6 Nov, 2010

“Whoa, We’re Half Way There, Whoa, Livin’ On a Prayer!” *cough* Anyone got a fancying for Bon Jovi on Rock Band 3? Well, you’re in luck, as The Bon Jovi Greatest Hits pack will be available for the game on 9th November for £9.99/ 1,600 MS Points / 2,000 Wii Points. If only a few of the tracks take your fancy, they are available...

5 Nov, 2010

2010 has seen a full-scale revolt against the highly-populated pre-owned video game market. More and more titles are now shipping with a variety of full-price purchase incentives, such as Mass Effect 2′s Cerberus Network package – a pricey 1200 Microsoft Points to those that picked up a pre-owned copy, but included free with new copies. More...

3 Nov, 2010

The Smackdown vs RAW (SvR) franchise is a juggernaut in the gaming landscape, and in the past few years Yuke’s and THQ have really been pushing the series to give the fans the best and closest experience possible to the WWE television programs.  Last year I felt they had pushed the game beyond what fans expected and delivered a product that stood up to the...

29 Oct, 2010

Today is the day that THQ’s WWE: Smackdown vs RAW 2011 finally releases in stores.  The multi-million selling franchise is set to make this edition the biggest one yet. Your Road to Wrestlemania starts here with a new trailer to get you excited about hitting the ring.  This is your moment! Look out for the review next...

25 Oct, 2010

Here we go again! A mere six weeks after a review code of Bungie’s Halo: Reach was sensationally hacked and released by internet pirates, VentureBeat have reported that Activision’s upcoming blockbuster Call of Duty: Black Ops has leaked in the US. However Activision, always ones for a drama (and no small amount of publicity) have laughed in the face...

21 Oct, 2010

A little while back, I let all you good folk know about some of the new Cooking Mama World games coming out this fall. One of those games, Babysitting Mama, included the very first baby peripheral. Well if you were curious about how the baby would look – be curious no longer, for I bring you a video! Be scared. Be very, very scared. And if you’re not...

14 Oct, 2010

SEGA’s Sonic the Hedgehog series is one of my earliest and fondest gaming memories – Sonic 2 was a game my 8-year-old self had no qualms about screaming at his mother like a rabid, baying hyena to get his hands on – but in recent years it’s lost its way to a catastrophic degree. The problems started with Sonic’s inevitable shift to...

11 Oct, 2010

Capcom have released a new trailer for Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes, the day before the game is released in the US. The trailer shows off the hack-and-slash combat title’s wide range of different playable characters, all having their own personalities and moves which allow for very varied gameplay experiances and styles. There is also an anime adaptation...