Jun 5, 2012

Nintendo Conference: June 5th 5:00am GMT   It goes without saying that this will mainly be about the Wii U and what it can do. From the Ubisoft conference I can say it will be nothing truly amazing, but at least on par with the current generation. Let’s see what happens though. The show preamble on the official feed features terrible whorish product...

Jun 5, 2012

Ubisoft Conference: June 4th 11:00pm GMT   I’m hoping to see more of Splinter Cell Blacklist since it looked fairly interesting in the Microsoft conference. I’m sure there will be plenty of Assassin’s Creed 3 but I’m not not sure what else. What I truly, truly hope is that this year there is no Mr Caffeine. This smooth jazz mixed with...

Apr 4, 2012

Format: Wii Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Nordic Games Developer: Le Cortex Players: 1-4 Site: http://www.wesingame.com The latest entry in the Wii exclusive We Sing karaoke series firmly, and unashamedly, plants both feet in the world of pop music; hence the title We Sing Pop!. Another karaoke game, another review; how best to handle it? Why, with a...

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 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 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...