Ah, Call of Duty: Blacks Ops – or as some have dubbed it, “Here we go again”. In case you’ve been under a stone all week, the Call of Duty hype mobile is in top gear for a repeat performance as the year’s most publicity-hogging gaming release. This time it’s developer, Treyarch and Call of Duty: Black Ops in the interrogation chamber for Activision’s money printing series. Was the hype justified? Read our Call of Duty: Black Ops review to find out.
There’s no denying it: the Samsung UE46C8000 is a creature of astonishing beauty, seeming to hover in thin air like a slim silver blade, yet offering a window into a 3D world of rich textures, vibrant colours and infinite depth. Whether this is all smoke and mirrors or indeed a true evolution in TV watching, perhaps only our Samsung UE46C8000 review will unveil…
Dance Central for Microsoft Kinect, from the folks that brought us Rock Band, is one music-based game you’ll be hearing lots more of that doesn’t force gamers to clasp plastic peripherals. Billed as the “first immersive dance video game”, Dance Central has players busting many a move in this disco dancing guilty console pleasure for Microsoft Kinect on Xbox 360. Is it worth making a fool of yourself for? Find out in our Dance Central for Kinect review.
It’s Microsoft’s turn to showcase what Kinect Sports, its landmark launch title for Microsoft Kinect is made of, now that we’re tiring of Wii Sports on the Nintendo Wii and Sports Champions for PlayStation Move. Kinect Sports is packed with a selection of real-life sports to participate in using nothing but your (we’re sure) athletically honed body as the controller. Could it possibly trump both Nintendo and Sony’s sporty offerings? Read our Kinect Sports review to find out.
Microsoft Kinect makes your Xbox 360 into something else entirely. No longer is it the clumpy, whirring console exclusively for gamers willing to put up with endless red rings of death. Instead, it becomes the essential console for family gaming, making everything the Wii offers look, well, four years old. And it’s a software update’s throw from making the Xbox 360 the essential set top box, full stop.
Read our full Microsoft Kinect review to find out why we think it’s the gadget of the year.
This new MacBook Air review was not easy for us. Don’t get us wrong, Apple’s waif-like laptop is unquestionably gorgeous. It’s thinner than anything else in our manbag, and Apple’s new battery technology gives it a lifetime between charges to shame anything that’s been there before. But there’s a snag. Read on, see our new MacBook Air review in full, and we’ll explain the hang-ups still hampering Apple’s new generation. Read more
The Orange San Francisco is one of the cheapest Android phones on the market. Android may be the seen as the biggest rival to Apple’s iPhone, but phones like this prove it’s a different kettle of piranhas altogether. An ancient battered first-gen iPhone will fetch more than a hundred quid on eBay, but the Orange San Francisco costs just a ton new. How can it possibly be any good? Find out in our Orange San Francisco review.
A Minecraft review on Electricpig may seem a little strange. It is a resolutely independent game (essentially the product of one man’s imagination), is still in alpha and has the kind of blocky, retro graphics that will make the average Halo fan splutter with disgust. But for all its foibles and eccentricities, Minecraft is a phenomenon in both its single player and (slightly shaky) multiplayer guises.
Minecraft is one of those titles that become more than a game. It swallows up your time and sucks you into its world completely with the sheer force of its creativity. Available on PC, Mac and Linux for $9.95 (c.£12.70) now and $20 when the final version is released, it’s a truly impressive achievement. Read on to find out what all the fuss is about in our Minecraft review…
