EA Sports Active

There have been a number of forays into the exercise market on Wii and EA have just released their take on the subject. EA Sports Active is a nice looking addition to the genre and its picked up really positive reviews (81% on metacritic). There’s a trailer below.



It’s available from HMV here

News: Family Games Lead the way

The Guardian reports that in the first half of 2009 many of the most popular games were family titles, pushing past traditional games for the first time. They list the top ten as follows.

1. Wii Fit
2. FIFA 09
3. Call Of Duty: World At War
4. Resident Evil 5
5. Wii Play
6. Mario Kart Wii
7. Professor Layton And The Curious Village
8. Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games
9. Street Fighter IV
10. Guitar Hero: World Tour

Plenty of variety there, but a great show by Nintendo!

Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games

Mario and Sonic is one of the best games out there on Wii and DS and the follow up Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympics has been confirmed for release in October, again on the Wii and DS. It's out on October 16th.

Here's a trailer in the meantime

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

There's a new Harry film in the cinemas so of course there's a game to go with it. this one's been optmised more for Wii and DS gameplay.

This is a really cool making of video



Looks like the perfect follow up to a day in the cinema

Let's Tap

This one is a bit different. Let's Tap for the Wii works by tapping your fingers on a box to control the game. It's a bit likee old Track n Field button bashing but with 2 or 3 different types of games.



You can get it at HMV here