Motion control, while used before, is a prominent feature this generation. Nintendo’s emphasis on motion control and their wholesale ingurgitation of the casual market has meant that its competitors (whether they’d like to brand themselves as such or not) have reason to believe they have to follow suit. Rumours of Microsoft incorporating motion controls in the 360 have been circulating …
NPD, the market research folks who track stateside console and software sales have released their figures for February – and it should come as no real surprise to anybody that Nintendo continues to dominate the charts. The waggle-machine with too many unnecessary peripherals sold an astounding 753,000 units in February, while its little handheld cousin sold a total of …
Those of us with just a modicum of gray matter have gotten over the console wars and come to terms with the fact that -barring a few pros and cons on either side – the current gen HD consoles are pretty equal. There are others though who feel that the fanboy wars have gotten a little too quiet, and have …
Magic Ball is essentially a new and modern version of brick-breaking games like Breakout & Arkanoid. If those games are before your time, then let me explain. You are in control of a little ship, capable of scrolling from left to right along the bottom of the screen. Right in front of you are various objects that you need to …
Sony, thankfully, has realised the massive potential that the next chapter in the Final Fantasy series has in its Japanese homeland. As it will arrive there first later this year and become a PS3 exclusive by virtue of the Xbox360’s version not being complete yet (Ed: and the fact that the 360 version isn’t being released in Japan), they plan …
Not to be outdone completely after the solid thrashing Microsoft gave them, Sony told Eurogamer (and some other people I assume) that the Playstation 3’s sales are up 40% from the previous year even though their December 2008 wasn’t as good as December 2007. However, the sneaky foxes at Microsoft caught wind of Sony trying to save some pride, so …
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
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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