Category: Platforms

Colin McRae Dirt 2

Sega Rally Review

When the original Sega Rally came to your console in 1995 it was the definitive arcade rally game. Since then we’ve had Richard Burns Rally and of course the Colin McRae series, the most recent one being the beautiful to behold DiRT. Now Sega Rally’s back for next-gen and this one looks to provide an experience just as great, but with a fun, arcade feel as opposed to a very hard simulation that’s only rewarding when you put the time in. What Sega are attempting to provide this time is arcade accessibility with realistic depth. So, even if you can...

Darksiders 2 screenshot

The Darkness review

It’s the Darkness and this one’s from Starbreeze, the developers who made the fantastic Chronicles of Riddick on the Xbox, and example of a short but fantastic game over a rubbish movie. Probably the best thing Vin Diesel’s been in to be honest. In this FPS you play a mobster called Jackie on his 21st birthday. The game starts with a car chase where you get thrown from the vehicle and soon after you get possessed by The Darkness, so instead of just using guns to slay your foes, you now get two handy snakes on each shoulder with which...

Boom Blox Bash Party

Jenga

What game do we really need on the DS and Wii? That’s right Jenga. Atari will release the game in November and promise us edge-of-the-seat action as players use the nunchuck and remote on the wii and the touch screen on the DS to make that tower higher without it toppling over. Guess the proof of the pudding is in the eating so we’ll see if the game stands up or crashes in time for Christmas.