Sony were the first in this generation to start cross platform gameplay between the PS3 and PSP however I don’t know of any games that allow simultaneous gameplay between the two so this may well be a first. In the upcoming Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock for the Wii and NDS you are going to be able to play 4 …
Continuing their awesome run of exclusive announcements, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 will be getting not one, but two distinct Kinect-enabled horror games. The first, by Parappa the Rapper (Kick! Punch! It’s all in the mind!) creator Masaya Matsuura is called Haunt is a puzzle game set in a haunted house full of traps, and nasties. It’s an on-rails investigative puzzle experience …
Companions will be making a return in Fallout: New Vegas. This time, however, they’ll do more than simply attack whatever you’re attacking/fending off/screaming like a girl and running away from. That’s good news, because the companions in Fallout 3 were a little dull to be honest. Matt Grandstaff, the Senior Community Manager for Bethesda Softworks, has written a substantial post …
The announced remake of the GoldenEye for Wii by Activision has, understandably, ruffled quite a few feathers. Rare doesn’t like it, fans of the N64 are probably annoyed by it’s mean existence, and there is generally an air of concern that it won’t be given the love it deserves, serving just a method to make copious amounts of money. Lets …
Castlevania games (particularly Symphony of the Night) hold a special place in my heart, barring the godawful 3D abominations that were Castlevania and Legacy of Darkness on N64. Thankfully, Kojima Production and MercurySteam’s Lords of Shadow looks like it’s making up for the 3D sins of previous games. The reboot puts you in the shoes of Gabriel Belmont, the whip-toting, …
From Software are really, really busy. They’re not only co-developing a new Steel Battalion with Capcom, they’re also hard at work on something they’re calling Project Dark. Little is known about the game at the moment, other than that it’s a dark fantasy action RPG, and it’s supposed to appeal to fans of the studio’s sleeper hit, Demons Souls. A …
Browsing through the comments under my first girl gaming and gaming lifestyle column, one statement was repeatedly confirmed by readers. And that is how women who play video games are, on the whole, more likely to fall into the casual gaming category, as opposed to the hardcore and ultra-competitive. We previously established that there are plenty of women – of …
Ok Microsoft, we get it. You said there’d be core games for Kinect..and you weren’t lying. now you’re trying to appeal to my sense of nostalgia. Bastards! Yukio Futatsugi, the fellow who created Panzer Dragoon (and the incredible Phantom Dust) has confirmed he’ll be making a game for Kinect, in which you use your body to fly dragons. Panzer Dragoon, …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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