Month: May 2012

Once upon a time he was the most recognised character in the world, he had theme parks created for him and in the 90s had some of the best games on the Megadrive made by him. These days, Mickey Mouse has been forgotten by all these new fangled cartoons but this hasn’t stopped Disney from…

Stop animation is something that’s existed for a trillion years and also something that many people associate to be British, presumably because of the quirky Wallace and Gromit and Morph animations that are so popular, even today. Whilst the clay moulding has in many cases moved to CGI the soul remains as Nintendo clearly believe…

Whilst some developers have been increasingly vocal about their criticism of the Xbox Live platform in recent years, it would appear that a game with a cult following, or a good game, will sell. Regardless of price or what platform you sell it on.

Fighting games are ten a penny these days and few can live up to the enjoyment that Super Smash Bros, an essentially non-fighty, button bashing game, can bring to the table. So it’s little wonder why Capcom are a little disappointed with recent fighting game sales.

So with Rainbow Moon around the corner, it’s time for some new screenshots to be released to whet our whistles and it’s certainly whistling. The screenshots make Rainbow Moon look like one of the best JPRGs of the SNES era, but brought right to the forefront of modern gaming. Let’s hope the game matches the…

Mario Kart 7 is the latest iteration of the legendary Mario Kart series that has managed to put almost all other racing games out of business and yet even Nintendo fall foul to bugs and have sadly managed to enter the 21st Century.

So another week with a delayed charts, but this time we’re at fault. Yesterday two members of the VGN team moved home so everyone downed tools to help them on their quest to a new abode. No more living under a bookcase for some people! So whilst some of us were ducking and diving and…

Gamers for some time have been calling out for a sequel to the Gamecube launch title Luigi’s Mansion for some time – us included. We were excited to learn that at last years E3, we would be getting a follow up on the 3DS but according to Play.com, that is not all.