Gaming Nexus writes: "I'll admit, I'm a hardened skeptic when it comes to Wii games, especially third party titles. Nintendo's emphasis on simple graphics and minigame collections has been interpreted as carte blanche for third parties to slack off and churn out shovelware. After all, the Wii is still selling like crazy two years on, because the casual gamers eat it up like candy. Casual gamers-the little kids, grandparents, boomers and soccer moms-are easily satisfied with shallow proof of concept demos, and they aren't picky when it comes to graphics, so they'll buy just about anything with "Wii" stamped on the box. As a result, we see a severe lack of quality or maturity in most third party Wii games. It's not fair to either the casual gamers or the longtime fans, but it happens.
When I first heard about de Blob, I thought it was just more of the same; colorful yet simplistic graphics, even simpler gameplay. For months I ignored it, even as the mainstream press paid attention to it. I figured it was getting noticed because the Wii release schedule has been so barren this year. I was wrong. A couple weeks before it released I started doing some research, and realized I'd better get hungry for a helping of humble pie. de Blob isn't just another minigame, it's the evolution of an art project created by students in the Netherlands. At first glance it may be hard to differentiate de Blob from the ocean of mediocrity, but I assure you that the game is everything a third party Wii game should be."
THQ Nordic 10th anniversary sale includes big discounts on Darksiders, de Blob, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, and more.
Hi, Xbox Game Pass friends! It’s time for another drop of games coming your way. In case you hadn’t already cried when you realized that your backlog of video games has grown that much larger, my apologies. And if you’re going to cry on the controller, make it player 2’s controller please. We’re taking you deep this time around. Deeep in the shadows, deeeep in the tombs, deeeeep into zombie territory, deeeeeep into the streets, deeeeeeep into Arkham, deeeeeeeep into the deeeeeeeepness. And PS, Crackdown 3 drops in mere days. Days!
Wow can't believe Shadow of The Tomb Raider and Crackdown 3 this month. I only just bought an Xbox One X a month ago and have only played Forza Horizon 4 and Quantum Break...
Is it only me who drives around in Forza just looking at the scenary and looking in shop Windows? The attention to detail is insane....
Neil writes: "If you were on the hunt for a bargain over the last seven days, then you would have found that the Xbox Live Deals With Gold sale was accompanied by a rather awesome Capcom sale. Providing tons of games at low low prices, it was a great way to stock up on digital titles for those rainy days. Now though the Xbox Live Deals With Gold and Spotlight Sale is back again and this time round a new set of Xbox titles are smacked with the discount stick, all alongside some Bandai Namco bargains. What are they? Well, this little lot should see you right."