Xbox Reviews

Yukes have gone and done it - reinvented the tired wrestling genre. WWE 12 harks back to what made the wrestling games of years gone by so special, chunky controls, ...

Mercury, an early title for Sony’s PSP system, was a game built on nostalgia. Its mechanics took much from classic puzzle game Marble Madness and its simple premise seemed out ...

There’s been something of a resurgence of difficult platforming games in recent years. From Megaman’s hardcore revival to indie darlings such as Splosion Man and Super Meat Boy, the masochistic ...

The Star Wars universe is huge, and has so much potential for computer games cross-overs; combine this with the fun world of LEGO, and you have a great little treat ...

- Platform: Xbox 360 with Kinect (Version Tested)- Genre: Fitness- Developer/Publisher: Pipeworks Software/Majesco- Release: 26/11/2010 Videogames are generally seen as a form of escape. Like film or literature, they are a ...

Television adverts for motion controller games more often than not have to hide a disclaimer somewhere; either explaining that it isn’t in fact in game footage, or the ad is ...

Platform: Xbox Live Arcade Genre: Action/Adventure Developer/Publisher: Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft Shanghai/Ubisoft Release: 02/03/2011 When you think back on a game, what thoughts do you have? There are a lot that are generic and indescribable; linear ...

The mini-game collection has had a second-wind since the industry went motion control crazy with the advent of the Wii in 2006. Now all developers’ ideas that were too thin ...

Platform: Xbox 360/PS3/PC Genre: FPS/Action Developer/Publisher: Electronic Arts/Crytek Studios Release: 25/03/2011 Very few people got the pleasure of playing Crysis 1; a technically masterful game set on a beautiful free-roam island. The game required ...

Platform: Xbox360/PS3/PCGenre: FPS/ActionDeveloper/Publisher: Kaos Studios/THQRelease: 11/03/2011 The first person shooter genre is oversaturated with content. Look away for a second, and by the time you look back, another shooter will have ...

Platform: Xbox360/PS3/PCGenre: RPGDeveloper/Publisher: Bioware/EARelease: 08/03/2011 Once again, developers Bioware bring you back to their fantasy world of Dragons, sorcery and swords. As a follow up to the 2009 cult hit Dragon ...

One of the first memories I have is of playing Super Mario Brothers on the Nintendo Entertainment System. I can remember blowing the game cartridge to keep the game from ...

Platform: Xbox 360/PS3 Genre: Survival Horror Developer/Publisher: Visceral Games/EA Release: 25/01/2011 The name gives it away; this is the sequel to 2008’s frightfest... Dead Space. Developed again by Visceral Games, Dead Space 2 is the ...

Platform: Xbox360/PS3 Genre: Action/Adventure Developer/Publisher: Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Release: 19/11/2010 Not prepared to drop the series’ most successful and interesting character yet, Ubisoft have brought back Ezio Auditore for another round; the 20 plus hours ...

Platform: PC/PlayStation 3/Wii/Xbox 360 Genre: First Person Shooter Developer/Publisher: Treyarch/Activision Release: 09/11/2010 You’ve got to feel sorry for Treyarch. One of Activision’s unfairly derided workhorse developers, they’ve yet again got the task of working ...