More than five months on from being released in the rest of the world, Nintendo have finally had the decency to release Star Fox Command in Europe. When I originally reviewed it back in September, I came to the conclusion that it’s good but not great. I’d rather have a conversion of the sublime Star …
Sony confirmed the European PlayStation 3 launch details last night. I almost completely forgot until I saw some other websites rubbishing the stupidly inflated British price. So it’s official, the PlayStation 3 will launch in the UK and across civilised Europe on 23rd March with a price tag of £425 (or €599 for Euro using …
It’s funny how finding out the developer of a game can raise or lower my expectations. Take Crush, Sega’s new PSP puzzle game. It involves crushing a 3D world down into 2D to solve puzzles then ‘uncrushing’ it back to 3D. Sounds interesting. But Kuju Brighton are developing it. Now I’m fond of Kuju for …
Unless they want an angry mob at their door, Phoenix Games should probably think of another name for their upcoming and probably turgid Pac-Man clone. They clearly haven’t been watching Celebrity Big Brother.
Well it’s all about World of Warcraft this week, with The Burning Crusade – the first expansion pack – comfortably taking #1. It missed out on being the fastest selling PC game ever by less than a thousand units, so Championship Manager 04 keeps that title. World of Warcraft itself is back at #28 too. …
With nine dungeons, various sub-missions and collectable bugs and ghosts to locate, Twilight Princess is by far Link’s longest romp yet. It took me just over thirty six hours to see the credits, but there’s loads of stuff left to see and do – it wasn’t until the final battle that I realised I hadn’t …
This month’s Official Nintendo Magazine has a preview of a quirky new Nintendo DS game from Koei entitled Prey the Stars. Despite being nearly finished and due for release in the spring, when we put the name into Google all we could find were a handful of Australian online stores offering pre-orders. Which is odd. …
Featuring nine mini-games, this compilation – bundled free(ish) with extra Wii remotes – is designed is to teach you how to use the remote, step by step. As such we’re wondering why it wasn’t bundled with the Wii instead of Wii Sports, and we’re also confused as to how Nintendo are going to sell this …
By bundling this free with US and European Wiis, Nintendo aren’t just showing their generous side – they’re showing their intelligent side as well. It’s a genuine people magnet – the sort of game that’s ideal to flaunt your new play thing. As such, we reckon that Nintendo’s theory is that you give your mates …
There may only have been two things said this week worth repeating, but it’s quality, not quantity, which counts. » I’m growing to like Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter. He does love to comment on the games industry, and he doesn’t care if he’s wrong. A couple of weeks ago his thought that there wouldn’t …
Emergency Mayhem might ring a bell with you – it was one of the games that Acclaim were working on before they ran into money troubles. Despite originally being announced way back at E3 2004, Codemasters have somehow managed to salvage the remains and are readying it for release on Wii. A PlayStation 2 version …
2007 is going to be a sterling year for Xbox Live Arcade, with Jeff Minter’s Space Giraffe, Castle Crashers, Worms, EA’s Fantavision clone Boom Boom Rocket and the Trickstyle-style Street Trace NYC all shaping up to be essential downloads. Heavy Weapon, however, doesn’t get this year’s offerings off to a good start. First impression: it’s …
It’s been ages since anything seriously exciting happened in chart land, but this week’s top 40 is something of a cracker. Despite not really being a AAA title, Lost Planet has managed to take the top spot, knocking FIFA 07 to #3. So what’s at #2, you ask? Why, it’s only Wario Ware on Wii. …
It may be clear by now that I love a good pun. I love a bad pun, too. There are also certain people who would have you believe that I love pirates (the old fashioned nautical kind). But these people are liars. The point I’m managing to avoid is that, unbeknownst to me, the press …
Its speculation time, folks. Zootfly – who last worked on Panzer Elite Action – have released a couple of videos featuring a new Ghostbusters game in action. The first shows off a third person shooter with a Resident Evil 4 over-the-shoulder camera, which focuses on how objects can be destroyed or lobbed around with the …
