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Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes (Review)

3/12/2009

As a follower of Might and Magic, you probably fall into two categories. Either you’re maturing in years and wistfully remember first-person dungeon crawling and four color graphics, or you’ve invested countless hours strategizing with grid-based, turn-based combat. Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes is neither. ...

Modern Warfare 2 (Review)

2/12/2009

Five minutes in and I find myself in a scenario unusual for Modern Warfare - no-one is shooting at me. ...

James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Review)

1/12/2009

The development of Avatar: The Game has been shrouded in secrecy since Ubisoft bagged the rights from James Cameron. We heard tales of the dev team signing away their lives on pain of death should any spoilers be leaked, while the studio was partitioned off from the rest of Ubi’s offices and could only be accessed via a DNA-matching security system. And for what? ...

detuned (Review)

1/12/2009

How do we explain .detuned? Well, for starters, it’s not really a game (bear this in mind, because we were reluctant to score it). In fact, .detuned is an abstract and surreal interactive experience from the PSN ‘demoscene’ which stars a man sitting in a chair while a creepy melody (or your own added tunes) plays in the background. ...

James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Review)

1/12/2009

James Cameron’s Avatar certainly has all the ingredients for an action-packed videogame. The only trouble is, these ingredients are getting dangerously stale. The ‘space marine versus alien’ thing is well-travelled ground on the silver screen (particularly by Cameron); in the world of games, there’s barely a planet or extra terrestrial race left in the galaxy that we haven’t blasted our way through. ...

James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Review)

1/12/2009

WireWay (Review)

1/12/2009

In WireWay, you flick Wiley, an ADHD alien blob, skyward by pulling down little black lines and releasing them, just like the string of a bow. This catapults Wiley to the next little black line he needs to grab. Other than that, the game keeps it simple: collect “elam” (little stars), bounce from bumpers, and attempt to reach the end of the maze-like levels in record time. ...

Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines (Review)

1/12/2009

A lot of people condemned the original Assassin’s Creed’s repetition as its worst aspect. Wrong. Player character Desmond Miles, with his idle chit-chat and regular naps that too-often interrupted the flow of the game proper, was actually the lamest aspect of the action/adventure free-running killathon. PSP-exclusive sequel Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines scraps these nonsensical sci-fi interruptions altogether. ...

Undead Knights (Review)

1/12/2009

It’s been said – mostly by us, but also by the rest of the English-speaking internet – that the world has had enough of those “one guy versus an army” hack-and-slashers. After all, a few three-button combos and thousands of nearly identical grunts aren’t exactly a recipe for a lasting, nuanced experience. ...

Tekken 6 (Review)

1/12/2009

Tekken is an exclusive country club. Similar to other fighting games, Tekken has an audience that understands and expects more of what made them join the club in the first place. Tekken 6 isn’t an open invitation to newcomers; it’s another incredible complimentary buffet for its members.

Understanding what makes Tekken different from other fighting games comes with time. ...

Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space (Review)

25/11/2009

A superb seasonal adventure kicks off this latest foray into the weird world of Sam and Max. This time the duo must perform an exorcism on Santa, contend with a pop-quoting robot and even descend into the bowels of hell itself. ...

Tower Bloxx Deluxe (Review)

25/11/2009

In Tower Bloxx you build a city block by block by almost literally throwing them together. As your tower rises, the Avatars swoop in on umbrellas like the idiot children of Mary Poppins. So long as each block connects substantially enough your tower will remain upright. There are rewards for the accuracy but few penalties for assembling something that’s liable to blow down in the next strong breeze. ...

LocoRoco Midnight Carnival (Review)

25/11/2009

In LocoRoco Midnight Carnival, the cute blobs and bright and breezy soundtrack remain but the tweaked gameplay strikes a bum note all too often. Never mind humming along to the song of the Loco Rocos, you’ll be too busy filling the air with colorful cuss words.

The major change here is the addition of boinging, a new super jump activated by holding and releasing the shoulder buttons as you land. ...

LittleBigPlanet Portable (Review)

24/11/2009

Play LittleBigPlanet PSP, and you’ll get the disconcerting feeling that someone’s woolly little mitts have been rifling through your dreams. From fleeing an angry dragon to playing movie stuntman to riding a surfboard away from a great white shark, these are experiences fantastical and familiar. ...

Invizimals (Review)

24/11/2009

It turns out that our offices are teeming with tiny creatures just itching to do battle with each other. Let us explain. Invizimals is an augmented reality game for the PSP. Using the bundled camera attachment and a handy cardboard trap device, you roam around the real world hunting for otherwise invisible creatures, capturing them and pitting them against each other. ...

F1 2009 (Review)

24/11/2009

So, if F1 2009 on the Wii has been created for father-son gaming and presented in a fashion that caters for the differing skill levels of both, F1 on PSP is obviously for the motorsport fan on the move. We’ll assume that it’s a particularly long journey if you’re attempting the full 70+ laps. ...

Gyromancer (Review)

23/11/2009

The Bejeweled-meets-D&D smash Puzzle Quest proved serious RPGs and sparkly gem matching puzzle gameplay could tie the knot and keep from strangling one another. Gyromancer treads similar territory but adds in a few new twists… literally. When the leader of a rogue group of revolutionaries launches a surprise attack on a member of the royal family and slays a prominent count and countess, the kingdom’s nobility cries out. ...

Tony Hawk: Ride (Review)

23/11/2009

Sometimes making a game more realistic isn’t always the best way to go. Learning how to skateboard in real life is an exhausting, frustrating, and frequently painful experience. In that regard, Tony Hawk: Ride manages to hit the reality nail on the head. ...

Tony Hawk: Ride (Review)

23/11/2009

Call of Duty Modern Warfare: Mobilized (Review)

23/11/2009

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Mobilized recognizes and reproduces what its franchise has always been known for. Enemies constantly pouring out of nooks and crannies while you push forward with bullet fed justice. However, Mobilized is missing what makes its big brother such a blockbuster experience: insane amounts of polish. ...