RYU GA GOTOKU REVIEW

Roaming around an interactive environment, sometimes exploring, sometimes fighting, sometimes just soaking up the scenery around you. Shenmue was a game franchise that had these things in abundance and it was a shame that the trilogy was never completed with a 3rd installment in the series. Although the franchise was Yu Suzuki's labour of love, Ryu Ga Gotoku 1 (hereafter RGG) can be seen as an inheritor of the best elements of the former franchise whilst at the same time making the action and fighting intense and wrapping it up in the captivating world of the Japanese yakuza.

SUPER STREET FIGHTER 4 HYPE-UP

In a change to the regular updates, this entry touches upon something that I don't think I've mentioned at any point in my blog's history (although if you read my Street Fighter 4 review you'd probably get the jist from there). Anyone who's remotely played Street Fighter before will be aware that an update to last year's release of SF4 is recieving an update this Spring and more so than the re-releases of SFII in its prime, this is something that DLC alone will not suffice.


So far, we've been shown that the additional characters that will be added to this update will be:

- Juri
- Deejay
- T. Hawk
- Guy
- Cody
- Adon

Plus, from details and screenshots on the internet we can see that an additional 4 characters are yet to be announced. Rumours circulating the internet suggest that these are new face Hakan (an Indian-style wrestler) and 3 familiar faces returning from Street Fighter: Third Strike (they being Dudley, Ibuki and Makoto). Only time will tell if this is the case or otherwise but fingers crossed that these are the remaining characters to be added to the SSF4 mix!

In the meantime, check out this fellow's Youtube channel for recent video updates from CES where the most recent verion's build of SSF4 was available to play and get excited:

www.youtube.com/user/derrace

SIREN: BLOOD CURSE REVIEW

How to classify Siren: Blood Curse. Is it a sequel to Siren 1 & 2? Is it a separate standalone game altogether for the PS3? In a way it is all of these things combined. Read on to find out why...

SOUL CALIBUR IV REVIEW

'Welcome, to the stage of history' says the announcer as you start up the arcade mode of Soul Calibur IV. A sure reminder that you are being welcomed back to another of Namco's long-established fighting game franchises, the Soul Calibur series.

NO MORE HEROES REVIEW

One for the geeks. There, said it. If you're a geek, nerd, sci-fi head, otaku or whatever else fans of subversive culture get called these days, you will be drawn towards NMH. Why? Read on to find out.....

DEAD RISING REVIEW

I'm slowly warming up again with these so to keep it short, here comes a review of interesting take on zombie survival, Dead Rising.

Review update coming

Well I realise that weeks pass between my updates but between work and other things its more of a realise afterwards affair than anything else. Anyway, I will be updating the blog with a review again soon and when I have all my screencaps my reviews will all have images with them as well.

Look forward to it.

REVIEWS ARE BACK! BURSTING IN WITH THE METAL GEAR SOLID 4 REVIEW!

Hey ho! Bet you thought I'd died or something? But no, after some soul searching and a trip to the Big Apple I'm back and will be coming at full force with some great reviews (as well as a significant New York update. Wait for it!)

Anyway, without further ado, here comes the first review in a while but no less deserving of attention, the end game in Kojima's yarn of love, war and metal gear everything, Metal Gear Solid 4.

New York update pending

I truly kid you not. Having been on holiday to the Big Apple recently I'm due to do my first non-game update very soon. Back at work toady but will endeavour to get this done by the end of the weekend.

Take care folks!

Naughty naughty

This is terrible. I mean, 2 months without an update! I definitely need to get back on this and with some holiday time before I go to New York I really must update the blog soon. Therefore, later on I'll do some updates with some reviews and my impressions of the Eurogamer Expo that I attended here in Leeds at the Royal Armouries yesterday.

Look forward to it!