Having thought long and hard about a name for the new PlayStation motion controller; Sony is still yet to come up with something suitable, and a final decision has not yet been made.

A name needs to be chosen that will appeal not just to hardcore gamers, but to casual gamers also, and a final decision on the name is therefore taking longer than had been expected.

The Sony motion controller was officially unveiled and demonstrated at E3 back in June, and is currently all set to hit the shelves in spring 2010.

Having not played a Championship Manager title since Sports Interactive split with Eidos; going into playing Championship Manager 2010 I really wasn’t sure what to expect. Tempted into purchasing the title due to its £2.51 price tag, the game was always likely to represent fantastic value for money, quite how the game would play however was to me an absolute mystery.

Starting out a season with Oxford City in the Southern Premier League, what instantly struck me about the game was how bad it made football look at this level. Players were unable to remain on their feet, falling over at every kick of the ball, with a passing style that was bizarre to say the very least. The football at this level just didn’t look right, starting up a new game and playing as Manchester United in the Premier League soon sorted things out however, with the 3D match action then looking a lot more natural and true.

My fun in football management titles tends to come in taking on small teams, attempting to get them promoted as far up the footballing system as possible. With the ugly style of lower level play in Championship Manager 2010, this seemed to take much of the fun out of managing a non-league football team, and this I feel is something that could affect quite a lot of people’s overall enjoyment of the game. This is by no means a ruining factor of the game, it’s certainly something that has affected the way that I play the game however, and it may well have an impact on your Championship Manager 2010 gaming experience also.

Managing a team from the top-flight, Championship Manager 2010 is a good, solid football management title, and one that is without doubt great fun to play. The screen set-up took a little getting used to at first having played with the Football Manager system for so many years, the controls feel quite natural after a while though, and definitely aren’t particularly difficult to deal with.

The graphics of the 3D match action in Championship Manager 2010 is pretty impressive, and the crowd sound also works well within the game. When in the middle of the match it is easy to get your team to change tempo, take a more attacking/defensive approach when necessary, and the tactics also can quickly be altered at any point in the match.

Where the Championship Manager 2010 team has seemingly failed in getting this game released is in ironing out the creases; taking out the small bugs and making the game as problem free as possible. One problem I have personally come across in the game is the matter of the match day team talk loop. Having been sacked by Manchester United and moved across to Middlesbrough; I was into my third/fourth friendly with the club, was winning 2-0 at half-time, and found myself stuck in the half-time team-talk, unable to get into the second-half of the match. This is a problem that has been officially identified by the Championship Manager website staff, and the team are currently working on a fix; this is a problem that really should have been removed before the game was released however, and it’s quite frustrating to say the least when you do get stuck in a team-talk halfway through a match. When this happens it is not possible to save the game and exit, and you just have to bite the bullet and close the game down. What made this issue ten times worse for me was that I hadn’t saved the game for several in-game months, and therefore lost several hours of gameplay as a result of the bug. An auto-save feature could have saved me here, sadly for me however, an auto-save never took place.

Championship Manager will have difficulty ever overtaking Football Manager in terms of popularity, and come October 30th I will be one of the many paying out somewhere in the region of £25 for Football Manager 2010. I have no plans to ditch my faith in Sports Interactive just yet, having been reasonably impressed with Championship Manager 2010 I do feel that I will probably be buying the game again next year though, and this year’s Eidos experiment of letting people pay what they want for Championship Manager 2010 should help them increase sales figures for the future.

Championship Manager 2010 is quite an impressive football management sim, and whilst it’s not without its problems; Championship Manager 2010 is still a game that is well worth playing, and I’m sure that the title will continue to improve in the future.

7/10

Cheat to Unlock Bonus Photos in The Beatles: Rock Band

At the ‘Start’ screen in The Beatles: Rock Band for the Xbox 360, enter the following code using the guitar/drum controller in order to unlock special bonus photos and Beatles art:

Blue, Yellow, Red, Red, Red, Blue, Blue, Blue, Yellow, Red

The same cheat also exists for the Nintendo Wii and PS3, for these platforms however the cheat code is as follows:

Blue, Yellow, Orange, Orange, Orange, Blue, Blue, Blue, Yellow, Orange

With just over a month to go until Football Manager 2010 is finally released, there are a lot of people out there right now very excited about getting their hands on this latest title from Sports Interactive. Football Manager has never let us down yet, and having introduced the 3D match engine last time out; Football Manager 2010 looks all set to improve upon the 3D action first introduced last year.

For the first time in Football Manager history, Football Manager 2010 will introduce the option to create your own new leagues. You can add to already existing set-ups, so you could for instance add leagues from lower down the English league system than currently available, or simply start afresh by creating an entirely new league system. An actual ‘Champions League’ could be created for instance in which you could place the Champions of each top level league in Europe, or you may even wish to make an even broader league, featuring some of your favourite teams from all over the world. The choice is absolutely yours; you could have Manchester United playing in a league with the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid, and AC Milan, or perhaps even create a league for fun where teams such as Liverpool, Wolfsburg, and Marseille may have to make the trip to Oxford United’s Kassam Stadium.

Football Manager 2010 will provide a fantastic new level of fantasy, and I for one will no doubt have great fun setting up elaborate new league systems, as well as employing my favourite old Football Manager tactic of taking on a team from the lower levels and looking to take them as high as possible.

October 30th is the date that Football Manager 2010 will be released, and that is when the football management fun will finally begin.

The release date for the much anticipated video game BioShock 2 has now been announced, and the game is to hit the shelves on February 9th 2010. The game will be available for Xbox 360, PS3, and Windows, and is to be set 10 years after the events of the original BioShock.

BioShock 2 is currently in development, and it truly is incredibly exciting news to be provided with confirmation of when the game can be expected.

If you were a fan of the original, then BioShock 2 is most definitely a game to own in 2010, and with less than 5 months to go until the game is released; it is now time to start getting excited.

Having been playing Championship Manager 2010 for a week now, I thought that now would be the perfect time to write down some of my first impressions of the game.

When I first loaded up the game I started out as Oxford City in the Southern Premier Division, and my initial feelings about the game weren’t particularly positive. I’m used to playing Football Manager, and to begin with found the Championship Manager 2010 set-up a little fiddly. After a few days the controls of the game were no longer an issue, the actual quality of play in this division did seem a little iffy however, and the players at this level within the game seem unable to kick a ball without falling over, pass in an incredibly peculiar manner, and watching the 3D match action at this level just doesn’t look right.

The Southern Premier Division is a seventh tier English league, and granted, the football at this level isn’t as free flowing and perfect to watch as Premier League level football; within the game the quality of football just seems a bit too rubbish though, and if you’re thinking of managing a lower level team then this is something that you may well find quite frustrating about Championship Manager 2010.

Having had issues with the in-game quality of football at Southern Premier League level, the second team I chose to manage was Manchester United, and found this to be a far more pleasurable experience. Usually I enjoy taking on lower level clubs and getting them promoted up the divisions; with the 3D action so frustrating to watch at the lower levels however, with Championship Manager 2010 I far prefer managing higher profile football teams, and have very much enjoyed managing Manchester United.

I only paid £2.51 for Championship Manager 2010, and for that price I am very pleased with my investment. Will I still be playing the game when Football Manager 2010 comes out at the end of October? Almost certainly, and will I be buying Championship Manager games again in the future? I think there’s a very good chance of that happening, yes.

Playing Street Fighter IV on the Xbox 360 has brought back many happy memories for me of playing Street Fighter II on the Super Nintendo in years gone by; thrashing friends and beating siblings with my sublime style of button bashing.

With Blanka as my street fighter of choice, I set about recreating many happy memories of old, quickly feeling the Street Fighter memories flooding back to me. Electrocuting my opposition, I soon found myself getting incredibly into Street Fighter IV, finding it to be a very enjoyable video game.

If you were a Street Fighter fan in the past then you’ll no doubt still be one today. Many of the old characters still remain, and you’re quickly able to get down to gaming as you get used to the controls. You can spend many hours truly mastering the game and its huge variety of moves; alternatively you can just pick the game up and play however, and the option is there to get as much or as little involved in the game’s intricate workings as you like.

The aesthetics here are brilliant, with the traditional 2D screen scrolling included, with a nice modern touch in the way of the 3D graphics. The graphics here really do work well, and the game has been brought up to date to still be as relevant in 2009 as it was back in the nineties. The gameplay is as fun as ever, and although the years have quickly passed; Street Fighter is still yet to lose its cool.

The controls are incredibly responsive, and you’re happily able to play the game and get your moves in when you want to. There’s no waiting around for your character to catch up with your move selections, and this therefore provides for a very smooth and much enjoyable gaming experience.

The music here serves its purpose, adding to the gaming experience as a whole as you look to conquer your opponents. Everything about the game has just come together very nicely here, and it’s clear that much time has been spent in trying to make the game as perfect as possible.

Street Fighter IV is not a game that tries to bring anything new to the fighting game genre; Street Fighter is an unashamedly old school name, and as such the game therefore reflects this. Capcom doesn’t try and reinvent the wheel here, it instead opts to provide the quality Street Fighter game that we were all hoping for, and in doing so has provided many people with a lot of happy hours of quality gaming entertainment.

If you have played and enjoyed a Street Fighter game in the past then I really do urge you to go out there and purchase Street Fighter IV; it’ll definitely not be a decision that you regret, and you’ll no doubt spend many happy hours playing this one. Street Fighter IV is most definitely a game that has impressed me, and I can’t really provide any reason not to buy this game; it’s just a very good fighting game, and one that would sit very nicely in your collection.

9/10

Having been hooked on WWE wrestling games ever since the Smackdown series first hit the original Playstation back in 2000; always when a new WWE game is released I look well and truly forward to playing it. THQ has taken time away from the Smackdown series with Legends of Wrestlemania, and has here decided to put together a game where you can compete as some of your favourite wrestlers from the eighties and nineties such as Andre the Giant, Bret Hart, and Mr Perfect.

When I first sat down with Legends of Wrestlemania I was excited to get involved in matches with some of my favourite wrestlers from years gone by. It’s fun to see your favourites in pixel form, and the game allows you to recreate/change history in some of the most high profile wrestling matches ever to have taken place.

Legends of Wrestlemania is a bit of fun for nostalgic value, when it comes to the actual quality of the gameplay however the game is seriously let down. The game is just far too easy, and although the simplistic arcade nature of the game may appeal to some; if you’re an experienced gamer looking for a challenge then Legends of Wrestlemania is definitely not going to provide you with that. The graphics are nothing special here, and whilst Legends of Wrestlemania definitely isn’t a bad game; it’s certainly not a very exciting one.

It didn’t take me too long at all to get bored of playing Legends of Wrestlemania, and although it’s nice to be able to play as some of your former wrestling favourites; the novelty of the game is quick to wear off, and the game does little to make you want to keep playing.

If you were a wrestling fan in the eighties/nineties then you’ll probably want to rent Legends of Wrestlemania in order to relive a few happy memories; I wouldn’t recommend investing in the game though as it’s unlikely that you’ll be wanting to play the game for more than a couple of hours. I’ve definitely played worse wrestling games in the past than Legends of Wrestlemania, the arcade style and incredible ease of the game doesn’t sit too well with me at all though, and in terms of gameplay it just doesn’t come anywhere close to matching the quality of WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009.

Legends of Wrestlemania is by no means a must have THQ sports title, if you were a fan of wrestling in the eighties/nineties though then playing the game at least once is a definite must.

5/10