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Codemasters have released some new Sensible Soccer screenshots today - hurrah. Or so you'd think. Maybe it's just me, but the comedy element, which is obviously being pushed to the fore in the remake, isn't why Sensi is etched in my memory as the finest footy game of the 90s.
Take Two has released an extremely long Q&A with Makoto Shibata, the director of the Project Zero series, to publicise the forthcoming third instalment, Project Zero 3: The Tormented. There's some obvious stuff in there about how the games...
'Off with their HUDs,' cries industry news site Gamasutra - the amusing headline to a mini-feature on how game developers are abandoning the use of HUD displays for information like energy, ammo, speed, etc, in favour of in-game representations. The...
So, while I'm collating this morning's huge pile of fresh videogame news*, what games kept everyone off the streets over the weekend? I finally got round to taking Sonic Rush for a spin - it is, as you probably already...
News.com has posted an interesting little piece entitled 'Games that stick it to The Man', which studies the burgeoning world of satirical and anti-corporate videogames. A couple of interesting examples are namechecked including Disaffected, which gives players the chance to...
The forthcoming glut of "brain training" games couldn't come to the West at a better time. Not only is Sudoku everywhere, but researchers have reported that mental activity, in the form of puzzle solving, can stave off dementia. Nintendo - who plan to release two "smart games" in the next few months - must be cackling.
In gaming terms Lara is a veteran and, much like the latest Stones or Dylan comeback, there will always be those, normally the PR, claiming a return to form. This isn't a particularly arduous challenge considering that the last Tomb Raider game was the truly shocking Angel of Darkness.
Responding to the paltry selection of European games developers on the GameDaily website, this is Gamesblog's far-from-comprehensive list of superb Euro developers.
... people are getting really excited about leaked next-gen menu screens. Last week, Joystiq.com posted an image, supposedly taken from the Nintendo.co.jp website, which may or (the more likely option) may not reveal the Nintendo Revolution menu system. This week,...
A whole wedge of games content in the Technology supplement today, including an article based on one of your comments. And you thought we didn't read them?
I have always believed that nothing says 'I love you' like an expensive piece of videogame hardware. Now it appears someone else agrees with me. California-based company Dream Arcades which manufactures authentic arcade cabinets for home use has produced...
For those who don't know, Animal Crossing is, essentially, a game where cute animals teach you the value of money. It's enjoyable though - wage slavery has never been more fun although there is the very real concern that a generation of younger Nintendo gamers could grow up thinking that a mortgage can be repaid by sending the bank a job lot of fruit and bugs.
To make up for the long wait, Sony has announced some exclusive new features for the PAL release of Shadow of Colossus, due this month. The eagerly awaited spiritual successor to Ico, arriving here four months after hitting the shelves...
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