Game: Hydro Thunder Hurricane Format: Xbox Live Arcade Developer: Vector Unit Publisher: Microsoft Games Studios Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade rolls on and the second title in the annual game series is upon us. Hydro Thunder Hurricane is the sequel to the popular arcade title released in 1999. This powerboat racer seems to emit fun from [...]
Mon, July 26 2010 » Reviews, X-Box 360 » 4 Comments
Game: Limbo Format: Xbox Live Arcade Developer: PlayDead Studios Publisher: Microsoft Games Studios To paraphrase a recent conversation with our video editor Alan Parrish ‘When you look out your window and see a topless fat man you know that it is summer time’. As well as topless fat men, there is one other event that lets [...]
Fri, July 23 2010 » Reviews, X-Box 360 » 1 Comment
Your tolerance for Naughty Bear is likely to extend exactly as far as your amusement at the prospect of chasing cuddly-wuddly widdle bears around a candy-coloured village and beating their stupid bear faces in with a baseball bat while all the other bears run around sobbing and howling in grief and horror.
Fri, July 23 2010 » PS3, Reviews, X-Box 360 » 2 Comments
One of the few high points in Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference this year was the announcement of the new, smaller, more energy efficient version of the Xbox 360. Featuring a slick redesign, extra large hard drive, built in wifi, and more reliable hardware; Microsoft blew us away. Imagine our excitement when they announced that this [...]
Tue, July 20 2010 » Hardware, Reviews, X-Box 360 » 2 Comments
Game: Crackdown 2 Format: Xbox 360 Developer: Ruffian Games Publisher: Microsoft Games Studios In the wild days of 2007, a little game named Crackdown was released on Xbox 360. This open world third person action game cast you in the role of a genetically enhanced super cop, out to clean the mean streets of Pacific [...]
Thu, July 15 2010 » Reviews, X-Box 360 » No Comments
When compared to the original Mass Effect, which featured only two downloadable add ons, Mass Effect 2 has had a wealth of content within the first 6 months of its release. As one of EA’s flagship “Project $10” titles; games that give out $10 worth of free downloadable content to people that buy the game [...]
Fri, July 2 2010 » Reviews, X-Box 360 » No Comments
To say that Earthworm Jim has a rabid fanbase would be an understatement. Despite only featuring in a handful of games, Earthworm Jim managed to capture the imagination of a generation over 15 years ago when it was first released on the Sega Megadrive. The original game was ported over to every console under the sun at the time, and was eventually remade for the Sega CD with better graphics and a new sound track.
So you could say that Earthworm Jim has a history with remakes. Now, Gameloft have taken the beloved classic and brought it over in shiny smooth crystal clear HD for the current generations of consoles. But, in doing so, has the game lost that initial magic?
Thu, June 24 2010 » PS3, Reviews, X-Box 360 » 6 Comments
It’s bedtime and you’re getting ready for yet another hyper-sleep, but despite the vast emptiness of space you still had the unfortunate luck to exit warp drive, right in front of an inconveniently parked ghost ship. Even more unfortunately, said ghost ship just so happens to be a sex cauldron for the Alien Breed, a very angry, race of aliens, who are kind of p*ssed off that you have rammed a gigantic space ship shaped hole into the side of their lodgings and want nothing more than to see you evicted or eaten.
Fri, June 18 2010 » Articles, Reviews, X-Box 360 » 1 Comment
Game: Red Dead Redemption Format: Xbox 360 Developer: Rockstar San Diego and Rockstar North Publisher: Games The sales juggernaut that is Red Dead Redemption is finally in our hands and available to play by all. From the Grand Theft Auto studios, it is no surprise that this game has managed to set fire to sales [...]
Fri, June 11 2010 » PS3, Reviews, X-Box 360 » 1 Comment
Game: Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Format: Xbox 360 Developer: Ubisoft Publisher: Ubisoft Movie fans with a gaming habit will have noticed that a certain adaptation is scheduled for release in a few days; Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Based on the 2003 film of the same name, it’s being hyped as [...]
