iPad World

Ever since savvy manufacturers realised that gamers were prepared to pay top dollar for pieces of near-useless plastic that claim to improve their gaming experience, there’s been a flood of largely pointless peripherals for home consoles. Right now, countless Wii Remote tennis racket attachments sit gathering dust in cupboards the world over, waiting forlornly for that dreaded day when they are unceremoniously recycled as landfill.

Traditionally speaking, these regrettable money-wasting exercises are largely confined to domestic hardware. Attempts to augment the functionality of portable consoles have proven largely unsuccessful in the past (remember the D-pad cross attachment that … Continue Reading

Club Penguin is no hybrid chocolate bar.

It’s a browser MMO about cartoon penguins and their snowy online world of mini-games and igloo decorating. It’s a giant; a business boasting 150 million registered accounts and 10 to 15 million active monthly users. And a portion of those pay £5 every month.

Lane Merrifield created it for his children.

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Sony has put a PlayStation Vita in every GAME and Gamestation shop in an effort to get the console in gamers’ hands before launch.

On top of that, in the coming weeks 150 stores will get a dedicated Vita Interactive Display Unit. Every store manager in every GAME and Gamestation has been sent a PS Vita so they know what it’s all about and can pass that message on to customers.

Sony brings the PlayStation Vita Room, currently open in Glasgow, to London next month. A venue is yet to be confirmed, but it opens on 17th February and … Continue Reading

Which will you be?

It is one of the most bizarre cross-promotions we’ve seen yet.

Pre-order Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf 13 at Blockbuster and you’ll get Manchester United and England striker Wayne “stop playing me on the wing” Rooney as a downloadable add-on golfer.

You also get Arsenal’s Theo “he’s got potential” Walcott, Manchester City’s James “I don’t know my best position” Milner and Chelsea’s Petr “I’m the best keeper in the world and play for the best team in the world” Cech as part of a DLC pack of four footballers.

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Eurogamer’s news editor Wes once said that if Hunter S. Thompson were alive today – and writing about video games rather than the counter-culture of the sixties and the politics of America at a crossroads – then he would surely be covering the extraordinary sight of the digital gladiators descending upon Las Vegas to celebrate their shared obsession and do heavyweight battle with each other at the Mecca of fighting games, the Evo Championship Series. Impenetrable to the outsider, all-encompassing to those on the inside: a place where worlds collide.

From my own perspective, I can’t help but … Continue Reading

2008 PlayStation Network game PixelJunk Eden will make the jump to PC via Steam, developer Q-Games has announced.

The Steam version launches next week, on 2nd February.

It has been re-jigged for release on PC, with re-tuned controls and enemies. The Grimp – the character you control – can now warp back to his last resting position. This uses a little bit of your energy but does mean you no longer have to worry about missing an important jump.

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There are mobile games that make the journey from Android to iOS (or vice versa), and then there are games that jump from AAA console title to handheld spin-off. Those first, purely mobile titles grow their stature by catching a little bit of fire, awarding the developer just enough interest and finance to give their next big thing a shot at a wider audience.

We’re going to do our best to highlight those gems that we love which never make that transition – but Triple Town is a little bit different. In this case, both Android and iOS … Continue Reading

Super Mario 3D Land is the first Nintendo 3DS game to sell over five million copies.

To be exact, the wonderful platformer has shifted 5.03 million copies globally since launch.

It’s easily the best-selling 3DS game. Mario Kart 7, in second place, has shifted 4.54 million units around the world.

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