Mar 10, 2011

Format: Xbox 360 Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Mastertronic Developer: PopCap Players: 1-2 Site: www.popcap.com We’re not sure if the cynic is here or in Popcap’s marketing department, but it is difficult to discern a reason why this compilation of some of Popcap’s online casual hits should be released when each and every one of them can be...

Nov 19, 2010

Multiplayer games that play across different major platforms are quite rare out in the wilderness of the gaming world. BANG!, the videogame based on the spaghetti western board game of the same name will let owners of iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Atom Netbook and PC play the game together, no matter what their platform of choice is. Daniele Azara, Production...

Nov 15, 2010

Format: PS3 (version reviewed), 360, PC, Wii, DS Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Activision Developer: Treyarch Players: 1-4 (offline), 2-18 (online, including splitscreen) Site: http://www.callofduty.com/hub World at War was a bit of a mess. Offline, grenade spamming; online, the unwise inclusion of tanks and a few unpopular maps – all wrapped up in an...

Oct 12, 2010

Splash Damage CEO Paul Wedgwood is Game Director (in his words, “Basically jumped up playtester”) for his company’s latest title, Brink. He’s on the show floor for the first day of the Eurogamer Expo, tensely watching how press and public alike react to his game – despite all the positive press it’s received in recent months. It soon...

Oct 8, 2010

Two awesome things were waiting for Neil and I in the VIP area of the Eurogamer Expo: free coffee, and Splash Damage’s lead writer for Brink, Edward Stern. Though his surname makes him sound like a particularly severe member of the Mr Men lineup, Mr Stern couldn’t be any more warm and affable if he tried. Or perhaps he could, and he’s just not...