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New Grand Theft Auto IV trailer

The last Grand Theft Auto IV trailer showed off the technology nicely but did very little for explaining the story or the game. This new trailer asks even more questions, but also shows off what looks like more examples of the game in action.
The trailer is title “Looking for that special someone”, and it features [...]

Hurrican – Turrican Remake

Hurrican is an update to the well known, incredibly popular Turrican.
This game is the epitome of remakes – there has clearly been a tonne of love and attention lavished on Hurrican and it shows. The games graphics are oozing in quality and style, and it plays wonderfully. Unfortunately I only have vague memories of Turrican [...]

Get Platypus for £2.95

Boonty are running a special offer until Monday 2nd July where you can get Platypus and 9 other games for only £2.95. Worth checking out if you don’t already have Platypus.
Meteor is a rip off of the Ricochet games, but it’s not bad, just a bit plain.
Atomaders is quite old but a fun enough [...]

Nintendo WiiWare/ Wii Software

Big(ish) news from the Nintendo camp today. Nintendo are setting up a new WiiWare channel on the Wii (named Wii Software in the UK). This channel will be the home for brand new downloadable games. It’s going to be similar to the Virtual Console but with new content rather than old.
This is something I have [...]

Webgame Wednesday – Up Beat

Up Beat is a rhythm music game that draws it’s inspiration from the Guitar Hero series. Obviously it plays differently and looks different, but the basic idea is the same.
In the game, rather than using a guitar you play using your computers keyboard. The letters A, S, D, J, K, L, and the Spacebar make [...]

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