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Geometry Wars: Galaxies - Hands-on (Geometry Wars: Galaxies)

Jun 29, 2007

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved was the best 5 bucks you could spend on gaming last year. You could feel like you really got your money's worth, even though the game had only one level - one neverending, nerves shredding, relentless level. It was the intensity, the challenge, and the bragging rights that brought the game alive. The trippy visuals and enemies that seemed themed after Lucky Charms marshmallows didn't hurt, either. Yesterday we got to pick up and play both the Wii and DS versions of ...

Geometry Wars Galaxies (Geometry Wars: Galaxies)

Jun 22, 2007

Of all the Xbox 360 titles that might have crossed over to the Nintendo side… well, we could hardly have been more taken aback if Microsoft had finally confirmed the long-rumored handheld version of Halo. Anyway, the mighty Geometry Wars is on its way to Wii and DS, and anyone who played the 360 version will know what brilliant news this is - not least because Geometry Wars Galaxies here features enhancements to the classic original, including new weapons, new enemies and two-player ...

Ghost Squad (Ghost Squad)

Jun 21, 2007

When there's terrorists in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? Ghostbus…uh, Squad. Part of the UN's Global Humanitarian-Operation and Special Tactics Squad, they're the stars of Sega's 2004 arcade successor to Virtua Cop, now heading Wii-wards. Directing your aim with the remote pointer, as in Wii Play (albeit with more terrorists and less crappy fishing), the game plays like a padded-out Virtua Cop. The usual disarming shots, headshots and precision shooting multipliers make an ...

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...

Granted, thanks to the wonders of the internet and ...

Ghostbusters The Video Game (Ghostbusters The Video Game)

Dec 4, 2007

Dec 4, 2007 Thanksgiving, 1991. The events of the Ghostbusters II movie - oil-painted villain Vigo the Carpathian vanquished by Dr. Peter Venkman and team - took place two years ago. But the city of New York has embraced the law of original Ghostbusters baddie Gozer, and a museum dedicated to his (her?) architecture and art is about to open. So it looks like the perfect time for our spook-smashing heroes to set up an offshoot franchise team - with you as the newest recruit. Yada, yada, yada. ...

The Godfather: Blackhand Edition - hands-on (The Godfather: Blackhand Edition )

Jan 18, 2007

Just when we thought we'd played through enough versions of The Godfather to choke a horse (and presumably decapitate it afterward), two more were announced: The Godfather: Blackhand Edition for Wii and The Godfather: The Don's Edition for PS3. Due out in March - a full year after the last-gen versions hit - the new titles seemed like a blatant attempt to milk as much money as possible from the Godfather license. Once we stopped rolling our eyes long enough to actually play them, however, it ...

Godzilla Unleashed - first look (Godzilla: Unleashed)

Feb 23, 2007

All guy-in-rubber-suit jokes aside, who wouldn't want to be the title titan in a Japanese giant monster movie? You get to stomp around, belch laser beams, munch on some people or maybe a nuclear reactor, and demolish every single thing in your path as you defend your hood from other 200-ton freaks of nature. Then, some toy company makes an action figure that looks like you. What's not to love? This basic philosophy looks to be proven true by the latest in publisher Atari's line of monster ...

The Golden Compass - updated impressions (The Golden Compass)

Nov 5, 2007

Nov 5, 2007 Frankly, anyone who's read the His Dark Materials trilogy should want to experience the game and film almost as much as wanting a monkey-shaped demon of their own. By now, the film trailer will be playing in cinemas and you'll probably have seen the amazingly recreated world of Jordan College, Bolvangar and the North on screen for yourself. And we can report that the game - which is being developed by Shiny - is shaping up to have all the best bits from the film, and more on top of ...

GT Pro Series - hands-on (GT Pro Series)

Oct 10, 2006

If there's one thing Wii's launch games have covered, it's gotta be variance. Pretty much any genre you can think of is represented in some way, even the gear-headed, customize-your-ride racer. GT Pro Series throws more than 80 licensed cars your way, each with tweakable options that you've seen in plenty of games up to this point. So what's the angle with this one? Well, a free steering wheel is a pretty cool bonus. GT ships with a tiny plastic wheel that comfortably nestles the Wii remote ...

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith - 10 songs revealed (Guitar Hero: Aerosmith)

Mar 28, 2008

If you need us to paint you a picture of what playing Guitar Hero: Aerosmith feels like, get up, take a step outside of your cave and ask the first person you see if they’ve ever heard of this thing called Guitar Hero. They’ll probably think you’re a freak, which would serve you right for taking us too seriously. But seriously, the title says it all. It’s Guitar Hero with lots and lots of Aerosmith songs. ...

Guitar Hero III controller exploded (Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock)

Oct 5, 2007

Oct 4, 2007 You know Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is going to be fantastic. You know all the songs and game modes because you've read all of our news stories and previews. But you don't know everything you need to, because you didn't meet with Activision for a full presentation on the new guitar controller - which has been tweaked, improved, and just plain mutated in about ten more ways than anyone could have guessed. But don't worry - we were there, and we're dying to spill our guts. The ...

E3 07: Guitar Hero III - first look (Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock)

Jul 11, 2007

If you were worried by the news that the Guitar Hero franchise has been handed off to a new developer (Neversoft, of Tony Hawk fame), dont be. The songs are new, the visuals are a lot prettier and the guitar-duels are a lot fiercer, but underneath it all, the gameplay doesn't look to have changed much, if at all. It also rocks as hard as ever, as a few Neversoft reps demonstrated by shaking one of the new levels - a huge desert music festival with hundreds of revelers - with a thundering run ...

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. ...

Guitar Hero World Tour (Guitar Hero World Tour)

Jun 30, 2008

We’re going to party like it’s 1984. With Guitar Hero World Tour, the latest all-singing, all finger-tapping edition of the Guitar Hero franchise aims to deliver the party vibe. This year’s game is about the social experience of joining together to rock… so let’s jump! Why the Van Halen references? Because they’re just one of the new bands confirmed as exclusive to Guitar Hero World Tour, others include ...

Guitar Hero World Tour revealed! (Guitar Hero World Tour)

May 22, 2008

Hot on the heels of Konami's Rock Revolution reveal last week, we have the first (video and) screenshots for Guitar Hero: World Tour. Guitar Hero: World Tour is being developed for Activision by Neversoft, the crew most famous for the Tony Hawk games and Guitar Hero III. World Tour will be the third game on the market to feature singer, guitar, bass and drums - apparently music is the new FPS. Guitars and mics are standard fare - it's the drum kit that deserves the most scrutiny, as it is the main way to tell the three games apart. Guitar Hero: World Tour's kit has three heads, two cymbal pads, and a kick, putting it snugly between Rock Band and Rock Revolution in terms of complexity. ...