“Keep friends… those you love… close to you…” were the final words of Iwao Hazuki on that fateful day in 1986, when the snow turned to rain. The Shenmue saga has yet to be concluded after many years suspended on a paradigm shift of a cliffhanger, and the true meaning of those words is still [...]
Thu, November 15 2012 » Articles, Retrospectives » 3 Comments
Game: Black Mesa Format: PC Developer: Black Mesa Team Publisher: Self Eight years; delay after delay after delay; anticipation building into trepidation drooping into despair. The development of this Half-Life remake, built from nothing in the spare time of driven fans, made bespoke for the now ageing Source engine has been a hell of a [...]
Wed, October 10 2012 » Articles, PC/Mac, Reviews » No Comments
With the release of Dead or Alive 5 almost upon us, the newbreview.com team have decided to go back and play (arguably) the best entry in the series, Dead or Alive 2 on the Sega Dreamcast.When it was released back in the year 2000 it was a true breath of fresh air for 3D fighting [...]
Wed, September 12 2012 » Articles, Retro Quick Look, Retrospectives, Videos » No Comments
While Marvel Super Heroes is actually Capcom’s second fighting game featuring the bright and colourful heroes of the Marvel Universe (the first was the brilliant X-Men: Children of the Atom), arguably it is the game that kicked off the entire franchise. Featuring a diverse roster of heroes and villains (hands up anyone that had heard [...]
Wed, September 5 2012 » Articles, Retro Quick Look, Retrospectives, Videos » No Comments
Originally released as a Sega Dreamcast launch title, Capcom’s arena combat game Power Stone is an incredibly charming fighting game that has worked its way into the hearts of almost everyone that has played it. Putting players in the role of a treasure hunter that seeks to find the legendary Power Stone, a mystical gem [...]
Wed, August 22 2012 » Articles, Retro Quick Look, Retrospectives, Videos » No Comments
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