Xbox Kinect priced at £129.99 but is it worth it?

Having been designed to rival Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s similar device, the PlayStation Move for the PS3, it seems strange to see the peripheral debut at a price just £35 less than the Wii console and double the price of Sony’s Move.

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Wednesday, 21 July 2010 at 1:34 pm

Beware falling blocks: Tetris Party Deluxe on its way

Teris Party Deluxe will be launched on 3rd September across Europe and Nintendo will be hoping that its release will see long-standing Tetris fans and newcomers flocking to the puzzle game in equal measures.

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Tuesday, 20 July 2010 at 12:52 pm

New James Bond 007 announced…by Activision?

‘James Bond 007: Blood Stone’ has been officially announced and will star the likes of Daniel Craig, Joss Stone and Judi Dench, just don’t expect to be heading to your local movie theatre to see it.

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Friday, 16 July 2010 at 3:59 pm

Hands on (or should that be off?) with Xbox 360 Kinect

Kinect – for anyone not in the know – is Microsoft’s answer to the Wii, a peripheral which plugs into your existing Xbox 360 to enable you to control games with just the wave of a hand.

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Thursday, 15 July 2010 at 1:06 pm

The Nintendo 3DS and how gaming got there

What are the most influential games of all time? The games which have shaped the industry and the titles which continue to influence games developers and provide inspiration? Well I would tell you but as I’ve posted such a blog over at my other space heretherebegamers.co.uk why not check that out? Huge titles missing include [...]

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Wednesday, 14 July 2010 at 12:27 pm

Geeks, lies and videogames

‘Truth or Lies’ is a high-concept party game for PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii which takes the basic principles of teenage pastime ‘truth or dare’ and combines them with (hopefully) accurate lie detector software

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Tuesday, 13 July 2010 at 10:44 am

The creator of ‘Final Fantasy’ working on a game called ‘The Last Story’ – whatever next?

When Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the legendary ‘Final Fantasy’ RPG series and former developer of such classics as ‘Chrono Trigger’ (SNES, 1995) and ‘Bahamut Lagoon’ (SNES, 1996) starts work on an original concept people tend to stand up and take notice, so here’s introducing ‘The Last Story’ for Nintendo’s Wii. With a suggested release date [...]

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Thursday, 8 July 2010 at 10:33 am

Bulletstorm – The spiritual successor to Duke Nukem 3D?

The latest video of ‘Bulletstorm’ – the Cliff Bleszinski (‘Unreal Tournament’, ‘Gears of War’) produced first-person shooter – looks like it’s shaping up nicely and might well be the title that Duke Nukem fans have been waiting for following the non-event that was notorious vapourware ‘Duke Nukem Forever’. Appearing to be as much an exercise [...]

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Wednesday, 7 July 2010 at 1:35 pm

inFamous 2 in all its lightning flinging parkour glory

If ‘inFamous’ was ‘Uncharted’ meets ‘Assassin’s Creed’ with a hearty dose of lightning powers on the side then ‘inFamous 2′ looks like it’s shaping up to be ‘Uncharted 2′ meets ‘Assassin’s Creed 2′ with ever increasing lightning powers (and even ice powers) thrown in for good measure. If that sounds disparaging it isn’t meant to; [...]

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Monday, 5 July 2010 at 9:26 am

Final Fantasy XIV confirmed for September 2010

If you own a PC and have penchant for massively multiplayer role-playing games then prepare to get excited as the Final Fantasy series goes online again. Like FFXI before it, FF XIV is a departure from the series’ single-player only roots, allowing players to form parties in order to battle the worlds more tricky enemies.

“We’re [...]

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Thursday, 1 July 2010 at 3:32 pm