Game: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Format: Xbox Live Arcade Developer: Crystal Dynamics Publisher: Eidos/Square Enix Lara Croft and the Guardian of light is the final game to be released in Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade 2010. While featuring Lara Croft, this is not a Tomb Raider game. Instead, Guardian of Light has more [...]
Wed, September 1 2010 » PC, PS3, Reviews, X-Box 360 » 1 Comment
Game: Monday Night Combat Format: Xbox Live Arcade Developer: Uber Entertainment Publisher: Microsoft Games Studios A relatively recent addition to the pool of gaming genres, the tower defence game has become ubiquitous thanks in no small measure to Apple’s iPad. However, it’s so far been a genre with little variation from game to game. Into this [...]
Mon, August 23 2010 » Reviews, X-Box 360 » 1 Comment
Game: Hydro Thunder Hurricane Format: Xbox Live Arcade Developer: Vector Unit Publisher: Microsoft Games Studios Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade rolls on and the second title in the annual game series is upon us. Hydro Thunder Hurricane is the sequel to the popular arcade title released in 1999. This powerboat racer seems to emit fun from [...]
Mon, July 26 2010 » Reviews, X-Box 360 » 4 Comments
Game: Limbo Format: Xbox Live Arcade Developer: PlayDead Studios Publisher: Microsoft Games Studios To paraphrase a recent conversation with our video editor Alan Parrish ‘When you look out your window and see a topless fat man you know that it is summer time’. As well as topless fat men, there is one other event that lets [...]
Fri, July 23 2010 » Reviews, X-Box 360 » 1 Comment
Game: Marvel Versus Capcom 2 Format: XBox 360 Developer: Backbone Publisher: Capcom Hello and welcome to the long overdue, next part of “Summer of Arcade” review series where this time around it is I (Crofterz) giving my view on “Marvel versus Capcom 2”. I have a somewhat strange love, hate relationship with beat-em ups. Whilst [...]
Wed, October 28 2009 » Reviews, X-Box 360 » 6 Comments
Game: Trials HD Format: XBox 360 Developer: RedLynx Publisher: Microsoft Hello, Crofterz here again with another installment to the series of reviews on the “Summer of Arcade” titles. And before I start let me just say that “Trials HD” isn’t a game that everyone will love, not by a long shot. In fact if you [...]
Tue, October 27 2009 » Reviews, X-Box 360 » 2 Comments
Last week, Newb Review.com began a short mini-series of articles reviewing the titles released in the recent Summer of Arcade promotion on XBox Live. No I welcome you to the next article in that ongoing series. Today Luke “Mightyles” Mears continues by reviewing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Turtles in Time Reshelled.
Wed, September 23 2009 » Reviews, X-Box 360 » 3 Comments
I think it’s safe to say that summer is now officially over. The children are going back to school, the once crowded beach of my home town is now deserted, save for the lone shambling man armed with a metal detector, and as I gaze out of my window I see tempestuous storm clouds gathering [...]
Wed, September 16 2009 » Gaming News » 5 Comments
