I can’t quite remember how long ago it was that I first saw a trailer for Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, but I know it has been quite some time. I managed to forget about the game, be reminded, forget again and then finally squeal with delight like a ten year old girl who just got to touch Justin Bieber at […]
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Sequels are always kind of awkward to review. If they don’t change the game enough, people get upset. If they change it too much, people get upset. It’s a constant battle to find that thin line between too much and too little change, combined with the difficult task of building on your previous success. As a reviewer, it can become […]
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Obviously we feature a lot of XBLA games here on CBR, so we thought that we’d throw together a little something to highlight what we think are some of the best titles on the service. We spent painstaking minutes collecting data from a couple of gamers using a rigorous and highly scientific means of selecting participants (we bribed them with […]
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Hothead Games has certainly released some fantastic downloadable games, including the Penny Arcade series, which is the first game outside of Pokemon with turn-based combat that I liked, to the hilarious and one of my person favorites on Xbox Live Arcade: Deathspank. Does Hothead go three for three with their newest IP Swarm? Or will it having you wishing that […]
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Atari did something special in 2009, they managed to take a beloved film franchise and turn it into a video game people genuinely liked nearly 20 years after it had last been in theatres. This is a feat rarely accomplished by games for new movies, so to do so with a film franchise as loved as Ghostbusters was an incredible […]
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Torchlight has been out for the PC for some time, but makes its debut on console as a downloadable XBLA title. The dungeon crawler offers hours of game play with untold number of dungeons to fight your way through as you fight a mystic ancient evil with your pet by your side. A straightforward RPG that in many ways feels […]
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PopCap may be the kings of the casual game. Plats vs. Zombies, Peggle, Bejeweled, the list of fun addictive games that everyone from your grandmother to your six-year-old nephew can’t stop playing is extensive. Odds are you have played Bejeweled at some point; Bejeweled Blitz Live isn’t even the first iteration of the classic puzzler on Xbox Live Arcade, and […]
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In the era of FPS games, one genre that has fallen to the wayside in the last two console generations has been the arcade racer. Some notables have come along, such as Hydro Thunder Hurricane and of course there is a Mario Kart for the Wii (I’m sure there is a law that states a Nintendo system must have at […]
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Currently on sale on Xbox Live, does Aqua provide high adventure on the high seas or is it merely just another twin-stick shooter? I recently got a chance to sit down and spent more time with the multiplayer and have made a few minor changes including correcting an error I made to that section of the review. Aqua takes place […]
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For a little over a month numerous people including Budz McGee and myself have enjoyed the carnage filled Xbox Live arcade game “Harms Way.” The sole and simple objective of the game is to win the race; which can prove difficult depending who is gunning (literally) for you as you twist and turn your way across three desert-themed tracks. Four […]
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