Jan 27, 2012

Format: XBLA Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: UTV Ignition Developer: Denki Players: 1 (offline), 2-4 (online) Site: http://www.denki.co.uk/games/quarrel/ This game sees pirates fighting ninjas, and cavemen fighting robots. Oh, still here? Most people rushed off to buy the game before the end of the first sentence. Well for the rest of you, here’s a...

Jan 26, 2012

A sequel to the 2005 PS2, Xbox and PC game Sniper Elite (which saw a 2010 release on the Wii with a bonus level), very little was known of Sniper Elite V2. Until now! Today, developer Rebellion held a one hour live Q&A session on Twitter. A few juicy tidbits of information were tossed out for the public, and we of course stuck our oar in with a few...

Jan 25, 2012

Throughout history, Nintendo has squished the flies of competition in the handheld arena time and time again, seemingly without trying. Game Gear? Nice try! Lynx? Pshaw. PSP? Close, but no cigar. Wonderswan? Never made it outside of Japan! The Neo Geo Pocket, too, didn’t last long; but it seems that SNK Playmore will be bringing the Neo Geo name back to...

Jan 24, 2012

Microsoft Points, the currency used to purchase a variety of digital goods from Xbox Live, Windows Phone and Zune marketplace could be phased out according to a report. Inside Mobile Apps claims that Microsoft will cease to use the points system by the end of the year, switching over to a regional currency based model similar to that of the PlayStation Store...

Jan 23, 2012

Guild Wars 2 will be opening its doors for an open beta test in March according to ArenaNet founder and president, Mike O’Brien. This will then pave the way for the game’s release later this year. Writing on the ArenaNet blog, Mr O’Brien said: “We recently finished our first closed beta test, and we’re now ready to hold progressively larger events. In...

Jan 20, 2012

Format: 3DS Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Nintendo/Retro Studios Players: 1-8 (local & online) Site: http://mariokart7.nintendo.com/ Double Dash (which irked some fans) aside, the Mario Kart games haven’t changed an awful lot since the original was released on the SNES almost twenty years ago. The series remains massively...

Jan 19, 2012

Rumoured to be the most expensive videogame ever developed, Bioware’s MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic finally saw a full launch at the tail end of December – presumably aimed at those not satisfied with the weight gain already associated with the season and still seeking a method to put on a few more pounds in a short space of time. I picked the...

Jan 18, 2012

Format: PC (version reviewed), Mac, PSN, XBLA Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Lace Mamba Global/Focus Home Interactive, Atlus Developer: Frozenbyte Players: 1 – 3 Site: www.trine2.com Having a knight, a wizard and a thief simultaneously adventuring together seems like a fairly reasonable Halloween costume line-up or an unspecialised MMO raid party. It also...