The Virtua Fighter series has had a long history, starting out in the arcades and then appearing on various home consoles. The game has always had it’s distinct following, and whilst fighters like Dead or Alive and Tekken have their own fans, it’s interesting to note that the Virtua Fighter
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja is based on the popular anime series, which has gained huge popularity not only in its native Japan, but also in Europe and the US. The series (and game) tells the tale of ninja in training Naruto Uzumaki, who is cursed from birth with a
The Xbox 360 winter lineup appears to have a vast number of first person shooters to sink your teeth into, and whilst many gamers have sampled the delights of Halo 3 already, it’s interesting to note that there is in fact life after Halo 3! Take Clive Barker’s Jericho for
The Ace Combat series has enjoyed a long and prosperous life on consoles, and whilst I think my first foray into the series was the Japanese version of Ace Combat 3 on the Playstation, I throughly enjoyed the mixture of storyline with the mayhem of shooting foes in the skies.
It’s interesting that Atari have brought the rather wacky and sublime Beautiful Katamari to Western shores, and more unusual to Xbox 360. Whilst the game started out in 2004 on PS2, the advantage the PS2 had was a diverse and huge fan base of gamers across the globe. Without trying
SEGA Rally has always been considered by many as the definitive arcade rally game considering it appeared in the actual arcades in the 90’s as well as appearing on various home consoles such as the SEGA Saturn or Genesis, depending on which side of the pond you live. With its
The developers Naughty Dog, who originally created the Crash Bandicoot games have moved on to pastures new and have partnered with Sony (for the time being). However, the legacy of the Crash Bandicoot games lives on, as Xbox 360 has its first taste of the madness that is contained within
Ubisoft released a CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) game on the PC several years ago and then subsequently a version was ported to the Xbox. The game received a mixed response, and whilst it was true to the TV program, the point and click style harked back to the old school
The first Blazing Angels offered us an arcade like approach to what many would consider a boring genre which simply involves chasing squares on an empty screen and waiting for a lock on. Well considering the series is set during World War II when no such technology was used in
Two Worlds has a lot to live up to especially when it’s a game that has a number of similarities with the hugely successful Elderscrolls IV: Oblivion. Whilst Oblivion was well received across the board and garnered much praise as an early game in the Xbox 360’s life, Two Worlds
