Review: Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Xbox 360, PS3)

Review: Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Xbox 360, PS3)

Tweet The Year is 2027.  Mankind is teetering on the brink of social implosion over the escalating conflict of biological “augmentations.”  Referred to as “enhancements” by those fortunate enough to afford the technology, these organic proxies have drawn criticism for tainting the...

Max Attack – Toy Soldiers: Cold War Review

Max Attack – Toy Soldiers: Cold War Review

Tweet There are two things in this world that greatly please me. Those two things are Tequila shots and looking back on the Cold War era and remembering only what I want to remember. Toy Soldiers: Cold War (Cold War) itches my Cold War scratch with a fantastically hilarious take on an equally–if not...

Release of the Week: Deus Ex: Human Revolution (360, PS3, PC)

Release of the Week: Deus Ex: Human Revolution (360, PS3, PC)

Tweet The first major release of the holiday season hits this week! Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a prequel of the legendary PC franchise that took gaming by storm 10 years ago. The original game was known for being open ended in the way you approached and solved problems. Most obstacles in your path could be...

Evil.JP: The Catherine Conundrum

Evil.JP: The Catherine Conundrum

Tweet Gaming fans all over North America are falling head-over-heels in love with Catherine. Atlus USA just recently announced that the game had the biggest launch of any title in the publisher’s 20 year history, selling over 200,000 copies across both the PlayStation 3 and XBOX 360 platforms during...

Hands-on: Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Tekken Hybrid

Hands-on: Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Tekken Hybrid

Tweet The King of Iron Fist lives on. At premiere fighting game tournament Evolution 2011 which took place in Las Vegas at the end of July, Namco Bandai brought out its full Tekken Force lead by producer Katsuhiro Harada to support the upcoming arcade/console release of Tekken Tag Tournament 2. Also on...

Review: Bastion (XBLA)

Review: Bastion (XBLA)

Tweet When a terrible calamity rips the world apart, what’s a Kid to do? Pick up his trusty hammer and get to work putting it back together, that’s what. Guide the Kid along with some guidance from the Narrator as he collects the cores and shards that will restore the Bastion and correct the...

Release of the Week: Fruit Ninja Kinect (XBLA)

Release of the Week: Fruit Ninja Kinect (XBLA)

Tweet The popular mobile game Fruit Ninja is making its way to the 360 this week as a part of the Summer of Arcade. In the mobile space, gamers have used their fingers to slash juice produce via a touch screen. As anyone will tell you, this will leave the player disappointingly stationary and calm. This is a...

Review: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (XBLA)

Review: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (XBLA)

Tweet With a name as long and confounding as Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, it is hard to imagine that players would have any kind of a read on the experience that awaits them on the other side of the title screen.  Almost as if followed verbatim off a list, within the first minute of the intro cut scene...

Review: Trenched (XBLA)

Review: Trenched (XBLA)

Tweet The worst thing about Double Fine Productions’ games, like Psychonauts, was that they only came out every four or five years. The best thing Double Fine has done, on the other hand, has been to shift their focus to downloadable games. Sure, epic quests like Psychonauts won’t come along nearly as...

Release of the Week: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (XBLA)

Release of the Week: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (XBLA)

Tweet Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is the latest game featured in Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade. It can be described as a Metroid-vania style exploration adventure shooter game. You control an alien in a spaceship who must collect various tools in order to progress. Tools include various...

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