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 6, 2012

Format:3DS Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Nintendo Players: 1 Site: http://www.nintendo.co.uk Wii based Galaxy titles have introduced a new level of inventiveness to the Mario formula; so how have Nintendo kept a balance between traditional 2D Mario gameplay, Galaxy style gameplay, and the 3DS’ form factor? Well, they have gone back...

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 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 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 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...