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 …
For this week’s Saturday round up, I’d like to salute IGN UK writer Rob Burman, and his contribution to the art of headline writing. » Livingstone Singapores His Heart Out Ian Livingstone said something in Singapore, so what more could you ask for in a headline? Bonus marks for the word “opined” in the article …
Why EA hadn’t jumped on the retro compilation bandwagon before now is a bit of a mystery. Maybe it’s down to format choice: when the Saturn and PSone were in their prime, the Mega Drive and SNES were still a recent memory. PlayStation 2 and Xbox were probably a contender at one point, but EA …
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, then. It’s Capcom’s second 360-exclusive and apparently a solid – if predictible – shooter. If you’ve still got some extra cash left after the festive season then you might want to get the limited edition version. It comes in a metal case with an art book and a disk containing soundtracks, …
One of our predictions for 2007 has become a reality already: the PSP will receive some games that people actually want to play. Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars is a remix of the arcade/Dreamcast original and the ever-so-lacking sequel. The graphics have had a buff and polish, you can now save replays onto a memory card …
“There are new and exciting games available and more and more family orientated and mentally stimulating titles to grasp and hold the interest of all ages.” That’s what ELSPA’s Paul Jackson said about the record breaking software sales of 2006. So where are those “new and exciting” games in the chart of the year? Nowhere. …
One moment people – Boris Johnson, specifically – are claiming that videogames are turning children into “blinking, twitching lizards”, the next they’re receiving backing from the Department for Education and Skills. Well, one game is – Buzz: The Schools Quiz. It’s being developed by Brighton-based Relentless Software and will feature 5,000 questions from the Key …
There’s a small shake up in the top 5 this week, the most noteworthy going on being Canis Canem Edit moving up from #8 to #5. In mid-December it was right down at #23, so it’s good to see it spring back into the top 5. Of course, this is down to it being discounted …
Although the last PAL Dreamcast titles were released in mid-2002, over in Japan the system keeps on going. In fact, nearly nine years after it was launched in Japan, the start of 2007 will see no less than three new titles reach the hands of hardened Sega fans. Do we need to mention that all …
Eidos have picked up Spike’s Wii survival romp Necro-Nesia for a western release. They won’t be calling it that over here though. Nope, we get treated to the teeth-grindingly awful Escape from Bug Island. Necro-Nesia might not have meant anything, but at least it didn’t make the game sound like some cheesy 1960s B-movie. When …
There’s nothing like an analyst’s report to pad out a site’s news coverage. It’s been a vintage week. » Gamespot have information from In-Stat that, since there are now more consoles and handhelds with online capabilities, there will be more and more people playing online on console and handhelds in the future. Excellent work, analysts. …
Whereas Midway Arcade Treasures 3 stuck to racing games and Taito Legends 2 brought us plenty of previously import-only curios, this thirty-strong collection from Sega is pleasingly wide-ranging. Content spans from 1988’s Super Thunder Blade right up to 1996’s 2D version of Virtua Fighter II. That wasn’t the last game for the Mega Drive – …
