In a change to your regular feature, this week Luke Mears takes the reins of the Thoroughly Underrated Games You Should Probably Play to bring you a look at an oft overlooked gem on the Xbox 360. Anyone that has ever listened to The Newb Review Podcast, or read any of The Newb Review Shop [...]
Thu, July 29 2010 » Articles, Thoroughly Underrated Games You Probably Should Play » No 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
Game: Splinter Cell Conviction Format: Xbox 360 Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Publisher: Ubisoft It is probably safe to say that by now we all know Splinter Cell Conviction has been in development for a long time. The Xbox 360 exclusive title (so long as you do not count the PC release that is due out in [...]
Mon, April 26 2010 » Reviews, X-Box 360 » 1 Comment
For the uninitiated, the God of War (GoW) franchise has been one of the most successful Sony exclusives of the current generation. In a nutshell, the games are set in Ancient Greece and follow the exploits of Kratos, a Spartan warrior out for vengeance against the gods. Such vengeance is necessary because Kratos was tricked [...]
Fri, April 23 2010 » PS3, Reviews » 5 Comments
Game: Heavy Rain Chronicles: The Taxidermist Format: Playstation 3 Developer: Quantic Dream Publisher: Sony No one can deny that Heavy Rain is a divisive game. Some would even go so far as the argue that it isn’t even a real game thanks to its focus on storytelling over traditional gameplay. I personally found it to [...]
Wed, April 14 2010 » PS3, Reviews » 1 Comment
Ah the joy of gaming… You finally sit down with the latest multiplatform release and let the gaming goodness wash over you, fully enjoying everything there is on offer. But hang on a second…There are bits missing aren’t there? It’s seems you can’t enjoy the same game as your rival console owners, not because of shoddy porting issues (we’ll save that for another iRate article), but because the developer has decided to sell off their reputation to the highest bidder and screw over around half of us gamers in the process. Oh well, at least they make a bit of extra cash…
Thu, February 4 2010 » Articles, iRate » 8 Comments
So what happens when Sackboy and Mario have a baby? Modnation Racers, that’s what! United Front Games have been putting together what could be the PS3′s first decent kart racer. Just last week they launched the European public beta and The Newb Review was quick enough to snag a copy from the PSN Store. So we thought it best to play the [...]
Mon, February 1 2010 » PS3, Previews » 3 Comments
