Archive for September 2012
Celebrate Final Fantasy’s 25th in style
Fancy yourself as a Fanal Fantasy fan? Well Square Enix has the perfect package for you. To celebrate the game series not so final 25 years in existence a collectors edition of Final Fantasy will be released by Square. Only in Japan, so if you want it, you are going to have to import it. But boy, is it worth it!
The iPhone 5 is here
Apple have announced the latest iPhone after nearly a year and a half of teasing us. It’s slimmer, taller, lighter and faster than the 4S. It has things such as 4G that will work in the UK thanks to EE (the resultant name for the T-Mobile and Orange merger). NFC will not feature but gaming will be a big push for the handset…
Harry Potter Kinect demo released on Xbox
The Kinect version of Harry Potter is coming along nicely we have been told, and to give gamers a taste of the game that Potterheads will be playing on 12th October, Warner Brothers have released a demo of the game, which is available from the Market Place now. To accompany this announcement, we have new screenshots from the game for you to cast your muggle eyes over.
No Metal Gear Rising Revengeance on Xbox 360 in Japan
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance has been cancelled for the Xbox 360. Well in Japan at least. The European launch for both Microsoft’s console and the PlayStation 3 is still on course Konami assure us. There are various reasons that this could have happened and Konami have not disclosed them to us but the one that sticks out is that despite the worldwide success of Xbox, it is struggling in Japan.
Play Resident Evil 6 in style
People who have already bought Resident Evil 6 (illegally it seems) will be kicking themselves as Capcom have announced that the rather swish Leon Jacket package, which was available only in Japan will make a limited run in Europe. When we say limited, we really mean limited. Prepare your wallets, because it also is not cheap. No Sir. We also have details of the first add-on content to be released for the game.
Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Special Editions
A new trailer will be hitting the internet to show what goodies people can expect when Call of Duty Black Ops 2 launches in November. There are two packages on offer: The Care Package and The Hardened Edition. Both will offer as well as the game, players will be able to get extra maps, soundtracks and skins for characters in the multiplayer modes. The Care Package offers… something more.
Rat Assassin now available on iPad
The Dishonored spin off iPod and iPhone game, Rat Assassin is finally available throughout all of the iOS devices as it has launched on the iPad. Better yet, it is compatible with all three generations of Apple’s tablet. The game is a separate game to the main game that is designed for gamers to familiarise themselves with the skills that will be on offer when Dishonored launches on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 later this year.
UK Charts – Week 36
And so with a slightly delayed chart this week we resume our normal business of delivering the top 40 games that were purchased between 2nd-8th September. We see a return to their position from the previous week, a game fall from grace and of all things an expansion pack hit the top 5! It’s like a soap opera but with characters that you can play with… in your own time that is.