Developer - Team Ninja
Publisher - Microsoft Game Studios
Available On - XBOX 360
Reviewed On - XBOX 360
Violence, looks, speed, and violence. It was a very impressive package to be presented with all in the first level of Ninja Gaiden II. Right from the start the quick moving and unrelenting action started and didn’t let go. A [...]
Developer - DICE
Publisher - Electronic Arts
Available On - XBOX 360, PS3
Reviewed On - XBOX 360
The Battlefield series has returned to home consoles stronger than ever. Not only does this next Battlefield installment provide a satisfying and expansive online community similar to it’s PC versions, but it also adds several nice engine upgrades, a big graphical [...]
Developer - Firaxis
Publisher - 2K Games
Available On - XBOX 360, PS3, DS/Wii (Later)
I’m not much of a strategist these days but there’s two things that piked my interest in Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution (Civ Rev).
1. Most console strategy games are horrible.
2. Sid Meier’s strategy games are great.
So with these two conflicts solidly implanted in my [...]
Free Radical is an interesting developer for two reasons. The first point of interest is that the company was founded by several former employees of Rare. Back on the Nintendo 64, Rare redefined the first person shooter with Goldeneye and Perfect Dark. Free Radical went on to create their own first person shooter series called [...]
Developer - Team Ninja
Publisher - Tecmo
Available On - Nintendo DS
The Ninja Gaiden games have some diverse roots. To date, our black clad Dragon Ninja Ryu Hayabusa originated on the arcade and has appeared on the NES, SNES, Master System, Game Gear and lots more and now Dragon Sword - our DS title.
Developer - Planet Moon Studios
Publisher - THQ
Available On - Wii
It’s hard to discuss a game like Battle Of The Bands (BOTB) and not compare it to the likes of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, the market dominators in music games both now also available on the Wii. Though after a brief session with BOTB one [...]
Developer - Dimps
Publisher - Namco Bandai / Atari
Available On - XBOX 360, PS3
With Dragon Ball first airing throughout Japan in 1986 it’s not surprising to find a slew of video game releases throughout the years based on one of the most popular manga and anime series ever. DragonBall Z (DBZ) games, more specifically, have been [...]
Developer - Secret Level (XBOX 360, PS3);
Artificial Mind And Movement (Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, PC)
Publisher - SEGA
Available on - Everything!
Creating an enjoyable Iron Man video game shouldn’t be too difficult. Somehow the concept of a man in a flying metal suit with regenerating projectiles sounds like one that would work [...]
Developer - Hothead Games
Publisher - Online Distribution
Available On - PC, XBOX 360 (XBOX Live)
Throw some good humour into a game and you’ve instantly added a whole lot of charm and replayability. Couple this with solid game design and entertaining characters and you’ve got Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain-slick Precipice Of Darkness Episode One (here [...]
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Developer - Rockstar North
Publisher - Rockstar Games
Available on - PS2, XBOX, PC
Grand Theft Auto III is one of the greatest and most impactive video games in the industry to date. Fortunately my job here is to explain how and why this came about, as I [...]
