Mario’s gone mental on the Wii – New Super Mario Bros for the Wii has sold over ten million copies worldwide in just eight weeks and has already outsold Super Mario Galaxy! Who ever said 2D gaming was dead? Buy New Super Mario Bros now New: Buy New Super Mario Bros from Amazon.com Related: New Super Mario Bros review, Interview with Mario voiceover artist Charles Martinet
Thought the days of disc-swapping were over? Well, soon you may remember the days when you owned an Amiga and wanted to play Monkey Island when you play Mass Effect 2 from today. The game will require you to swap discs twice but the game’s so big, it hopefully won’t be a cause for concern. Buy Mass Effect 2 now New: Buy Mass Effect 2 from Amazon.com Related: Mass Effect 2 player gameplay, Mass Effect 3
Mass Effect 2 is nearly with us and project manager Casey Hudson is already talking about Mass Effect 3. He says he wants a quick turn around for the next game so it also comes out on the Xbox 360 and not a future Microsoft console. Given the long lifespan of these evolving consoles I think that shouldn’t be a problem. Buy Mass Effect 2 now New: Buy Mass Effect 2 from Amazon.com Related: Mass Effect trilogy PC version , Mass Effect 2 to support two player gameplay
Broken Sword: The Director’s Cut is coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch in about a month. If you like old-school point and click adventures and don’t have a PC or DS, then it’s definitely worth getting it from the iTunes store. Related: Tales of Monkey Island review, Ceville review
18 Jan, 2010
If you live in the UK and are looking forward to EA’s Dantes Inferno you may be interested to know you can be the first to see the animated movie at the big screen. Tickets are £13 and £9 concessions and you can get them from Apollo Cinemas. Just make sure you can get to London on 2nd February.
Check out this 8-bit version of Left 4 Dead. Thanks to a guy called Eric Ruth the game’s received an 8-bit remake as it would appear on the NES. Game developers Valve think it’s great and maybe we’ll see more of these retro remakes in the future. Related: Left 4 Dead review, Left 4 Dead 2 review