Hydro Thunder: Hurricane Review
Posted in Hydro Thunder: Hurricane, Reviews, Summer of Arcade, XBLA, Xbox 360 by Nick Ward on Sunday 8 August 2010 2:00 am
“HYDROOOO THUNDER!” Ah yes, how can those of us who poured quarters into the arcades in the late nineties forget about the classic, boost-filled arcade racer. For those of you less familiar with the franchise, Hydro Thunder was an arcade game released in 1999 that benefited from it’s over the top jumps, drops and roaring high-speed boats. The series had been left untouched for years until Vector Unit and Microsoft Game Studios teamed up to reimagine the sequel, Hydro Thunder: Hurricane. Does the successor live up to its famous arcade predecessor – hit the jump to find out! Read more »
Limbo Review: Tread Carefully
Posted in Limbo, Reviews, Summer of Arcade, XBLA, Xbox 360 by Raphael Essoo-Snowdon on Friday 23 July 2010 3:49 pm
Kicking off this year’s annual Summer of Arcade comes the award-winning puzzle-platformer, Limbo – an extraordinary little title from Danish developer, PlayDead Studios. Following the likes of Braid and Lucidity on XBLA, Limbo succeeds in all the right places – but does its distinct art style and clever puzzles make it worthy of a place on your digital shelf? Hit the jump and dive in as we give our verdict on a journey through hell’s edge. Read more »
Perfect Dark Review: No Expansion Pak Required
Posted in Perfect Dark, Reviews, XBLA, Xbox 360 by Raphael Essoo-Snowdon on Monday 29 March 2010 6:11 am
Two generations ago the spiritual successor to GoldenEye 007, Perfect Dark was arguably the best shooter to have ever graced the consoles. Bursting with so much content at the time, it required a compulsory memory upgrade if you intended on playing the full game. Ten years on and 4J Studios, the team behind the XBLA Banjo remakes have worked their magic and given Perfect Dark the treatment it so rightly deserved. Times have changed though, we no longer need four controllers or a big enough TV to accommodate split screen, and rounding up four friends for a good old fragfest is a thing of the past. With almost a decade in between the remake and its original launch on the N64, does this classic stand the test of time? Read More »