Review: Crysis 2

Game: Crysis 2 Format: PC (not tested), PS3, Xbox360 Developer: Crytek Publisher: EA It seems to have become common practice to talk about what Crysis 2 doesn’t do. Certainly, we at the Newb Review could follow suit… ah, what the hell, let’s do it. Crysis 2 is a game that doesn’t (at time of writing) [...]

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Wed, April 27 2011 » PC/Mac, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360 » 2 Comments

Preview: Alice: Madness Returns

The Newb Review were recently invited to play a preview build of Alice: Madness Returns, the first home console release from American McGee’s new development studio ‘Spicy Horse’. We take a look at what’s on offer from an American called American, a Chinese development team and a dark new take on an old English story. [...]

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Fri, April 8 2011 » PC/Mac, Previews, PS3, Xbox 360 » 1 Comment

The Newb Review Episode 36

With Tom away, our very own Ash takes the role of host this week. Joining him is Mr Richard Burley, Mr Adam Radcliffe and special guest this week… Mr Michael Fox of Joypod (www.thisisjoypod.com) and Little Metal Dog Show (http://littlemetaldog.wordpress.com) fame. They of course bring you the usual shenanigans including the changes in price of [...]

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Mon, September 6 2010 » Podcasts » No Comments

Retro Fix:- Pokemon Yellow

1999 was a golden year for handheld gaming. With the truly astronomical success of the original Pokémon titles for the Gameboy the previous year, an enhanced version was released to tie-in elements of the animé series, and Pokémon Yellow was born. Whilst the popularity of Pokémon has certainly dwindled in recent years, in the Western [...]

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Tue, March 9 2010 » Retrospectives » 2 Comments