shouldn’t. Not just because bullying is bad, but because it isn’t a total farce. Recently – well, a few months ago – 1,000 people got free copies of Spectrobes …
Nintendo showed a Wii Zapper light-gun accessory back when the wonderful white box itself was first properly unveiled. They’ve since decided to evolve it a bit and give it a dust off, the result being an elongated unit which the nunchuk can click into at the rear. It reminds me of the Dreamcast light-gun, which …
Good news! Viva Pinata: Party Animals has been announced at E3. Bad news! It’s a collection of colourful mini-games. Odd news! It’s not being developed by Rare, but rather Ty the Tazmanian Tiger creators Krome. We know that Rare are working on Banjo-Kazooie, but it seems strange that Microsoft have taken their franchise away from …
Almost two years on from the famous ‘artist’s impression’ CGI Killzone 2 video, Sony have finally decided to show the world what the real deal will look like. What’s surprising it that it doesn’t look that much different, with several sequences – jamming guns, the troopers on fire and a drop ship blowing up before …
So Sony have finally cut the price of the PlayStation 3 in North America, and a similar announcement for Europe is widely expected on Thursday from E3. Yes, it’s E3. No, we didn’t realise either. The 60GB model is down $100 to $499, and the original price of $599 will now buy the new 80GB …
Adverts starring acting’s Nicole Kidman have doubtless contributed to the positive movement of the second dose of DS Brain Training, which is up three to #2. It’s still Potter at #1 though, and Shrek retains #3. It’s a way down the chart before you happen upon the sole new entry, that being Ninja Gaiden: Sigma …
It’s tough to decide between MotoGP and the Superbike World Championship. Best motorsport series in the world? It’s close between them. Most entertaining rider? Rossi and Haga both have their charms. Best commentators? Jack Burnicle and James Whitham are excellent, but Randy Mamola – with Toby Moody and Julian Ryder on Eurosport – probably pushes …
It’s official: publishers are idiots. Last week was rammed with new releases, so much so that you would have been forgiven for thinking that Christmas was around the corner, but this week there are just five titles out. And one of those is Lucinda Green’s Equestrian Challenge. The super tough Ninja Gaiden Sigma is well …
A pattern has started to form: of all the big movie license tie-ins released this year – Shrek the Third, TMNT and Pirates of the Caribbean specifically – the DS versions have scored the highest overall, according to the ever helpful Game Rankings. Transformers: The Game doesn’t break this trend: the DS version – available …
Even the most casual of gamers are more than aware that the PSP is awash with PlayStation 2 conversions, but when it comes to ports of PSone titles the only one we can think of is Medieval. Sony went out of their way to improve it for the PSP though, with a graphical makeover and …
In our eyes it would be a good idea for publishers Playlogic to drop the ‘II’ at the end of the title of this survival horror romp, and go for one of those trendy nonsensical subtitles instead. Not only because the first Obscure was relatively unknown, but because it was never released on GameCube, whereas …
Last week was full of new releases, so it’s no surprise that there’s a load of new entries in the chart. Actually, some of them are surprises – the license-free Overlord at #13, Hour of Victory at #23 and the utter rubbish Tenchu Z at #31. Cowboy thing Call of Juarez at #26 startles me …
Midway have revealed Ultimate Mortal Kombat for the DS. You know, the one that’s also available on Xbox Live Arcade for about a fiver. As you can see by the screenshot they’ve put a lot of thought into how the top screen will be used. Hopefully next week they’ll announce a Wii version of Dr. …
People have been speculating about it for long enough. Today, along with the UK public smoking ban, South Korea introduced VAT on money transactions in online games. Not a tax on virtual gold as such, but a tax on the payment of real money for virtual gold. It’s not that big a deal, though it …
It’s a bizarre one, this. Initially it gives the impression of being a typical RPG, asking you to choose a character class – Warrior, Wizard, Skank, etc – and give him (or her) a silly medieval name. Then an overhead map appears that you can move around, which includes a castle that can be built …
