We don’t know how many people who are in the small minority of people who actually plays one of these MMORPG’s will be in disappoint to find out that Final Fantasy XI and XIV’s servers are down for at least a week due to the tsunami’s and earthquakes in Japan. The games servers did run briefly after the disaster this stopped after the massive failures across Japan. But do not worry about your money as there will be no bills [...]

Trapped Dead explores the familiar zombie apocalypse in eerie 80’s comic book horror style with an exciting strategic gameplay approach that people can really relate to. Publisher: Meridian4 Developer: Headup Games/Crenetic Studios Genre: Real Time Strategy Release Date: 11/03/11 RRP: £29.99 Age Rating: 18+ We’re all guilty of occasional mental diversions into a zombified rendition of our local area; pondering over our escape methods, where we would go, who we would team up with and how we would confront the [...]

When Bejeweled was first released a decade ago it became an instant success, suddenly people were swapping gems in this phenomenal ‘match-three’ puzzler on bus journeys, tea breaks and almost any time they weren’t able to plonk themselves on a bean bag and play three solid hours of a console game. Publisher: PopCap Games Developer: PopCap Games Genre: Puzzle Release Date: 23/02/11 RRP: 800 MP (£6.85) Age Rating: 3+ Today we have been blessed with the privilege of a Bejeweled [...]

Judging by the unjustifiably poor retail response to the Wii exclusive paint ’em up de Blob, we could assume that de Blob 2 strikes people more as a brand new game than a sequel to an underrated yet flat-out entertaining original. Publisher: THQ Developer: Blue Tongue Genre: Platformer Release Date: 25/02/11 RRP: £49.99 Age Rating: 7+ That’s not to say de Blob 2 is destined for the same hardcore gaming exile as the first. The same revolutionary zest we saw [...]

The entirety F.E.A.R. 3 is governed by an uneasy alliance between the anguished offspring of Alma, the lingering psychic spectre at the centre of the F.E.A.R. franchise. Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Developer: Day 1 Genre: Horror/FPS Release Date: 25/03/11 RRP: £44.99 Age Rating: 18+ Point Man is the rough ‘n’ tough gunslinger who uses a fairly orthodox selection of equipment; in fact, the only part of him that’s remotely similar to his psychotic mother is his uncanny ability to slow [...]

We know that you’ve just read this title with a tear of joy in your eye. And if you read it with a face contorted in confusion then wer’e guessing that you don’t know about the games previously made by Supersonic Software. For your benefit, here’s a quick bit of revision – they made both Micro Machines V4 and Mashed, two great car combat titles released quite some time ago. However, they’re back and boasting another birds-eye-view battle racer and [...]

Angry Birds is an insanely addicting puzzler that outstrips competitors with charm and depth; it deserves it’s place as the #1 paid app as much as these quirky, flightless birds deserve their eggs. Publisher: Chillingo Developer: Rovio Genre: Action Puzzler Release Date: 11/12/09 RRP: £0.59 Age Rating: U The story is quite simple: basically, an odd bunch of snooty green pigs have got their porky little hooves on the bird’s eggs and have protected themselves in structures made out of [...]

The long awaited third instalment in the Call of Juarez series is making enormous changes to the franchise’s story and gameplay. For one The Cartel will be set in the 21st century which is drastically different from its predecessors which were in the old west times, with this in mind, Techland (game developer) promised that they would make sure that the “best elements of the Wild West” made it into the game. Techland also recently revealed that The Cartel would [...]

Since the latest addition to the Saints Row Series was announced over two years ago, many gamers have been eagerly awaiting the third instalment in hope that it can bring as much entertainment in the form of fanatical carnage and mayhem as its predecessors. THQ have recently released some additional details as to what the game will entail when its released this holiday 2011. This is an extremely exciting development especially since THQ announced that they are planning on making [...]

Ninja Gaiden III: Teaser Trailer – Unmask Ryu at E3 2011? A bloody new teaser trailer for Tecmo Koei’s over-violent, combo stacking, hack ‘n’ slash sequel; ‘Ninja Gaiden III’ was recently released and revealed that, amongst pints of spurting ninja blood, there will be a demo at the next E3 expo. And there’s more; fans can also expect to ‘unmask’ katana-wielding hero Ryu Hayabusa on the same day. The trailer itself is a mere 37 seconds of Ryu repeatedly stabbing [...]