April 2009 Archives

A Sutton Coldfield family run business is set to give gamers across the country a much-needed cash boost when they launch www.gamesbasement.co.uk on May 4th.

The online games site is designed by gamers for real gamers.

The brains behind the website - Michael Ferguson spoke to Power Up and told us:

"Gamebasement.co.uk is a independent family run business, unlike many of our competitors were aren't run by an accountant or venture capitalist and therefore our number one priority is giving our customers what they want - the very best deals.

"We wanted to enter the gaming arena and prove that although we are not a huge corporate company it is still possible for a small business to succeed in today's highly competitive market and most importantly offer great service and prices because we have genuine drive and enthusiasm for what we are doing.

"Last year we noticed there was a gap in the gaming market to build a successful alternative to the big brands that dominate the industry and inspired by them we have been working tirelessly to build a great site that we feel can compete with these companies.

"Being gamers ourselves we have been able to look at our service from the perspective of what a gamer would want. In this current economic climate we know that money is tight so we are focusing our efforts on delivering competitive prices with free and fast delivery.

"In the coming weeks we will be introducing a loyaly points scheme to reward customers with even bigger discounts and a competitive trade in service which will allow customers to trade their unwanted games and we are working with a local designer to bring exclusive gaming T-shirts to our range.

"When we launch we will be selling games, consoles, accessories and clothing and we already working on bringing more exciting products to our customers."

Now I for one will be popping online - great to see a local firm showing such initiative!

Good on you!

Just found this that someone posted on the net...

Love it or hate it Kick Off 2 was a huge success.

Seriously - how good was this game!? The hackie-sack challenge is legendary - watch the seagull!

Great news for girlie gamers Disney Interactive are set to release the above game to tie in with the movie release.

Full review next week...

I have total and utter respect for Activision in releasing a niche game and attempting something different, I spend half my life reviewing the same types of game so it was nice to get my hands on something a little different.

Yes sorry you got it - BUT - this isn't the game I hoped it would be.

This game will appeal to a very small group of people - paintball enthusiasts, if you are like me and your paintball encounters are limited to getting bruised in a cold field on a stag do by John Rambo enthusiasts you probably won't get it.

As the title would suggest you play as a Secret Service Agent who is tasked with defending America on Inauguration Day when the president gets shot.

The terrorist threat is real and you find yourself in the firing line and tackling a whole manner of tense situations as the enemy attacks.

Some great tactical battles with sniper rifles and grenades share centre stage with handguns and assault rifles.

Something about the actual cover sleeve of this game made me think it was going to be bad... now I am not for one minute saying that I would ever judge a game by its cover - but this screams at you to leave it on the shelf.

In a city overrun with mutant humans you must use your ninja skills and unique ninja weaponry to overthrow the savage mutants and restore law and order back to Tokyo.

Its yawn inducing and mundane, tired and ridiculously samey samey - the gameplay does save it somewhat though.

There is a lot of weapons and magic to throw around and the real key to mastering it is using the right weaponry at the right time, there is a good strategic edge to what is essentially a fairly standard button-masher.

Graphically the game is fine, possibly not as strong as it should be for a next-gen game but there are some nice effects and use of different camera angles in battle. There are also some really epic cinematic cut scenes that give the game a glossier overlook.

A lot of variety in the weapons you can use and the general enjoyment of hacking and slashing save this from being a really low-end title.

Oh and before I forget some really good end of level bosses!

THIS is a second bite of the Nintendo cherry for Pikmin 2, the first attempt was on the Wii's predecessor - the Game Cube.

IF YOU like huge monster trucks, causing plenty of chaos and generally smashing things up this is the game for you.

To put it simply this game is one of the best I have ever played. I loved this game as a youngster. It had everything....