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Gamelick needs writers!!

2009-09-10T00:32:00.002+01:00

Anyone looking for a fun hobby, writing up your opinion, then contact us! Email why you think you are suitable to write for gamelick to gamelick@ymail.co.uk.

Write for us - GameLick

2009-07-02T23:03:00.003+01:00

Anyone who is interested in writing for gamelick, please email us! We are searching for dedicated people who love technology and would like to write about video gaming. For more information, email us at gamelick@ymail.co.uk

Website of the week - Swapz

2009-05-17T13:40:00.005+01:00

This week's website of the week is Swapz.co.uk
It is a website all about trust and works similarly to eBay. You put on items that you are willing to swap and the community are able to view what items you are swapping and if they want anything, offer you something for a trade. Works just the same as you used to swap things in the playground at primary school!
This is an effective and efficient website if you can think you will get a better deal than you would at eBay. There are no charges (from what i can see so far) so means all of the profits go to you! Swapz.co.uk is highly recommended if you have a load of junk (which most of us do). Check it out!!

Mobile Game Review - Tibia ME

2009-04-04T22:47:00.008+01:00

So what is Tibia ME?, Well for most of you who are starting to find more time to waste whilst on a crammed bus in London, Tibia ME is a mobile game for smart phones.It requires a fast Internet connection (3G) and this is the basis of where you play the game. It is a RPG game, where you are a small character in a world of magic and warriors.
There is a chat room style to the game too, at the bottom of the game screen, you can talk to other players inside the game who, are in the same 'world'. You are able to upgrade your player through levels and experience. This involves getting through the game, by using the characters that are not controlled by 'real people' but 'computer players'. Gold is also a characteristic in the game, where you are able to collect pieces of hidden gold in worlds and also gain gold from doing stuff for characters in the game.
As for the looks and whole style of the game, it is very Zelda. Sorry, but if the Zelda guys were to see this, they would be onto Tibia Me's backs in no time. There has been a blatant copy of the main character and the stories and how the game is played. The only difference has to be how you can talk to other online players and have interactions with them.
To be honest, Tibia ME is a good game, but it just lacks something. There is a slow pace to the game and is no real gem as to why you would come back. It is worth a download but as for me, not a game to keep coming back too. 6/10.

Games Coming Soon

2009-04-03T23:14:00.003+01:00

The top 5 games coming out soon with the most hype in this month from all you lot are the following:
1) Call of Duty: Modern Warefare II, Coming out 10/11/09
2) The Godfather II, Coming out 10/04/09
3) Pokemon Platinum, Coming out 22/05/09
4) Wolfenstein, Coming out July '09
5) Red Faction: Guerrilla, Coming out 12/06/09

Will be posting soon.

2009-03-24T12:17:00.001Z

Later tonight, posts are coming...
Wont be that regular, but if you want to help, email me.

Hopefully will be running soon

2009-02-19T03:56:00.001Z

Sorry yet again, instead of having a dedicated schedule of when posts are going to be outputted from here,I may just once every now and then just do a post, its much easier for me this way, sorry if ive let you down lol.

Website of the Week

2009-01-19T17:13:00.006Z

In all of the news hype, here's Website of the Week.
Barack Obama is going into the White House tomorrow, taking over George Bush, Woo!
So to keep track, log on to his website, give GameLick a shout to him, maybe he will become a follower! He constantly updates his blog and from what Ive heard, is running a podcast and has a YouTube account.
Get into politics you fools!

Mobile Game Review - Playman Summer Games 3

2009-01-19T16:17:00.004Z

Firstly, sorry about no posts guys!
I'm about to repay you all :)
Well, lets start off with a mobile phone game review, which i have to admit, cannot get the sound to work on games with my Nokia N96 and so cannot judge the sound on any future games.
Playman Summer Games is an Olympics style game which allows your character to compete with others in 5 different events, and one tournament.
There are three modes, challenge(main game), multiplayer and survival (you have to unlock from challenge).
Challenge is where you have to beat certain characters at their special track. You get awarded if you beat them or not, and thus completes the game. Multiplayer is amazing, where you can play on the same handset against a mate, up to 6 mates at once and can choose to have extra CPU players! It also increments where your previous players have been on the track, so you know if you have beaten them or not there and then.
The graphics are good, not great and can have slow loading times dependant on the phone you have. But as extras, high score boards, help and a community has been set up for easy to use, fun gaming. You really have to play Playman Summer Games 3 to understand the phenomenon of beating everyone at such an easy to use, addictive athletics game.

Playman Summer Games 3 gets 9/10.

Mobile Game Review - Text Twist Turbo

2009-01-12T18:10:00.005Z

Text Twist Turbo is a game of where you have 2 modes, using letters jumbled up for you to find the hidden word/s.
The two modes are basic puzzle and twist puzzle. Basic puzzle is where you get an amount of letters, that can amount to a full word (meaning you beat the level if found). You can keep searching through the 4-10 characters provided trying to find smaller words also, which gain you points. In the twist puzzle, you ar'nt able to move the letters about so freely, but after you make one word from a set of letters, the letters move out of the screen and new letters replace.
In both styles of the game, there is a bar at the top, which shows how far you have to get to complete the stage (indicated by a flag being a checkpoint). It also shows you how many words you can make and how many you have done.
This game is so simple that anyone can play,though the controls could be introducced with an introduction level of some kind if a sequel comes out. Text Twist Turbo is just such a simple concept, that i even get stuck, im stuck at level 14 on basic mode, which is much funner than twist mode in my opinion.
Text Twist Turbo is one of the least hyped about games, but if you find this game on any free mobile game websites, then be sure to download this game! Its fab and is brill playing on the bus, filling spare time, and even in your free time! Think of it as a two mode brain trainer, sort of.Theres just too much to talk about in Text Twist Turbo, so before boring you to pieces, Text Twist Turbo gets a nearly perfect,brilliant, 9/10.

Coming Soon

2009-01-10T21:08:00.003Z

Another round up of the most popular games everyones looking forward too:
1)Street Fighter IV, PS3; 20/02/09
2)Warhammer 40,000:Dawn at War II, PC; 20/02/09
3)Ghostbusters:The Video Game, Wii; 19/06/09
4)Tom Clancy's HAWX, Xbox 360; 27/02/09
5)Diablo III, PC; TBA

PSP Review - The Simpsons Game

2009-01-08T21:19:00.005Z

The Simpsons, who doesn't love them?
Now for their PSP game.
Well, the story starts off strangely, with homer being stuck in a dream of chocolate world..here you learn the controls of homer Simpson whilst trying to kill of chocolate rabbits and reach the end of the stage. However, when he awakes, Bart soon finds a game manual, dropped from god. It allows the Simpson's characters to have 'special powers'. After this, you have a series of 16 stages to complete, which are all of varying difficulty, which can mean its one of those games that you keep in the drawer as you have been stuck for so long! There is a large variety in the 16 levels in the game, as each character is used from the Simpson family, including Maggie!
After Bart finds the game manual, each character has their own special abilities, with homer having a variety of different styles of homer, such as slime homer and Bart having a different mode also, being bartman.
The Simpson's Game in my view, can be categorised into a puzzle game. Most of the game is using your grey matter, taking a while to get used to using hidden buttons to open doors etc. The cut scenes in the game are superb, and look the same on TV quality.
Now for the bad. Which is sadly, a very large list.
The in game graphics are very poor, some of the poorest seen on the portable gaming device. Combined with a bad camera angle, can be very annoying also, especially when you fail the mission due to bad quality graphics and camera angles. Although the controls are very easy to pick up and use, there is no challenge with fighting off enemies etc, all you have to do is some button mashing and you could easily kill off a couple of baddies. The loading times can be very long indeed, with up to 20 seconds of waiting to get onto the next stage in the game, and can even take 5 seconds to get from pausing to back into the game!
Also, although there is thousands of unlocks to fully complete the game, with 5 separate collect ables in the each stage, you don't seem to get rewarded for getting any/all of them? The only point here is seemingly, to extend the game value and replayability, which it lacks also.
However, the movie unlocks are fun to watch back over and when watched in sequence, are a full Simpson's episode, with TV quality, with both graphics and sound, which is surprising from the average sound and poor graphics in the game play. There is a lack of multiplayer also, which could be a nice bonus to such an average game.
Being a disappointment, lacking where games need to exceed, The Simpson's Game gets an average 6/10. The only thing that i found fun was the amount of time it takes to complete the game (for me was 10 hours, which was mostly being stuck at 'the god danceoff level'.

Next week's PSP review is of Worms:Open Warfare.

Coming Next Wednesday - Xbox 360 Reviews

2009-01-07T19:48:00.003Z

Finally or what?!..Not just yet :|
Yeah, il be reviewing Xbox 360 games each wednesday, starting next week.
It may be every 2 weeks, due to me only having 8 games to play, but i may just go 'heck with it' and do them each and every week.
Stay Tuned dudes!

CES 2009

2009-01-07T19:13:00.003Z

At the moment, i am really busy preparing for exams, making Game Lick better and all, but i must keep you up to date with this.
CES 2009 is when some of the technologies biggest companies group together for announcements and all, if you want to keep up to date on this, log onto Stuff, who post regular updates and video links from YouTube live from the CES centre. Go there now!

Random Review

2009-01-06T20:54:00.003Z

Each Tuesday, as i was bored not to update my blog on Tuesday's, there will be a random review. You can comment on what you would like to see, or email me at gamelick[AT]ymail.com
Pot Noodle..Don't you just love them?
Well, I love the chicken and mushroom Pot Noodle(the green one) and so kept buying many pots to fill me up on Friday nights. In case you are not from the UK, you may not have heard of a promotion about a 'spinning fork', its basically a competition where you can win one instantly, not hard really.
Well, I won one before the Pot Noodle got to me. The device is pretty large in comparison with your typical fork, this is mainly due to the batteries inside. The build is 'chunky', whilst not really feeling of superb quality, it is a fun free prize to receive. There is a large red button on the base of the fork, which when pressed, rotates the detachable fork at a medium speed. The fork is made of a stainless steel? and the design of the fork spokes are very attractive with them made to look like noodles themselves.
When on, the fork makes such a racket, that it sounds as though you have a motorised hair shaver in your hands. Being limited edition and all, this could be worth a bit 'later on in life', but after the fun side wears off, this comes of little use, how is a spinning fork of any benefit anyway?!
Pot Noodle's Spinning Fork gets 5/10.

Macworld '09

2009-01-06T19:10:00.003Z

Apple, the leading company by far in the portable media players and the most popular online shop for music has introduced some exciting news.
To start off with, they have gotten rid of the DRM tracks on their iTunes store, which means when you download a song from iTunes, you can move it between players and other computers. Good News.
Also, they have dropped the prices of their tracks. Philip Schiller,the announcer at Macworld 09, said iTunes songs would come in three pricing tiers: 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29, which all depend upon the recording company they come from.
Not so major news for you lot, but iWork is out, where you can find out and get a time limited download here.
So then, a review of Macworld '09? Well, major news, but not as big as previous Macworld's and announcements from Apple, it raises the bar on portable entertainment, yet again, but the excitement lasts no longer than 10 mins. This announcement gets 6/10.

Website of the Week

2009-01-05T18:56:00.003Z

Another week, another Website of the Week.
This time, its free software ive been having a look at. Found randomly through StumbleUpon, is Ramsinks. It looks like a blog made up a guy like me, but has a whole list which are also linked to free downloads to make your life better =D. Click here ASAP if you have a computer.

Mobile Game Review - Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

2009-01-04T23:08:00.004Z

You all know the TV show that gets your family screaming at the TV (especially the kids just guessing) so lets crack on with the game.
Who wants to be a millionaire mobile game is practically a copy from the television show, showing by text presented on buttons questions and four multiple choice answers to choose from. The 3 lifelines are also in use during the mobile edition of Who wants to be a millionaire,but with a timer to make sure that you dont google the questions asked. You get two types of scoring, money wise and points wise. High scores are set when the player decides to walk with the money or gets past checkpoints meaning they go home with at least a certain amount, even if you muck up.
Questions are rarely repeated, as there is an impressive amount of questions provided with Who Wants to be a Millionaire. This is a major advantage of this game over other rivals, such as Alyphaa.
The attractive colour scheme and easy to use layout is yet, another brilliant aspect of the popular mobile game.
You wouldnt think that a TV show that is a game would be that good-a-game but suprises me, with great use of graphics and especially the range of questions inside. This game wont be played non-stop until completed by anyone, but is a must have for those times when you are playing games in class, just because you have a substitute teacher.
Who Wants to be a Millonaire deserves two seperate ratings, 7/10 for teenagers and below, mainly due to the difficulty of the questions and 8/10 for 'adults'. This game could be easily improved with a willing server to host online games, or a chance to play a multiplayer with your mates.

Games Coming Soon

2009-01-03T23:49:00.003Z

Here it is another roundup of some of the most popular and hyped games coming soon!
1. Resident Evil 5, PS3; 03/13/09
2. Sims 3, PC; 02/20/09
3. Tekken 6, PS3; TBA
4. Killzone 2,PS3; 27/02/2009
5. Empire: Total War,PC; 06/02/2009

PSP Review - World Tour Soccer 2

2009-01-01T16:08:00.007Z

So, the last PSP review was World Tour Soccer, that got a measly 6/10. Lets see if those London Studio Guys have improved the second time around, here's World Tour Soccer 2.

World Tour Soccer 2 starts off with the same sort of style and dimension that sets it apart from other PSP footballing game rivals. The whole 'Challenge game' is still here, meaning that World Tour Soccer 2 is not your typical Fifa or PES.

From the three modes in the previous game, World Tour Soccer 2 has dramatically improved. There are now 11 unique game modes, each offering a different angle on the most popular sport in the world (except America). There is a wide variety of the modes too, not just small adjustments, but instead totally different ones. Some of the most funnest to play (and sometimes most challenging) include totally outnumbered, where you are totally outnumbered...Pass Clock, where one player can only hold the ball for a brief period of time and All Rounder, where you have to pass the ball to each member of your team before being allowed to shoot (otherwise you concede a free kick).

There are two main modes in the game, which are world cup mode and Medal Mode.
World cup mode is basically where you travel across continents, moving from each one when you have completed a certain amount of challenges on the Continent. There are 5 continents to complete, and you have to complete at least 5 challenges on a continents to move on. Now, that means 25 challenges to complete, you hardcore gamers may find that a bit of a quick game, but i bet you will even find it hard. Sure, there it is easy at first, but you get stuck very soon and the game just annoys you and would be one of those games you never play because you cant get any further..yet.
And for the medal mode, when you move across continents in the world cup mode, you unlock challenges for the medal mode. In the medal mode, you can choose the type of challenge you wish to complete and have 8 to complete in each game mode. There is yet again, the medals to represent how well you have done.
Achievements and awards can show you off online to other players, but we will get to that bit soon.
World Tour Soccer 2 has a wide variety of teams to choose from, each ranked with stars to show how good they are on the field. The controls are very easy to use, so the kids can easily play this game, but may find it difficult when playing against the harder levels of the footballing game.
The cut scenes in the game are superb, probably one of the best you will ever see coming out of the PSP, as you move from one continent to another. The in-game graphics though, are OK, but not the best I've ever seen. The commentary is good, in the same league as Fifa 03..not the best. Also there is still, yet no league type mode, which is a major let down for a otherwise good game. There is a exhibition mode though, where you can play a normal football match in a customized setting.
The online play...well..theres none basically. Sorry to say folks, but the stinge (or for whatever reason),the developers removed the online servers for this game. Meaning you cannot fully complete the game by getting all of the achievements. Before the online functionality was removed, this game would have been 'up there' its a real good game all around, and it would keep you glued for hours(until you got annoyed so much you gave up). But due to the lack of online play, which would be fun and addictive, and the lack of a league mode (like a normal football game), i can only lower its score.
World Tour Soccer has improved from its predecessor by including more modes, but has disappointed many with the online play removed and no league mode. Lets hope they get it third time lucky?

World Tour Soccer gets a disappointing 7/10.

Next week: The Simpson's Game

Be free to email us on what you want reviewed or if you have any problems with our reviews.

Happy New Year

2008-12-31T15:24:00.003Z

Happy new year guys, hopefully in 2009 Game Lick will improve, with competitions, more frequent reviews and more fans :D
Please bookmark this site, and use Game Lick store to buy all your new year goods!
cheers, Game Lick

Register for a Newsletter

2008-12-30T00:44:00.002Z

Now, Game Lick has its own newsletter page, where you can sign up for a newsletter. Just enter your name and email in the column to the right of this post. I may be busy, but will send you a confirmation email on the day you sign up. I will try to get special offers, news, and a round up of the weeks news into one easy email for everyone who signs up.

Game Lick Store

2008-12-30T00:13:00.004Z

Go to Game Lick Shop today guys!
Well, everyday to be honest. For every purchase on the Amazon-run Game Lick Store, a percentage of sales goes towards Game Lick. You could also find some very unique, special offers inside too, meaning a win-win for us all. So instead of just going to amazon.co.uk, buy your goods here, at the Game Lick Store. All purchases are greatly appreciated.

Website of the Week

2008-12-29T22:27:00.003Z

Well, over the past weeks, i have been using a very popular and very useful website that i would like you all to bookmark. It is called giveaway of the day. Their site hosts files and applications each and nearly every day, available for a free, full download, which are on time limited offers to its visitors. Anyone, even people who are not members of anything, can download useful applications. The variety of software posted for all to use is of great use to anyone, a must for just about anyone really, and best of all, its free. Click here to go to Giveaway of the Day.

Xbox Reviews

2008-12-28T18:35:00.004Z

Well since i got an xbox 360 for xmas, with a load of games, xbox 360 game reviews will be coming soon, watch this space.

Mobile Game Review - Guinness World Records

2008-12-28T15:57:00.003Z

Guinness World Records is a record breaking game of which that includes high score boards and many mini games for you to beat, such as melon breaker, where you break melons with your head, and sheep shearer, where you have to shear as many sheep as possible in a minute. There is even a mini game that is a real world record if you beat it (text as fast as you can).
Guinness World Records is well presented, with clear, easy to use menus and controls to allow any old folk lay the game version of the well known book. Instructions are presented after you choose the event to compete for, with the fact of the actual record below. With every event, you can qualify for different records when you achieve certain amounts, think of it as gold, silver, bronze and steel..except its not its.....world record, national record, regional record and household record.
Controls are very easy and intuitive to use, and with the use of easy controlling, can allow new players to get their own household record.
This is a quality game, that has obviously had a lot of effort put into, but is not the best game for a hardcore gamer that wants to feel as though they have achieved something. Guinness World Records is a great game for the casual mobile gamer, possible those of you who are Nintendo owners.
Guinness World Records gets a good, 7/10.

Apology over no posts

2008-12-27T00:43:00.003Z

Sorry people, ive had christmas and boxing day to get over my gadgety excitement with. Gamelick will be up and running again once i have played on my new xbox 360 and all of the games i got :D.
Hope you got what you wanted and you can comment on what you got below, even if you are not a member of blogger.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

2008-12-24T18:49:00.002Z

Merry Christmas Game Lick fans!
Hope you all get what you wanted.
For those of you who are desperate to keep a track on santa(so you can get to bed before he arrives, or if you want to shoot him down), log onto google and download the application. The application for Google Earth can be found here.

Zavvi Down The Pan

2008-12-24T18:38:00.004Z

Zavvi, a relatively new high street technology shop has gone down with woolworths and the like due to the credit crunch.
Zavvi had been badly affected when Woolworths went into administration due to Zavvi having Woolworths Unit Entertainment UK being a main suplier. Which when Woolworths went into administration also forced zavvi to stop taking new orders via its website.
Zavvi, going into administration, means a sad day for us all. It was only the previous week when Game Lick found out that they were selling an Xbox for under £100.
So down goes another high street shop, whos next?

Xmas Gaming Charts

2008-12-23T13:55:00.011Z

So which game has claimed the top spot for the all platform game for xmas 2008 top spot?

Well, the main contenders for the title were:
Call of Duty:World at War - Bookies favorite, been at top spot for five weeks!
Fifa 09 - A very popular football game that has been highly rated by every review about how it is better than PES.
Mario Kart Wii - Could be the best Nintendo Wii game on the market? Impressive game play for hardcore gamers and those at Christmas time.

The Winner is...
Fifa 09 - Against the odds, Fifa 09 has moved up from 3rd spot in the charts up to 1st, beating off Mario Kart and knocking off Call of Duty from its reign.

The top ten in full:

1. (3) FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts)
2. (1) Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
3. (2) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. (4) Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
5. (5) Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
6. (7) Wii Play (Nintendo)
7. (13) Quantum Of Solace (Activision Blizzard)
8. (-) Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)
9. (10) Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)
10. (8) Wii Fit (Nintendo)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2008 ELSPA Ltd.

Website of the Week

2008-12-22T19:42:00.002Z

Well, today, the people at Stuff Forums have helped this website to gain more hits, be more attractive and much better in general for you lot.
A big shout-out is for Chapmanmania and Oooodz who have both contributed generously. Chapmanmania has his own blog,Tech Me, which deserves a plug and is a recommended link from Game Lick.
So the website of the week is Stuff. It is a great website that gives you reviews and updates in gadgetry. It is the official website of the Stuff Magazine, which can be bought monthly in all good retailers for £4.00.

2008-12-22T19:27:00.002Z

Mobile Game Review - Bejeweled

2008-12-21T21:40:00.005Z

Yes, now each Sunday, there will be reviews of mobile phone games.
So stay tuned so you know which games are hot, and what are not.

The first mobile game reviewed on Game Lick is Bejeweled, which i am playing on a Nokia N96.

Firstly, i must say, that the graphics and sounds of the game are amazing. Such a simple game should really hit with a great style, which Bejeweled does magnificently.
For those of you who are not familiar with the franchise, Bejeweled is a game where you have to move different coloured shapes and symbols on a board so that you get a line of 3+. The longer the line, or the longer the automatic combination of lining these up, the more points you get as they dissappear from the board. There are two mode types to the game,the first is normal mode, where you have to just keep on going until you run out of go's. A progress bar is shown at the bottom to indicate when you are going to reach the next level of the game, when a new board is set up for you to try out and defeat. This mode can keep you going for hours, making the game really fun and have a purpose to get onto the high score board. However, as you progress to higher in the levels of the game, this can seem a bit of a long time wasted on such a game.
The other mode in Bejeweled is Time Trial. This is when there is a tme limit on the user to progress onto the following level of the game. Your progress bar is half full when you start the game and it steps back bit by bit each second, makting you have to comlete the board as quickly as possible. This can be a really fun, wuick game of the PopCap owned game. However, the annoying thing is that the board seems to get really hard as you have less and less moves to go, until you have ran out of moves. There is no major difference between normal mode of Bejeweled and Time Trial, so PopCap could improve this factor.
Despite the annoying habit of wanting to progress in the game, the clever use of technology can allow you to exit the game and save, meaning you can return at a later date to resume from where you left off. There is no major bad points about Bejeweled, it is a suprisingly simple game, which can take anyone ages to complete.

I rate this game 9/10. A must for any phone, this game will defo drain your battery to the last drop.

Coming Soon

2008-12-20T12:17:00.003Z

Each saturday, games that arecoming soon will be posted.

1. Lord of the Rings:Conquest; PS3; 16/01/2009
2. Wheelman; Xbox 360; 27/02/2009
3. Killzone 2; PS3; 27/02/2009
4. Empire: Total War; PC; 06/02/2009
5. Lord of the Rings:Conquest; PC; 16/01/2009

Timesplitters & Haze Developer Shuts Down

2008-12-20T11:59:00.004Z

Free Radical Design, the guys who developed Timesplitters (PS2) and Haze (PS3) have been effected by the credit crunch, seems like no one can hide.
The workers of Free Radical Design turned up to work today, based in Nottingham, expecting a normal day, but found the building shut and a notice saying to meet in a nearby hotel, according to Eurogamer.
They were working on Star Wars Battlefont 3, but now has been shunted over to another rival designer company, Rebellion.

Review - World Tour Soccer

2008-12-18T17:13:00.015Z

So here it is, World Tour Soccer, the first official review on GameLick.

Ive been playing World Tour Soccer for a while now, on the original fat PSP. Getting the game in a bundle with the PSP, i wasnt expecting much from this football game. World Tour Soccer is cheap in basically every high-street shop, nevermind the internet shops that usually have every game at a bargain price. This is not due to the game being so bad, but its because its such an old game that most people have it by now.
Anyway, back to the game;
World Tour Soccer is a challenge game, that is about trying to break challenges and win cups to unlock new teams and unlocks, including unlocks to progress further in the game. Besides the challenge mode in the game, where you have to get a certain amount of points by full time to get cups, there is a 'Cups' mode. You have to compete against other teams progressing from group stages upto the final. There are 7 cups to compete for, and depending on the difficulty you choose, the different colour cup you get at the end.
The game is really simple to use, with the traditional football controls of 'square to shoot and circle to tackle', and also has a great user interface consisting of simple to use menus and a good combination of music you may not have heard of to get you in the mood for the big game ahead.
Despite all of these, there are some major drawbacks with World Tour Soccer. Firstly, there simply are'nt enough game modes for hardcore gamers to enjoy. Only the cup mode and challenge mode are provided. It would have been better if the developers had inserted more modes than just two (never mind the exhibition mode). The load times can seem a bit slow after a while, upto 30 seconds at times and you may have to restart your PSP a couple of times when playing the game due to it freezing your console. Another bad point of this game is that there is no infrastructure mode for people to play around with, battling people online and creating an online community. If the PSP wants to try and get better reviews from its critics, this is where it will need to show off its online capabilities - in its games. The only multiplayer available for World Tour Soccer is Ad-Hoc (local). This means someone else will have to own the game and have it in their console and then you can play against each other.
However,here are 200 licensed teams and four difficulties to complete the game on which can be used to show off to others how you are doing in the sports game and to have great replay value. This game is definately not for the hardcore gamer, who loves Gears of War. But instead, someone who has just bought a PSP or someone who just loves football.
This is a good game, especially with it being at such a low price these days! However, if paying the full price (£19.99 upwards), this is a bit of a rip off. The main disadvantages of the game - no online and only 3 modes are a real put off for me, so World Tour Soccer gets a good,
6/10.

Reviews of PSP games coming tomorrow

2008-12-17T18:38:00.003Z

Yes people, the reviews of games are just starting, and each and every Thursday from now on, will be dedicated toward having a PSP game review.
Please boomark this page!

Metal Gear Solid, iPhone Style.

2008-12-17T16:44:00.005Z

Metal gear solid, boy, whatta game. On any sony console, metal gear has popped up with some great hits. PS1 - Metal Gear Solid. PS2 - Metal Gear Solid 3. PS3 - Metal Gear Solid 5. PSP - Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops.
But, Konami have recently announced that they will be releasing a range of games for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Metal Gear is to be released onto the iPhone and iPod Touch. The metal gear game is to include 8 stages, which are controlled by the user with the touch screen interface. This goes against Konamis loyalty to sticking to Sonys products, especially as they have said countless times that they are not even thinking ever going to move onto the xbox. However, the brand are moving onto the revolutionary phone.
Other games to be included in Konamis package for Apples products are:
Frogger,
Silent Hill,
and Dance Dance Revolution.

This is starting to look very positive for the iPhone 3G at the moment and Apple in general, with more and more big name companies falling for the delight and uniqueness of their products.

Apple iPhone 3G about to go across the board

2008-12-16T21:24:00.007Z

Apple iPhone 3G has long been on contract and Pay As You Go (PAYG) uniquely to the o2 network. However, iPhone Dev Team has just announced that they are about to let the iPhone 3G free.
The iPhone 3G is to be released from the held of o2, allowing users not having to jailbreak their smartphone anymore. The update/hack of the iPhone 3G is to be released to its owners in the UK on the 31.12.08, New years eve to be exact. However, there are some drawbacks. The iPhone must be updated to 2.11.07, so those of you who have updated, your going to have to wait. This seems promising to the iPhone 3G customers, as they are potentially ruining their warranty when jailbreaking their phones, which could in effect, mean high amounts of lost money and a broken phone to say the least.

Reviews

2008-12-16T20:51:00.003Z

Reviews will be coming soon people,
when this site is up and running, GameLink will provide you with the quality, must buy games, and games that you really should steer clear of.
Please become a fan of this blog to come back and know what games are worth it, and those that arent.

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PSP2 on the way?

2008-12-16T18:21:00.004Z

Well, Sony have kept their mouths shut about even hinting upon a release of an update of the PSP 3000. However, inside sources say that sony are well into developing a new PSP, to be named the PSP2. No details of the new psp2 have been released or leaked out yet, but it is known that the PSP2 is due to be out in 2009. Could this be the PSP phone?!
So is this just another rumour that will soon die out? or is PSP2 a reality?
Is the psp worth yet another update?

Warning to all Internet Explorer users!

2008-12-16T18:04:00.006Z

Warning! Warning!
For those of you using the default web browser in windows OS, please change to a rival quickly!
Seriously.
Microsoft has admitted today that they have a major security flaw in the most popular web browser in the world.
The one which i recommend is Mozilla Firefox, which is in my eyes, better than Internet Explorer, with its wide range of add-ons and customizations.
You can download it here>> http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/
The download is free, reliable and much faster than Internet Explorer. Mozilla is an open-source program that does not benefit from profits, and on their website has a comparison of both internet explorer and firefox. It proves to its visitors that the browser is much better.
Safari is another alternative, which is the default browser for MAC users. Which can be found at http://www.apple.com/safari/
I personally, do not find this browser better than any of the other two main competitors in the market.
Opera is the final major alternative, but i have never tried this due to the awesomeness of firefox, the browser can be found at www.opera.com
For those of you that have problems with mobile browsing speeds, i recommened to you to download the opera mobile browser. It speeds up the internet for your mobile, and is much faster than traditional browsers on mobiles, even smartphones. Which can be found at http://www.opera.com/mini/

Virgin Shows off Next-Gen Broadband

2008-12-15T19:27:00.008Z

Virgin Media has been advertising alot these days, about how it is better than competitors, such as Sky and the like. However, today in a speech today, Virgin Media have now launched the fastest, and the most high tech Internet speeds today. The speed of 50mbps mean that full albums can be downloaded within seconds, and films within minutes!

A Virgin Media representative, Neil Berkett, congratulated the 50Mbps service, which will start from £35 per month, as "a revolution". Now, with Virgin Media leading the way for other competitors to follow in the Internet bandwidths, is the Internet about to get revolutionised? So far, the closest competitor to Virgin Media is Be Broadband, who offers 24mbps for £17.50 a month.

In other news..
Parents out there whose annoying, expensive, children want to get an Xbox 360 for Christmas, don't fumble away and cry yourself to sleep that you cannot afford one. Instead, cry to sleep because shops are sold out, well Zavvi anyway.
Zavvi, a technology shop, are now retailing its Xbox 360 Arcade for just under £100!Pop down to your local Zavvi shop today, or visit for more details.

Welcome

2008-12-15T17:16:00.000Z

GameLick is a new, upcoming blog of where you will find daily updates on all gadget news. GameLick is hosted from the UK, but should still be of interest from geeks internationally.
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