Do you sometime still feel a hankering for a game of Donkey Kong, Dr Mario or Double Bubble on your old NES system? If you do then there is now no need to blow the dust off your original NES to get the good times rolling again. This is because the good people at Nintendo have announced that they are going to be bringing out a handy little device known as the Classic Mini NES. This is a small sized console that will come packed with 30 of the most popular NES games pre-loaded onto it. All Your Favourites to Be Included So what games can...
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What are your favourite memories of playing computer games? If they are anything like ours then they will involves some classic old titles which you can’t get hold of very easily these days. If you are lucky then you can even recall lazy weekends of sticking cartridges into huge machines and controlling brightly coloured hedgehogs and rather basic looking spaceships. Sadly those days are long gone, aren’t they? Aren’t they? Maybe not if the boys and girls at GameStop have anything to do with it. The gaming store’s CEO is called...
Microsoft will be unveiling their next-generation gaming console at E3 next year, sources say. According to the website BGR, “A source with knowledge of Microsoft’s plans within the company’s Entertainment and Devices Division has confirmed with BGR that Microsoft intends to unveil its next-generation Xbox console at E3 2012 next summer. The source is not aware of Microsoft’s launch plans for the new Xbox, which we are told has been in development since 2006. Microsoft has sold nearly 54.4 million Xbox 360 units since the console’s...
Microsoft has announced that the latest Xbox 360 firmware update will be mandatory, no problem there for most gamers but it seems a select few will basically be left with a rather expensive desk ornament after they update their Xbox 360. Microsoft themselves has issued a statement explaining that some users may experience disk errors when upgrading their firmware, the actual error will read ‘disc unreadable’ or ‘disc unsupported’. When a games manufacturer issues an update its usually designed to improve the user experience of...
Fallout 3 had its glitches and its problems but, all in all, we loved it and so too did the general game playing masses. It was released at just about exactly the same time as Fable II was released a couple of years back and perhaps coincidentally, the latest chapter in the post apocalyptic role playing game is being released at just about exactly the same time as Fable III. Both games certainly concentrate on the decision making process as much as they do on the levelling up and improvement of your character’s statistics and both...
According to developers of the Fable gaming franchise, people are inherently good. At least, that’s the case when it comes to gaming and making in game decisions. They’re attempting to change this and while they may not want us all to become kitten killing lunatics, they have attempted to create a world where choices between good and bad are grey rather than black and white. The entire Fable franchise has been about decisions and consequences. Fable II was the first release for the latest generation in consoles and while it...
The controversial title Medal of Honor has taken the top spot in the game charts this week perhaps helping to prove that a bit of controversy never really harmed a gaming title (just ask Rockstar who benefited with something similar from their series of Grand Theft Auto games). Medal of Honor beat FIFA 11 to the top position while new entry Just Dance 2 came third and Nintendo’s Wii Party climbed 6 places to 4th. Rounding off the top 5 was Pro Evolution Soccer 2011. There were a few surprise disappointments this week as the latest...
Nintendo has carved a serious name for itself in the manufacture of unique, groundbreaking consoles and handheld gaming devices. The DS was arguably the forerunner of everything that is touch screen now and it has benefited greatly from this fat. The Nintendo Wii is another device that, while it may not compete directly with the likes of the PS3 and the XBox 360, is widely considered to be the most accessible games console that appeals to gamers and non-gamers of every age. If you need proof that this strategy has worked then Nintendo...
There are many gamers including ourselves who are waiting with baited breath for the release of the Nintendo 3DS; the 3D gaming system that does not require users to don awkward and uncomfortable shutter glasses. There’s been something of a flourish of announcements and predictions in the last couple of days too with analysts saying that they expect it to cost around $350 when it is released in the US, which is equivalent to £220 although that probably means we should expect something more like £250 when it first hits the shelves. What’s...
It was never going to be a quiet and subdued affair; the release of a new Halo game is met with even greater furore than a new Call of Duty game. It is arguably the single most popular franchise on any of the next generation consoles and after just 24 hours of release, Halo: Reach has topped most of the UK’s gaming charts and has broken the record for the game with the most number of players taking part in online games at any one time. While the previous Halo games were undeniably popular there were still some gripes with the action;...