Brink

Genuine enthusiasm goes a long way with us. Listening to developers talk endlessly, with barely a pause for breath or to let the width of their smile shorten by an inch, sometimes they can win you over with their own personal excitement for a game. And in the case of Splash Damage’s senior game designer, […]

Dark Void

Ever wondered what would happen if Nikola Tesla met the Rocketeer in the middle of the Bermuda triangle, and together fought off an extra dimensional alien invasion as part of a ragtag group of exiled human survivors? No? Then you are clearly little short on imagination but luckily enough, the team at Airtight Studios isn’t […]

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

For some, Modern Warfare 2 is a multiplayer vehicle. Forget the single player merely ‘tracked-on’ for those not smart enough to venture online, they say, the latest iteration of Call of Duty is at its finest when comping over the PlayStation Network. Considering how well structured Infinity Ward’s latest is, this argument sounds like a […]

Mini Ninjas

It is always interesting to see how easily games get pigeonholed. It doesn’t take much- just an association with a particular genre or even a look and a game can be permanently branded. And, indeed, at first glance everything about Mini ninjas screams ‘casual family title’, or worse: ‘throwaway Wii kiddy fodder’, but thankfully we […]

EYE PET

Sony’s Eye Pet mission is to make you believe that the cheerful monkey/kitten/puppy thing on your TV is a living, breathing creature. By using the PS3 camera to combine you and your living room with their impish rogue, you’ll find yourself reaching towards the floor to stroke his floppy ears. And he is certainly loveable. […]

Tekken 6

Tekken has grown sillier as the years have gone by. It’s now filled with animals, wooden men and robots. And for every time the series has gotten a shade sillier, it’s grown a little bit fatter and more sluggish. Since day one, the Tekken team’s answer to everything has been more with no limit on […]

Batman: Arkham Asylum 2

As a tribute to the source material, Arkham Asylum 2 is superb. The story, scripted by longtime Animated Series Writer Paul Dini, is a twisty affair where the Joker is incarcerated in the titular asylum, before breaking out and putting the Dark Knight through a series of challenges, ranging from the difficult to the annoying. […]

DJ Hero 2

Everybody knows Badger loves mashed potato (well, everyone, who’s familiar with Nineties kid’s television, anyway), but what few know is how Badger feels about the close namesake of his favorite food – the mash-up. In fact, not everybody actually knows what mash-ups are. This is practically because, being mostly an underground phenomenon, they don’t have […]

SmackDown Vs Raw 2011

If you’ve have been a hardened fan of the SmackDown series for a few years, the same question is always asked as the next one creeps onto the radar; just what can Yuke’s do to keep the franchise both relevant and visible? Before 2008, it was getting the game back to its usual solid standard, […]