Category: Xbox 360
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Review: MadBalls in Babo: Invasion (Microsoft Xbox 360)
MadBalls in Babo: Invasion Developer: Playbrains Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Genre: 3rd Person Shooter Release Date: 7/15/2009 My youth was filled with collecting odd things from Garbage Pail Kids to M.U.S.C.L.E. men. Another one of those collections included MadBalls. These squishy little foam balls looked cool but I could never find a purpose for them.…
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Review: Overlord II (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Overlord II Genre: Action/Strategy Developer: Triumph Studios Publisher: Codemasters Release Date: 06/23/09
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Review: Fight Night Round 4 (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Fight Night Round 4 Developer: EA Canada Publisher: EA Sports Genre: Realistic Boxing/Sports Release Date: 6/25/2009 Though known for their yearly release cycle on just about every sports game they have, EA Sports haven’t kept to that schedule with their boxing franchise. Dating back to the Knockout Kings years on the PSX, Fight Night has…
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Review: Arkanoid Live! 360 Arcade
Arkanoid Live! Genre: Puzzle Developer: Taito Corporation Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: 05/06/2009 Years ago, man would thrust tiny metal symbols into brightly-lit, uncaring machines for his gaming joy. Designed to separate quarters from humans as fast as possible, arcades of that era were home to simplistic graphics, rapid gameplay, and unforgiving difficulty. Into that grinder,…
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Review: Droplitz (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Droplitz Developer: Blitz Games Publisher: Atlus Genre: Puzzle Release Date: 06/24/09 Atlus USA, mostly known for its amazing knack of hand picking quality Japanese titles out for U.S. gamers, is looking to make a splash on the casual downloadable title scene with the Blitz-developed liquid puzzler Droplitz. While on the surface, the game may look…
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Review: Guitar Hero: Smash Hits (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Guitar Hero: Smash Hits Developer: Beenox Publisher: Activision Genre: Rhythm Release Date: 06/16/09 While Dictionary.com explains the verb “milking” in a variety of ways such as “to extract; draw out,” oddly enough, I didn’t see Guitar Hero mentioned anywhere on the page. However, if gamers receive more entries such as Guitar Hero: Smash Hits, the…
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Review: Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Developer: Techland Publisher: Ubisoft Genre: First Person Shooter Released: 06/30/09 Ah, the Wild West. Many tales have been told about the taming of the West, often in the movies. A lot of them have even been enjoyable. Not so many of these tales have been told in videogames. Maybe…
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Review: Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Genre: Third-Person Shooter Developer: Terminal Reality Publisher: Atari Release Date: 06/16/09
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Review: Magic: The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers Developer: Wizards of the Coast / Stainless Games Publisher: XBOX LIVE Arcade Genre: Strategy & Simulation, Card & Board Release Date: 06/17/09 Ah nostalgia, you gotta love it. There was a time in my life about 15 years ago when my life was consumed by the addiction of…
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Review: Up (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Up Developer: THQ Publisher: THQ Genre: Platformer Release Date: 05/26/09 Ahh, the ubiquitous movie tie-in. Sometimes, you get Riddick. But we all know, most of the time, you get E.T.. Movie tie-ins are notoriously awful, generally speaking, and Pixar’s Up has been getting some…well, some decent reviews, which is unusually bad for them. So, less…
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Review: Gunstar Heroes (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Gunstar Heroes Genre: Run “Ëœn’ Gun Developer: Backbone Entertainment (originally Treasure) Publisher: SEGA Release Date: 06/10/2009
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Review: Red Faction: Guerrilla (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Name: Red Faction: Guerrilla Developer: Volition Publisher: THQ Genre: Third Person Shooter Release Date: 06/02/2009 A while back, I had the opportunity do some demo thoughts on Red Faction: Guerrilla. I thought it was quite a fun little open world shooter that had the chance to really impress or badly underwhelm when it finally hit…
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Review: Prototype (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Prototype Genre: Action/Adventure Developer: Radical Entertainment Publisher: Activision Release Date: 06/09/09 Grand Theft Auto 3 really changed the way developers looked at superhero games. Prior to that point, superhero games were mostly linear, stage-based affairs that featured boss battles at the end of most of said stages. After the revelation that making a game in…
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Review: Damnation (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Damnation Genre: Third-Person Shooter Developer: Blue Omega Publisher: Codemasters Release Date: 05/26/09
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Review: Wolfenstein 3D (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Wolfenstein 3D Genre: First-Person Shooter Developer: Nerve Publisher: id Software Release Date: 05/03/2009 Seventeen years ago, id Software unleashed an update to the Castle Wolfenstein series, which took the franchise from obscurity to a PC household name when it launched in 3D. The game is credited for launching the origins of the first-person shooter, which…
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Review: Bionic Commando (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Bionic Commando Genre: Action Developer: Grin Publisher: Capcom Release Date: 05/18/09
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Review: Raiden Fighters Aces (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Raiden Fighters Aces Genre: Shooter Developer: Gulti Publisher: Valcon Games Release Date: 05/07/2009
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Review: Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian Genre: Action/Adventure Developer: Amaze Entertainment Publisher: Majesco Release Date: 05/05/2009
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Review: UFC Undisputed 2009 (Microsoft Xbox 360)
UFC Undisputed 2009 Genre: Fighting Developer: Yukes Publisher: THQ Release Date: 2/19/09
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Review: Rock Band: Classic Rock Track Pack (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Rock Band: Classic Rock Track Pack Developer: Harmonix Publisher: EA and MTV Games Genre: Rhythm Release Date: 05/19/2009