Feb 10, 2012

Format: XBLA (version reviewed), PSN Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Konami Developer: Backbone Entertainment Players: 1-4 (offline), 2-4 (online) Site: http://www.konami.com/simpsonsarcade If you’re cowering in your late twenties to mid thirties and you’ve been gaming since you were a wee lad or lass, you’ll almost certainly have fond...

Feb 9, 2012

It has been widely reported by the gaming press, including Eurogamer, that the UK’s largest independent video game retailer is in financial difficulties. The firm had a poor 2011, and whilst many had hoped the Christmas season might bring a last minute reprieve it was not to be and sales were down close to 15% compared to the year before. To put this into...

Jan 31, 2012

SSX joins the slew of games set to ship with an online pass code included with new copies of the game. The good news is that it is not required to enjoy the game’s multiplayer mode. An EA spokesperson told Game Informer that the code will not affect how you play the game’s two multiplayer modes, Explore and Global Events. However, in-game credits earned...

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 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 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...