Square Enix have just released a new extra long trailer for the forthcoming Final Fantasy 13 game available at the official Final Fantasy XIII web site. Buy Final Fantasy 13 now New: Preorder Final Fantasy 13 from Amazon.com for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 Related: official Final Fantasy XIII web site, Final Fantasy XIII PS3 and Xbox 360 versions compared
I recently watched Charlie Brooker (of The Guardian’s Screenburn column and BBC’s Screenwipe) in his new show Gameswipe, in which basically his career came more-or-less full circle, he having started off as a games journalist, made it into TV, and then come back to reviewing videogames again. Mr Brooker managing to make the leap from games journo to TV ‘star’, despite having many of the traits of your average videogame journo – lack of film-star looks (when watching him on TV, you can’t help feeling that somewhere back in his family tree a Cabbage Patch doll had an affair with...
As soon as you load up WET you know exactly what you’re getting in terms of style. If you’ve seen Kill Bill, Grindhouse or any other exploitation movie, the style is instantly obvious. The game even has a flashy film grain effect over it throughout which you can thankfully turn off in the menu so it doesn’t give you a headache. You play as Rubi Malone, a fixer who solves people’s problems. The pre-title action begins with you retrieving a heart in an ice box which is for some London geezer’s father. The afore-mentioned geezer then goes missing so you’re...
Just because a game’s for kids doesn’t mean it has to be hurriedly put together. Luckily, it seems that quite a bit of care and attention has gone into making Mini Ninjas which means kids are going to have a fair amount of fun with it. In the game, the land has been ravaged by violent storms and the leader of the town has sent his best ninjas one by one off to solve the problem. The problem is, they never came back so it’s up to Hiro, the youngest of the ninjas, to find his buddies and stop the...
So after a disappointing delay, Batman: Arkham Asylum has finally sneaked onto the shelves so listen up to find out if it’s any good. The game begins with Batman bringing the Joker into Arkham Asylum and then he conveniently and easily escapes further into Arkham Island to cause mayhem as he formulates a toxin to turn normal goons into super soldiers. So Brucey baby swoops from ledge and kicks and punches people in the face to put a stop to it. Combat is a simple matter of punch and counter buttons being pressed at the right time. Build up a...
Good news if you’ve finished Batman Arkham Asylum and still want more. Free DLC is on its way and it’s not platform specific so whether you’re in Microsoft or Sony’s camp, you can play with the Batman some more next week. Buy Batman Arkham Asylum now New: Buy Batman Arkham Asylum from Amazon.com Related: Batman Arkham Asylum Joker PS3 exclusive content, Batman Arkham Asylum demo available