With Europe’s biggest gaming event, GamesCom in full swing, this week The Newb Review brings you a special, GamesCom edition of the podcast. In part 1, Tom sits down and has a chat with Kieran about what he got up to at days 1 and 2 of GamesCom, live from Cologne. However in a special [...]
Tags: 360, Adam Radcliffe, Bioshock, Cologne, crofterz, Dan from EA, Dead Space 2, Dragon Age 2, ea, Electronic Arts, Fact of the week, GamesCom, GamesCom 2010, It'sActuallyAdam, Kieran Roycroft, luke mears, Mario 3, Mary Mears, Mightyles, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, newb review, News, Nintendo, Podcast, PS3, Rax, richard burley, Sony, Super Mario 3, The Newb Review, Tom Wallis, Tom01255, Wii, xbox, XBox 360
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Sun, August 22 2010 » Gaming News, Newbreview Podcast » No Comments
So just one day after probably the loudest games conference at Gamescom, EA have allowed us some behind closed doors access to get hands on with an early build of Dead Space 2.
Tags: 360, Cologne, dead space, Dead Space 2, Dead Space Downfall, Dead Space Extraction, Dead Space Ignition, ea, GamesCom, GamesCom 2010, Isaac Clarke, microsoft, Necromorph, newb review, p.c, Playstation 3, Preview, PS3, Rambo, Sony, Survival horror, The Newb Review, Tom Wallis, Tom01255, Visceral Games, XBox 360
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Fri, August 20 2010 » Gaming News » No Comments
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.
Tags: 360, 80's, 80's cartoons, 80's t.v, Activision, Autobot, autobots, bad haircuts, Bumblebee, Call of Duty, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, calvin harris, COD, COD MW2, crofterz, Cybertron, Danger Mouse, decepticons, eighties, eighties cartoons, eighties t.v, Escalation, Hasbro, High Moon Studios, Kieran Roycroft, Megatron, michael bay, microsoft, newb review, newbreview, optimus, Optimus Prime, p.c, Playstation, Playstation 3, PS3, Review, Sony, starscream, thundercats, Transformers, transformers movie, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Transformers: War For Cybertron, xbox, XBox 360, zeta prime
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Mon, August 16 2010 » PC, PS3, Reviews, X-Box 360 » No Comments
This week Tom, Luke, and Ian are joined by new contributor Craig Lengert. Topics for discussion include: Love Film coming to PS3 and Wii, projected adoption rates for Microsoft’s Kinect and Sony’s Playstation Move, the lack of decent strategy games on consoles, and so much more. Remember when we reach 50 reviews on itunes we will pick a random reviewer and give them the game of their choice!
Tags: 3DS, DS, Kinect, lovefilm, microsoft, move, Newb, newbreview, Nintendo, piracy, Podcast, PS3, PSP, R4, R4 card, Review, Sony, Starcraft 2, video games, Wii, Xbox360
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Tue, August 10 2010 » Newbreview Podcast » 4 Comments
This week Tom is joined by Kieran, Adam and Ian as they discuss all of the week’s latest gaming news including the unveiling of Street Fighter X Tekken at Comic-Con and Rockstar’s recent legal dealings with UK tabloid, The Daily Star. Top 5 also makes it’s weekly return, this time charting down the Top 5 [...]
Tags: Blizzard, Capcom, Comic-Con, Daily Star, GTA, microsoft, Newb, newbreview, Nintendo, Podcast, PS3, Review, rockstar, Sony, Starcraft 2, street fighter, Tekken, video games, Wii, Xbox360
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Mon, August 2 2010 » Newbreview Podcast » 3 Comments
This week Tom, Alan, Sabbi and Ash take to the mic to discuss the latest news in the world of gaming. We discuss the cancellation of 1 vs 100, long running magazine PC Zone shuts down and Peter Molyneux tries to outdo Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg in a “my game’s bigger than your game” contest. [...]
Tags: 1 vs 100, 3DS, Activision, Call of Duty, DS, eric hirshberg, Halo, Mario, microsoft, Newb, newbreview, Nintendo, pc zone, Peter Molyneux, Podcast, PS3, PSP, Review, Sony, video games, Wii, Xbox360
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Sun, July 25 2010 » Newbreview Podcast » No Comments
First person shooters has been somewhat of a hit or miss genre on Nintendo consoles. Whilst we marvel at the greatness of GoldenEye or Turok, we also have to live with the likes of The Conduit, they are either absolutely spot on, or abysmally bad. These days Nintendo strive to develop some of the most accessible, family friendly games on the market, I’m of the opinion that they should also pump a bit of that cash they’ve got lying around into a sequel for the little gaming gem I’m going to talk to you about today, XIII (or 13 if you don’t know your Roman numerals).
Tags: 360, Adam West, bank robbery, bfbc2, BOOM!, cell shaded, COD, COD MW2, comic book, crofterz, Crysis, David Duchovny, espionage, Family Guy, FPS, GameCube, Goldeneye, Halo, James Bond, Killzone, microsoft, MOH, Mulder, newbreview, Nintendo, POW!, PS2, PS2 Online, PS3, Shooting, Sony, T.U.G.Y.P.S.P, The Conduit, The X-Files, The XX, Thoroughly Underrated, Thoroughly Underrated Games You Probably Should Play, Turok, Ubisoft, Wii, X-Files, xbox, Xbox Live 1.0, XIII
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Wed, July 21 2010 » Articles, Thoroughly Underrated Games You Probably Should Play » 5 Comments
Dear reader,
We at The Newb Review, are committed to bringing you the latest and greatest game related content possible. So look out for that, in the meantime though, why not continue reading the third installment in our “Adam Thinks…” series? We found this one washed ashore in a bottle, and it sees our friendly neighborhood idiot tackle the subject of achievements, trophies and the like.
Tags: achievements, Adam Radcliffe, Adam Thinks..., Bill Gates, Blur, For thrice, gamescore, idiot, It'sActuallyAdam, Kinect, microsoft, moron, Nintendo, platinum trophy, PSN, psycho, Sonic, Sony, Star Catalogue, Star Points, The Future, Trophies, Wipeout HD
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Mon, July 19 2010 » Adam Thinks..., Articles » No Comments
Tom takes up the hosting seat once again, this week joined by Kieran, Adam, and new contributor to the site, Ash. Look forward to some news and community feedback as well as our regular top five feature.
Tags: Adam Radcliffe, Ash Tregay, crofterz, Kieran Roycroft, Kinect, Medal of Honour, move, Sony, The Newb Review, Tom Wallis, Tom01255
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Sat, July 17 2010 » Newbreview Podcast » No Comments
Have you ever experienced the sheer horror of getting to the end of a game and being totally and utterly disappointed? Not because the game was bad, oh no, it was just that end boss was such a huge let down? Well fear not my friend because you are not alone!
Tags: Bowser, Brumak, Capcom, Cloud, crofterz, Dr Robotnik, Dr Wily, End of Game Bosses, Epic, FF7, Final Fantasy 7, Ganon, gears of war, General RAMM, hitler, irate, Killzone 2, Mario, Mecha Hitler, Mega Man, microsoft, Nintendo, sega, Sephiroth, Sonic, Sony, Super Mario Bros, Wind Waker, Wolfenstein 3D, Zelda
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Wed, July 7 2010 » Articles, iRate » 7 Comments