Games
Eurogamer Expo 2010 Announced (London Games Show)
March 3, 2010
Just like to start off by saying………….balls!
I saw the title of the news and was excited at the fact that the Eurogamer Expo was to be again showing its face in 2010…………………..in London only!! What the hell!!
With Zath HQ being up North in God’s country (that’s Yorkshire to those who don’t know) it was great that we had the option to get to the Eurogamer Expo at the Royal Armouries in Leeds last year!
We did cover the London Eurogamer Expo too, but it annoys me how everything is based in London.
Continue reading »Playstation Network (PSN) Log-In Error Fixed (PS3)
March 2, 2010
IT’S ALIVE!!
Sony have managed to fix the problem that had plagued so many of the older style “fat” PS3s and stopped them from logging into Playstation Network. In the end it doesn’t seem like it was a massive problem, just inconvenient as some PS3 users were only offline for around 24 hours.
Apparently what had happened is the internal clock was recognised 2010 as a leap year which is why is what resetting the date to 31/12/1999.
After finding out it had been fixed I was eager to find out if everything would come back such as my trophies and the like. So this morning I powered up my PS3 and reset my time and date via the internet in the Date and Time Settings, which it obviously wouldn’t do yesterday, and then checked to see if my Ratchet and Clank trophies were there…………..they weren’t!!!
Continue reading »Playstation Network (PSN) Global Log-In Error For PS3
March 1, 2010
Many of you might have woken up today with an error which is stopping you from logging into the Playstation Network. I’m among those people and it happened to me in the early hours of this morning and was left rather annoyed.
I thought it was just my PS3 that was playing up as I’m still able to jump onto the Internet using my console, but not PSN. But the most annoying this is, I was just about to complete Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time on the challenge mode which would have given me my final trophy and unlocked my first ever platinum trophy, but I was stolen of the pleasure. Not only that, it seems to have wiped all the trophies I required for A Crack in Time so I’m probably going to have to go through it all again to get the trophies.
Continue reading »Ratchet and Clank: A Crack In Time Review (PS3)
February 28, 2010
I’ve been waiting ages to play the new instalment in the Ratchet and Clank franchise ever since I saw the Crack In Time teaser trailer and got the chance to play the demo. I’ve now finally got my wish and ‘Ratchet and Clank: A Crack In Time‘ was well worth the wait!
The story is the final part of the Ratchet and Clank Future ‘trilogy’. At the end of Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction, Clank was abducted by the Zoni leaving Ratchet without his faithful friend at his side. Then Insomniac released the PSN Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty, which saw Ratchet searching for Clank and his whereabouts but to no avail.
But in Crack in Time, Ratchet and Clank finally find each other again to save the universe. But this isn’t until at the very end as for the majority of the game Ratchet and Clank are doing their own thing. Ratchet is trying to find Clank, whilst Clank finds himself in the great clock which is holding time itself together.
Continue reading »BAFTA Video Games Awards 2010 Nominations – Part 2
February 24, 2010
Hailed as the Oscar’s smaller and slightly less impressive sibling the BAFTAs are still growing in stature, especially the gaming ones which I consider are the most important! This is the second half of a look at the 91 nominations from this year which includes the GAME award which anyone can vote for. If you’ve missed seeing the BAFTA Video Games Awards 2010 Nominations – Part 1, then be sure to check out that list too!
So on with this year’s awards, and we’ve already seen the first half of the nominations with those for the Action, Artistic Achievement, Best Game, Family and Social, Gameplay, Handheld – all of which looked very competitive and which heavily featured the top four of this year: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Assassins Creed 2 and of course Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. So on with the rest of the awards…
Continue reading »BAFTA Video Games Awards 2010 Nominations – Part 1
February 24, 2010
Hailed as the Oscar’s smaller and slightly less impressive sibling the BAFTAs are still growing in stature, and whilst the TV and Film awards (which not coincidentally were just on the other night) still draw the biggest crowds as far as I’m concerned the gaming ones are the most important and I’m sure you’ll be thrilled to know they’re back!
If you can’t remember last year (although we did cover the BAFTA Video Games Awards Winners 2009, so you have no excuse!) a brief synopsis: the awards were fairly well distributed with Dead Space and COD4 sharing the top spots with two awards apiece, the latter of which also won the ‘GAME’ public vote award. Surprisingly Super Mario Galaxy took the most prestigious title of ‘Best Game’, which saved Nintendo from an otherwise fruitless evening in which both Wii Fit and Grand Theft Auto IV failed to pick up anything.
Continue reading »Tetris Party Deluxe Announced (Wii/DS)
February 21, 2010
Yet another Tetris game has been announced for release on Nintendo’s Wii and DS, this time called Tetris Party Deluxe and following on from Tetris Party, which I quite enjoyed when I downloaded it as a WiiWare title, Tetris Online Inc. are set to release Tetris Party Deluxe which will build on the previous title adding new modes and features to the game.
There will be six new modes added which will include a game called ‘Bombliss’ and another called ‘vs. Sprint’ that will allow up to four players competing against each other to be the first to complete 40 lines. You can create your own shadow puzzles in an edit mode within ‘Shadow’ and you’ll also be able to fight it out online via the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection as well as local multiplayer games.
Continue reading »Street Fighter IV iPhone App Preview
February 16, 2010
Capcom have announced that Street Fighter IV will be released for iPhone this March and from what I’ve read, it sounds like they’re trying to keep what made Street Fighter IV such an acclaimed hit upon its release last year.
The same art style will be used on the characters but in a smaller, scaled down version. The list of characters so far is just Ken and Ryu, but there will be old fighters and some of the new ones from SFIV included in the iPhone release.
Continue reading »Final Fantasy VII Remake For PS3 & Xbox 360?
February 16, 2010
Is there actually chance of a Final Fantasy VII remake? Oh God please make this happen!! PLEASE!! *geekgasm*
Yoshinori Kitase who directed the immensely popular and fans favourite Final Fantasy VII said that he’d be “really interested” in remaking Final Fantasy VII on the PS3 with high def graphics, voice acting and more subtle expressions. I mean, think about it!! How much more weight would certain events have in gorgeous graphics and being able to see Cloud’s expressions at that time! Gives me goosebumps!
Continue reading »Tatsunoko vs Capcom Review (Wii)
February 16, 2010
In April 2009 I did a review of Street Fighter 4. I managed to get my hands on Capcom’s latest fighter, Tatsunoko vs Capcom and I can already say its Street fighter 4 but faster, crazier and very Japanese. If you’re familiar with the VS series, you should feel right at home with Tatsunoko vs Capcom. The game was developed by Eighting and was originally realised exclusively in Japan. Due to high demands it was released a year later in the west with extra modes and more recognisable western characters like Frank West from Dead Rising.
If you have never played a VS game before, here is a quick summary. It plays like a regular Street fighter game but everything is put on turbo. The combos reach double digits regularly, the speed is much faster, and it’s all about being as aggressive as you can rather than staying at the other end of the screen firing fireballs at your opponent.
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