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Category: Xbox 360

  • Review: Sonic Adventure (Xbox 360)

    Will an HD remake and low-cost digital delivery breathe life into this 11-year-old game?

  • Review: Monday Night Combat (Xbox 360)

    It looks like Team Fortress 2 and certainly smells like it. Does this team-based shooter have legs of its own to stand on?

  • Review: Halo: Reach (Xbox 360)

    Halo: Reach Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Developer: Bungie Genre: First Person Shooter Release Date: 09/14/2010 Microsoft has a lot riding on Halo: Reach. Halo Wars was a solid – if incomplete – RTS, but Halo 3 and Halo: ODST really haven’t done anything new since the second game in the series. ODST in particular had…

  • Review: KOF Sky Stage (Xbox 360)

    A shooter starring fighting game characters? Inconceivable! Find out inside if KOF Sky Stage is a must have or a cheap cash-in.

  • Review: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (Xbox 360)

    Spider-Man is back in another game adventure, but this time he’s brought some friends with him! Is this a spectacular adventure or an ultimate failure? Let’s find out!

  • Review: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (Xbox 360)

    Lara Croft minus tomb raiding – refreshing change, or disastrous mistake? Find out in DJ’s review of her latest foray!

  • Review: Dead Rising 2: Case Zero (Xbox 360)

    The Dead Rising series sees a few upgrades and a new star. Will this bite-sized epilogue to Dead Rising 2 serve as a tasty sample or will it leave a bad taste in your mouth?

  • Review: Kane and Lynch: Dog Days (Microsoft Xbox 360)

  • Review: NCAA Football 11 (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    NCAA Football 11 Publisher: EA Sports Developer: EA Tiburon Genre: Sports Simulation Release Date: 07/13/2010 The name “EA Sports” is synonymous with video game sports at this point in history, and they have taken a near stranglehold on the genre. Some would argue that since EA Sports started eating up the competition, their products have…

  • Review: Madden NFL ’11 (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    Madden NFL ’11 Developer: EA Tiburon Publisher: EA Sports Genre: Realistic Sports Release Date: 8/10/2010 Back in 2008, I resented Madden ’09. I resented that it wasn’t much of an improvement over years upon years of development, consistently making the same mistakes. I resented that they still hadn’t learned how to address running the ball,…

  • Review: Dark Star One: Broken Alliance (Xbox 360)

    For a single player game there is a lot to do here. Firstly of course there is the huge area of play you’ll encounter. I didn’t count but it wouldn’t surprise me if there were 100 or more star systems for you to warp into.

  • Review: Clash of the Titans (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    Clash of the Titans Publisher: Namco Bandai Games Developer: Game Republic Genre: Action/Adventure Release Date: 07/27/2010 If you weren’t already aware, this is a video game based on a movie property. More specifically, one based on a mediocre remake of another movie produced in 1981. For some people, that is going to be enough information…

  • Review: Toy Story 3 (360)

    Toy Story 3 Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios Developer: Avalanche Software Genre: Platformer Release Date: 06/15/2010 The Toy Story movie trilogy has been praised as one of the best group of films ever made, so it’s only natural that each movie would have some form of video game tie-in. Toy Story 3 has arrived, and distinguishes…

  • Review: Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (360)

    Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Publisher: Konami Developer: Konami Genre: Action-Platformers Release Date: 08/04/2010 Following a number of classic vampire-whipping titles, Castlevania certainly went through a bit of a lull. In an attempt to go 3-D, the Nintendo 64 entries did the series no favors, the U.S. long missed out on a raw, true-to-form Rondo of…

  • Killing for Kindness: Epic teams up with Child’s Play

    In a move that is nearly as over-the-top as the man behind the studio, Epic Games has created an online poll to decide the fate of one of the characters in the upcoming Gears of War 3. Epic has partnered with Child’s Play, the gamer charity created by the guys at Penny Arcade, to give…

  • Review: Hydro Thunder Hurricane (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    Hydro Thunder Hurricane Developer: Vector Unit Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Genre: Arcade Racing Release Date: 7/28/2010 For those of you kids out there that think “arcade” is a genre, back in the old days, there were buildings that either had nothing but arcade cabinets – just like the one in our logo above! – or…

  • Review: Deadliest Warrior (360)

    Deadliest Warrior Publisher: Spike Games Developer: Pipeworks Software, Inc. Genre: One-on-one Fighter Release Date: 07/14/2010 Just before breaking into the 2010 Summer of Arcade event on Xbox LIVE, the service scored an exclusive that had a little bit of hype behind it. Whether or not this was based on the pedigree of the television series…

  • Sniper: Ghost Warrior Review (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    When trying to set yourself apart from the pack, it may be a good idea not to copy them wholesale and screw it up at the same time.

  • Review: Naughty Bear (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    Naughty Bear Publisher: 505 Games Developer: Artificial Mind and Movement Genre: Action/Beat-“Ëœem-Up Release Date: 06/25/2010 Having never owned a Nintendo 64 until a few years ago, and the fact that the game is expensive nowadays, I never had the pleasure of owning Conker’s Bad Fur Day. Having played it with friends, though, I know that…

  • Review: Limbo (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    Limbo Developer: PlayDead Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Genre: Platform/Puzzle Release Date: 7/21/2010 Since Braid, people who like “indie” games, or more specifically, games made by smaller developers have been looking for the “next” Braid. It’s like the search for the next Michael Jordan, or the next Wayne Gretzky in a lot of ways, most especially…