Review: Wet
There’s a certain sub genre of the third person shooter that only a few games belong to. Stranglehold is one of them and so is Total Overdose and both are members of the genre that is the ‘Third Person Stunt Shooter’. Yes, I just made that name up. This genre has recently added a new member to its stable and it’s called Wet, a title released into the wild from developers Artificial Mind and Movement. Read more
Op-Ed: Rip-Me-Off….On Demand
A couple of weeks ago Games on Demand was launched on Xbox LIVE all over the world, and after some initial excitement I smelled a rat. A big, fat, dead, decomposing, maggot infested rat.
Gamescom 2009: Brütal Legend Multiplayer Preview
Rob Halford, Lemmy Kilmeister, Ozzy Osbourne, Lita Ford, Tim Curry, Kyle Gass and Jack Black. Now which of these people don’t rock your socks off? Oh that’s right it’s Tim Curry. Anyway let’s have a look at the Brütal Legend multiplayer.
Gamescom 2009: Scribblenauts Aim For The Sky
If there’s one giant issue I have with the upcoming title Scribblenauts, from developer 5th Cell, it’s that I won’t be able to play it as someone stole my DSi from the hotel room whilst I was at Gamescom. Read more
Gamescom 2009: A First Look At RAGE
Simon Williams talks up his Gamescom favourite, id Software’s RAGE (all caps because that’s the way the games industry likes it), a post apocalypse open world shooter/racer/RPG. It’s kinda cool…
Gamescom 2009: Nyko Break Out The New Toys
It’s not just new games that get shown at Gamescom, but also new controllers and accessories. So I stopped by Nyko and had a look at what new gizmos they had to offer.
Gamescom 2009: Singularity First Look
Modern Warfare 2 isn’t the only game Activision is working on at the moment you know. Whilst my colleagues got a look at the new Call of Duty, I was lucky enough to get a look at a game by Raven Software called Singularity.
Gamescom 09: Guitar Hero 5 Impressions
Not long now and we’ll all be playing the next installment in the Guitar Hero franchise! Activision invited me to have a look at it at Gamescom last week and who was I to turn down an offer like that?
Gamescom 09: ‘MySims Agents’ Impressions
I’ve got a little niece and a nephew on the way so I’ve been expanding my horizons somewhat regarding games that aren’t aimed at me per se. This led me to take a look at MySims: Agents last week at Gamescom.
Gamescom 2009: The Sims 3 ‘World Adventures’ Impressions
Now don’t go booing The Sims straight away, as even hardcore gamers like myself like to manage a family of Sims every once in a while. I was quite excited when I was able to get an early look at the first expansion for The Sims 3 at Gamescom.
