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Pac-Man Vs to come free with R: Racing on Cube (R: Racing Evolution)

Feb 3, 2004

Electronic Arts have confirmed that the Gamecube version of R: Racing - the latest game in Namco's Ridge Racer series - will come packaged with Pac-Man Vs when it's released in the UK in March. This update of the classic maze game offers link-up play between Gamecube and GBA for up to four players and, to the surprise of many, was the focal point of Nintendo's press event at last year's E3 trade show.While one player uses the Game Boy Advance to control Pac-Man as he munches as many pills as ...

Rainbow Six takes no.1 (Rainbow Six Lockdown)

Sep 14, 2005

Official ELSPA Entertainment Top 20 Software Chart (all prices) - week ending 10 September1 (NE) Rainbow Six Lockdown(PS2, Xbox)2 (2) Brian Lara International Cricket 2005(PS2, Xbox, PC)3 (15) Delta Force Black Hawk Down(PS2, Xbox, PC)4 (1) Ridge Racer(PSP)5 (NE) Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube)6 (4) Virtua Tennis World Tour(PSP)7 (7) Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition(PSP, PS2, Xbox)8 (3) Wipeout Pure(PSP)9 (6) Need For Speed Underground Rivals(PSP)10 (25) Super Monkey Ball ...

Rainbow Six takes no.1 (Rainbow Six Lockdown)

Sep 7, 2005

New shots of Rainbow Six: Lockdown (Rainbow Six Lockdown)

Jan 13, 2005

Red Alert, Full Spectrum Warrior and Rainbow Six - what is it about these war games that always forces the developers add a splash of colour to their titles? Could it be something to do with the fact that even Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen would be laughed out of B&Q for trying to call their drab backdrops and mottled camouflage anything other than grey?But Rainbow Six: Lockdown is a game that is glad to be grey because this edition of the stealthy shooter is aiming to be darker than ever before. ...

Rainbow Six 4: First look (Rainbow Six Lockdown)

Dec 1, 2004

Ding Chaves, legendary leader of the Rainbow Six and the only onomatopoeically named person we can think of (apart from Bing Crosby) is back. OK, so his game doesn't have a proper name yet but it does have a movie and lots of secret shots. Referred to as "the next Rainbow Six instalment" by publishers Ubi Soft, this fourth segment in the series promises to push the game into darker territory with a story based on personal vengeance as well as stealth-based team-play.You'll be able to pick up ...

More monsters touching down (Rampage: Total Destruction )

Mar 31, 2006

In what's slowly becoming an ongoing saga of video updates, Midway's dropped another set of monsters you'll see in the upcoming basher Rampage: Total Destruction. We've neatly packaged this release, plus the previous four for your viewing pleasure. Just click the "Movies" tab ...

Bigfoot and Gamera get it on (Rampage: Total Destruction )

Mar 17, 2006

Sometimes you just don't need or want a riveting storyline or cutting edge, senses-shattering graphics. You want mindless destruction. How about Total Destruction, then? Weve got another reel of Midway's monsters trashing various cityscapes around the globe. Move your mouse over the "Movies" tab up there and take a ...

Midway still Rampaging (Rampage: Total Destruction )

Feb 25, 2006

Midway is once again raiding its arcade heritage; this time to bring back the skyscraper-bashing Rampage to PS2 and GameCube in the form of Rampage: Total Destruction. While the original game featured just three monsters - George the Ape, Lizzie the Dinosaur and Ralph the Wolf - Total Destruction has a total of 30 creatures to unlock, including new leviathans Gilman the Blowfish and Marco the Shark. For the uninitiated, the premise of Rampage isn't particularly sophisticated or complex, but ...

Have a look at Ratatouille (Ratatouille)

Jun 13, 2007

Rats aren't very cute, but neither are bugs, monsters and hillbilly pickup trucks. But somehow Pixar has been able to take those characters and make some pretty great movies. Whether or not the videogame tie-in for Pixar's next animated film, Ratatouille, can borrow that mojo and make a game that appeals to everyone remains to be seen, but now we've got a trailer to give you a better idea of what to expect. Our recent look describes the platformer as borrowing "everything from Super Monkey ...

Ratatouille served up (Ratatouille)

Nov 7, 2006

A videogame version of Ratatouille, Pixar Animation's latest project about a French rat who really wants to be a great chef, will be launched on just about every gaming platform you can think of next summer. In case you can't think of that many platforms, here's the list: PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, GameCube, PC, DS and PSP. Mon dieu. As the Parisian rodent, Remy, you'll be skittering through a bunch of minigames and cookery challenges themed around what publisher THQ promises are "the film's ...

Boy, 12, wants tips, gets phone sex (Ratchet & Clank)

Jun 21, 2007

Thursday 21 June 2007 When 12-year-old Ammon Bricker from Moses Lake, Washington, found himself stuck on Ratchet & Clank he decided to call the tip line number printed on the PS2 game's disc in the hope that it could offer him a helping hand. Instead of being enlightened with a solution, however, Bricker found himself being offered a selection of sexual services. "It said for tips and hints, call this number," Bricker told KNDU news. "So I called it and it turned out it was a recycled number." ...

Ratchet Deadlocked first shots (Ratchet Deadlocked)

Jun 7, 2005

The fourth instalment in the delightful Ratchet & Clank series finds the pointy-eared hero as a reluctant contestant on intergalactic reality show DreadZone, and he must blast his way through a series of interplanetary arenas. As well as the obligatory addition of more vehicles and even more customisable weapons (of which there are apparently thousands of possible mod combinations), Ratchet Deadlocked also introduces cooperative and squad-based play. A second player will be able to join the ...

Mad Catz to Produce Rayman Raving Rabbids Branded Console Videogame and PC Accessories (Rayman Raving Rabbids)

Jul 24, 2008

Mad Catz Interactive, Inc., a leading third-party interactive entertainment accessory provider, announced today that it has secured a license from Ubisoft to produce branded accessories based on the Rayman Raving Rabbids series of games. The multi-year agreement gives Mad Catz North American rights to a range of accessories for the Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PC, the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance and the Wii home videogame system from Nintendo.

More things rabbids don't do (Rayman Raving Rabbids)

Aug 3, 2006

So this puts us up to about 50 or 60 thousand videos pertaining to Ubisoft's upcoming Rayman Raving Rabbids game, but we still get a little chuckle every time the annoying little critters wail with their blood-red eyes. Our two new videos provide evidence that these albino monstrosities can neither milk cows nor close doors behind them - we're not clear on what these limitations have to do with, oh, the game, but they're fun enough distractions. Hit the movies tab up above, and then check out ...

Rayman Raving Rabbids (Rayman Raving Rabbids)

Jul 10, 2006

Ubisoft delivered another little video for Rayman Raving Rabbids, and we've begun to detect a theme here. The third in their series of "Bunnies can't..." shorts, this episode depicts a Raving Rabbid bunny attempting to play with fireworks with decidedly mixed results. While these clips are entertaining, we'd still like to see more actual gameplay in them. Still, we eagerly await future installments in this series, because we're hoping that they'll include: Bunnies can't perform colonoscopies, ...

Rabbids don't suck (Rayman Raving Rabbids)

Jun 26, 2006

We've got the latest amusing video from the gang creating Rayman Raving Rabbids - just hit the Movies tab above to give it a view. In the second installment of what could be a neverending stream of clips showcasing what Rayman's enemies cannot do, we learn the murderous "rabbids" ain't so hot at housework. Click, smile and wait for the game's inevitable release near the holidays. June 23, ...

Bunnies bad at soccer (Rayman Raving Rabbids)

Jun 13, 2006

We got our hands on a video of Rayman Raving Rabbids that proves, beyond the shadow of doubt, that rabbits are ill-equipped to play soccer. Why Ubisoft thought we needed a video to make that point, we're not sure (bunnies are typically smaller than a soccer ball, after all), but it's fun nonetheless. Click here to peep the ...

Rayman creator devoured by fauna (Rayman Raving Rabbids)

May 25, 2006

We got some curious footage of the Rayman development team apparently under siege by nefarious rabbits - or rather, "rabbids." We'd heard that Rayman Raving Rabbids was about bunnies wreaking havoc on the Rayman world, but we had no idea that they had escaped the development environment to harass real, flesh-and-blood people in France. We've picked up a few new screens of these hateful hares in their "natural" digital environment (which Ubisoft has confirmed is Wii along with "current and ...

Insane rabbit posse (Rayman Raving Rabbids)

May 3, 2006

The happy-go-lucky world of Rayman is about to get overrun by some zany bunnies. Ubisoft announced today that the fourth installment of the Rayman series has been infiltrated by a pack of fuzzy yet totally deranged ...

Rayman sequel announced (Rayman Raving Rabbids)

Apr 7, 2006

Critically beloved but still not the most popular kid in class, the funky-haired, no-limbed Rayman is still chugging along. Today, we learned he's getting a fourth game, which publisher Ubisoft announced will hit stores in time for the ...