UFC Undisputed 2010: review
The Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts sport is an up and comer gaining quite a fan base in recent years. This was cemented by last year’s UFC Undisputed release from THQ. Following in the footsteps of football and wrestling games, a new year apparently warrants a new game.
THQ to sell codes for online play
May 21, 2010 by Luke K
Filed under Critical News, PS3, Xbox 360
You are doubtless already aware that soon, any time you buy a FIFA game – or any other EA Sports title – secondhand, you’ll have to pay a tenner to access online play if the previous owner already used the access code. Now, gamesindustry.biz reports that another publisher has taken up this business model – THQ.
Dawn of War II Chaos Rising: review
March 23, 2010 by Anthony H
Filed under Latest Reviews, PC, Reviews
It’s nice to see a fairly meaty expansion pack that fleshes out the original game, in an age where DLC is now charging us through the spinal column for little, fairly insignificant bolt-ons.
Massive Darksiders demo inbound
February 17, 2010 by Anthony H
Filed under Critical News, PS3, Xbox 360
Apocalyptic horsey hack and slasher, Darksiders (with a CG review score of 8/10) is getting a very generous sounding 90 minute demo on Xbox Live and PSN later this month on February 25.
Darksiders: review
Imagine turning up for a party a whole day early. Wouldn’t that be terribly embarrassing? Now imagine you’re one of the horsemen of the apocalypse, and you’ve turned up for the end of mankind hundreds if not thousands of years early. A faux pas of truly epic proportions.
Pre-order bonuses for Darksiders
December 10, 2009 by Anthony H
Filed under Critical News
Thinking of pre-ordering THQ’s upcoming apocalyptic hack and slash ‘em up Darksiders? Well if you’re in the UK you may want to think carefully where you reserve your copy as many retailers are offering different pre-order incentives.
Darksiders Vengeance trailer
November 4, 2009 by Michael J
Filed under Critical News
Here’s the latest trailer for Vigil Games’ Darksiders. In Darksiders you’ll play as War of the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse fame, stripped of his powers and sentenced to walk the earth. There’s a distinct God of War vibe to the trailer, mixing up violent bloody action with mythology. Despite the God of War styling, designer [...]
Drawn To Life – The Next Chapter: review
October 21, 2009 by Luke K
Filed under DS/DSi, Latest Reviews, Reviews, Wii
However, the game asks you to draw something new seemingly every few minutes, like an overzealous art teacher still bitter at his wife for divorcing him. “Draw a bat. Draw a sword. A bird, a rat, a flower. Draw a helicopter. Don’t ask me why, just do it!!!”
Dawn of War II: The Last Stand released
October 14, 2009 by Michael J
Filed under Critical News
In a lovely example of a developer adding something to a game post-release for absolutely no money at all, Relic have released a new co-op mode for Dawn of War II.
Dawn of War II Expansion announced – Chaos Rising
September 21, 2009 by Michael J
Filed under Critical News
THQ today announced Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising, the next standalone chapter in the critically acclaimed RTS series, is scheduled for release on Games For Windows LIVE in spring 2010.