Browsing all articles tagged with XBLA.
Review: After Burner Climax (360/PS3).
Originally released in the arcades back in 2006, Sega’s After Burner Climax was the fourth game in the popular After Burner aerial combat series originally designed by Sega legend Yu Suzuki with his AM2 team.
Powered by Sega’s Lindbergh hardware and featuring an awesome servo-powered moving chair in its deluxe variation, Climax proved popular with fans [...]
Drake can’t beat Master Chief; but the PS3 can win the format war.
There’s no question that since I last evaluated the Playstation 3 that Sony has made superb progress in raising the profile of the console and making it much more accessible and appealing to console buyers.
The PS3 has always had an impressive feature set but its price was always a stumbling block for many; particularly as [...]
Review: Zombie Apocalypse (360/PS3).
Zombie Apocalypse is a twin stock shooter similar in play to the classic arcade game Smash TV; except instead of a game show you are stuck in the middle of gaming’s latest love affair: a zombie outbreak.
Konami’s Zombie Apocalypse lands on XBLA and PSN next week.
If there are two things we like here at Paradox; its shooters and Zombies! So the news that Konami’s twin stick shooter Zombie Apocalypse hits both PSN and XBLA next week (September 23rd) has left us scurrying for our wallets in anticipation of yet more undead extermination.
Developed by Nihilistic, the overhead twin stick shooter (yes, [...]
Finally the Sonic game we have been waiting for?
Sega have just announced that they are at last developing a Sonic game which will go back to the series 2D roots.
After years of fans complaining about Sonic’s pretty dire 3D adventures, it seems as though Sega have finally listened.
The game, currently known as Project Needlemouse, will be built entirely from the ground [...]
Serious Sam HD: The best game trailer ever?
Regardless of whether you have any interest in the game itself, you really must watch this new trailer for the game. This is probably the best game trailer I’ve ever seen, it’s like totally Digital Awesome!
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Digital distribution to kill future classics?
Digitally downloading your games is a convenient and often cheaper method of building your games collection. The games are usually automatically patched, the ’stores’ never close and they can deliver your chosen game (more or less) there and then.
The lack of packaging probably helps the environment and certainly saves on shelf space; if my house [...]
Review: Shadow Complex (XBLA).
Unless you missed the multitude of adverts on Live, you may very well be aware that Shadow Complex (the collaboration between Epic Games and Chair Entertainment) was released on XBLA yesterday.
Shadow Complex has been billed by Microsoft as the “height of old-school side-scrolling design combined with modern, cutting-edge gameplay” and early previews have all suggested [...]
Plants Vs Zombies coming to XBLA.
Popcap have announced that they are bringing their rather excellent tower defence style game Plants Vs Zombies to Xbox Live Arcade! An iPhone version has also been reported as in the works.
No release date has been confirmed yet but this is great news for 360 owners. Here’s hoping they also sort out a PSN release [...]
