Sony Releases Teaser For Playstation 4

   20/05/2013 at 22:12       CHRIS LLWYD       1 COMMENTS.
In a carefully-calculated attempt to steal some of Microsoft's thunder ahead of its big 'Nextbox' event tomorrow, Sony has released a new video, teasing the Playstation 4 console.  The video shows a blurred image of a black box, as well as several flashing images. With some well timed pauses, it seems to be fairly angular, features ‘PS4′ written on the case and has a matte finish. It's all very mysterious and bound to set tongues wagging before Micros...
Mario is Missing/Prolific

   20/05/2013 at 22:02       TOM SCHOLES       0 COMMENTS.
I’ve been a Nintendo fan for many years. It was during the N64 years that fandom really took a hold. That was when I started to earn money and could afford its products, but I was always in awe of Nintendo’s consoles growing up. I desired them and their colourful games like only a kid can. Although back in the day, Nintendo actually licensed its properties out a bit more than it currently does, and of course there was the clones. Some of my earliest gaming memories involve Don...
Ratchet & Clank: Q Force VITA to release next week

   20/05/2013 at 08:48       CHRIS LLWYD       4 COMMENTS.
Next week will finally see the belated release of Ratchet & Clank: Q Force for the PS Vita, nearly 6 months after it was intended alongside the PS3 version. Posting on Playstation Blog, Insomniac said “thank you for your patience as you’ve awaited the PS Vita version of Q Force. Our friends at Sony and Tin Giant have been working hard to deliver a version of the game that lives up to your expectations. The good news is that the game is complete, and will be releas...
Isla Dorada – Episode 1: The Sands of Ephranis – iOS Review

   18/05/2013 at 10:49       DREW BOWER       3 COMMENTS.
I’m pretty sure I have said this before, but I’ll repeat it anyway if for nothing else than to create something of an intro to the review: If you’re going to release a title that focuses pretty much entirely on hidden object scenes and features little else, then it needs to be pretty darn spectacular to make an impact on this heavily overcrowded genre. Step forward the latest contender to fight for a top spot then, in Isla Dorada – Episode 1: The Sands of Ephranis....
Pinball FX2 Steam Review

   14/05/2013 at 14:04       CHRIS OTOOLE       2 COMMENTS.
We love our Pinball here at AllAbouttheGames, and over the years we've reviewed them all from Zen's Pinball FX to Farsight's Pinball Arcade, over a host of different formats. To be totally honest we have always preferred the physics and gameplay of Zen's game, though Farsight have the advantage of real table licences, their games have always felt just a little shy of Zen's mastery of the virtual table. Mind you, even though we just stated Farsight have an advantage wit...
Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Review

   13/05/2013 at 20:25       DEREK LITTLEWOOD       4 COMMENTS.
Always a proudly distinctive and unique culture, one notable trend in Japanese game development over the past five years has been an increasing willingness to appeal to – and draw inspiration from – Western culture. There’s nothing wrong with this of course, especially when the results are as games as compelling as Demon’s/Dark Souls, but as someone who grew up poring over the pages of Super Play, filled as they were with obscure Japanese RPGs I would never get to...
Persona 4 Arena - PlayStation Network Review

   09/05/2013 at 18:23       MIKE GRACE       1 COMMENTS.
Persona 4 Arena, for some inexplicable reason, has been long-delayed in Europe since its initial release across the arcades last year. A traditional 2D fighting game created by Arc System Works and Atlus – the developers behind the Guilty Gear, Blazblue and Persona series respectively – Persona 4 Arena is based heavily upon the Persona RPG games and contains characters from both Persona 3 and 4.  As you wo...
Red Crow Mysteries: Legion – iOS Review

   02/05/2013 at 12:40       DREW BOWER       0 COMMENTS.
It’s fairly safe to say I wasn’t exactly impressed with Cateia Games most recent hidden object/point and click adventure, Where Angels Cry. So it was with some trepidation that I took on the task of playing their latest release, once again via our old chums G5 Entertainment, Red Crow Mysteries: Legion.My biggest gripe with Where Angels Cry centred on the fact you were left with little option than to go pixel hunting in search of the complete mystery items you needed to...
Thomas Was Alone - PS3 Double Review

   29/04/2013 at 19:36       NEWYORK       19 COMMENTS.
This review features the opinions and musings of Derek Littlewood, with whom I engaged in some asynchronous and completely non-interactive back-and-forth. Derek: I keep wanting to a...
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Uprising DLC Review

   26/04/2013 at 11:08       RICHARD HORNE       3 COMMENTS.
Of all the recent Call of Duty releases, Activision and Treyarch’s Black Ops II left me the most conflicted. Prior to its release, I had, without a moment’s hesitation, gobbled up every single map pack and piece of downloadable content for every Call of Duty release since Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. But with Black Ops II and its packed DLC release schedule, this most recent offering, titled Uprising, is the first one I&rsqu...
Defiance Review

   25/04/2013 at 17:12       N H       3 COMMENTS.
Defiance is at once many things, but at heart, something very simple and narrow. On 360, it's the second, by my reckoning, MMO, and on PS3 the number is only slightly more. It's a tie-in with a brand new 'SyFy' (I have to use the quote marks, I can't write that seriously) series. It's a third person shooter + MMO. It's somehow big and bold, and then small and conservative. What it is at heart, however, is a game about killing things. You will kill endless enemies, be they bug,...
Youda Survivor 2 – iOS Review

   25/04/2013 at 14:44       DREW BOWER       3 COMMENTS.
Whenever I see tv shows that feature island tribes, I have to say that it seems time management is not exactly highest on the agenda. Sure I suppose you could say that doing things like finding shelter, food and water are all tasks that involve using one’s time carefully. But aside from those obvious important necessities, you’d think that you could do everything else pretty much at your leisure? Of course, that would make a damn dull game, so let’s find out what happens whe...
The Night of the Rabbit PC Preview

   23/04/2013 at 12:35       CHRIS OTOOLE       2 COMMENTS.
The point and click adventure game is a long tradition amongst PC gamers, and there is often talk of it being a dead, or dying genre. You might have even noticed Double Fine games recently making a rather large fuss about Kickstarting it back into life, well for Daedalic Entertainment those fires have always been burning. Daedalic is one of Germany's most acclaimed developers, garnering numerous awards for adventure games such as Edna & Harvey: The Breakout, Deponia...
Mars War Logs Looks the Dogs

   17/04/2013 at 12:17       CHRIS OTOOLE       2 COMMENTS.
Jehanne Rousseau, CEO of Spiders Studio, badly narrates this video which shows us new gameplay sequences and tells more about the game and its origins. We can't fault the developers passion, but subtitles may have helped. Coming in May to PC, XBLA and SEN soon after, this is starting to look better and better every time we see each trailer. Hopefully being a downloadable only title won't harm this games ambitions. Fingers crossed eh?...
Motocross Madness XBOX 360 Review

   15/04/2013 at 11:04       N H       8 COMMENTS.
There are some games, and indeed, franchises and genres, that simply pass you by. Motocross Madness, as was, is one such example of both: the games themselves, and motocross in general – in gaming, and without. So this game, what I understand is a return, if not a revival, of the Motocross brand, came out of nowhere for me, and it appeared, warm, jolly, slightly soulless, on my 360 without me quite working out how, or why.If my confusion at bein...
        
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Pfft. You could make a toaster look exciting if you were to cut together a load of close-up shots of it too. :)...
 
nekotcha - In response to: Sony Releases Teaser For Playstation 4 - 3h 12m ago.
 
Got the PS3 version for Christmas, but I've really been waiting for the Vita version :) Glad it's finally arrived, I just hope it's worth the wait....
 
Flying_Pig - In response to: Ratchet & Clank: Q Force VITA to release next week - 15h 50m ago.
 
Sounds great, not sure where I'd find 60 hours though :)
 
Trip SkyWay - In response to: Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Review - 16h 18m ago.
 
I guess somebody has to do it :)
 
NewYork - In response to: Isla Dorada – Episode 1: The Sands of Ephranis – iOS Review - 2day(s) ago.
 
Not quite... finished the game today, and actually really liked it by the end. Controls are super-tight (reminiscent of Super Meat Boy), and the addition of new characters and twists right up until th...
 
Kay - In response to: Thomas Was Alone - PS3 Double Review - 3day(s) ago.
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