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Another Big Week on XBLA

September 8, 2011

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The Xbox LIVE Marketplace is atwitter with yet another big release week. Four more titles hit the service today including the ‘free’ game that you’ll be receiving (if you haven’t already) if you bought all of the Summer of Arcade games within the window of opportunity. My pick of the…

And the top iPhone games for August are…

September 8, 2011

Anomaly Warzone Earth/Contre Jour/iPhone/Quality Index

Boy did we apparently get that one wrong. The top game of the month of August, according to the metrics of Quality Index is one of our least favourite iPad games in recent months: Anomaly Warzone Earth. When we reviewed it, we felt it wasn’t anywhere near as innovative or…

And the top iPhone games for August are…

September 8, 2011

Anomaly Warzone Earth/Contre Jour/iPhone/Quality Index

Retro Review: NES Open Tournament Golf (3DS Virtual Console)

September 8, 2011

3DS/NES Open Tournament Golf/Retro Reviews

NES Open Tournament Golf proves two things that are somehow both contradictory and yet entirely appropriate: Golf games have come a long way in the years since, and they haven’t changed at all. The result here is that there’s a game that is weirdly both badly aged, and eminently playable.…

Retro Review: NES Open Tournament Golf (3DS Virtual Console)

September 8, 2011

3DS/NES Open Tournament Golf/Retro Reviews

Review: BloodRayne: Betrayal (PSN)

September 8, 2011

Bloodrayne/PSN/Reviews

Wayforward stands to benefit greatly from the digitally downloadable medium. As a 2D specialist, its games will never stand out on a retail shelf to the masses that clamour for the Call of Duty or Final Fantasy blockbusters, and yet over the years it has built a dedicated niche following,…

Review: BloodRayne: Betrayal (PSN)

September 8, 2011

Bloodrayne/PSN/Reviews

New screens + release date for A Game of Thrones: Genesis

September 7, 2011

A Game of Thrones/screenshots

We’re utterly addicted to the Game of Thrones TV series, and something tells us that we’re going to get hooked on the upcoming strategy game based on George R.R Martin’s fantasy series of novels. The game is being developed by Cyanide, and will be released on September 29. In keeping…

New screens + release date for A Game of Thrones: Genesis

September 7, 2011

A Game of Thrones/screenshots

Retro Review: Shock Troopers (PSN/PSP)

September 7, 2011

PSN/PSP/Retro/Reviews/Shock Troopers

Shooters have taken many different forms over the years, whether that be first-person, third-person, isometric, 2D platformer, or even space shooters. Given all the variations on such a basic formula, it’s not hard to see why SNK invested into the shooting realm by developing or publishing titles like Ikari Warriors…

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