You may be thinking that this is a little bit of a pointless review. Although we won’t deny that it pretty much does what it says on the tin, to quote an advert that we hope people still remember, Nintendo’s 42 All Time Classics on DS was a game that we got a surprising amount …
We’re surprised that Sega didn’t make a bigger fuss of this third-person shooter being masterminded by Toshihiro Nagoshi, the creator behind the Yakuza games. The Yakzua series has a strong following all over the world and as it’s a franchise associated with Sony-formats this will be the first time that Xbox 360 owners get to …
I have to admit, I’ve outsourced this review of Puzzler World 2012 for Nintendo DS to my girlfriend. Is that generosity – she enjoys a good puzzle book on holiday, that sort of thing? Conscientious – seeking an expert opinion for you, the valued reader? Or plain, bone-idle laziness? Take your pick. Let’s find out …
The original Syndicate was governed by Peter Molyneux – the master of empty promises. Although we can’t be certain we’re pretty sure he promised that all our wildest dreams would come true and all future bowel movements would smell like freshly baked cinnamon rolls if we bought it. Thankfully Starbreeze haven’t fallen into his footsteps …
The arcade scene has been diminishing for years, but fortunately apps like Midway Arcade exist to preserve our video gaming past. Nothing can replace the feeling of stepping into a dank, sticky-carpeted arcade with a gang of dubious youths loitering around a fruit machine, but most would argue that’s something to be thankful about. Bearing …
Our Kinect has been dusted off and the living room furniture has been moved around. This can only mean one thing – a new free game has been added to Kinect Fun Labs. The catalogue of gadgets on Kinect Fun Labs is quite large now, but most aren’t worth your time other than to unlock …
We see what Warner Bros. have done here and we approve. With the last Batman game only a few months old and another one already hinted at, rather than overuse the character they’ve decided to instead base a game around the Batman universe. There’s nothing we hate more than seeing a character or franchise milked …
Talk about a long time coming. If there was one arcade game that Mega Drive and SNES owners wanted to see on their systems back in the ‘90s then surely this was it. Due to Acclaim having the console rights, Konami was only allowed to release it on computers back in the day, and so …
Early in the Xbox 360’s life there were plenty of 400 Microsoft Point games regularly arriving on Xbox Live Arcade. As development budgets get bigger and downloadable games get more ambitious, we’re starting to see fewer and fewer. That’s not to say that Denki Software’s Quarrel isn’t ambitious, however. Simply trying to strike up a …
Ubisoft has chosen the Game Boy Color version of Prince of Persia as their first 3DS Virtual Console title. Our money would have been on the little known Game Boy Color version of Rayman being their first release, so if you ever see us outside Ladbrokes and fancy a flutter then it’s probably not a …
The Cabela games have been getting slowly better over the years. This is nothing for Activision to be proud of though – they’ve gone from being poor to passable. That’s at least providing you can get over the fact that they all involve shooting innocent animals in the face. This isn’t Activision’s yearly Cabela update …
Quite how a game starring a pair of talking cats on a quest to climb a beanstalk and find a magical goose managed to get a 12+ age rating is beyond us. Did nobody at the age rating bureau have fairy tales read to them as a child? That was the first surprise that Puss …
We really hope nobody mistakes the ‘Years 5-7’ part of the title for a suggested age group. The LEGO games are always so lovingly crafted that children and adults alike find them entertaining. The previous LEGO Harry Potter game was surprisingly lengthy and had some moderately clever puzzles. Years 5-7 offers more of the same, …
The Mega CD didn’t have many brilliant games but those that were good still play well. This is likely to be down to the fact that the best Mega CD games – such as Final Fight, Snatcher and this Sonic romp – didn’t use focus on using the system’s frankly rubbish FMV capabilities but rather …
Previous Mario Kart games have proven to be what Nintendo themselves call ‘evergreen sellers’ – games that keep on selling even years after being released. Obviously, then, it makes sense from a financial point of view for Nintendo to release a Mario Kart game early in a system’s life. Having Mario Kart 7 ready for …