The topic of games based on movies and movies based on games has come up quite a lot in our recent episodes of The Lazygamer Podcast, and that’s mostly because they are not exactly in short supply these days. The first Mortal Kombat movie was one of the only game to movie adaptations that I have any respect for, if …
Trials HD is an upcoming Xbox Live Arcade game that is scheduled for later this year. It’s a game based on those dudes who pass their time by climbing stuff with their motorbikes, just to see if they can avoid dying a horrible death, err, I mean, get to the end. The visuals are quite pleasing to the eye and …
… or was it? These days, you never really know if any leaked announcements were in fact leaked or if it was just a tactic used to generate hype. Either way, we have the mighty Twitter to thank again for this one, as EA’s UK PR team let slip on Twitter that development for the fourth game has begun by …
Guitar Hero 5, despite its name, will not be the fifth Guitar Hero game. It’s been preceded by at least seventy-thousand titles bearing the guitar Hero epithet. It’s easy to see why Activision are bleeding this franchise dry; It’s netted them over $2 Billion in revenues. Shows how many people have inner rockstars they’re desperately trying to unleash. The third …
LucasArts have been in the news quite a bit lately, particularly because they’ve chosen to re-release most of their halcyon hits as downloadable titles. In addition to that, it seems they may have a brand-new IP in store for Xbox Live Arcade users. Yeah, you read that right. A game from Lucasarts that ISN’T tied to the Star Wars universe. …
The final straight and the rush for the finish line are on in the FIFA 09 league. With squeaky bum time arriving, results have been coming in, and the standings are nearing finality. Both Zonked and Zeo continued their rampage in the league. Zonked in particular was lethal, providing crushing scorelines against several opponents. One such result was an extremely …
A story was published through the night hinting that Mass Effect 2 may in fact be coming to the PS3 after all. The rumour started from a posting on Joystiq where they interviewed BioWare’s Matt Atwood and asked him who owns the Mass Effect IP. Apparently this IP is owned by the mass console loving EA Games and according to …
Generally I enjoy Yahtzee’s rants about video games and misguided design decisions but I have to be honest and say that I have never taken anything that he has said to seriously. However that was changed during this weeks review of Ghostbusters, alongside the generally enjoyable review of Ghostbusters he raises a point about the artistic merit and skill required …
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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