As many people will agree, Sonic games have been on a steady decline since they left the 2D roots – although I enjoyed Sonic Adventure, the games have seemingly gotten ever worse with SEGA trying everything they could to make him work on a 3D plane, and with each failed effort moving ever closer to his retirement. The latest installment, Sonic Unleashed, had me cringing at cheesy voices and boring gameplay, with some semi-enjoyable running scenes and a heck of a lot of [...]
The first time I even heard the name Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing, I could not help but think Mario Kart clone. With a load characters from Sega’s past, present and future thrown into a wacky races style racing game – with weapons, question mark boxes and brightly coloured crazy race tracks, you can’t help but think Sega have definitely sped down the same route as their long-term rivals, who have made Mario Kart games since their first release [...]
Back last September, you may remember my partner in crime Leon unveiling a new Sega project in the works, dubbed project needle mouse this exciting new project had us sonic fans hoping that sonic will be returning to his true and original 2D form. Well gamers and Sega fans of the world. I suggest you sit down because the sequel to Sonic 3 has been announced. Project Needle Mouse is non other than, SONIC 4! The full name Sonic 4: [...]
Well, you heard my opinions on the Bayonetta demo, so maybe you’re wondering – what did I think of it in the end? I did indeed pick up a copy, and I’ve hacked away at it at every opportunity between the other things in my life (which now includes a job, which will explain why I’ve been a bit quieter of late). But now I have finally completed it, and played a little more, and I can bring you my [...]
After getting my hands on Aliens Vs Predator at Eurogamer, I was given the opportunity to catch up with AvP developers Rebellion via e-mail. The Head of Art and Design, Tim Jones, took some time out from the game to answer some questions. What made you decide to create a new Aliens Vs Predator game? It was a very simple choice for us. We made the original AVP game on PC in 1999 so we were delighted to get a chance to [...]
Here are all the videos from last Weekends Eurogamer Expo. We have interviews with Valve, Ubisoft and Media Molecule. We also have gamers impressions of The New Super Mario Bros Wii and Aliens Vs Predator. So sit back and relax as you watch these highlights from Eurogamer 2009. Plus XP’s Garvaos speaks weapons and swimming on Assassins Creed 2. Guitar Girl 24 talks to Chet from Valve about upcoming sequel L4D2. ARGGHHHHH ZOMBIES! Garvaos takes a breather with media molucule [...]
First Person shooters for me are the pinnacle gaming genre, I know some of you are shouting ‘Nooooo RPG FTW’ Or ‘No, you will have much more fun balancing on a board and pulling silly poses!’ Well biased opinions aside, I can safely say AvP breaths new life into, what some may say, is an overdone genre. Here at Eurogamer I got to get a good session in, with the multiplayer deathmatch, and take it from me - this game has [...]
Being a big fan of Devil May Cry since the first installment, I was somewhat disappointed (see: downright depressed) by the lack of content in the latest installment, Devil May Cry 4. So, when I heard the news that Hideki Kamiya, the original director of Devil May Cry, had a new title in the works, I was intrigued straight away. Published by SEGA, Bayonetta is instantly recognisable as a title that takes it’s inspiration from the DMC series, in character, [...]
As with many people my age (early 20′s), one of the games I grew up with was Sonic the Hedgehog. The favourite game of all in my Sega Megadrive collection, Sonic was always a game that was a joy to play, and everything about it was just done so right – the fluid controls, the beautiful environments and the challenging – yet fun – gameplay. As a child I could at first not even progress further than Chemical Plant Zone [...]
Whilst waiting for all those games on the horizon I stumbled across the Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection which instantly took me back to my childhood. I grew up in what we call the ‘console wars’ today, the great 16-bit battle between the Sega Mega Drive and the Super Nintendo and playing both I felt I had some input here. The Sega Mega Drive was released in Japan in 1988, North America in 1989 and Europe in 1990. When the console [...]
