UK place 2nd at 10th WCG

The UK have placed joint second alongside Germany & Brazil, behind first placed South Korea at the 10th World Cyber Games. With South Korea dominating as is now the norm, the UK did exceptionally well in beating their previous best placing of 6th, especially considering they had 6 competitors to South Korea’s 26! Responsible for [...]

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Tue, October 5 2010 » Gaming News » No Comments

Yakuza 5 Details Emerge

Those of us expecting information about the inevitable sixth (seventh if you count recent PSP spin-off BLACK PANTHER) game in Sega’s wildly popular gangland RPG series were left more than a little surprised at the form the game is going to take. RYU GA GOTOKU: OF THE END (note the lack of a numeral in [...]

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Tue, September 28 2010 » Gaming News » No Comments

Speaking With… Rob Hewson of Dark Energy Digital

In our second edition of Speaking With… we begin to develop something of a pattern by continuing to interview the people behind of some of the best looking downloadable titles of the year. Last time we spoke with Jamie Cheng about fabulous looking cartoony brawler Shank, while this time we speak with Rob Hewson, Senior Creative [...]

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Fri, August 13 2010 » Interviews » 4 Comments

Underrated:- Viva Piñata Trouble in Paradise

In a change to your regular feature, this week Luke Mears takes the reins of the Thoroughly Underrated Games You Should Probably Play to bring you a look at an oft overlooked gem on the Xbox 360. Anyone that has ever listened to The Newb Review Podcast, or read any of The Newb Review Shop [...]

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Thu, July 29 2010 » Articles, Thoroughly Underated Games... » No Comments

Review: Aliens Versus Predator

Game: Aliens Versus Predator Platform: Xbox 360 Developer: Rebellion Publisher: Sega UK based developer Rebellion are no strangers to the Aliens Versus Predator (AVP) franchise. One of their first games was AVP for the Atari Jaguar, which is widely considered to be one of the console’s finest games. They returned to the franchise in 1999 [...]

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Wed, March 3 2010 » PC/Mac, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360 » 3 Comments