Category: Xbox 360

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Despite the name, this Medal of Honor is in fact the sixth game in the series to be released on PC (including two expansions) with countless spinoff titles having also been released on consoles. Unlike previous games, however, this particular title has managed to attract the attention of a lot of mainstream media – due…

Lode Runner Review

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In 1983, IBM released the PC XT, the final episode of M*A*S*H was aired and BrØderbund released Lode Runner. A lot has happened in the intervening 26 years – is the original game, represented pretty faithfully here, still relevant? Does (or should) anyone care? We had a look and, if you can’t be bothered reading…

Enslaved: Odyssey To The West Review

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Remember when you were a kid, and you would call out that you were going to the park, and your mum would yell back to take your little sister, and off you’d go, and she’d cry and moan the whole way? Enslaved is exactly like that. Except that it’s set in a post-apocalyptic world where…

XCOM: Enemy Unknown Review

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based strategy game, available on PC, 360, and PS3. If you’re interested in finding out more about the specific implementation of the mechanics, or would like to know how the graphics (or other technology) compares to other titles, be sure to check out. Hadyn’s coverage of the title comes from…

Rage Review

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id Software. The name of the company is synonymous with the entire first person shooter genre – it’s not something anyone else can claim, and for good reason: they invented it*. So when they release a new one, the world pays attention. Their last new IP, Quake, was rather successful. It took the concepts crafted…

Homefront Review

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After playing Homefront I cannot help but feel bad for Kaos Studios (the developer) because you can tell a lot of love and work was put into it. The problem is that when you put all of that aside there is, sadly, almost nothing special about this first person shooter. Set in the year 2027,…

Torchlight Review

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in PC, Reviews, Xbox 360

In 1997 a few good folks got together and made one of role-playing gaming’s standout and breakthrough titles. Three years later they did it again. No, this review is not about Diablo – but it is about a game that’s its virtual clone. And that’s to be expected, Torchlight was developed by Runic Games –…

The Godfather II Review

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Firefighter. Astronaut. Policeman. These were all pretty stock-standard responses from kids when asked what they wanted to be when they grew up. However I’m pretty sure I wanted to be a Don – much to my primary teacher’s shock. Coppola’s trilogy of masterpieces portrayed a gritty, dark but overwhelmingly attractive view of the Mafia. There…

Ashes Cricket 2009 Review

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in PC, PS 3, Reviews, Wii, Xbox 360

As England and Australia currently battle it out in the Ashes series overseas, cricket fans will soon be able to step up to the crease with Ashes Cricket 2009. Cricket games definitely are few and far between (in fact if memory serves me right, the last one we saw was back in 2007). This time…

The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai Review

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Games like Super Mario Sunshine and Tamagotchi: Corner Shop have been bringing “virtual housework” to the medium of video games for years; imagine, then, how tentative and nervous a game called “The Dishwasher” made us here at Gameskeys when we first heard about it. Fortunately the subtitle “Dead Samurai”, in addition to making the game…

Splinter Cell: Conviction Review

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in PC, Reviews, Xbox 360

Despite being nearly a pensioner, Sam Fisher’s still got it. Scaling buildings, severing spines and suspending himself upside down by his thighs for extended periods of time are still no problem for our aging hero. In fact now he’s growing himself a beard – which we imagine can only triple his awesomeness once fully grown.…

Military Madness: Nectaris Review

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If you’ve ever played an Advance Wars game (Gameboy, GBA, DS) or Field Commander (PSP), you’ve a pretty good idea of what to expect from this new Xbox Live Arcade retro remake: turn-based strategy on a hex grid with a military theme. For those new to the genre, don’t be afraid – this isn’t some…

InFamous Review

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in PC, Reviews, Xbox 360

Though it may not seem it, superhero adventure inFamous isn’t such a huge leap from its Sly Cooper cutesy platformer predecessors as it first appears. Like fellow Stateside Sony developers Naughty Dog and Insomniac, Sucker Punch have eschewed the cartoony nature of their PS2 work to focus on a more mature premise with a dark…

Yahtzee Review

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Formerly with Milton Bradley but now part of the Hasbro games stable, Yahtzee is a game with origins tracing back through time, although it can be more definitively traced to 1956, when it was first filed for as a trademark. But now it can be traced to the games section of the Xbox Live marketplace,…

Bubble Bobble Neo (XBLA) Review

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Bubble Bobble Neo is a remake of the 1986 Taito arcade game. Taking control of either Bub or Bob, a pair of cute little dinosaurs that went on to star in the Puzzle Bobble games, players are tasked with defeating enemies in 100 stages by blowing bubbles at them. In 1986, it was good harmless…

SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection Review

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in PS 3, Reviews, Xbox 360

The 16-bit era for me was an especially sweet time for gaming. New gaming consoles such as the Mega Drive and Super Nintendo let developers really tighten up and refine game play from the last generation as well as of course adding a lot of atmosphere and polish. I personally find games from this era…

Phantasy Star II (XBLA) Review

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One of those rare RPGs to be set in a space-based future, Phantasy Star was epic and awesome for more than just that reason. Its gameplay and characters were incredibly memorable and playing through the games was all the evidence gamers of 1989 (yep, this game was first released twenty years ago!) needed to justify…

Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising Review

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