Game: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge Special Edition Platform: XBLA (Version played) PSN, PC, iPod/iPhone Developer: LucasArts Publisher: LucasArts It’s often said you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, and with games that saying holds true. Graphics aren’t the be all and end all in games, which is one of the reasons going back [...]
Tags: iphone, ipod touch, lavalampbamboo, monkey island 2, PC, PSN, steam, xbla
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Tue, August 3 2010 » PC, PS3, Reviews, X-Box 360, iPhone / iPod » No Comments
Game: Canabalt Format: iPod touch/iPhone Developer: Adam Atomic Publisher: Semi Secret Software Run. Jump. Couldn’t be simpler… or more addictive, as it turns out. Canabalt is another game which began life as a free-flash game, and made a very fast conversion when it set the net on fire with its amazingly addictive nature. The App [...]
Tags: app store, canabalt, iphone, ipod touch, lavalampbamboo
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Thu, February 25 2010 » Reviews, iPhone / iPod » 3 Comments
It’s quite possibly the sleepiest podkey ever recorded as Braindead_hero, Crofterz, LavaLampBamboo and Tom01255 talk about the weeks news, site updates and new releases including; Final Fantasy XIII going gold Are rythmn games killing the games industry? and SonyMotion Controller delayed to Autumn. We also have all your e-mails, our terrible pokemon impressions and the [...]
Tags: band hero, braindead_hero, crofterz, DJ Hero, final fantasy xiii, guitar hero, lavalampbamboo, motion controller, natal, Podcast, podkey, Pokemon, Sony, The Newb Review, Tom Wallis, Tom01255
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Fri, January 22 2010 » Newbreview Podcast » 2 Comments
Game: Crush the Castle Format: iPod touch/iPhone Developer: Armor Games Publisher: Armor Games Crush the Castle is the mobile version of Armor Games’ smash flash game of the same name. It costs £1.19 on the App Store. But is it worth the money? Well let’s take a look…
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Fri, January 22 2010 » Reviews, iPhone / iPod » 1 Comment
“Mass Effect Galaxy” is an iPod touch/iPhone game that roughly takes place between the events of Mass Effect and the soon-to-be-released sequel. The main character, Jacob and his female accomplice Miranda play a role in the upcoming Xbox game, although BioWare have said that “Galaxy” isn’t required playing to understand Mass Effect 2
Tags: bioware, ipod touch, lavalampbamboo, Mass Effect 2, mass effect galaxy
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Tue, January 19 2010 » Reviews, iPhone / iPod » 2 Comments
This week Braindead_hero, Crofterz, Lavalampbamboo and Tom01255 get together to talk about the latest in the video gaming world such as calling Nintendo nazis, suggesting a new direction for the Call of Duty franchise and give our thoughts on the Sony Motion Controller and Natal as well as the latest news, site updates and of course, Stephen [...]
Tags: braindead_hero, Call of Duty, crofterz, lavalampbamboo, microsoft, Modern Warfare, motion controller, natal, nazi zombies, nazis, Nintendo, Podcast, seaman, Sony, Stephen Fry, The Newb Review, Tom Wallis, Tom01255, zombies
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Thu, December 10 2009 » Newbreview Podcast » 5 Comments
With 2.5D being the one of the fashionable “things” in gaming at the moment (along with procedurally generated content and online co-op play), it was only a matter of time until someone decided to do a Metroid style game in the second-and-a-half dimension. That “someone” was Epic Games, and the game was Shadow Complex. For [...]
Tags: castlevania, epic games, lavalampbamboo, metroid, Shadow Complex, xbla
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Sun, November 1 2009 » Reviews, X-Box 360 » 4 Comments
Today we welcome another new contributor to Newbreview.com. Eddie “LavalampBamboo” Johnston kicks off with an interview with Mode 7 games, so I’ll hand off to him right now - ed Mode 7 Games are a small indie developer based in Oxfordshire, and are currently working on their latest game, Frozen Synapse. I caught up with the [...]
Tags: frozen synapse, interview, lavalampbamboo, mode 7 games, PC, UK developers
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Wed, October 21 2009 » Articles » 3 Comments