Apr 25, 2011

Format: 360 (Kinect required) Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: THQ Developer: Blitz Games Studios Players: 1-2 Site: http://thq.com/uk/game/show/6724/Fantastic Pets™ When a game waves around a name like ‘Fantastic Pets’ and is advertised as “the first augmented reality game on Kinect for Xbox 360”, it’s easy to dismiss it as an...

Apr 1, 2011

Update: Obviously an April Fools. Hope you enjoyed it though! Very few hard facts are known about recently announced Resident Evil game Operation Raccoon City. The press release did however promise that “This latest offering will take the series in a completely new direction and offer a style of gameplay yet to be seen from the franchise”, and that the...

Mar 23, 2011

Format: 360 (version reviewed, Kinect required), PS3 (PlayStation Eye required) Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Yoostar Developer: Blitz Games Players: 1-2 Site: http://ys2.yoostar.com/#/home The concept is simple: stand in front of the camera, and watch yourself act in a movie clip of your choice. The two big questions though are does it work, and is it...

Dec 17, 2010

Last week I detailed my plans for a videogame adaptation of the Old Testament, and offered the rights to all interested Christian denominations. After some intense bidding, I’m close to sealing the deal with either Queen Elizabeth II (head of the Church of England) or Pope Benedict XVI (head of the Catholic Church). I’m sorry to say that there was...

Dec 7, 2010

Research firm EEDAR’s Jesse Divnich talks to Critical Gamer about how the success of Move, Kinect and the 3DS is crucial to the future of their respective companies. We also hear his thoughts on the likelihood of Apple entering the console race, and what next year is likely to hold. We’ve seen a lot of aggressive hardware price cuts, both online...

Oct 18, 2010

When it comes to dancing, it’s not that easy outlining my abilities. The best way to describe how I look when clunkily plodding around the dance floor is like how an enchanted tree uprooting itself and walking for the first time may look, or possibly a dinosaur trying to get its leg over a lamp post. I think it is probably with this in mind why my superiors...