Team17 have announced that the next game in their Alien Breed trilogy, Alien Breed: Assault, will be released on September 22 for Xbox Live and PC, via Steam. The first chapter, Alien Breed: Evolution (XBLA) and the updated version Alien Breed: Impact (PSN, PC), were met with mixed reviews, most focusing on the lack of variety, something which the next chapter seeks to correct. [...]
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Hydro Thunder Hurricane, Reviewed [XBLA]
Released on Wednesday as part of Microsoft’s now annual “Summer of Arcade” feature, Hydro Thunder Hurricane is a direct sequel to the original Hydro Thunder which was released on Sega’s Dreamcast some 11 years ago, and was a game that I absolutely adored. The game has been developed by Vector Unit, a small 6 person [...]
Official Nintendo Magazine Interviews Takashi Iizuka on Sonic The Hedgehog 4
Let’s be honest, SEGA hasn’t released a Sonic game with this much anticipation since the Dreamcast days. It seems to be well deserved as they are taking the franchise back to where it belongs, a fun and fast-paced 2D side-scrolling style similar to New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Expect Sonic 4 to hit WiiWare, Playstation [...]
Funny is in the Writing, not the Voice Acting
I’m convinced that you don’t need voice acting for a hilarious game. Arbitrary grunts and groans can still be funny, made so by intelligent writing alone. Flashback to 1998, Nintendo 64. Banjo Kazooie, to be specific. It’s on Xbox Live Arcade now… and gosh darn it’s one of the funniest games I’ve played in a [...]
NHL 3-on-3 Arcade
You remember playing hockey with the buddies on a frozen pond. That small-game scrum vibe, the 3-on-3 action, the goalie with pillows for pads to guard him against the speeding rubber puck. 3 on 3 NHL Arcade is a no rules, fast-paced downloadable game coming to Xbox Live Arcade (800MS Points) and PlayStation Network ($9.99) [...]
E4, Lumines Live, Rez HD come to Retail in One Package
Q Entertainment is uniting three music games from design legend Tetsuya Mizaguci into one retail package called Q3. The pack contains E4, Lumines Live and Rez HD, and will be available in stores in spring 2009 — the first time the three games have been together on a shelf in a physical store. Q says [...]
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader Hits XBLA This Wednesday
Microsoft’s Gamerscore Blog announced today that Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader is coming to XBLA this Wednesday (10/29) for 1200 Microsoft Points. If you are wondering where you were when they invented the digital chalkboard (pictured above) or why Jeff Foxworthy has his hand down his pants, then you are missing one important [...]
Castle Crashers, Reviewed [XBLA]
Even jaded gamers can be pleasantly surprised. When you’ve been around for this long, you eventually come to realize that most games won’t live up to their price tag. But we stick around, because once in awhile the world gives us a Bioshock or Portal. These are the rarities that remind us what video games [...]
Vigilante 8: Arcade on Xbox Live Arcade Nov. 5
Activision is delivering the wholesome vehicular-combat goodness of Vigilante 8 to Xbox Live Arcade on Nov. 5. The game is an explosive boatload of mayhem, propelled by the four stroke cycle, machine guns, and a can-wreck attitude. Battle online, splitscreen or in the solidarity of single player in the first Vigilante 8 title in a [...]
Mega Man 9, Dated
Mega Man exploded onto the gaming scene in 1987, and will soon be exploding onto the scene again, in downloadable form. Mega Man 9 will be available through Wii Ware on September 22, PlayStation Network on September 25, and Xbox Live Arcade October 1. Three unique dates for the major platforms. Capcom started a sentence [...]
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