Lego Star Wars III is the first title in the long running series to be truly designed for next generation videogame systems. As the back of the game case describes, players can now “build, battle and laugh [their] way through the Star Wars universe like never before”. It’s a Lego Star Wars experience that may just turn out to be a dream come true for all of those wannabe Jedi out there.
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How do you revive the Donkey Kong Country series without the assistance of Rare? You hand the development rights over to the talented people at Retro Studios, of course. Yes, that’s right, Retro Studios. They managed to prove themselves to the video game world when Nintendo gave them a shot at reimagining the Metroid series, and now they’re reminding us why we should be keeping an eye on them with their latest title: Donkey Kong Country Returns. Continue Reading…
An epic fantasy novel or a trilogy of M15+ films that are over 7 years old may not seem like the obvious choice for a Wii game aimed squarely at kids, but that’s exactly what Headstrong Games have attempted with The Lord of Rings: Aragorn’s Quest. The result is a simple hack and slash game that gives a fairly comprehensive overview of The Lord of the Rings storyline. Continue Reading…
There is no doubt that Batman is one of the most enduring comic book characters. Part of this success is due to the vast amount of reinventions of the character and setting. From his comic book beginning, to the camp TV series starring Adam West, to the recent films by Christopher Nolan, the Batman universe has been through many different interpretations. The latest of these is Batman: The Brave and the Bold, a side-scrolling beat ‘em up based upon the animated TV series of the same name. Continue Reading…
Okay for starters, let’s get one thing straight. FIFA 11 is a soccer game. If you want to call it football, go live in Europe. Also, the reviewer of this game is from the future, (the year 2011, to be exact) and has travelled back with a Wii copy of next year’s FIFA game in a time machine to be reviewed for TNB readers living in the year 2010 – how cool is that!? And now that that’s out of the way, I think we can start!
EA Sports has once again delivered its yearly iteration of the iconic soccer game – creatively titled FIFA 11 – to every console currently on the videogames market. In typical FIFA fashion, the game boasts a whole host of improvements upon the previous version, with the ultimate goal (no pun intended – Ed.) being the creation of the most immersive and accurate game of soccer for sports fans. So does this version actually improve on the last? And will time machines be invented so soon as next year? Read on to find out. Continue Reading…
It’s pretty much a given that for every hit Pixar film, there’ll be a videogame released to capitalise on the hype surrounding it. Unfortunately the games usually don’t live up to the standards of the films. So it’s understandable that I went into this with some relatively low expectations. Fortunately I’m quite happy to say that I came away pleasantly surprised.
If you’re reading this review then chances are that you’re no stranger to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Harry and his magical buddies first appeared on the scene way back in 1997, with the release of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” and J.K. Rowling’s creation proved an irresistible hit with children of all ages making the series a perfect addition to Traveller’s Tales ever-expanding catalogue of Lego-themed games. Continue Reading…
Based on the popularity of Sony’s SingStar series, you’d think Nintendo would have released some sort of singing game on the Wii by now. Though when you look at Ninty’s own musical dud, Wii Music, and even Microsoft’s Lips, maybe it’s probably best that the SingStar series continues to reign supreme. Despite the history that mainly goes against the majority of devs who produce music games and also Sony’s clear monopoly on the karaoke game market, developer MindScape has decided to release yet another Continue Reading…
