The Pocket Gamer Blog

Make your own cute little Zubo characters

We’ve been having plenty of fun this week with EA’s new creature collection and rhymn action DS games Zubo - what with playing it and talking about its development. We think it could be a...

DS still outselling PSP in US, but both saw strong growth in March

The US retail figures for March have been released with Wii at the top of tree thanks to the release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which was the biggest selling game in the US with a massive 2.7...

The longest Snake in the world (plus real-life Breakout)

We’re so behind the times when it comes to viral advertising. But we can blame our friends for that lack, so it’s okay. The latest thing we’re behind the times on is this nicely put...

Project White Rock finally to be revealed

Yes, the venue’s been booked, Scott Foe’s bought a new suit and the invitations are in the post. Nokia’s much hyped (mainly by us) Project White Rock will be revealed (or at least...

Lunatics different to the Demented reckons DS shooter developer

Considering those renegade kids at Renegade Kid only begun working on their new scary first person shooter DS game - Moon - at the end of 2007, they don’t yet have too much to say on the...

Atari’s not so cryptic Page 3 Sun Crossword marketing ploy

Depending on you viewpoint, The Sun’s daily crossword is either tautological (yes, we do the Times) or something encourages people who otherwise probably wouldn’t be reading the likes of...

PSP continues to kick dinosaur ass in Japan

‘Monsta, monsta’ - that’s what Sony executives are humming to themselves this weekend as they head down to their favourite karaoke bars. Yes, for another week, PSP sits a-top the...

Pick up a tasty helping of Cooking Mama 2 from YO!Sushi’s conveyor belts

Okay so it’s a bit of a publicity stunt but at least the context makes sense as DS cooking game Cooking Mama 2 is being made available throughout the 30-strong restaurants of the UK-based...

DS Diamonds, French and Girls worth more than Pearls, Spanish and Boys

As we continue our trawl through the oddities of information thrown up by analysis of DS game sales on eBay.co.uk, it’s interesting to see how games that bear a great similarly to each other...

Campaigning for Barack Obama DS style

Barack Obama has recently been capitalizing on the ‘games turn kids into Hannibal Lecter’ wave of opinion in the US by encouraging parents to clamp down on the amount of time their kids spend playing...