You'd think a football game from the creators of the Professor Layton games would be enough to pique the interest of games retailers, but judging from the complete lack of awareness and availability in the marketplace you'd be greatly mistaken.
Cute animal-based platformers used to be ten-a-penny in the olden days, but with the advent of more powerful consoles the genre has noticeably diminished. Thankfully the portable nature of the DSi combined with the console's download service means fans of big-eyed animals collecting things can still be entertained, with Zoonies – Escape from Makatu the newest title promising to thrill gamers.
Even almost a week after Amsterdam I'm still exhausted. Berocca obviously not helping! Must get some sleep...
Saturnine Games returns
Xbox Live Arcade title Antipole attracted plenty of attention with its gravity-flipping gameplay, and soon DSi owners will be able to get their hands on the innovative platformer as developer Saturnine Games has announced it'll be bringing the title to DSiWare.
Mystery afoot
Have you struggled to find a solus Move controller since its launch in September? Has it been difficult enough for you to believe, however crazy it may sound, that it's no longer being manufactured? Here comes Amazon to add a little fuel to that fire with this listing.
$4.99 in North America
If you're after a cheap but engaging downloadable title for PlayStation Move, you could do a lot worse than pick up Tumble, the block-stacking, tower-building title that shows off the controller's range of movement as beautifully as any other.
British teams quick out of the blocks
Teams all over the world are hard at work on Kinect titles, but British teams are doing all right for themselves out of the sensor's success, with UK teams responsible for 42% of all Kinect games sold in Britain since launch.
The results are in... It was excellent! Surprisingly so. I should tweet the recipe but I've already forgotten it.
I've invented my own casserole recipe. Chances of it actually turning out edible: 100 to 1.
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