Gaming Reviews

• Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (Xbox 360)

  Tony Hawk's Proving Ground is the ninth instalment in this epic series, but in the wake of EA's Skate with its refreshing control scheme, is there really any need for yet another Tony Hawks game?

   
• Warhammer 40K: Squad Command (PSP)

  Squad Command does what it says on the box - you take command of a squad of six Space Marine units in a battle against the Chaos Armies. Perfect for portable playing, the turns run quickly and the games are short. Pair this with a simple intuitive control scheme and you're onto a winning combination that helps the turn based action flow smoothly.

   
• King Of Clubs (PS2)

  King Of Clubs is the latest game to bring Crazy Golf to the PS2 format, as you battle it out with friends or computerised opponents over a number of wacky courses. So, it is any good?

   
• World Championship Poker All In (Xbox 360)

  As good as poker is, and as addictive as poker is, this game shouldn't exist on the Xbox 360. Clearly ported up from a lesser format, it seems to be graphically dwarfed by the power of the 360.

   
• WWE Smackdown Vs RAW 2008 (PS3)

  It goes without saying that if you're a fan of wrestling you'll be a fan of this game. It has all the current wrestlers you could want, from every league (and some unlockable old favourites), all painstakingly modelled and motion captured.

   
• Fingers On Buzzers (DVD game)

  Imagine this nightmarish scenario: a complex series of disastrous events has seen you forced into a virtual world where a disembodied voice cackles relentlessly while you’re tossed through an endless cascade of grating mental challenges.

   
• Little Britain: The Only Game In The Village

  DVD games rarely work at the best of times, but this callous cash-in represents the absolute nadir of both the technical aspects of the linear game style and the poor production values (with its zero replayability), so it feels nothing more than a money grabbing exercise in the run up to Christmas.

   
• Conan (Xbox 360)

  Fantastically voiced by Ron Pearlman, Conan has the body of Schwartzenegger, the swagger of a wrestler and the comic book banter of The Hulk. He has only two things on his mind, sex and violence.

   
• Deal Or No Deal Family Challenge

  Deal Or No Deal is one of the few new TV game-show success stories of the last five years and it's therefore no surprise that this second Interactive DVD version arrives coincidentally with few shopping days left until Christmas. The premise is simple; a lone player must pick one of 22 suitcases which they believe to hold £250,000.

   
• Poirot: After The Funeral

  It’s Christmas cash-in season and this year that means an influx of DVD games for each and every gameshow and TV show in existence - some good, some bad and some very ropey indeed. Thankfully this is firmly in the good category, verging on very good, with David Suchet, the man who portrays the Belgin sleuth so perfectly on TV, fronting this DVD game in full character.

   

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