Feb 3, 2012

Format: 3DS Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Capcom Developer: Capcom Players: 1-2 Site: http://www.residentevil.com/revelations/ Resident Evil: Revelations can probably be considered one of the more mature games to be released on the 3DS to date (though it only manages a 16 rating from PEGI) and from the outset was a refreshing change from Mario, Mario, some...

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 11, 2012

In an uncomfortable reminder of exactly how and why manufacturers of complicated electronic products enjoy such huge profit margins, here is a story which brings the word ‘suicide’ into the world of console manufacturing – again. If the word ‘Foxconn’ means anything to you at all, it will almost certainly be due to reports of workers...

Jan 5, 2012

Format:  360 (version reviewed), 3DS, PC, PS3, Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Sega Developer: Sonic Team Players: 1 Site: http://www.sega.com/sonicgenerations/ How long and twisting the road for Sonic the Hedgehog has been these twenty-odd years since he burst into the gaming scene. Not to get excessively allegorical here, but the path has been much like the...

Jan 2, 2012

Format: Wii (version reviewed), PS3, 360 Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Ubisoft Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier Players: 1-4 (offline only) Site: http://raymanorigins.uk.ubi.com/# If you owned a SNES and/or Mega Drive (AKA Genesis) way back when, your gaming life would have been spent riding a surfboard of pleasure over a stormy sea of side-scrolling...

Jan 2, 2012

It’s been a year of worry for the traditional gamer. Whilst gaming might seem to be an ever growing past-time, some of the traditional elements which make up the industry have seemed fragile. Publishers have been busy shutting down traditional developers, especially those famed for 3D racers, but beyond too. We have seen shops such as Gamestop starting to...