ModNation Racers follows on from what LittleBigPlanet started – Play, Create, Share; only with racing. ModNation Racers is all about Race, Create, Share. It’s a fresh take on classic karting games that involves lots of personalization from creating your own very own drivers, karts and even tracks. We got the opportunity to play the game before public release, and here are our thoughts.
Sam & Max return for a third season of fun with The Devil’s Playhouse, and the first episode (of five) is now available to download from the PlayStation Store. Each month, a new episode will be released each complete with its own story. Sam & Max is an adventure game with a ’70s B-Movie feel to it. Despite the game being in the third season, you don’t need to have any knowledge of the duo before jumping right into the game.
Yakuza has always been a game that has been immensely popular in Japan while only gaining relative success on western shores among a niche market. Fans of the Yakuza franchise have been asking for it for a long time and with Yakuza 4 about to hit Japan us western gamers have finally got our chance to experience all that Yakuza has to offer in the form of Yakuza 3. Does it emerge victorious or get reduced to a bloody, beaten pile on the floor?
Kratos makes his first vicious appearance on the PlayStation 3 and he’s looking better than ever. This time, he intends to take his vengeance in full by destroying the throne of Olympus along with its godly inhabitants once and for all. With the game taking place immediately after God of War II, find out why this game is currently the next best thing to come on to your PlayStation 3 console.
This review does NOT contain any plot spoilers.
Many games have taken a stab at “adult” games, failing miserably by including copious amount of teenage angst, breasts or over the top blood, sometimes all three! Where they fail, Heavy Rain succeeds, where they fall short, Heavy Rain is the triumphant gold medallist. In gaming, something forgotten by the time the million dollar visuals are done is the narrative. But to create a game that fundamentally touches you, the story and the way the story is told has to be important. Heavy Rain is a story…an experience, with a game wrapped around it.
Given the nature of this title, spoilers are NOT included in this review.
HD gaming is a essential part of the gaming experience on the PlayStation 3. Without a HDTV and HDMI cable connected to your PS3, you simply cannot make the most of the high-definition graphics in games like God of War III, Final Fantasy XIII or Heavy Rain. Naturally, upgrading your home entertainment system to HD can be expensive – the cost of the PS3, a new HDTV and the accessories in between can easily exceed $1000 / £750.
Blue Toad Murder Files is a family murder mystery and puzzle game developed by Relentless Software, the same studio that developed the Buzz! Quiz series. The game is exclusive to the PlayStation Network and is split into six separately downloadable episodes, the first three of which are available to download now. The first episode is required to play any of the other five episodes and the story from each episode continues onto the next leaving you with a cliffhanger.
The original Bioshock was a massive hit upon its release in 2007, critics and gamers alike adored it. On its surface it seemed like “another FPS” but delve a little deeper and you soon realised it was much more than that. It was all about the combination of the first person gameplay with the stunning world called Rapture. With its brilliant art deco style, this destroyed underwater utopia was the setting for one fantastic rollercoaster ride of a story. The eerie atmosphere combined with some great twist and turns kept players engrossed right until the end.
Darksiders is another hot game starting off the 2010 line-up. Darksiders is an action-adventure video game developed by Vigil Games and published by THQ. The game takes its inspiration from the apocalypse and battle of Armageddon described in the Book of Revelation, with the player taking the role of “War”, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
With the holidays just gone by, you are probably looking forward to this year’s games line-up with what little cash you have left. 2010 has started off with a great new title from Hideki Kiyama: Bayonetta. Bayonetta kicks off by introducing the player to the world of the female protagonist via a prologue. You are thrown straight into the action to partake in a mini action sequence where you will find yourself taking on various enemies while plummeting through the sky on a piece of debris.
