Review BattleBlock Theater (Xbox 360)
The Behemoth Is Back
Review Bioshock Infinite (Xbox 360)
BioShockingly Brilliant...
Review Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel (Xbox 360)
Missed step in a minefield?
News - April, 2013
Friday26th Apr 2013
Review Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel (Xbox 360)
Missed step in a minefield?
Let's get this clear right off the bat. BioShock Infinite has been ingrained in the public psyche for the last few weeks. This game is not BioShock Infinite. Where BioShock was crafted for years, painstakingly disassembled, reassembled and revised in the hope that it will somehow transcend the usual video game tropes and...
Thursday25th Apr 2013
Review Telltale Games' Poker Night 2 (Xbox 360)
Hold 'em or fold 'em?
If you’re making a game about poker, you should really focus on the getting the features of the actual cardplaying right – or at least up to speed with your competition – before throwing in characters from a bunch of franchises, and a witty script. That doesn’t seem to be what’s gone here, though. Poker Night 2...
Wednesday24th Apr 2013
By the beard of Zeus!
Sometimes, it can be good to settle in with a game that attempts to do away with the hours of cutscenes and hundreds of pages of story scripts that most modern titles come bundled with, and just get down to the core of things. That’s what God Mode attempts to do, throwing the player directly into a third-person shooting fest...
Monday22nd Apr 2013
Review Sacred Citadel (Xbox 360)
Old-school meets new-school.
Back when the excellent Castle Crashers released in 2008, the gameplay contained within the adorably-designed package was something of a revelation. You could have a number of characters on the go at a time, playing through the game as each of them in turn as you tried to get them all levelled up to the point of being...
Friday12th Apr 2013
Review Motocross Madness (Xbox 360)
Back once again...
Back in the day, Motocross Madness was a technically impressive, addictive PC game that did away with the narrow borders of conventional racing games, providing a relatively open world for the player to barrel through. The last entry in the series – Motocross Madness 3 for the original Xbox – was a bit of a stinker when...
Monday8th Apr 2013
Review Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 (Xbox 360)
A Fair Way To Go
It’s that time of year again. The smell of freshly-cut grass is in the air, the birds are singing, the sun is in the…well, it’s mostly rainy and windy here in the UK, but there you go. Whatever the weather, its Tiger Woods PGA Tour time. This year, EA have provided a mostly iterative update to the series, with a couple of big...
Saturday6th Apr 2013
Review BattleBlock Theater (Xbox 360)
The Behemoth Is Back
BattleBlock Theater is an Xbox Live Arcade platform puzzle game from The Behemoth, who are the developers of the excellent Castle Crashers and slightly-less-excellent Alien Hominid HD. The graphics are cartoonish, it features a good deal of laughs and some tricky puzzles that will test your dexterity later on. Also, it allows...
Friday5th Apr 2013
News Microsoft Studios' Creative Director Defends 'Always-Online' Xbox
"Deal with it!"
It seems like Adam Orth, creative director of Microsoft Studios, has caused quite a furor with his recent comments regarding Durango's 'always-online' future, following a number of negative reactions to the prospect. Evidence is continuing to mount regarding the successor to the Xbox 360 requiring a constant internet connection in...
Thursday4th Apr 2013
Review Bioshock Infinite (Xbox 360)
BioShockingly Brilliant...
After fours years in development and tens of millions of pounds in resources, the team at Irrational have finally shipped the highly-anticipated sequel to one of the most beloved video games of this generation. You play as Booker Dewitt, a man tasked with rescuing a girl from the floating city of Columbia in order to pay...
