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

Wii Motion Plus

So Wii Play has to be about the most played game in the world - everyone's had a go at some point.

But now Nintendo have managed to make it even better - yep Wii Motion is out and it is even better with improved sensitivity and more games to play. Check it out



Buy it here

Beatles Rock Band

Coming this September from MTV games is the fantastic looking Beatles Rock Band. Seems you can sing a jam along to a bunch of classic Fab Four tunes. Looks like fun for all the family. Check out this fantastic trailer



Get it at Game