It’s Spring (nearly) and with it come thoughts of cleaning or at least thoughts of other people cleaning. To try and get in to the spirit of the moment I decided to have a bit of a rummage around on my PC and maybe organise [...]
“He’s looking for a Kimura” Get used to this. You’ll be hearing it a lot, at least if the tournament I played is anything to go by. The development team at THQ have worked hard on making the commentary system sound natural. “You’re actually getting [...]
Final Fantasy XIII was undeniably beautiful. The world it created was vast and full of life. My explorations through the great plains of Gran Pulse and the Ice Fields on Cocoon never failed to drop my jaw on more than one occasion yet there was [...]
Resident Evil is a franchise I hold very close to my heart. Ever since I was a child, I have been terrified by the intense scares of this survival horror, creeping through the corridors of the infamous mansion of Resident Evil’s debut entry, and I’ve [...]
The demo for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was released on Xbox Live and PSN this week. Some have criticised it for clinging to old fantasy RPG tropes. Others have called it “the game that Lionhead have been trying to make for three iterations.” I’ve spent [...]
We have seen it many times as videogame fans. Franchises becoming so repetitive in their sequels they become stagnated, before the ultimate rejuvenation and complete overhaul of the formula. This is highlighted by the recent rough times experienced by the Pro Evolution Soccer and Final [...]
Imagine a world where you can do what you want, when you want and get adored just for existing. As I covered in my hands-on preview at Gamescom 2011, Saints Row: The Third lets you live that fictional life while having fun in the most [...]
We could talk all day on the strides made by Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade and Sony’s Playstation Network in recent years to create interesting new single player experiences, but on the multiplayer side of things, eh, it leaves a little to be desired. Outside of [...]
I recently celebrated my 29th birthday, so in celebration, this essay – and it is an essay, before you start getting too comfortable – is one man’s ill-informed but highly personal exploration of the world of the shoot ‘em up. For the uninitiated, shoot ‘em ups, [...]
“He’s looking for a Kimura” Get used to this. You’ll be hearing it a lot, at least if the tournament I played is anything to go by. The development team at THQ have worked hard on making the commentary system sound natural. “You’re actually getting [...]
AMY, one of the very first releases of 2012, sets a very high standard for others not to follow. “Terrible” is the choice of descriptive here and can be used to describe most of the game, despite one or two clever ideas. This survival horror (more survival, less horror) just [...]
I think it’s fair to say that most game developers don’t like the pre-owned market. I wrote a piece a few months ago in response to the Heavy Rain’s creator’s comments, which claimed he was losing out on vast profit. This argument was based on the amount of PS3 trophies [...]
Excited for the release of Final Fantasy XIII-2? You should be. I know it seems odd after the apparent failure of XIII. Believe me I can understand any hesitations you may have. After playing through the demo three times for your benefit I can safely say FFXIII-2 appears to fix [...]
Following on the heels of Pippa’s annoyance at Order Up!! and its shameless in-app purchasing model, I’ve read a very interesting post from Spry Fox LLC’s game designer Daniel Cook on Google+. In it he explains why they’ve decided not to go with the traditional 99¢ sales model and instead [...]
Oh Chillingo, why must you offer me exactly the kind of game I love and then cruelly take it away by annoying the crap out of me with adverts and underhand ways of trying to make me spend money? Don’t you realise I’m a stubborn cuss who objects to developers [...]
“Exuberant, colourful and very chatty release would like to meet casual gamers for cartoon-styled violence and good times.” Brawl Busters is the new over the shoulder deathmatch / co-op release from Rock Hippo. Like Team Fortress 2 it’s released as Free-2-Play and offers in-game currency for those who are time [...]
Video game records. Do you care? Are they interesting? I genuinely want to know. The Gamers’ Edition of the Guinness Book of World Records launched in 2008 and is now on its fifth edition. Have you bought one? I did. I picked up the 2008 edition for a fiver, flipped [...]
Tekken: Blood Vengeance is coming out on 6th February and we have a fabulous competition for you. In case you haven’t heard, this film is incredible. “Clearly one of the best examples of CGI and 3D-implementation seen in cinema” – Brett Phipps, The Average Gamer “Will you be entertained though? [...]
New multiplayer maps for Gears 3: This week’s release of Fenix Rising includes five new multiplayer maps (Academy, Anvil, Depths, Escalation, Slab) and four character skins (Recruit Clayton, Thrashball Cole, Savage Marauder and Savage Kantus). It also introduces an ability which looks an awful lot like Call of Duty’s Prestige [...]
Dead Island DLC: Deep Silver have announced a new downloadable story pack for Dead Island. This one lets you play as the antagonist Ryder White, and see the island from his perspective. More weapons, more blueprints and more story. It’ll be out on 1st Feb for 800 MSP and £7.99 [...]
I met up with Thomas Singleton, producer for Grand Slam Tennis 2 to get his thoughts on making sports games more accessible, in-game commentary and using the PlayStation Move controller. The game, which is released next month, features all four Grand Slam tournaments, the ability to replay classic matches like [...]
Get ball to hoop. Ball is bouncy and subject to gravity. Ball must be mollycoddled towards hoop via carefully constructed obstacle courses of clutter. Sometimes different types of balls are used all at the same time! Backyard Bounce, the latest physics based puzzle game from Clickgamer.com is certainly nothing new. [...]
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