Category: Xbox 360

Smackdown vs Raw 2010 Genre: Wrestling/Fighting Developer: Yukes Publisher: THQ Release Date: 10/20/09 Another year, another chance to lace up virtual boots and step into the ring with the cast of the WWE. As a lapsed wrestling fan and an admitted video game junkie I’m always interested in playing the yearly wrestling game releases to…

Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space Publisher: Telltale Games Developer: Telltale Games Genre: Adventure Release Date: 10/14/2009 Adventure games were a reliable staple of my childhood, thanks in no small part to Lucasarts and games like Maniac Mansion and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. Among these games was Sam and Max Hit…

Bust-A-Move LIVE! Genre: Puzzle Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release Date: 09/30/09

Military Madness: Nectaris Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft Genre: Turn Based Strategy Release Date: 10/30/2009 Turn based strategy (TBS) games have come a long way over the years. Most gamers got into the genre thanks to the original Final Fantasy Tactics. Some came in later with Advance Wars and Fire Emblem. Some date farther…

Title: Heroes Over Europe Developer: Transmission Games Publisher: Ubisoft Genre: Flight Release Date: 09/15/09 It’s a good time to be a fan of WW2 dog fighting on the home consoles. You have the recently reviewed IL-2 Sturmovik and you have Heroes Over Europe. Can anything mar this bounty? Well, if the games aren’t very good…

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey Developer: Gaijin Entertainment Publisher: 505 Games Genre: Flight Sim Release Date: 09/08/2009 IL-2 Sturmovik long ago established itself as a giant in the field of PC Flight Sims. However there is virtually no money to be made anymore when it comes to PC Flight Sims, and there is this whole…

WET Genre: Action/Third-Person Shooter Developer: Artificial Mind and Movement Publisher: Bethesda Release Date: 09/15/09

Raven Squad Publisher: Evolved Games Developer: Atomic Motion Genre: FPS/RTS Hybrid Release Date: 8/21/2009 Modern shooters are a fairly tried-and-true genre at this point. COD4, the Tom Clancy oeuvre, and a million other clones have run the genre nearly to death at this point. Little has come in the way of originality to these games…

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 Developer: Codemasters Publisher: Codemasters Genre: Racing Release Date: 09/08/2009 At first it seems strange to see the late Colin McRae’s name attached to DiRT 2 considering the rallying legend died two years ago, but upon reflection it seems a fitting tribute to the man who had lent his name to racing…

Raiden IV Genre: Vertical Shoot “ËœEm Up Developer: Moss Ltd. Publisher: UFO Interactive Release Date: 09/08/2009 I’ve already disclosed my relationship with the Raiden shooter series in our preview of Raiden IV. After 10 years of silence between my treasured longbox The Raiden Project and Raiden III, the industry has been rather kind to the…

NHL ’10 Developer: EA Canada Publisher: EA Sports Genre: Realistic Sports Game Release Date: 9/15/2009 Every year, starting in July and ending in October, is the big sports game rush. For most so-called “hardcore” gamers, this is something they pooh-pooh while wearing a beret coloured like Mario’s hat and whistling on a flute shaped like…

Ashes Cricket 2009 Developer: Transmission Games Publisher: Codemasters Genre: Sports Release date: 08/07/2009 (UK) To many Englishmen, the first sign that summer has arrived is the unmistakable sound of leather hitting willow as the cricket season begins. Now Codemasters are attempting to capture the magic of the jewel in the cricketing calendar; the Ashes in…

Guitar Hero 5 Developer: Neversoft Publisher: Activision Genre: Rhythm Release Date: 09/01/2009 Just shy of a full four years since the birth of the Guitar Hero franchise, Activision has touched down with its newest in-house effort in its attempt to craft gamers’ quintessential music game entry on the Xbox 360 (along with the Playstation 2/3…

R-Type Dimensions Genre: Shooter Developer: Tozai Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: 02/04/09