• Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars – Review

    Release Date: Out now! Developer: Telltale Games Publisher: Activision Singleplayer: Yes Local Co-op/Co-op: Yes. 2 Players Online Multiplayer/ Co-op: No. PEGI: 7+ LEGO games get around a fair bit, don’t they? But it’s been a while since I’ve played one (LEGO Harry Potter being the last) and that break has done me good as Clone…

  • WWE All Stars – Review

    Release Date: March 29th for US, and April 1st for UK Developer: THQ San Diego Publisher: THQ Singleplayer: Yes Splitscreen/ Local Multiplayer: 2-4 players. Multiplayer: 2-4 players PEGI: 16 Do you remember when you were a kid, when you used to play with figures of your favorite wrestlers? Do you remember how every move you…

  • Warlords Remake Announced

    Atari have  announced today that they’ll be bringing a remake of classic Atari 2600 game Warlords to Xbox Live Arcade in the summer of this year. You’ll have to defend your castle against minions and a manioc dragon intent on burning the place down around your ears, all while rallying your own troops, capturing control points…

  • RuneScape: Return to Canifis – Book Review

    Author: T.S. Church Publisher: Titan Books Genre: Fantasy I admit that I was intrigued when contacted by Titan Books offering me a copy of the latest RuneScape book – written by T.S. Church – to review. I don’t play RuneScape, nor have I read the books predecessor, but as a gamer and avid fantasy reader I…

  • Swarm – Review

      Xbox Live Arcade Title Price: 1200MSP Release Date: Out Now! Developer: Hothead Games Publisher: UTV Ignition Singleplayer: Yes Co-op: No Multiplayer: No In most games getting killed is a bad thing, often setting you back a level or penalizing you in some way, but in Swarm killing your little group of squishy blue Swarmites –…

  • Duke Nukem: Forever – Delayed

    It holds the world record for longest developement time, and it’s away to increase that record by even more. That’s right, Duke Nukem: Forever has been delayed, and will now arrive on June 10th Internationally and June 14th for the US. In case you haven’t heard, Duke never comes early,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of…

  • Homefront – Review

    Release Date: Out Now! Developer: Kaos Studios Publisher: THQ Singleplayer: Yes Splitscreen: No Co-Op: No Multiplayer: Yes PEGI: 15 It’s not often that a game comes along and provides a rather thought-provoking experience. It’s even rarer for that game to be an FPS, but in Homefront’s first hour and a bit it proves to be just…

  • Dragon Age II – More DLC All But Confirmed?

    Interesting references have popped up to possible future DLC regarding Bioware’s fantasy sequel. The references come from an unusual source: the official game guide for Dragon Age II. During the section on Quests, specifically for the games ending level – The Final Straw – the guide states: “There is a lot of notable loot (including some…

  • Full House Poker – Review

    Xbox Live Arcade Title Price: 800MSP Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: Yes Microsoft’s House Party event is ending by bringing the addictive game of poker to Xbox Live Arcade, minus the actual gambling part. Happily, it’s still addictive! Full House Poker has a slight problem as there are plenty of free poker games and sites out there,…

  • Mass Effect 2: Arrival DLC Dated

    While we’re all eagerly awaiting Mass Effect 3 to storm in and blow our brains, it shouldn’t be forgotten that Mass Effect 2 still has a final piece of DLC to come, and it will fill it the story between the events of Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. The new DLC, titled Arrival,…