GamesRadar - Wii Previews

Rygar: Battle of Argus - the only Wii game that matters? (Rygar: The Battle of Argus)

Oct 2, 2008

The Wii, Nintendo's magic money machine, has been crazy successful. Every month it sells an estimated sextillion units, and its games are consistently best sellers. But as we pointed out recently , its upcoming titles for the rest of the year leave something to be desired. Ignoring Nintendo-published titles, almost every game is a cooking title that teaches kids math while you lose weight playing Sudoku on the balance board. ...

MadWorld (MadWorld)

Sep 23, 2008

There’s no point in beating about the bush here – in Madworld you’ve got a chainsaw for an arm. A frickin’ chainsaw! It’s the natural evolution of the fighting genre into something so awesome that humanity will eventually end all wars just to play it – and wouldn’t that be a mad world? ...

Need for Speed Undercover (Need for Speed Undercover)

Sep 11, 2008

We’ve got a confession to make that goes against most critical response: we quite liked Need for Speed: ProStreet (at least on consoles). It was a competent and relatively accurate recreation of organized competitive racing events. Unfortunately, what ProStreet did at the same time was completely remove the essence of what made a Need for Speed game, leaving a dry approach to simulation in its place. ...

SimAnimals (SimAnimals)

Sep 9, 2008

So, SimAnimals: it’s a kind of cartoon ecosystem where you play as a benevolent mother/father nature. Starting with a small area of woodland, you set about making it a pleasant place for 25 species of animals and 50 species of plants to live – not all at once though, as certain species are confined to later levels deeper within the forest. ...

Puzzle Kingdoms is super hardcore (Puzzle Kingdoms)

Sep 9, 2008

Last year, Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords became an unlikely addiction for a ton of otherwise hardcore gamers. Seamlessly blending the casual gameplay of Bejeweled with traditional RPG mechanics like leveling, turned-based battles, magic attacks, and a decent story (for those who paid attention), Puzzle Quest practically introduced a new genre. Now, Infinite Interactive, the developer that created Puzzle Quest, brings us another ...

A pleasant look at the barfing of SPRay (SPRay)

Sep 5, 2008

The word “SPRay” is technically a shorter way to refer to the main character “Spirited King Ray,” but we like to refer to it affectionately as “The Barfing Game.” In addition to having a hero’s standard sword, two floating spirits named Gush and Liad follow Ray through this kid-centric action-puzzler. ...

Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop (Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop)

Sep 5, 2008

A great, big festival of incredi-carnage, Dead Rising on the 360 was at the same time a blistering sandbox version of George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, and a truly awesome technical showcase for ‘next gen’ hardware. ...

Guitar Hero World Tour – hands-on (Guitar Hero World Tour)

Sep 2, 2008

Los Angeles may be a town known for the highest excesses of rock n’ roll debauchery (with legendarily wayward rock acts such as Mötley Crüe and Guns N’ Roses synonymous with the city) but Activision’s headquarters – a dull grey box located in sleepy Santa Monica – is hardly the most thrilling place in the world to get our hands on with Guitar Hero World Tour for the first time. ...

Castlevania Judgment (Castlevania Judgment)

Sep 2, 2008

You can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time, or so the saying goes. Well, it’s certainly hard to please Castlevania’s legions of bloodthirsty fans, who demand consistency and innovation in equal measures – a nigh-on impossible task. ...

LGC 08: Why wait? Leipzig's biggest games reviewed NOW! (Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop)

Aug 26, 2008

Knee-jerk reviews after ten minutes' play-time. As is only right and proper. ...

Wii Sports Resort (Wii Sports Resort)

Aug 19, 2008

Yes, that’s right, Nintendo have augmented their wobbling wonder-wand with a motion-sensing booster, making possible the 1:1 exact gesture control we’ve dreamt of since we first unwrapped the white plastic super-controller. ...

Animal Crossing: City Folk (Animal Crossing: City Folk)

Aug 18, 2008

There’s nothing quite like Animal Crossing’s chilled-out, surprisingly addictive and potentially endless non-game gameplay. Having felt compelled to play the DS version, Wild World, almost every single day for the better part of three years, we can confirm that the only surefire way to break a chronic Animal Crossing habit is to take the cartridge on holiday and lose it. ...

Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 - first look (Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2)

Aug 12, 2008

The Naruto: Clash of Ninja series has been a mainstay of Nintendo systems since the GameCube, with the format staying the same across consoles: 3D cel-shaded fighting between two to four people, tons of characters, multi-tier stages and plenty of flashy combos and special moves. Revolution 2, the second Clash title for the Wii, brings a few notable differences to the table, including new gameplay mechanics (tag team fights!) and motion controls (hold C and Z, and then input some simple motion commands with the Wii remote to boost your super move bar instantly). ...

de Blob - new impressions (de Blob)

Aug 11, 2008

By our count, we’ve previewed de Blob some four times now. Why should one game possibly warrant so much attention? ...

Tenchu 4 (Tenchu 4)

Aug 8, 2008

It seems unlikely that ninjas, swarthy grumps that they are, would celebrate anything as frivolous as a birthday. Can you really picture a group of masked revelers gathering around a cake or giving the bumps? ...

Wario Land: Shake It! (Wario Land: Shake It!)

Aug 8, 2008

Is this upcoming Wario release Nintendo’s best-kept secret or worst-promoted game? We really can’t decide. Wisely casting aside last year’s disastrous Wario the Thief, Nintendo are returning to the Wario Land franchise with all that confusing disguise-swapping malarkey substituted for remote-shaking fatty rage. ...

Little King's Story (Little King's Story)

Aug 7, 2008

Since its announcement, ooh, ages ago, when it was known only as ‘Project O’, Little King’s Story has generated more buzz than an apiary filled with espresso-fuelled bees. Part of the reason for the excitement is no doubt the team of people who are putting the game together. ...

Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked (Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked)

Jul 21, 2008

Good grief – yet another boatful of idiots dumped on a desert island for us to babysit. Only this time they’ll be refusing to drink water only two feet away from them, getting eaten by monkeys and puking last night’s dinner of bark with bark garnish in full Wii 3D. Can’t wait. Well, we say full 3D, but judging from recent shots this is being a bit generous. Lost in Blue’s never been one for visual might – if you’ve got time to take your eyes off your sim-dolt to eye the greenery you’re clearly not playing it right – but this is the kind of blurriness we expect when our screen-grabbing machine is on the fritz, not from the developers themselves. ...

Call of Duty: World at War (Call Of Duty: World at War)

Jul 18, 2008

Like Star Trek films we’ve come to expect the Call of Duty games to run one good, one bad. However, now that developer Treyarch sat us down in front of the game, we’ve removed our cynicism goggles to look upon the series with fresh, blood-spattered eyes. ...

Ghostbusters - hands-on (Ghostbusters The Video Game)

Jul 14, 2008

For children of the '80s, there are many pop culture touchtones - just watch VH1 on any given Sunday and you will see dozens of examples. One of the biggest was Ghostbusters, and after two decades since Ghostbusters II and the series' descent into nostalgic obscurity, it's making a return in a big way to consoles and PC. That is a damn sight better than Extreme Ghostbusters...

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