Metroid Prime Pinball for Nintendo DS? Armored Core 4 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360? No, there’s nothing new this week for me to even pretend to be enthusiastic about – though Metroid Prime Pinball has been received well. There’s FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage for 360, but it’s always been a slightly disappointing series given its …
When I was younger I used to love Games Workshop, and I spent many an afternoon pushing the models around in the in-store battles and buying the ridiculously expensive books. Indeed, whenever I smell the heady smell of paint and sweat, I’m reminded of being a massive social outcast and thinking Marilyn Manson was good. …
News of a Sonic RPG – currently untitled – for Nintendo DS should send a cold shiver down your spine. Sonic is fast, and that’s about his only notable characteristic. So suited to an RPG he is not. There’s a but. But! There is was. BioWare – who we knew from an announcement back in …
The third quarter of this year will see literally some games released for the Wii and Nintendo DS. And by my reckoning, about one of interest for each format. Those are Super Paper Mario for Wii, on 14th September, and Freshly Picked – Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland for Nintendo DS, on the same day. Honestly, I …
Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors are coming together in the form of Warriors Orochi. This is, say Koei, “an unforgettable crossover event.” The question is: will anyone notice the difference? Has anyone ever found any real differences between the two series? I guess there must be differences that I’m too stupid to pick up on, …
Texans MumboJumbo are working on a game based on The Office. But the US version of the series, so it won’t feature Ricky Gervais doing that dance that no-one’s sick and tired of seeing. In much the same way as no-one’s sick and tired of being hit around the head with a rotting corpse. It’ll …
EA Playground is another collection of mini-games for the Wii (and Nintendo DS), but this time based on playground games. You’d already guessed that, hadn’t you? Games mentioned so far include tetherball (swing the Wii remote), spitballs (blow into the DS mic) and dodgeball. It’s all sounding a bit American, but being developed at EA …
There are certain shocking gaps in my gaming CV, and the Katamari games make up one of those holes o’ shame. The 3D Grand Theft Autos – there’s another. I own them – indeed I can see them right now – but sheer bone idleness has got in the way. This is going somewhere, if …
Forza Motorsport 2’s still at #1, and it’s still followed by Tomb Raider: Anniversary and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. It’s all down to Colin McRae: DiRT, new at #4, to invigorate the chart. Codemasters might be a bit disappointed with that, but it’s only out on Xbox 360 and PC, and with …
The front cover for this brain bender features a silhouette of Sherlock Holmes, presumably because if the DS had been around during Sherlock’s lifetime then he’d get stuck into Slitherlink instead of trying to catch Jack the Ripper and having his way with Watson. It’s elementary, dear reader. Let’s bring you up to speed with …
This week’s big release is the oddly capitalised Colin McRae: DiRT, giving PC and 360 owners a reason to be cheerful. It looks bloody lovely, so if you like arcade-style muddy rally games, feel free to spend money on it. If you’re in the US it’s just called DiRT or something like that, whilst some …
I’ve only just come to properly appreciate the Wii’s Mii builder. Everyone loves making their own Mii: it’s sufficiently flexible, but streamlined enough to keep even the most impatient idiot interested. I’d love to know how much time was spent tweaking the available options to reach that near-perfect balance. In fact, some Nintendo bod has …
Summer means slow release season, and with a big Xbox 360 release it can only mean one thing: this week it’s all about Forza Motorsport 2. For the record, it’s the third fastest selling 360 game (behind Gears of War and PES6) and the fourth fastest selling overall this year. And yes, it’s this week’s …
Codemasters usually stick to their sports games, racing titles and incredibly belated Dirty Dancing tie-ins, so the hard to define Overlord is a break from the norm for them. We’ll have a stab at trying to define it though – take Pikmin’s safety in numbers/little helper theme, give it an evil twist with a warped …
