Xbox 360 owners have been simply spoiled by the current wealth of excellent titles hitting its video game download service, Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA), of late. From The Cave, with its wonderful scripting and fiendish puzzles, to Capcom’s outstanding Dark … Continue reading
Ah Pixar, how fond we are of you, the saviour of Disney, and the proof that CGI animated movies were ever more than just a fad. It only took about 20 years but finally it was clear that there would … Continue reading
Old game heroes never die, they just…. get revamped. Sometimes this is for the best, others not so much. In the case of Many of yesteryear’s pixelated icons, the inevitable return to the latest gaming age can prove itself a … Continue reading
In Tiny & Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers, the player takes on the role of Tiny, an odd-looking chap with a wide range of gadgets, who’s hunting down Big, another odd-looking chap, who’s made off with a family heirloom passed down by … Continue reading
The world of videogames is neither well known nor well respected for its attempts to address difficult and challenging subject matter. With the recent rises in indie gaming and small developers creating more personal and unusual titles, there have been … Continue reading
At the end of the fifth console generation (N64 and PSX) and the start of the sixth (Gamecube and PS2), it was a time of buddy action platformer games with allegiances to Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, or Banjo-Kazooie … Continue reading
Doctor Who and video games have never really mixed. There have been dribs and drabs but, until recently, nothing of any real note. Which is weird as the whole premises of Doctor Who would surely make for a great video … Continue reading