Articles by Dan Pearson

Mobile Phone Games - E3 2010

"It is not just the big consoles that are drawing in the crowds at the E3 2010 event. Since the dawn of the smart phone, mobiles have brought in big bucks when it comes to games and apps, be they scaled down versions of a larger blockbuster title or"

Skate 3

"The past few years have totally changed the way we look at skateboard games, once Tony Hawk was the be all and end all but recent releases have been tired affairs. Rather than just do a good skateboard game the Black Box team have created the"

Dead Rising 2

"The cult of the zombie is still as strong as it was since George Romero’s classic horror piece; the ideals have changed very little, just the media outlet. Capcom's other zombie masterpiece Dead Rising had a lot of criticism around a few of"

Super Street Fighter IV

"Well it's good to see CAPCOM are back on track, after the 10 year hiatus they gave us the phenomenal and well received Street Fighter IV. Now less than a year later we have Super Street Fighter IV (SSFIV), but with the current digital revolution and"

Final Fight Double Impact

"Final Fight Double Impact brings us two of Capcom's greatest arcade classics in one affordable package. Final Fight has changed little since arcade inception in 1989, you control one of three heroes over a multi-level fighting fest to save Metro"

Hands On: Super Street Fighter IV

"In a dark basement in the middle of Glasgow a multitude of young men and women gather to test their skills in a fighting arena, no this is not another Chuck Palahniuk novel, this is the preview tournament sponsored by Ready Up for Super Street"

Battlefield Bad Company 2

"There has always been profit to be made out of war and computer games are no different. Modern Warfare 2 and MAG made a healthy profit so not to be left out EA and DICE takes us back to the Bad Company outfit and the wake of death that follows"

Mujik

"Portable beat generators have been growing in popularity over recent years with more and more musicians going for their pockets to create a song rather than the piano or guitar.  Mujik from Lucky Frame takes the initial concept of most of these"

Guitar Hero Van Halen

"It's time to don your 80's mullet, Lycra pants and trusty wireless guitar whilst rocking out to some of the seminal hits of the hair rock era with Guitar Hero Van Halen. Yes that button bashing cash cow Guitar Hero returns with another collection"

Flight Simulator X: Discover Europe

"No sooner than landing in the South Pole on our recent Pole to Pole excursion did we then need to dust down our snow laden flight jacket and take to the skies once again with Flight Simulator X: Discover

As with the previous First Class"

Alley Gator

"As a kid there was the an urban legend, pet alligators being flushed down the toilet and mutating to huge sizes in the New York sewerage system chowing down on all that dared to cross their path. Alley Gator has similar beginnings but he is more"

Flight Simulator X Pole to Pole

"First Class Simulations have brought us another interesting add-on for the great Flight Simulator X, this time allowing us to travel across the globe in a mammoth Pole to Pole journey using the robust Aero Commander AC680.Whereas the previous"

Flight Simulator X: Lancaster

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As with most PC games, the longevity of any title is down to the mod community. Flight Simulator X is one of those titles, with First Class Simulators releasing a staggering amount of add-ons to keep you playing this epic simulator and to let fans"

Flight Simulator X Gold Edition

"For years now I have felt relegated to high action, low realism console games when instead I fancied a burn on a flight simulator. I started to play these games in the early 80’s on my beloved BBC micro, but with each new flight sim on the PC"

Buzz! Quiz World

"Relentless Software know us Brits love a good quiz show and as a result have been releasing Buzz! games for a good few years now.  Each one involving classic quiz prerequisites like a flamboyant host (voiced by Jason Donovan), a gravelly voiced"

2XL ATV Offroad

"ATV is the sort of rough racing sport that takes place on wet Sunday mornings, muddied up to the eyeballs, hurtling around farmer’s fields, so how does it translate to precise and stylish

2XL Games have replicated the look and feel of"