Aug 24, 2010

Following our previous coverage Valve have confirmed Stephen Merchant as the voice of Wheatley by posting a new video featuring Stephen Merchant. The Bristol accent of Stephen Merchant is well known in the UK and its taking some adjusting to hear it coming from the disembodied sphere of the robot kind. You can head over to the Portal 2 video website for 3...

Aug 23, 2010

As previously covered here at GGS, We Sing Robbie Williams is shortly heading to the Nintendo Wii. Here for your vocal pleasure are the songs you would be scrolling past to get to Angels – if Angels where not alphabetically the first. 1997 – Old Before I Die – Life Thru A Lens 1997 – Angels – Life Thru A Lens 1998 – Let Me...

Aug 23, 2010

Hit vegetation vs undead title Plants vs Zombies is heading to the Nintendo DS early January 2011. As well as the usual gameplay modes exclusive, and as yet un-announced features, will make it onto the DS in 2D. The hugely popular iOS game is one of the many commercial successes on the iPhone and iPod Touch bringing in over $1 million for popcap in its first 9...

Aug 21, 2010

New entrant to the iPhone puzzle games top 10 is British developer Big Ideas Corporation. This puzzle game takes the form of unique scenes by artist Amie Bolissain that contain hidden band names amongst a green festival backdrop. The typical gameplay features hidden meanings and literal translations of game names. You will soon be able to pick up a lite version...

Aug 21, 2010

Following UK retailer Argos’s announcement of their recent nationwide games trade in scheme the largest retailer in the UK, Tesco, have announced their entry in to this market. Tesco have been trialling the scheme in 60 stores and are now ready to roll the scheme out nationwide. This provides very stiff competition against established trade-in companies...

Aug 21, 2010

“BING, BONG…..Welcome to your HAWX 2 flight from your living room to War. Will passengers seated with a PC, PS3 or Wii please disembark. Your flight has been delayed for a while. Can Wii passengers please collect their luggage as their flight has been extensively delayed” With the demo now available on consoles, it looks like this is the...

Aug 18, 2010

In what must be one of the most surprising peripheral announcements of recent years, THQ have announced they are bringing a graphics tablet to the Nintendo Wii. THQ are even as bold as to say they expect to ship 1 million units – with no marketing and if they can convince people its a good idea they expect to sell more. Fans of Dragons Den recoil ! As...

Aug 18, 2010

I am sure all the Xbox owners check their dashboards daily so will have been enjoying the HAWX 2 demo for a week already, the news is the demo is available on the Playstation Network from today. The demo includes two of the gameplay types Interception Course and Seek and Destroy. Interception puts you in the Russian seat flying amongst mountains while Seek and...