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 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...

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...

Dec 20, 2011

Format: PSN Unleashed: December 21st (EU), December 27th (NA) Publisher: Oddworld Inhabitants Developer: Oddworld Inhabitants/Just Add Water Players: 1 Site: http://www.oddworld.com/?page_id=778 Is it a first person shooter? Perhaps a third person platformer? Surely it must be an action RPG of sorts? We’ve had five years to think about it, and the...