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GAMES Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii Review) Another in the long list of Mario (and his new friend Sonic) themed party games, Olympics takes the practiced format and improves on it once more... more... Rayman Origins (PS3 Review) Rayman Origins marks the return of one of the most recognisable platform game heroes. This game takes platforming back to its early roots: a 2D side scroller with simple controls, colourful... more... Disney Universe (PS3 Review) The trailers to this game seem to show it as some sort of cross between LittleBigPlanet and the Lego game franchise, mixed with Disney based characters and wacky action. That’s a pretty... more... Gears of War 3 (Xbox Review) War is hell. Especially when you’ve spent the last decade warring against massive galactic shrubbery and that just refuses to go away. This is the third game in the multi million... more... X-Men Destiny (XBox 360) The X-Men. Super powered mutants battling against each other and a world that fears and hates them. Forty years of comic book adventures, filled with hundreds of characters each... more... Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Xbox 360) The third game in the Deus Ex series sees cyborg security guard Adam Jensen work his way through the murky world of corporate espionage Detroit circa 2027. Set against the... more... UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System (Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii) For those who have ever wanted to be an ultimate fighting champion, but could never face the heat of the real deal, now there’s another way to... more... Child of Eden (Xbox 360) Many dedicated gamers have scorned the use of the kinect for the 360, It’s often viewed as a novelty, this isn’t helped by the lackluster games that are kinect compatible, Harry Potter... more... LA Noire (XBox 360) Firstly, it’s important to eliminate a popular misconception about LA Noire. This is absolutely not another GTA clone. Players approaching this title with the impression that they will be ... more... Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (PS3) Pirates of the Caribbean is the latest franchise to get the Lego treatment, coinciding with the release of the new film ‘On Stranger Tides’ which features in the game. If you want a... more... Thor: God of Thunder (XBox 360) Movie adaptations have an incredibly bad record in video games, dating back to Atari’s disastrous version of E.T. in 1982 (consistently voted one of the worst games of all time)... more... Bulletstorm (PS3) Bulletstorm is a manic shooter from EA games. It opens with an interrogation scene in which your character, Gray is questioning a bounty hunter who was aboard... more... Portal 2 (PS3) Portal 2 continues on from the first instalment featured seemingly as little more than a bonus mini game in the Orange Box. There were even rumours that the entire original game had only been... more... Homefront (Singleplayer) (PC) Homefront’s opening cinematic outlines the game’s uncomfortably plausible premise: an opportunistic North Korea takes advantage of an America weakened by avian flu... more... Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (Xbox 360) With this year’s Masters tournament at Augusta National all wrapped up, it’s time for the virtual golfers to take to the course in the latest Tiger Woods... more... Fallout: New Vegas (PS3) Fallout 3 was the first Fallout game that I ever came into contact with. Since then I have dipped into Fallout Tactics. Now I am fully aware that both of these games are not popular among... more... Tales Of Monkey Island (PC, PS3 and Wii) I always get excited when I hear there are new installments of Monkey Island. The original two were possibly my favourite childhood games. The first time I saw the third in the shops... more... Crysis 2 (Xbox 360) If I had a pound for every time a person asked if I’ve played the newest Call of Duty, I’d buy a nice car, drive down to the seaside and cross fingers that I can get to France without a boat... more... Starfront: Collision (iPhone) On one hand, many would give Gameloft that inconsiderate sneer for taking a faithful and multi-award winning franchise, cake over a pretentiously obvious storyline and blatantly copied... more... Motorstorm Apocalypse (PS3) Motorstorm Apocalypse takes hazardous environments and throws them at you from all directions. With an entire city at your disposal, Apocalypse is a rollercoaster ride of... more... Fight Night Champion (PS3 ) EA Sports have been at the forefront of just about every sporting game for the past two decades, blowing competitors out of its path with ease. So you’d perhaps forgive them if they... more... Bulletstorm (Xbox 360, PS3, PC) After being betrayed by his commanding officer, black ops soldier-turned-rogue pirate Grayson Hunt sets off on a drunken fuelled mad conquest to get revenge on the evil ... more... Pokémon White Version (DS) With the new Pokémon comes the new journey, and overall, the gameplay of Pokémon White was good from the start. When you hear the word ‘Pokémon’, you think it’s a game in which you... more... Battlefield (iPhone Review) Nine months after Bad Company 2′s successful release on consoles, publishers EA and developers Digital Legends Entertainment released Bad Company 2 for iPhone... more... Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (PS3, Xbox 360 Review) Ultra fast, ultimate crossover game Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is the newest addition to the Capcom vs. beat ‘em up series. The game has an incredible cast of... more... Nickelodeon Fit (Wii Review) A formal exercise regime and children don’t really mix.  If you start forcing children to do press-ups and star jumps I’m pretty sure that soon they will be in revolt at being forced to do... more... Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3) The biggest, baddest shoot-em-up is back, and this time we’re going dark in a series of Black Ops. This is the latest in the highly successful, incredibly popular COD series, and... more... Disney Fairies (DS) My daughter is five, and she absolutely loved this game. For our Nintendo she only has a few games and they are unisex as she shares them with her younger brother... more... Saints Row the Third (PS3 Review) In what has been possibly the most lucrative and critically successful month for videogames since, well, ever, it’s likely that Volition’s latest exercise in open-world obscenity will... more... Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (PS3 Review) As the title suggests, this game follows the pattern of Lego games by parodying a popular franchise story by story. In this case, the last few books/films of Harry Potter get the Lego... more... Batman: Arkham City (PS3 Review) A long awaited sequel to the acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum, finds Batman thrown into a prison five times bigger than before. The game starts out as a mirror to the original... more... Army of Darkness (iPhone, iPad) This is simply one of the best apps/games available for the iphone. Based on the third film of the Evil Dead series of the same name, you play as the hero Ash as he attempts to defend... more... Dead Island (Xbox 360) Welcome to the paradise island of Banoi. You’ll love the our sun-drenched beaches, crisp blue oceans and hordes of bikini-clad undead monsters ready to eat you alive... more... Captain America: Super Soldier (Xbox 360) Poor Captain America, saddled with a silly name and an even sillier hat, he then is forced to appear in yet another sub-standard video game adaptation of the latest summer... more... F.E.A.R. 3 (Xbox 360) The F.E.A.R. series are best described as ‘first person paranormal shooters’ – an exciting enough sentence on it’s own, but add to that the option to play as either the heroic... more... Infamous 2 (PS3) After laying a solid foundation for a game in Infamous, there is no doubt that Sucker Punch have learned a lot of lessons, and tried to implement them into Infamous 2. Set In a completely new... more... Dirt 3 (XBox 360) Dirt 3 is Codemasters' latest off-road racing game, following up 2009's Colin McRae: Dirt 2. While legendary rally racer McRae has been dropped from the title, Dirt 3 marks a triumphant return... more... Brink (XBOX 360 PS3 PC) This is a frustrating game. Not because it’s hard or because it’s confusing, but because it game can be genuinely fun one minute, then so glitchy it’s unplayable the next. The story in Brink... more... Mario Sports Mix (Wii) Mario Sports Mix follows the Wii trend of sports games intended for parties or groups of players. It’s fun, funny, accessible and easy to pick up and put down for either short plays or... more... Yars’ Revenge (XBOX Online) It’s unlikely many of today’s xBox owners will remember Atari’s 80’s side-scroller shoot ‘em up Yars’ Revenge. Possibly the only game ever made to be based on mutant house flies, you played... more... Homefront (Multiplayer) (PC) You'd be excused for thinking Homefront's multiplayer looks pretty much like that of any other current gen shooter: Thirty-two players on two teams, armed with the standard variety of... more... Double Dragon (iPhone) A little story for all you beat-‘em-up fans: as a small child, I was taught how to play videogames from a tall, dark stranger who propped me up on a box in front of arcade classic “Double... more... Magicka (PC) When PC gamers hear the phrase action RPG, one series immediately springs to mind: Diablo. The classic Blizzard titles re-energised the tired RPG market of the late nineties... more... DC Universe Online (PS3) Warner Bros. and Sony made a gutsy move by releasing a MMORPG on a console. A pity it wasn’t the roaring success everyone hoped it would be. DC Universe Online has many... more... Mass Effect 2 (PS3) It’s now been a full year since Mass Effect 2 was released to worldwide critical acclaim on the Xbox 360 and PC, and Playstation 3 owners have finally been given the chance to take part in... more... Dead Space 2 (PS3) Just when it felt safe to switch on your console again, Isaac is back, and he’s carving his way through another Necromorph outbreak. Dead Space 2 picks up three years after it’s... more... Red Dead Redemption (PS3) A guitar string twangs as the stirring soundtrack fills the air with ominous intent. The sun rises over the canyon. Dust flares up from your horse's hooves as you gallop across the arid plains... more... Top Spin 4 (PS3) In the world of High Definition gaming, incredibly polished visuals and frightening realism are a necessity, and Top Spin 4 delivers to good effect. Developers, 2K Sports, have... more... Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Xbox 360 Review) Following on directly from Assassin's Creed II, Brotherhood offers more of the same 16th century Italian high jinks interspaced with modern... more... Dragon Age 2 (PC) Dragon Age: Origins was a game I loved and spent many days playing through. The subtle nuances of combat, skills, talents and items hearkened back to the early days of computer role... more... Deadly Premonition (Xbox 360) Deadly Premonition has a pretty straight forward premise for a third person survival horror: F.B.I. agent Francis York Morgan is sent to the sleepy town of Greenvale to investigate... more... Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Wii) Kirby was out for a stroll in the peaceful kingdom of Dream Land when he came across a bright red tomato. Kirby loves tomatoes and couldn’t resist trying to eat it. Little did he know that this... more... Nimbus (PC Review) It begins like many other games — the adversary appears, snatches your girl, and runs away laughing. You raise your fist to the sky, and vow to get her back. This time though, you’re not... more... Pokémon Black and White (DS Review) If you, like me, find it very hard to let go of your childhood, then you’ll have been elated to hear there was a new addition to the Pokémon franchise. The brand-new Unova region brings... more... Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) They tempted and taunted us in equal measure with the 2007 release of Gran Turismo Prologue, a kind of taster of things to come. It thrilled us with its incredibly slick, realistic... more... SNK Arcade Classics (PSP) Welcome to 1991. A world where the only interactive computer games, other than n Commodore Amiga, was among the bleeps and cackles of a smoke filled arcade. Since... more... find more in the archives...

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