Enslaved

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

Long before Enslaved there was a TV series shown in the 70s called Monkey that was also based on the 16th century Chinese novel Saiyūki. According to the TV show theme tune 70s Monkey was “the funkiest monkey that ever popped”. If you called this new Monkey a...

You can’t get blood from a stone

UK Charts GoldenEye 007 hasn’t managed to make it into the top 10 chart this week, but don’t feel down because 007: Blood Stone hasn’t made the cut either. Instead they’re at #13 and #17 respectively. I think Activision themselves are partly to blame – what were they...

Don’t have a Brahmin, man

UK Charts Like Fallout 3 before it, which went straight to #1 back in 2008, Fallout: New Vegas has hit the jackpot for Bethesda and has also managed to outsell its predecessor on launch. Medal of Honor is now at #2, FIFA 11 at #3 and at #4...

Honour for Honor

UK Charts Were a few rather critical reviews ever going to harm Medal of Honor? Of course not – even though it has been a few years since the last MoH it’s still a franchise that’s popular. As such, it enters at #1 in the UK chart, beating...

Konami enslaves the chart

UK Charts In the all formats chart Castlevania: Lords of Shadow managed to outdo Enslaved: Odyssey to the West by one place – Konami’s fang-tastic romp goes in at #6 while Ninja Theory’s monkey man jumps in at #7. Likewise in the PlayStation 3 chart Castlevania sold more...