Mama's cooking up a storm with her latest culinary collection of mini-games
All the fun of cooking, without the washing up! was Cooking Mama's famous tagline on many a TV advert back in the day although it neglected to mention that the best part of cooking is eating wh...
The mushroom-munching plumber is back in his first 3DS platformer
Very few video game characters are as iconic and widely recognised as the portly plumber, Mario, and the Super Mario series has been selling consoles since the NES some twenty six years ago. Mario'...
Wii will rock you with this karoke game
Karaoke games they're a genre that can be made or broken by their song selection. And while the We Sing series do generally have impeccable taste in track lists, sometimes you want something a li...
Ubisoft's dancing game goes from strength to strength
There seem to be two types of dancing games out there the trying hard to be cool, ludicrously hard Dance Centrals, and the happy-go-lucky, neon, less judgemental Just Dances. Where Dance Central ...
Life, love and pets what more could you want?
They said I could be anything I wanted so I became a crazy cat lady. And a celebrated five-star chef....
Karaoke game showcasing the Best of British music
We Sing: UK Hits is the latest in the We Sing series of karaoke games for the Wii and, as the title suggests, is packed full of songs by a load of artists said to represent the best of British mu...
Heavy metal tilty puzzle game for a bargain price what's not to like?
What's this? A wild 400 point game appears! With Microsoft deciding to charge increasingly more for titles on their slightly-less-fantastic-than-it-used-to-be downloadable games store, the Xbox Liv...
A new town with a rejuvenating secret but is it worth the entrance fee?
The Sims is a game that needs very little introduction. The virtual life/dollshouse simulator has sold billions over it's three games and multitudes of expansion and stuff packs, and it was one of ...
Life-simulation meets farming simulator but is it as grand as the title suggests?
If you've visited the site recently, you'll likely have seen our review of the brilliant Rune Factory 3, and heard ...
Farming, monsters and romance all come together in one game
Around this time last year, I was writing a review for Harvest Moon: Animal Parade on the Wii which, somewhat surprisingly...
Quirky hack-and-slash platformer based on an ancient Jewish script
These days, companies often seem afraid of trying something new, as corporate bosses increasingly believe that the average consumer prefers to play it safe, and is more likely to play Generic Space...
More point-and-click puzzle solving with the Freelance Police
Having been fans of the Sam and Max series since the first series graced the Xbox Live Arcade back in 2009, we've been waiting for ages for the third season to make it's way onto the service but ...
Feet, hands, it doesn't matter - get down and dance on the Wii
We all know how popular games like Just Dance and Zumba Fitness have become, spending record number...
Microsoft's biggest game of the year's here - and it's better than you'd think.
Gears of War is one of those games weve never really managed to get on with. Try as we might, there was always something that stopped us from really throwing ourselves into the series. Perhaps it was...
Use your body, and save the little people.
The Xbox Live Arcade has often been the place the most inventive of titles call their home. It's a place for the sort of games that you might feel a little bit reluctant to plonk down £40 for, but wou...
Kick, punch, it's all in the mind.
If the Government want people to eat five items of fruit and veg a day, it can be argued that fruit really needs to be more fun. Give your child a plate of greens, or sometimes even a banana, and they...
Generic name, generic game?
Sometimes, a games name can tell you everything you need to know about it. Driver, for example is a game about driving cars; Microsoft Flight Simulator is all about flying a plane, and Bodycount we...
Times may have changed, but the west's still wild.
With their ten gallon hats tipped down to cover their eyes, and six shooter yearning for an itchy trigger finger, the previous Call of Juarez games were effectively interactive spaghetti westerns. Pla...
An entire civilisation needs your help
From Dust is one of the more ambitious offerings on the Xbox Live Arcade. Part ancient world-builder, Populus, part puzzle game, and part a more serious take on ...
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, my dear Luke.
If Professor Layton was more into giving advice on proverbs than solving mind-bending, logic based puzzles, he'd likely have told his young apprentice Luke that "Imitation is the most sincere form of ...