Today, Nintendo announced the release of Magical Starsign, a brand-new RPG title for the Nintendo DS. Controlled only with the stylus, the game follows the students of the Will O' Wisp magical academy on an adventure to rescue their missing teacher. This isn't any simple jaunt down to the closest dungeon, though - this quest will take the cadre of kids throughout the bounds of their solar system as they encounter massive enemies and rescue their classmates from certain
Did you like flying around in a Legofied Jedi starfighter in Lego Star Wars? Stuff like that will be just the tip of the iceberg in the sequel, according to publisher LucasArts.
In a press release yesterday, the company announced that Lego Star Wars II will not only add a slew of new vehicles - including X-Wings, plastic dewback lizards (complete with chomping action) and a bricky version of the Millennium Falcon - but it'll integrate them into the platform-hopping gameplay in ways that the
One of 2006's biggest come-from-behind contenders is Tales of the Abyss. Due to be released this fall, it's an action-packed RPG with an epic story. The game, created by the same team behind 2004 GameCube hit Tales of Symphonia - reviewed here - blends anime-style characters with a lengthy fantasy tale and sword-swinging, intense gameplay. But why take our word for it? Just click that movies tab above and see for yourself what the game is capable of.
June 22,
Did you like flying around in a Legofied Jedi starfighter in Lego Star Wars? Stuff like that will be just the tip of the iceberg in the sequel, according to publisher LucasArts.
In a press release yesterday, the company announced that Lego Star Wars II will not only add a slew of new vehicles - including X-Wings, plastic dewback lizards (complete with chomping action) and a bricky version of the Millennium Falcon - but it'll integrate them into the platform-hopping gameplay in ways that the
If you've been waiting to try out the massively multiplayer car-war Auto Assault until the mechanics could give it a tune-up, wait no longer. NC Soft has deployed the first patch for the game, which includes several revisions, additions and tweaks that can only come from player feedback and experience.
MMO fans will recognize many of the new bits as "necessary luxuries" for the genre: the ability to shuffle your character's skills and attributes for a small fee with a "respec" feature,
Thursday 22 June 2006
Throughout the 2006 World Cup we'll be predicting each day's results - using Pro Evolution Soccer! We'll select the teams and let the game play out the action on its own, before posting a quick match report and the final, PES-predicted score.
2006 World Cup: Day 15
Match one: Saudi Arabia vs Spain
Spain take the lead immediately from a solid header by Senna in the first few minutes. Torres follows this up with a spinning snap-shot just 10 minutes later that the Saudi
Thursday 22 June 2006
Made Man, the Mafia-based crime game apparently lost in Acclaim's 2004 closure, has been given a second chance to impress the Don with a PS2 and PC release this September, and we've got a family-sized selection of screens to prove it.
Now being worked on by SilverBack Studios to be published by Mastertronic, the game sounds promising indeed, with 17 chapters of organised crime spanning three decades, from the jungles of '60s Vietnam to the high-rise hell of '80s New York
Thursday 22 June 2006
Microsoft is planning to release some of its top Xbox Live Arcade games as retail titles, according to Xbox chief, Peter Moore.
With around 50% of Xbox 360 owners still currently offline, Mr Moore believes the cheerful titles, previously only available on the Xbox Live service, will attract non-gamers to the console. Having played Hardwood Backgammon, we can confirm it's more exciting than real backgammon, so maybe he has a point.
While exact details are yet to be
Thursday 22 June 2006
The only difference between The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess on GameCube and Wii will be in the control scheme, contradicting various rumours that the version on Wii will boast enhanced visuals and special extra features.
This info comes from the August issue of Nintendo Power, and - if true - is a fairly mixed blessing. When we played Zelda on Wii at this year's E3, the control felt clumsy and laboured, getting in the way of the fantasy action instead of
Thursday 22 June 2006
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars will be released for Xbox 360, tweaked for Microsoft's console by members of the development team responsible for the 360 version of Battle for Middle-Earth II, an online broadcaster has claimed.
Stephen Glicker, podcaster and owner of a large book of industry contacts, recently interviewed EA's vice president of creative development, Louis Castle, for his online chat show GamingSteve.com. Before the interview started, Glicker stated
