Category: Xbox 360

Lode Runner Genre: Puzzle/Platformer Developer: Southend Interactive Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: 4/22/09 Just as a disclaimer of sorts, we here at Diehard GameFAN are fans of old school gaming. When the latest visual HD masterpiece comes out, most of us would be just fine playing an 8-bit classic instead. Sometimes we get the best of…

NBA 2K10 Draft Combine Developer: Visual Concepts Publisher: 2K Sports Genre: Sports Release Date: 08/26/2009 Being upfront and honest, I will have to say NBA 2K10 Draft Combine is one of the oddest titles I’ve had to review in a long time. That being said, however, I mean that in a good way. What appears…

Name: Darkest of Days Developer: 8Monkeys Publisher: Valcon Games (360 version) Genre: First Person Shooter Release Date: 09/08/2009 In the realm of Science Fiction, one of the biggest concepts around is time travel. Whether you are hopping in a suped up Delorean to make sure your parents get together or sling-shotting around the sun to…

Defense Grid: The Awakening Developer: Hidden Path Entertainment LLC Publisher: Hidden Path Entertainment LLC Genre: Strategy Release Date: 9/2/09 Tower Defense games are something I have never really gotten a chance to get into. The idea of placing towers and letting waves of enemies take something from you didn’t sound appealing to me. Of course…

Section 8 Developer: Timegate Studios Publisher: Southpeak Games Genre: First Person Shooter Released: 09/01/09 Talk about out of the blue. Section 8 is a game that came out of nowhere. I had heard nothing about it until the demo hit Xbox Live. Now the game has hit store shelves, dropped into retailers from orbiting starships.…

Trials HD Genre: Racing/Platform Developer: RedLynx Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: 08/12/09 Before you consider buying Trials HD, you should take a little quiz I have devised… – Have you ever thrown your controller during a frustrating game? Well that’s the only question, but it IS an important one if you are going to buy Trials…

Batman: Arkham Asylum Genre: Action Developer: Rocksteady Publisher: Eidos Release Date: 08/25/09

Shadow Complex Developer: Chair Publisher: Epic / Microsoft Game Studios Genre: Action Release Date: 8/19/09

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Genre: Action Developer: Electronic Arts Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: 08/04/2009

Chaos Developer: HellborgDE Publisher: Microsoft Indie Games Genre: Uh… Physics Based Circle-Slammy Thing? Release Date: 8/12/2009

BlazBlue Genre: Fighting Developer: Arc System Works Publisher: Aksys Games Release Date: 06/30/09

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled Genre: Beat-em-up Developer: Ubisoft Singapore Publisher: Ubisoft Release Date: 08/05/09

The King of Fighters XII Genre: Fighting Developer: SNK Playmore Publisher: SNK Playmore Release Date: 07/24/09

Battlefield 1943 Genre: FPS Developer: DICE Publisher: EA Release Date: 07/08/09

Infernal: Hell’s Vengeance(360) Developer: Metropolis Publisher: Playlogic Genre: 3rd Person Shooter Release Date: 6/30/2009 Most modern shooters have a robust set of multiplayer modes like Halo 3, Gears of War, and Left 4 Dead. Without a multiplayer mode, they better have the story and gameplay to back it up. Games like Bioshock come to mind.…

King of Fighters ’98 Ultimate Match Genre: 2D Fighting Developer: SNK Playmore Publisher: SNK Playmore Release Date: 07/01/09