Jun 23, 2011

Many analysts are claiming the death of the dedicated handheld console way too early. Article after article points out the huge number of smartphone sales and app adoption, and from there leap to the conclusion that this in some way means that there is no future in the dedicated handheld market. I disagree with this position and see that there is room for a...

Jun 7, 2011

Nintendo Conference: June 7th 05:00pm GMT Everyone wants to see the new console Nintendo is premièring today. I don’t really want to take guesses on what it will be like, but my assumption would be no-3D and only about as good as the current gen. That said, they will hopefully have learned from the poor 3DS sales that really what matters is a powerful...

Apr 14, 2011

Format: DS Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Deep Silver/Apogee Software Developer: Frontline Studios Players: 1-2 Site: http://www.apogeesoftware.com/products/duketrilogy/criticalmass/ While everyone was busy pretending to be surprised at the latest Duke Nukem Forever delay, Apogee Software (who first birthed Mr Nukem) and Deep Silver snuck a brand new...

Mar 28, 2011

Format: 360 (version reviewed), PS3, Wii, DS, 3DS, PSP, PC Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: LucasArts Developer: Traveller’s Tales Players: 2 Site: http://www.lucasarts.com/games/legostarwarsiii/index.jsp The Lego games from Traveller’s Tales have always mimicked the spirit of the building blocks themselves, serving as toy boxes full of...

Mar 17, 2011

Format: DS/DSi Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Game Freak Players: 1 (2+ Wi-Fi/IR Trading/Battling) Site: http://www.pokemonblackwhite.com/en-us It’s been some time since the original Japanese release of the first generation of Pokemon games back in 1996. Game Freak, presumably realizing just what age people who have followed from...

Mar 8, 2011

Format: PS3 (version reviewed), 360, Wii, DS Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: THQ Developer: Blue Tongue Entertainment Ltd. Players: 1-2 Site: http://www.deblob.com/ De first game was a Wii exclusive, but de sequel has gone multiformat. Wid lots of bright colours, cute character designs and happy bouncy music, de Wii origins are clear for all to see. De...