31 Jan, 2012

With baseball season fast approaching, 2K Sports has released a new trailer for their upcoming baseball title, MLB 2K12. This new trailer puts a focus on the My Player mode, with a rookie working his way to the majors to face 2011 Cy Young winner, Justin Verlander. The moral of the story – Sit Down Rook, as our rookie wiffs out with three swings to the...

30 Jan, 2012

FIFA 12 successfully held off against a surge in Modern Warfare 3 sales to remain at number one last week, with Skyrim dropping into third place and Just Dance 3 into fourth. Battlefield 3 remains in fifth place and – finally – we have some new blood in the chart in the form of 3DS title Resident Evil: Revelations which has entered in sixth. There...

30 Jan, 2012

It was another round of musical chairs this past week for the Top 10 titles. Kinect Adventures! and Just Dance 3 continue to fight for the #1 spot. Skyrim‘s dragons aren’t backing down from Modern Warfare 3‘s gunfire, and Mario doesn’t seem to care that his race kart is stuck in the middle. Let’s just let those crazy 10 keep...

25 Jan, 2012

Last week’s UK sales chart showed a significant bump for Rayman Origins, a title that reviewer after reviewer has lauded but, up to now, has been backburnered by gamers. Pricing stunts (like a weeklong $20 sale at US Toys R Us outlets) have helped goose sales, but apparently positive word-of-mouth will only take an oddball 2D platformer so far. Yes, I...

24 Jan, 2012

Captain Morgane lives a tough life. I mean it was one thing to be a woman in the 17th Century, but adding into the mix trying to be a female pirate and you add a whole new set of problems on your table. But, Captain Morgane struggles on to bring equality to pillaging across the seven seas, as she goes on an adventure to locate the legendary Golden...

24 Jan, 2012

It was a game of musical chairs in the Top 10, but it was a deathmatch for the Top 20. While Mario Kart and Mario 3D Land fought with the Dragonborn, Kinect Sports, Just Dance 3, and Dance Central battled it out with SWTOR and UFC Personal Trainer. Let’s just say that the Force wasn’t too strong with that particular one. Zumba Fitness 2 climbed its...

23 Jan, 2012

EA’s FIFA 12 is celebrating its fifth week at the top of the chart and shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. Skyrim and Just Dance 3 have switched places and are now in places two and three respectively; Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3 have done likewise and finish at four and five. Highly popular fitness games Zumba Fitness and Zumba Fitness 2...

19 Jan, 2012

If you’re a long-time regular reader of GGS, you’ll know that I’ve been hoping for a UK release of The Last Story for more than a year now. Well, my wish came true. Published by Nintendo, The Last Story will be released in the UK on 24 February 2012. The game’s creator, Hironobu Sakaguchi, will be at Midlands Comic Con to talk about the...