Blue Toad Murder Files episode three: review

Just in case you haven’t been following us closely enough to have read our reviews of the first two episodes (for shame!), a Blue Toad episode runs thus: Twelve Professor Layton – style puzzles are scattered throughout a lighthearted detective mystery plotline, told entirely through cartoonish cut scenes (you also need to identify ‘whodunnit’ at the end). You can play through on your own or with up to three other people, in which case you’ll be swapping a single controller around old skool stylee.

Grumpy Gurevitz: Overload!

2009 according to many, was a light year when it came to ‘big’ and quality releases. This perception is mainly due to the latter half of the year being dominated by Modern Warfare 2. However the rest of the year was alive with interesting, high quality and fun titles for all the platforms.

Recovering your trophies post – crash: some lost forever?

Speaking from personal experience, it seems that some trophies may be lost permanently.

Sony deny PSN hack rumours

Critical Gamer asked Sony to comment on the rumours that the Playstation network has been hacked. Hugo Bustillos UK PR Executive told Critical Gamer

Sony official update on PSN issues

The following statement from Sony was issued to us when we contacted them.”We have found out that some users are experiencing a network connection failure when signing on to PlayStation Network. “We are currently looking into the issue to identify the cause of this network connection failure and will update further information as necessary (on the Blog or official website. We appreciate for your understanding and continued support.”

PSN crash checklist

As you probably know, the PlayStation Network crashed across at least two continents last night. This time however, it wasn’t a simple case of users being signed out of PSN without being able to sign back in again; it seems that thousands if not millions of PS3 consoles have been interfered with. If your console is suffering from some or all of the following, it’s almost certainly Sony’s fault and not yours:

Grumpy Gurevitz: Heavy Lair

Has Dragon’s Lair come of age? That’s the question I ask myself when playing the Heavy Rain Demo.

MAG: review

Zipper Interactive made bold claims when they announced MAG. The thought of a 256 player online FPS had many salivating at the prospect of a full-on online war game, which went beyond the snack sized Team Deathmatch modes offered in other shooters. So how does MAG stand up to the peerless Call of Duty and Battlefield franchises?

Sega releases Sonic the Hedgehog 4 teaser

Hoping to rescue his rather tarnished reputation with gamers, a certain pointy blue rodent has cropped up in a teaser video released by Sega, showing a return to the formula that made him so popular, in Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1.

Aliens Vs Predator Demo arrives

The demo for Rebellions new take on Aliens Vs Predator has appeared on Steam, with Xbox Live and PSN versions expected to follow later today.

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