By Tom Mc Shea
Posted Jan 7, 2009 5:30 pm PT
Lots of variety and funny cutscenes make the second Madagascar game a good reason to escape to Africa.
While licensed video games have a dubious history, those targeting the younger set have been particularly uninspired. It is a pleasant surprise, then, that Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa not [...]
By Randolph Ramsay
Posted Dec 18, 2008 6:22 pm PT
Brain Bender has some challenging puzzles, but it doesn’t do enough to distinguish itself from the pack.
Sony’s jumping on late to the brain-exercising bandwagon with Buzz Brain Bender for the PSP, its first stab at the genre made popular by the ever-smiling Dr Kawashima on the [...]
By Justin Calvert
Posted Dec 10, 2008 6:11 pm PT
This collection of 10 pinball tables offers more than enough variety to justify the price that you pay for infinite credits.
The glory days of pinball are back, at least according to the packaging for Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection. That’s not true, no matter how [...]
By Lark Anderson
Posted Dec 10, 2008 6:28 pm PT
This stylish role-playing social-simulation game packs a great story, realistic characters, and dozens of hours of enjoyment.
Late last year, Atlus completely reinvented its Persona series, a spin-off from the relatively niche Shin Megami Tensei franchise, and brought its third entry to the US after seven years of [...]
By Anthony Perez
Posted Dec 9, 2008 5:45 pm PT
DBZ: Infinite World fails to live up to the standard set by previous DBZ games on the PS2.
Dragon Ball Z games have run the quality gamut from terrible to very good. Infinite World lands somewhere in between. There are only three main modes in Infinite World: Dragon [...]
By Kevin VanOrd
Posted Dec 9, 2008 5:29 pm PT
This remake is solid fan service, but recycled content and disjointed exploration limit its appeal.
The latest Kingdom Hearts game relies on the concept of memories in more than just one way. Ostensibly, Chain of Memories links the events of the first two games of the series by [...]
By Randolph Ramsay
Posted Dec 8, 2008 6:55 pm PT
Still hands-down the cutest franchise on the PSP, LocoRoco 2 adds enough new ideas to its already unique gameplay to make it a great improvement on the original game.
AU REVIEW–The first LocoRoco was like an injection of sugar syrup directly to the brain, and its cute design [...]
By Luke Anderson
Posted Dec 8, 2008 5:45 pm PT
SingStar Vol. 3 adds only 30 new tracks to the karaoke series, but it remains the benchmark for the genre.
In many ways, playing SingStar Vol. 3 is a lot like having last night’s leftovers. It looks exactly as you remember, and while you lose some of the [...]
By Luke Anderson
Posted Dec 8, 2008 5:45 pm PT
SingStar Abba is a good addition to the series and a heap of fun to play, provided you like singing as a female Swede.
SingStar is back for a fourth instalment on the PlayStation 3, and the series gets its first artist-exclusive title in the form of SingStar [...]
By Chris Watters
Posted Dec 5, 2008 5:58 pm PT
Thanks to some key improvements, Alone in the Dark: Inferno is a more playable, more satisfying version of this unique adventure.
When Alone in the Dark came out for the Xbox 360 about five months ago, its dramatic story and unique gameplay mechanics were hobbled by its pervasive [...]
