The unholy trio of Mr Tom Wallis, Adam Radcliffe and Kieran Roycroft are backing meaning only one thing… Normal service resumes. That’s right, this week’s podcast contains all the usual shenanigans, no special guests..no nothing. We have a 60 second review of Platinum’s Games’s Vanquish, a debate on gaming genres including: what was your first [...]
Tags: Chrono Trigger, Dragon Age: Origins, final fantasy, guitar hero, newbreview, News, Podcast, podcasting, Rock Band, RPG, Tanker Truck simulator 2011, Vanquish, video games
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Sun, February 20 2011 » Podcasts » 1 Comment
Rejoining our host Tom this week are podcast regulars, Adam and Kieran, and combined they take you though the week’s best (worst) games releases of the week, discuss console exclusivity and Alan attempts to bring some class to the podcast by introducing his brand new “Poetry Corner” feature. See if you can guess what game he’s talking [...]
Tags: newbreview, News, Podcast, podcasting, PS3, Rock Band, Sony, video games
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Sun, January 16 2011 » Podcasts » No Comments
Fresh from the Eurogamer Expo we present our resident mentalist Adam Radcliffe giving this winter’s Dance Central a run through. Using Microsoft’s new Kinect Camera, Dance Central is a controller-free dancing game from the developers of Rock Band. Everything you need to know about the game is contained in the above video, so what’re you [...]
Tags: 360, Adam Radcliffe, dance central, Eurogamer, Harmonix, News, Preview, Rock Band, XBox 360
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Sun, October 3 2010 » Videos » 1 Comment
Harmonix and MTV Games today announced a sale on Rock Band downloadable content for the PlayStation®3 computer and entertainment system to celebrate the October release of Rock Band™3 . From Sept. 21, 2010 until Oct. 4, 2010, select singles, song packs and albums will be available for up to 50 percent off through the Rock [...]
Tags: Avenged Sevenfold, bargain, EA, Foreigner, network, Playstation, Playstation 3, PSN, Rise Against, Rock Band, sale, Slipknot, Stone Temple Pilots, The Offspring
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Tue, September 21 2010 » Gaming News » No Comments
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: this generation of consoles has seen the way publishers and developers make money change irreversibly. As every console is designed to be connected to the internet 24/7, game makers can offer us extra content including new missions, characters, costumes, and even new game modes… for a price.
The rise of DLC (Downloadable Content) has led to some truly wonderful gaming experiences, but at the same time some truly terrible gaming sins have been all too regularly committed. Today The Newb Review makes note of the DLC Dos and Don’ts: dishing out praise to those that produce particularly good DLC, and condemning those that have earned our scorn through their shameful practices.
Tags: A Newb's Guide To..., darth vader, DLC, Eric Cartman, Horse Armour, IV, Left 4 dead 2, Lost in Nightmares, Luke Mears, Mightyles, Oblivion, Poker face, resident evil 5, Rock Band, Saints Row 2, soul calibur 4, star wars, Tera Patrick, the elder scrolls, the passing, Ultor, yoda
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Tue, July 6 2010 » Guides & Tips » 1 Comment