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 …
A new trailer for Harvest Moon on Wii has been doing the rounds this week. You can click on this link and see if for yourself but we’d rather you’d read the next paragraph to see how slow some of the bigger websites out there are. That’s slow as in dim, not slow as in …
Not content with upsetting animal rights campaigners with the God of War II dead goat fiasco, Sony have managed to upset the Church of England by featuring Manchester Cathedral in Resistance: Fall of Man allegedly without permission. The Church has demanded an apology and for Resistance to be taken off shelves, otherwise legal action will …
There’s one big game release this week – Forza Motorsport 2 on the Xbox 360. We’re of two minds about this – on the one hand, it looks like a dull racing game that doesn’t seem much different to the old Xbox version. On the other hand, UK:R really like it, so it can’t be …
They Came from the Skies is a brilliantly titled upcoming PlayStation 2 budget effort from the purse-pleasing chaps at Midas. A quick trawl of Goggle fails to bring up even the tiniest jot of information – although Amazon do kindly point out that it’s a videogame – but going by the name alone we’re sold …
In its second week of release, the lacklustre Pirates of the Caribbean has managed to take the top spot of the chart. Darling Lara has to make to with entering at #2, with Spider-Man 3 down to third place. Shadowrun – which still hasn’t been reviewed by most websites – is in at a surprisingly …
It’s quite unusual that EA hasn’t “blessed” the 360 with a Medal of Honor game yet, especially when you consider that MoH: Vanguard was released on Wii just three months after the system reached Europe. But when MoH: Airbourne does finally reach Microsoft’s box, it will face competition not only from Activision’s competent Call of …
There’s nothing games websites like more than telling us things that aren’t going to happen, be it to debunk a rumour on a rival site, or apropos of nothing. They just love it! This, then, is the week in not news. » Eurogamer’s had an exceptional week of not news. We had the new Wolfenstein …
Tomb Raider Anniversary marks a decade of Lara Croft. It’s not ten years to this day though – the first Tomb Raider was actually released way back in winter 1997 on the humble Sega Saturn. Reviews suggest that this celebration of Lara is more Legends than Angel of Darkness, with Edge dishing out a handsome …
Simply for his own amusement, a Mr Sean ‘Squidi’ Howard is attempting to brainstorm 300 new game ideas in 300 days. That’s at least… one a day. He’s currently up to number 23 and already there have been some potential gems posted on his website, with Pellet Quest – a Pac-Man style RPG with dungeons …
A year ago, D3 Publishing were known for their Japanese budget releases and not much else. Twelve months on and they’ve done themselves proud, having released the likes of Puzzle Quest, Earth Defence Force 2017 and the Pikmin-like Darwin in the last few months alone. This arcade racer is their first console download effort, and …
I’m kind of surprised (but not very) that Pirates of the Caribbean hasn’t been able to shift Spider-Man 3 off the top spot of the chart. Instead it goes in at #2, with Mario Strikers Charged Football in at #3. Nintendo are probably quite happy with that. The painfully average TMNT is back on the …
Sod the recent brain training games – Tetris teaches you the most important skill you’ll ever need. Namely, how to pack a shopping bag properly. Before the block falling opus arrived some twenty years ago I used to put eggs at the bottom of the bag, cans of beans on top of loaves of bread …
THQ tend to stick to their cartoon licenses where handheld games are concerned. They decided to make the odd exception for 5th Cell’s Drawn to Life on DS though, which is just fine with us as it’s looking like a good chance to flex underused artistic muscles. It’s a 2D platformer in which you’re able …
It’s three weeks since I’ve last done one of these, which means you lucky folks get seven reviews today. So let’s not mess about with a stupid opening paragraph, and jump straight in. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest – SNES – 800 Points Donkey Kong Country is great. That is a fact, and …
