Mario Kart on Nintendo Wii game trailer

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Hot Shots Golf: Oob 1 Up Review

Sonys whimsical golf series is confirmed to be making another appearance on the PS3. Expect to see big-headed, cartoony characters hitting the greens and fighting their way out of sand traps on various nice-looking fantasy courses.

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Condemned 2: Bloodshot Demo Download on PlayStation Network

SEGA released the demo for Condemned 2: Bloodshot for the PlayStation 3.

The demo is taken from mid-way through the first level and gives players an opportunity to get to grips with Ethan Thomas, the former Serial Crimes Unit investigator, in his crusade to discover just what is going on in the sinister world around him.

The full game is now at retailers and sells for $59.99.

First Look At Sonic Unleashed

Sonic fan site Sonic Stadium writes that it may have uncovered the first shots of Sonic Unleashed, the title Sega trademarked earlier this month.

According to Sonic Stadium, the screen shots, some in-game, some pre-rendered CG, were culled from one of Sega's FTP servers.

They certainly look like the genuine article, giving the impression that Sonic Unleashed will be coming to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, hopefully with gameplay that's more Sonic and the Secret Rings than it is Sonic the Hedgehog "Next-Gen."

Source: Kotaku

UK welcomes God of War on Sony PSP

The bonanza of handheld game releases continues throughout the Easter period but thankfully it's not just a case of being impressed by the volume – there's also plenty of quality on offer, too.

We've been looking forward to Square Enix's Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates for a while now (despite our somewhat disappointing hands-on), not only because of its graphics but for whole wireless multiplayer mode. Indeed, it's a big week for DS dungeon-mashers as Chunsoft, the developer behind Nintendo's commercially successful Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, releases its SNES remake Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer via Sega.

Another Sega published DS game out this week is Sega Superstars Tennis which should also do well in a year that's already being dominated by sporting prowess of various forms.

In fact, the only cloud on the DS horizon is the mysterious disappearance of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations from the March release schedules. Naturally, we've already started the investigation.

Still, the big news of the next eight days is the appearance of Kratos, the muscle behind the superb PSP brawler God of War: Chains of Olympus. The first cannot-go-through-life-without-having-played-it handheld game of 2008, we thoroughly recommend it, especially when compared to the other 'big' PSP title out next week, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus – an expansion on the original which we really didn't see the point of.

Source: PocketGamer

Review: Bomberman Land Touch! 2 on Nintendo DS

Product: Bomberman Land Touch! 2
Developer: Hudson Soft
Publisher: Rising Star
Format: DS
Genre: Action, Puzzle
Players: 1-8
Networking: wireless (adhoc), wireless (network)
Version: Europe

We've grown contemptuous of gunfire. So wrote Stephen Wraysford from the trenches in the novel Birdsong, and such is the condition of anybody who spends his life in a war zone. Once the billionth speck of gunpowder pops, you stop caring. Thankfully for Hudson Soft, the same isn't true of the Bomberman franchise.

Even so, Bomberman Land Touch! 2 feels like the product of a series concerned that it might be outstaying its welcome, determined as it is to remain unobtrusive beneath the stable shelter established by Bomberman Land Touch!

Like Touch!, Touch! 2 is a mini-game collection dressed up as an adventure in which you, as Cheerful White, go to the funfair with a host of other characters from the Bomberman universe. There's Giant Gold, there's Bookworm Green, there's Cool Black. You haven't heard of them? Well, surely you know all about the inimitable Star Bomber.

Him neither?

It makes no odds, as they don't feature too heavily in the action, other than to give you the occasional prompt and, in the case of Star Bomber, to serve as your avatar's role model and mentor. Kiosk-holders and fortune tellers also populate the game, far more usefully, and a transparent limp-hatted figure appears from time to time to goad you about some future calamity.

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Bomberman explodes on WiiWare and the Nintendo Wii

Thanks to Hero of Legend for pointing out a common misconception about Hudson’s Wii Bomberman game in the comments. When the title was announced Famitsu pinned it as a WiiWare title, in fact they still do. However, Hudson’s WiiWare page lists four games: Star Soldier R, Joysound, Tetris and Bomberman with a spring release date.

The Bomberman game with Mii support and online play for eight via Nintendo Wi-Fi comes out in June. Glancing through Hudson’s Wii release schedule they have another Bomberman game also called Bomberman scheduled to come out in June. It appears the Bomberman title we previously mentioned is actually a retail game, which makes actually makes more sense. I was wondering how Hudson could pack single player stages and online play in such a tiny amount of space.

So what about Bomberman WiiWare? Yes, there is still a Bomberman WiiWare game and John Lee from Hudson explains, “It's coming. Details are still being finalized. It will be different than Bomberman Live. But it's still the classic Bomberman, if you catch my drift. It's probably one of the few classic games we are bring out on Wii Ware, but digital download is really where Bomberman shines.”

Source: Siliconera