‘Nintendo Wii’, and ‘decent third party games’ are not phrases you tend to hear together. When you do, it tends to be some variation on the sentence: ‘There are few decent third party games on the Nintendo Wii.’ The lack of publisher support has come to characterise the system as much as its innovations in control. You can’t really blame them – most titles aimed at hardcore game... more.

Virtua Tennis 4 marks Sega’s latest iteration in its long running franchise. Once again introducing players to the world of competitive ball-slinging, this is the fun alternative to the altogether more serious Top Spin 4, aiming to provide players with a more easily accessible but still addictive experience as you travel the globe participating in tournaments and encountering stars such as Feder... more.

Tiger Woods is back... well, he's been completely ousted from the cover... but he's back! The newest title in the most successful golf franchise around focuses around The Masters tournament, hoping to build on the success of the Ryder Cup edition of the series last year. The presentation of the game has a real American feel, following in the footsteps of the Madden NFL games. The small visual ... more.

The WWE is something that you either love or hate, but what cannot be denied is it's popularity across the globe from the live shows to the video games. We have been accustomed to the yearly release from THQ with its Smackdown vs. Raw franchise, though some may argue that in recent years these titles have become tired and predictable with the whole wrestling genre needing a new lease of life. This... more.

The Lego series of games have become extremely successful over the last few years, with Indiana Jones, Batman and Harry Potter all getting Lego brick treatment. But it is the first of these Lego-fied instalments, Star Wars, which has proven to be the biggest hit. As a result, we see the latest release come from the Star Wars franchise and its ever popular Clone Wars animated TV series. The main... more.

Do you remember the game you used to play, probably as a teenager, called Truth or Dare? The game which usually ended up with a bunch of people naked and snogging? Well, some bright spark at THQ has decided to take this concept and create Truth or Lies. Truth or Lies is primarily a party game for you and up to seven chums to grab a USB microphone and the opportunity see if each other are giving... more.

You might want to take a seat before you read this: Sonic Colors is a good game. Shocking I know! Over the last decade, Sonic the Hedgehog has developed a pretty bad reputation. I feel for the spiky little fella - if I’d headlined as many awful games as him, I’d be a little blue too. See, while arch-rival Mario made a successful jump into 3D platforming, things never really clicked for Soni... more.

For some strange reason, best known to someone else, the powers that be here at NXT Gamer consider me to be a Ben 10 fan of sorts, such was the absolute certainty that the promo copy of Ben 10: Cosmic Destruction would land on my doorstep. Having not even seen a millisecond of the (apparently) huge franchise on TV, I have little clues as to where this idea of me being a fan of a cartoon about youn... more.

How do you deal with yearly, incrementally-changed releases? Do you fork out the cash every year for Tiger Woods? Do you stay a year behind and grab Madden for cheap? Do you skip a year or two so you can see real, heavyweight differences in a franchises releases? Unfortunately for my wallet, when it comes to the WWE THQ games, I’m option A. Every October I pay £40. £40 for what? £40 for a ros... more.

DJ Hero was last years new addition to the “Hero” family of games, with its highly innovative turntable peripheral and venture into music genres that had previously been overlooked within the music rhythm genre. After a moderately successful first attempt, Activision and Freestyle Games return with DJ Hero 2, but does it improve on the original or is it simply more of the same? One of the b... more.