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Format: PlayStation 2
Genre: Action, Hack & Slash
Developer: Yuze
Publisher: Bandai
Region: Japan (Import)
Price: £37.90 from Play-Asia

Being greeted with the Brilliant Green’s ‘Ash like snow’ theme tune and the Gundam 00’s anime introduction gets the blood pumping as I review this Playstation 2 videogame. Only available in Japan (with no news of any form of localisation just [...]

Traveller’s Tales returns once more with its Lego games after the success of Lego Star Wars and Lego Indiana Jones.  This time Gotham city and its Dark Knight get the Lego treatment, but does Lego Batman bring anything new to the system, or are Traveller’s Tales going a brick too far?

Even in Lego form, Batman [...]

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RedOctane’s Guitar Hero was a surprising hit on the PlayStation 2 in which you use a mini Gibson SG guitar as a controller to strum to a collection of fantastic rock songs.
As with all rhythm games, pressing the right buttons at the right time is crucial when playing in Guitar Hero II.
For those who haven’t [...]

Ape Academy fits into the ‘party game’ category – namely, it offers tons of short, easy-to-learn and addictive games that are designed to be played by a group of people. Or in this case, cute little primates.
The 50+ button-bashing interludes range from mini game staples such as bowling, air hockey and follow-my-lead rhythm games to [...]

Arcade thrills are what the PSP has been made for, and if it’s fast and furious gameplay you are looking for, then it doesn’t come much faster (and it’s hard to imagine anything more furious) than WipEout Pure.
From the off, this WipEout offeres ultra-fast racing action, combined with bonus weapons and the sort of track [...]

From the creator of Space Channel 5 and Rez comes this musical puzzle title. It is a cross of Tetris with flexible blocks which can detach from their original falling shape, overlapping one another. The aim is to create squares or rectangles from identical coloured blocks to make them disappear.
When you play the game, you [...]

The TOCA series lands on the PSP with quite a statement against their rivals by being a realistic racer. Your role as a rookie driver is to climb the ranks amongst the world’s best by winning races, sponsorship and respect.
In all there are 15 different types of racing varying from formula ford, rallying to truck [...]

Nans beware; This is definitely not bridge
A lone figure gently creeps through a darkened warehouse, nothing more than a shadow to the nearby soldiers, who pay little to no attention to him. One by one, he discretely picks them off, silently assassinating them with his bare hands. The figure, the one and only Solid Snake, [...]

Okay I admit, this title seems very negative but it is justified, I promise! The fact is I love this game… When it’s not being inconsistent. For a start Rockstar Leeds did an amazing job on the PSP port. Essentially, it’s like looking at a slightly lower resolution version of the original and on [...]