Reviews

Madden NFL 11 Review

Tuesday, 24 August 2010 Terrance Brown

Most gamers are quick to dismiss Madden every year, seeing it as a prime example of easy money for little effort as EA churn out yet another sports game. To some extent that may be true, with many previous games in the series providing few reasons to dig into your wallet for yet another installment. Madden NFL 11, however, looks to not only make it worthwhile for veterans of the series, but also entice the casual gamers out there who like the idea of dabbling in tossing the ol' pigskin around ...

Red Dead Redemption Legends and Killers DLC Review

Wednesday, 18 August 2010 Terrance Brown

Red Dead Redemption: Legends and Killers Pack DLC

Red Dead Redemption's single-player adventure has been one of the highlights of 2010 so far, but it's easy to forget that the wild west adventure also had a robust multiplayer side. Unlike with Grand Theft Auto 4, Rockstar has shown their intent to support RDR with plenty of multiplayer downloadable content, with the first of four newly announced DLC packs, the Legends and Killers Pack, arriving on Xbox LIVE last week ...

Toy Story 3: The Video Game Review

Friday, 06 August 2010 Henry Dowling

Traditionally the mere mention of a movie tie-in is enough to send a shiver down the spine of even the most open minded gamer, bringing forth visions of the countless classic movies which have been butchered and stuffed into a video game mould just to cash in on the popularity of the film. With this as a starting point, you can imagine my surprise when Toy Story 3 showed up and was not only one of the better film licensed titles we've seen in a while, but also one of the most endearing platformer adventure titles out there for the younger crowd ...

Split/Second: Velocity Review

Tuesday, 03 August 2010 Terrance Brown

Imagine every great chase scene from the movies - Ronin, The Italian Job & The Bourne Identity immediately spring to mind. Now take that frenetic action and place it in the context of staged races for a television audience. Add in explosions and edge of your seat action and you have Split/Second: Velocity in a nutshell ...

Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 11 Review

Tuesday, 13 July 2010 Terrance Brown

Over the past year or two the golden boy of golf, Tiger Woods, has fallen somewhat from grace with his personal life having been dragged out for all to see on the front pages of tabloids. With injuries and the aforementioned scandals besetting him his game has naturally suffered and its only recently after a self imposed break from the sport that he has returned to grace the fairways of the golfing world. The same can be said of the game that bears his name and image. The Tiger Woods games have also struggled recently to reclaim the glory of their previous years with below par performances that haven’t endeared the franchise to the hardcore fans of the series ...

Singularity Review

Monday, 12 July 2010 Henry Dowling

If I had a dime for every game that featured a remote secret research facility where a 'freak anomaly' has turned everything upside down, I'd have enough for a deposit on a small seaside cottage. Add an army of dodgy Russians and an American Spec Ops-style hero, and we are definitely in well worn territory here. But somehow even this unoriginal setting doesn't do enough to ruin this strangely intriguing and solid shooter. Instead, this latest offering from Raven Software suffers more under the weight of its own potential than anything else ...

Transformers: War for Cybertron Review

Wednesday, 07 July 2010 Terrance Brown

When I was a kid back in the 1980s there was nothing cooler than Transformers. Here was a range of toys and an animated series that consisted solely of giant transforming robots that waged war with each other using fantastically weird and wonderful weapons. It was simply put, "pure awesome". But time can be a cruel mistress, and over the years the Transformers franchise faded into nothing but a fond memory. Fast forward to the present day, however, and thanks to the likes of Michael Bay, Transformers is once again hot property, with millions of dollars pouring into new Transformers' ventures, including video games ...

Red Dead Redemption Review

Monday, 14 June 2010 Henry Dowling

"Grand Theft Auto with cowboys", we all said when Rockstar outlined their ambitious plans for Red Dead Redemption, the follow up to the moderately successful Red Dead Revolver released back in 2004. How dismissive and cynical we all are. Granted, on paper there are similarities between this Western epic and the much adored GTA franchise, but to draw unequivocal parallels between the two and leave it at that is just laziness. This is not some contrived 'Wild West' skin pulled over the GTA mold. Instead, what we have here is possibly one of the most engaging and atmospheric tales ever told through the medium of video games ...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 'Resurgence Pack' DLC Review

Tuesday, 08 June 2010 Steven De Klerk

The second map pack for Infinity Ward's first person shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, entitled the Resurgence Pack, has finally landed on Xbox LIVE, bringing with it 5 new maps - 2 of which are rehashed Call of Duty 4 maps - along with a rather hefty 1200 MS Points price tag. So is Activision just cashing in, or is there real value in these "new" maps for Call of Duty players ...

Pure Football Review

Tuesday, 08 June 2010 Terrance Brown

Pure Football is one of the rare breed of arcade football titles to get released on the current generation of consoles. Those of you who had a PS2 might remember EA’s FIFA Street series that saw professional footballers form around the world take part in trick infused matches that were more about flair and skill than tactics, and Pure Football tries its best to recreate that same sort of arcade fun ...