It sounds like a good idea for Comic Relief to make Red Noses (and t-shirts) available to buy in online world Second Life. But what I’d really like to know, after the event, is how many they’ve sold. Because I genuinely can’t even take a guess, mainly because I don’t have anything to compare it …
It’s not clear if you can get your head shaved by a jumbo jet in SSX Blur on Wii, but there’s a fair chance you can – the SSX games always have a pleasing nonsensical twist. There are another four games out on Wii this week too – Rapala: Tournament Fishing, World Series of Poker, …
It’s peculiar that is Ubisoft’s first Xbox Live Arcade release, considering the vast number of 360 titles they’ve published recently, but what’s really bizarre is that it’s a joint release between Konami and Ubisoft. Seeing the two publishers’ iconic logos on the loading screen next to one another is a little… unexpected. This isn’t the …
Pac-Man and gambling aren’t usually paired together, although plenty of gamers ploughed coins into Pac-Man arcade machines back in the day so there’s probably a tenuous link there somewhere. Which is probably why the mellow yellow pill popper has made an appearance on new National Lottery scratch cards. The cards cost £2 each and offer …
Certain websites – such as 1UP and N-Europe – have seen fit to write full blown news articles about Best Buy – who aren’t a video game specialist in the slightest – changing the release date of Metroid Prime 3 Corruption to 31st December 2007. The more intelligent amongst us realise that online retailers often …
Tom Clancy and Xbox 360 is becoming an unbeatable combination, so yes, Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 is #1 this week. Final Fantasy XII is down to #2, and at #3 it’s the return of Vice City Stories, thanks to the cheap PlayStation 2 release. Impressively, Sonic and the Secret Rings on Wii rises a …
Back in my day, cheapo LCD games consisted of three sprites in slightly different positions. Proper animation and colour were but a dream. Today it’s possible to go out and pick up a cheap handheld with a proper colour screen and everything. Last year Logic 3 launched the GamesPower 50, with 50 built-in games and …
Like everything that isn’t a house or petrol, the price of Xbox 360 games has come tumbling down. So much so, that some older 360 games can be found for around a quarter the price of a new game. It’s not just cheap gaming thrills on offer too: there’s also the chance to bag a …
There’s another game based on World War II out this week, but it’s not a first person shooter or even an RTS – it’s a new Castlevania for Nintendo DS. It’s still based on the resurrection of Dracula, only now there are zombie soldiers to contend with. Reviews suggest that it’s pretty decent, although not …
If the term Web 2.0 isn’t enough to make you want to shove your fist in a blender, then beat yourself around the head with the blender just to make sure, then try Sony’s new favourite phrase, introduced at GDC: Game 3.0. They just want to be hated, don’t they? It’s about user-generated content and …
Sony’s Phil Harrison gave a keynote speech at the Game Developers Conference today. But that’s not at all interesting. What is more worthy of mention, is the announcement of LittleBigPlanet, a lovely looking new PlayStation 3 game. Cream over the trailer. Made by Media Molecule, the creators of Rag Doll Kung Fu, it shares that …
Sega are running a poll on their website to discover which of their franchises gamers would most like to see make a return. So far almost 5,000 people have responded, with NiGHTS well in the lead with a nice 55 per cent. Streets of Rage follows with 23 per cent, then it’s Samba de Amigo …
Colour me confused: Ubisoft will be releasing the legendary Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game on Xbox Live Arcade this month for a handsome 400 points (around £3.60). You know, the one that was released by Konami, who still own the Turtles cartoon license. Which is what the arcade game was based on. Digital Eclipse …
The Game Developers Conference started today in San Francisco. As far as I can gather, the exciting news so far is a 512MB Memory Unit for Xbox 360, an increase to 150MB for the size limit on Xbox Live Arcade games, and vague details of Nokia’s N-Gage plans. There’s a whole week of this. Let’s …
My, wasn’t Matt confident that Sonic and the Secret Rings would make the top ten? He was bloody right as well: it’s the second highest entry, at a perfectly respectable #5. Meanwhile some Sims thing at #3 is the highest, leaving Crackdown and Final Fantasy XII at #2 and #1 respectively. Ghost Rider – which …
