South Park is king of the castle

South Park: The Stick of Truth taking the top spot of the UK chart provides some food for thought – could this have been the game that would have turned THQ’s fortunes around? It certainly would have helped the publisher get back on track. The eagerly awaited cartoon adventure has become Ubisoft’s first #1 of …

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Sir Clive Sinclair watch – it’s the week in pictures

Where was Sir Clive Sinclair last weekend? He was at The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge, making an impromptu visit to their Sinclair Celebration Weekend Event. Albeit an impromptu visit with a few days notice. He was there with his brother Ian. More Sir Clive Sinclair Watch next week. Unless he’s not photographed somewhere …

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Nintendo bids farewell to the Year of Luigi

With the Year of Luigi coming to an end, a range of Luigi-themed discounts are underway on the Nintendo eShop. The best of these is New Super Luigi U for £13.49. Less good, at least in terms of discount, is Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros. on 3DS for £27.99. NES classic Super Mario Bros. …

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Stick it to the Cartman

A week which sees the release of three cartoon tie-ins and little else sounds like a total write off. When South Park and Pac-Man are involved though, you know you’re in good company. The often delayed South Park: The Stick of Truth is the runaway headliner, and word has it that the extra development time …

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Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures – Import Review

Pac-Man’s ability to sprout limbs seemingly at will has always disturbed us. For every Pac-Man platformer that has been released over the years, there’s a Pac-Man game where the yellow fellow is forced to devolve and roll around inside mazes like a primitive beast. This CGI cartoon tie-in sees Pac-Man in his arguably most evolved …

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E3: A triple dose of Pac-Man

Of the 11 games mentioned in Namco-Bandai’s press release, three of them star Pac-Man. That’s a resounding 36%, unless our calculator is borked. Let’s take a look at what the yellow fellow is getting up to. We enjoyed the Pac-Man World games, so we’re rather intrigued by 3D platformer Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures. We …

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