Author: Joseph Whitfield

EA are continuing to build up the final instalment of the Harry Potter series with an announcement of the Nintendo DS version. The game will be set much like the console versions as Harry, Ron and Hermione battle to save Hogwarts from the army of Vol-You Know Who.

Namco-Bandai have announced the latest game in the Family Trainer series – Magical Carnival. Using a combination of Wii remotes and the Family Trainer mat, up to 10 players can explore 25 theme park attractions in either cooperative or competitive challenges. So far announced as playable themes are Circus, Parade, Haunted, Pirate and Fantasy attractions…

New screen shots have emerged for the follow up to last years Final Fantasy instalment. Final Fantasy XIII-2 takes place a few years after the events in the previous game. Survivors have decided to rebuild Gran Pulse and Lightning is presumed dead. Keeping the faith alive, Serah believes otherwise. Her town is then overrun by…

Building up to 15th July, when the most anticipated ending to the hugely popular franchise hits our cinema screens, EA have released more screenshots and a new trailer for the movie-game tie in. The screens show the Wizarding World of Harry Potter ablaze, with Hogwarts on fire and Voldemort and his evil army taking over…

Sony confirmed at E3 that Sly Cooper will be making his return to the PlayStation in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time. The game will star regulars such as Sly, Bentley and Murray. In the game, pages of the Thievius Raccoonus are disappearing and Bentley, now keeper of the ancient master Thieves book, must round up…

After just two weeks in retail stores, Sony have released the digital version of inFAMOUS 2 for the PlayStation Network. At a huge 15 GB the game costs £49.99. Even though it is slightly more expensive than the retail version, Sony do give users a one hour free trail to give a taste of what’s…

Sony have confirmed that they will be releasing 3 PlayStation 3 bundles in July. Each will come with two games per set and exclusive content and themes based on up and coming titles. They Include: Uncharted Collection, Resistance Duel pack & Ratchet and Clank variations. They will be released on the 22nd July.

HMV are offering 10% off 3DS games when a store Mii is picked up via streetpass. In a clever use of marketing and to further promote the streetpass feature on Nintendo’s third dimension console, any person to have picked up one of the Mii’s at HMV’s participating stores, will receive the discount on 3DS games.

Set in the modern day Middle East, Unearthed is a third person exploration game that is the first game from Saudi Arabia arriving in episodic format on the PlayStation 3 later in the year. Created by Semaphore, the game promises to have a mix of platforming, stealth, melee and shooting gameplay.

Today sees the Twentieth Birthday of everybody’s favourite blue hedgehog. In 1991 we first saw Sonic run through Green Hill Zone on the Mega Drive and he only had the jump and roll to his name. 20 years on and we are waiting expectantly for the next instalment in one of VGN’s favourite Videogame series.…