Diabolical Pitch Review (XBLA)

Diabolical Pitch Review (XBLA)

It takes a lot for me to use my Kinect nowadays.  Most of the games lose their appeal very quickly or just don’t respond well to the Kinect camera.  Many of times, it kind of sits there as a novelty in my house.  The most usage it gets is when I’m too lazy to strap a head set on for some multi-player...

News: Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus Coming to XBLA and PSN

News: Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus Coming to XBLA and PSN

Though Japanese fighting game developer Arc System Works has been busy for the last few years pumping out psuedosequels and updates to its moderately successful moe-infused fighter, BlazBlue, they have finally decided to return to the series that put them on the map: Guilty Gear.  Recently announced on...

Review: NFL Blitz (PSN)

Review: NFL Blitz (PSN)

Firstly, it must be admitted that we don’t live in as awesome an era as we did in the late 90s, in regards to “extreme content.” Entertainment today must be politically correct, so everything goes through the PR department now. Things were different in the late 90s. In 1998, the NFL was...

Release of the Week: Fruit Ninja Kinect (XBLA)

Release of the Week: Fruit Ninja Kinect (XBLA)

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 very...

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

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

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 blasters, buzz...

Release of the Week: Bastion (XBLA)

Release of the Week: Bastion (XBLA)

It’s the middle of July, which means the days are long and the sun is hot. It also means that all the AAA games are having the finishing touches put on as they prepare for a jam packed holiday season. That used to mean a slow release schedule and time for gamers to catch up with their stack of shame....

Release of the Week: Trenched (XBLA)

Release of the Week: Trenched (XBLA)

Normally June means a slow down in game releases. People are going outside and taking vacations, so game sales tend to drop as consumers leave the couch behind. It is unusual, then, for so many games to be released this week.  For example, F.3.A.R. is a messed up psychological thriller that might interest...

Microsoft Press Conference: Recap

Microsoft Press Conference: Recap

Today, GamesAreEvil was alive and live tweeting the Microsoft press conference as it took place this morning in LA, for better or worse. Take a look at today’s comedic highlights followed by an overview from some of our staffers at the bottom. Way to go Microsoft, so Halo 4? Okay Microsoft press...

Review: Star Raiders (XBLA)

Review: Star Raiders (XBLA)

It is decidedly the Age of the Remake.  Many game companies, faced with an ever-expanding audience of potential gamers, are choosing to tap into their IP vaults to create something new out of something very, very old.  Some titles, such as Capcom’s 8-bit Megaman sequels, survived the test of time...

Review: Sega Rally Online Arcade (XBLA)

Review: Sega Rally Online Arcade (XBLA)

RRRRRRRIIIIIIIDDDDDGGGGGGEEEEEEE RRRRRAAAACCCCCEEEEERRRR! Well, actually that is a lie. Sega Rally Online Arcade is a downloadable rally game from – yes, you guessed it, Sega – that channels arcade racing games of old while adding a new coat of paint to the package. Although it is easy to become...