XboxLIVE! Arcade Additions

15 April, 2008
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Electronic Theatre ImageThere’s a new addition to the Party Game line-up on Xbox360, Rocky and Bullwinkle is available exclusively on XboxLIVE! Arcade, along with an enhanced version of the ATARI’s action classic, Battlezone, this Wednesday, 16th April, at 9:00am.

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European PLAYSTATION Store Updates Tomorrow

14 April, 2008
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Electronic Theatre ImageOn 15th April, the new look PLAYSTATION Store, the online content store on PLAYSTATION Network launches; bring with it improved navigation, more functionality and a whole raft of new content.

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Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: House of the Dead: 2 and 3 Return

13 April, 2008
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Electronic Theatre Image            The House Of The Dead: 2 & 3 Return arrives as part of a string of SEGA Arcade titles from the turn of the century launching on Wii. Along with SEGA Bass Fishing and Ghost Squad, The House Of The Dead: 2 & 3 Return offers classic titles to a new audience and fans alike. Couple this with the recent launch, and incredible success, of the Wii Zapper (which currently still includes Link’s Crossbow Training as free software) and the timing couldn’t be more perfect for a revival of SEGA’s much-loved zombie-busting series.

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Baroque Announced for Europe

12 April, 2008
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Electronic Theatre ImageRising Star Games has announced Atlus’ dungeon crawling RPG Baroque for Wii and PlayStation2 will be coming to Europe. Released on Friday, June 27th 2008, on both formats, Baroque sees the player awaken to find the world in ruins, and their heart beset with unexplained guilt.

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BBC Editor Slams Microsoft and SONY

11 April, 2008
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Electronic Theatre ImageYesterday, BBC technology news editor Darren Waters highlighted the ‘irony’ in the fact Wii was the first console of the Current-Generation to secure hosting the popular BBC iPlayer.

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Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: Dark Sector

10 April, 2008
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Electronic Theatre Image            Dark Sector is the latest release by the small development studio Digital Extremes, the team also responsible for the likes of Pariah and Unreal Championship on the Xbox. In a Third-Person Action title, you take the role of Hayden Tenno, a military operative on a mission in Lasria (a fictional Russian city), where a virus has developed an infected the population. You too become infected, and learn new abilities borne from your disease.

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Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: Mario Kart Wii

10 April, 2008
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Electronic Theatre Image            Mario Kart Wii should need little introduction. With a the series now seeing it’s eighth iteration, there’s no denying it’s long-term appeal. While many argue the values of each title in the series, none could argue that 2005’s Mario KartDS has thus far been its’ biggest success. A fully-3D Racer sporting a wide variety of gameplay modes, playable on the bus, and online, Mario KartDS showed what Nintendo’s handheld was capable of, and what the series had become famous for.

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BBC iPlayer on Wii

9 April, 2008
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Electronic Theatre ImageErik Huggers, the BBC’s Group Controller for Future Media and Technology, today unveiled a collaboration with Nintendo UK to offer BBC iPlayer via Nintendo Wii.

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Rock Band Xbox360 Exclusivity Announced

8 April, 2008
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Electronic Theatre ImageHarmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a division of Viacom’s MTV Networks, along with marketing and distribution partner Electronic Arts, today confirmed plans to release the award-winning music video game Rock Band this spring in the UK.

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The Bourne Conspiracy Dated

7 April, 2008
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Electronic Theatre ImageSierra Entertainment have announced that the Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy videogame will street in Europe on the 27th June, 2008 on Microsoft’s Xbox360 and the PLAYSTATION3 from SONY. The game brings Jason Bourne’s signature combat style to life by sharply blending a seamless mix of hand-to-hand fighting, gunplay and dramatic escapes. To round out the non-stop action to the title’s hunter-prey game play, The Bourne Conspiracy will give gamers a re-imagination of the high speed pursuit through Paris in the MINI COOPER.

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Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: Viking: Battle For Asgard

5 April, 2008
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Electronic Theatre Image            Viking: Battle For Asgard is the second console title from the highly-acclaimed development studio, The Creative Assembly. Having begun rather humbly in 1987 handling conversion work for Psygnosis and EA, before cutting-their-teeth on the innovative Shogun: Total War, The Creative Assembly have since signed a publishing deal with Japanese gaming legends SEGA. As the Total War series moved from strength-to-strength on PC, the studio turned it’s attentions to developing a console-orientated spin-off, and Spartan: Total Warrior was born.

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Sam and Max Announced for Wii

4 April, 2008
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As part of a continuing effort to extend episodic gaming to new audiences and platforms, Telltale is officially announcing that Sam & Max Season One will be coming to Wii . This collection of the first six Sam & Max episodes will introduce a brand new audience to the popular and critically-acclaimed game series. Sam & Max for Wii is expected to ship to retail stores worldwide this fall, thanks to a partnership between Telltale and JoWooD/DreamCatcher.

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Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

2 April, 2008
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Electronic Theatre ImageThe latest instalment of the Call Of Duty series is here; Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. You begin the game as a character called Soap, you are the latest recruit in the battle against a modern terrorist group. Depending on the Mission, different characters will be used which fits in well with the storyline. One example of this is going back in time to when Soap’s Captain, Captain Price, was younger. You complete a Mission which is very relevant to the current situation and the main story arc of the game. You must listen to your team orders (though you do not have to follow them exactly) to bring down some well-equipped, trigger happy modern day bad guys.

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