Over the last few years I’ve played a number of downloadable titles on PSN and XBLA. To begin with, the majority of these titles were ports of old games, and fairly average arcade games as various developers tested the waters in a new medium. However as time has progressed, there have been a selection of top-quality games produced – well worth the price tags. From 2D side-scrollers with modern engines (Shadow Complex, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2), zany multiplayer brawlers (Castle [...]
It certainly sucks to be you right now, Sony. All that PSN hacking nonsense can’t have been very good for business; you’re being sued and investigated for it by multiple parties, you’ve shut off the ability for many indie developers to get their revenue and cost yourself and other companies tons of money in the process. On top of that, you’ve also made it a lot harder for people to trust you in the future, and you’ve caused a load [...]
PlayStation Network to be down longer than expected It’s been a couple of weeks since 77 million PS3 users found themselves without access to online services – but it’s not over yet. While the PlayStation Blog announced a week ago that services should be resumed within a week, it’s now been announced that there will be a further delay in PSN services due to the severity of the attack. While this is a frustrating period for PS3 owners, Sony have [...]
I’ll be honest – a couple of months ago, I barely knew of Scott Pilgrim. While I’d heard whispers of the book’s greatness (mainly from Garv), I’d never read them myself. However, when the movie was released last week, the gamer side of me felt obligated to go and see it, given that it was supposed to be an homage to all things gaming. Two hours later, I walked out of the cinema grinning like a chimpanzee that just spotted [...]
Street Fighter III was a bit of a mixed bag, really. If you’re a casual Street Fighter player, it’s unlikely that you’ll have played it – since other editions are far more well known and played. However, for fans of the series, it’s both loved and disliked at the same time. While the game was praised for it’s engine – specifically for competitive players - the fact that all of the regular Street Fighter cast were dropped (save for Ryu and [...]
Castle Crashers + Streets Of Rage = A beat ‘em up to rival them all Back on the Sega Mega-Drive, one of my favorite games I would play constantly was Streets Of Rage 2. For some reason 1 and 3 didn’t compare to the second outing of thug bashing. Plus there was a kid on roller blades who I thought was awesome. So I started off playing beat ‘em ups, a side from the classic FPS games which I don’t [...]
