Xbox

Hulk Hogan’s Kinect Game Teaches Art Of Wrestling Showmanship

Being a successful professional wrestler takes more than having the right moves in the ring, and no one knows that better than the legendary Hulk Hogan. That’s why the Kinect-powered Hulk Hogan’s Main Event focuses as much on winning the crowd as it does winning the match.


January 14, 2011
PC

Cooking Mama Barges Into Café World’s Kitchen

Every day thousands of players flock to Zynga’s Café World, clicking on food and serving it to the virtual masses for experience points and in-game coinage. That’s some sweet action right there, and Cooking Mama wants a piece of it.


October 22, 2010
In Real Life

Stuffing A Wii Remote Into A Baby Looks As Awful As It Sounds

I maintain this isn’t a “real” game. I think somebody, somewhere was taking the piss until publisher Majesco actually took the bait, is actually releasing it, and now it’s all gotten a little awkward.


September 24, 2010

Swords Review: It Slices, It Dices, It Sucks

Of all the ways to play using motion-detecting video games, swordplay seems to offer the most potential for fun.


August 5, 2010
News

How Activision Pissed Off Pro Paintballer Greg Hastings

Activision has lost a fan in Greg Hastings, the paintball playing pro who lent his name to two Activision-published games. According to Mr Hastings, the mega publisher not only tried to “steal” his franchise, but also his identity.


May 25, 2010
News

Stuff Your Wii Remote Inside A Baby

I’m not sure what’s more disturbing; the fact that Majesco’s Babysitting Mama has you stuffing your Wii remote into the plush equivalent of a tiny human child, or the fact that it uses the nunchuck as well.


April 30, 2010
News

Swords: Like Punch-Out!! But With Swords

Majesco offers the Wii owner another chance to use the rarely exploited Wii MotionPlus add-on with its new, to-the-point Swords, a game that is about swords, time travelling and swords.


April 21, 2010
News

Cooking Mama In Trouble As Martha Stewart Enters The Video Game Business

Is there room for two cooking, crafting and gardening experts at Majesco? The US publisher of the Cooking Mama series has signed a deal to produce video games based on America’s favourite ex-convict, Martha Stewart. I smell a cat fight.


March 12, 2010
News

Cooking Mama Inevitably Turns To Crafting

A year after we discovered a trademark registration for it, Majesco is finally ready to make Crafting Mama official. The woman with the most free time in the world returns this fall with a whole new bag of domestic tricks.


March 6, 2010
News

Majesco Faces NASDAQ Delisting – Again

Majesco’s share price has again wandered south of Wall Street’s Mendoza line, prompting NASDAQ to tell the maker of Cooking Mama to get it back north of $US1 or face delisting from the exchange.