Nintendo: if you like puzzle games, you’ll love sports games

I think Nintendo of Europe’s marketing has taken a tumble recently. First there were those ridiculous adverts with Jedward; now they’re making wild accusations as to which games we would “love”. According to the display boxes of Mario Vs Donkey Kong on DS, if you like the hybrid of puzzle and platforming action it contains, …

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Mario marches up the chart

EA’s Dead Space 2 manages to cling onto the top of the chart for the second week running. That’s followed by FIFA 11, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Call of Duty: Black Ops and LittleBigPlanet 2. It’s good to see LittleBigPlanet 2 still sticking around – usually titles of niche appeal rank highly then swiftly vanish. At …

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Mud, sweat and tears

This week would have been all about vastly improved RPG sequel Two Worlds 2, but as reported by Eurogamer it has been delayed not once but twice over the last few days. It’s now pencilled in for a 25th February release, due to a large amount of stock being wrecked on route from China to …

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