The Transformers universe has been somewhat of a reopened gold mine as of late. A brand new Transformers MMO has been announced for Asia, North Africa, the Middle East and Russia, there are brand new toys in the shops and lest we forget the brand new, Michael Bay Transformers movies that have divided opinion (I personally enjoyed them), and all the merchandising that comes with them. But as with anything that is part of so many people’s childhoods, when franchises are revisited in such a way, there’s extreme pressure on “getting it right” and being true to the source material. So imagine my own scepticism then when it was announced that a brand new Transformers game entitled Transformers: War For Cybertron was on it’s way, especially after the most recent Transformers games I had played were the terrible, aforementioned movie tie-ins.
But Transformers: War For Cybertron is different, it stands alone.
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Mon, August 16 2010 » PC, PS3, Reviews, X-Box 360 » No Comments
With Tom away, Kieran takes up the hosting seat joined by new contributor; Rax. Along with resident idiot, Adam Radcliffe. The boys talk through the week in games as well as our regular features. Remember when we reach 50 reviews on itunes we will pick a random reviewer and give them the game of their [...]
Tags: Adam Radcliffe, crofterz, Kieran Roycroft, Kinect, lovefilm, move, newbreview, Playstation, Podcast, R4, Rax, richard burley, Wii
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Sun, August 15 2010 » Newbreview Podcast » 4 Comments
This week Tom, Kieran and Luke are joined by Miss Sabbi Stone (yes a lady) to tackle this week’s video game news. Playstation Plus, a profitable PS3 and has Microsoft killed Milo? Along with the regular features of Top 5, What we’ve been playing, our Earth Worm Jim HD competition results and we give away [...]
Tags: crofterz, Earthworm Jim HD, enki, Kieran Roycroft, luke mears, Medal of Honour, microsoft, Mightyles, Milo, Milo and Kate, Playstation, Playstation Plus, Sabbi Stone, Sony, The Newb Review, Tom Wallis, Tom01255, top 5
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Sat, July 3 2010 » Newbreview Podcast » No Comments
We’ve hunted lizards, downed spoonfuls of gloopy, graphical stew and whined more than an emo mosquito. Next on my hit list: The Colossi. I hate those things. Yes, I murmured the same the same ooh and aahs of trepidation as I approached my first Colossus, and whimpered a bit when it turned its mournful gaze [...]
Tags: a voice in the wilderness, campfire, colossi, empty, irritating, lizards, overrated, part 2, Playstation, PS2, Review, Shadow of the colossus, the newbreview, vast
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Wed, June 30 2010 » Articles » Comments Off
I didn’t want it to be like this. I never wanted to the black sheep; the dissenting voice in the herd that disagrees with popular opinion in a small, plaintive bleat. And, by and large, I’m not. I love video games. I love them in all shapes and sizes from a six hour blast through [...]
Tags: a voice in the wilderness, campfire, colossi, empty, irritating, lizards, overrated, Playstation, PS2, Review, Shadow of the colossus, vast
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Tue, June 29 2010 » Articles » 3 Comments
Game: Dante’s Inferno: Trials of St Lucia Format: Xbox 360 Developer: Visceral Games Publisher: Electronic Arts When Dante’s Inferno was released a number of critics criticised the game for not doing anything new or original. Some would call it an outright God of War clone and nothing more. The first piece of downloadable content, The [...]
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Fri, May 28 2010 » PS3, Reviews, X-Box 360 » 1 Comment
In the world of videogames there really is no more sincere compliment than copying. In fact, you could go as far as to say that the industry thrives on one developer using the ideas of others. If this were the practice in any other industry, there would be a number of lawsuits flying about the [...]
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Wed, May 26 2010 » Articles » 4 Comments
In the world of video games, the Western is a relatively untapped genre; bustling to the brim with potential. Where TV and Cinema have brought us the likes of Deadwood, The Unforgiven, Rio Bravo and The Good the Bad and The Ugly, so far all video games have managed to offer are a handful of [...]
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Fri, May 21 2010 » Articles, Retro Fix » 2 Comments
Today Tom and Luke are joined by friend of the show – Giles to tackle the nonsense that is the video game world. Ubisoft are going green, the new iphone and the most “awe-shittest” games of all time are just some of the topics covered in this weeks episode. Leave us a review in iTunes [...]
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Wed, April 28 2010 » Newbreview Podcast » No Comments
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 [...]
Tags: exclusive, god of war, God of War III, Kratos, Playstation, Playstation 3, PS3 Exclusive, Review, SCE, SCE Studios, sony PS3, Tom Wallis, Tom01255
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Fri, April 23 2010 » PS3, Reviews » 5 Comments
