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The Walking Dead: Episode One Review

by Diego Escala - on May 18th 2012 - 1 Comment
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The Walking Dead Developer: Telltale Games Price: $5 [per episode, $25 total] Platform: PC, PS3, & Xbox 360 If you’ve been living in some sort of ignorance all your life then I suppose I should tell you that Telltale Games focus on point/click adventure games, and they’re pretty damn good at their craft. After tackling...

Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Review

by Diego Escala - on May 14th 2012 - 2 Comments
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Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Developer: Mojang/4J Studios Price: $20 Platform: Xbox 360 As you all know from my previous article you can check over here, I loved Minecraft. As the good man I am though, I went through the Xbox version fresh, and it’s actually a pretty good port. If you’ve been living under a rock the last few...

Starhawk Review

by Diego Escala - on May 11th 2012 - 1 Comment
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Starhawk Developer: LightBox Interactive Price: $60 Platform: PS3 Incognito Entertainment released the addictively fun game Warhawk in 2007, five years later and that studio has split apart with most members going into either Eat Sleep Play or LightBox Interactive. It’s LightBox who have decided to give us a sort of spiritual successor...

The Witcher 2: AoK Enhanced Edition Review

by Diego Escala - on Apr 27th 2012 - 1 Comment
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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition Developer: CD Projekt RED Price: $60 Platform: PC & 360 In 2007 CD Project RED came out of nowhere and decided to drop The Witcher on us which told the tale of the monster slayer Geralt of Rivia who not only suffers from amnesia, but a pain in his ass called Drowners. Besides a few...

Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat Review

by Diego Escala - on Apr 24th 2012 - 1 Comment
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Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat Developer: Pipeworks Software Price: $30 Platform: PS3 & 360 Now I’m sure you’re all quite familiar with the Spike TV show ‘Deadliest Warrior’ where they bring in a group of experts who explain the basic tactics of the combatants they represent then toss all the info into...

Anomaly: Warzone Earth Review

by Diego Escala - on Apr 9th 2012 - Comments Off
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Anomaly: Warzone Earth Developer: 11 Bit Studio Price: $10 (800 points) Platform: 360 So Anomaly: Warzone Earth is a reverse tower defense game that released on the PC a year ago with an iOS quickly done. 11 Bit Studio turned the tower defense genre on its head with their unique title that put you in control of the creep going up against...

Silent Hill: Downpour Review: A Welcome Return to the Nightmare

by Trevor Stamp - on Apr 6th 2012 - 1 Comment
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Silent Hill Downpour Developer: Vatra Games Platforms: PlayStation 3 [reviewed], Xbox 360 Price: $59.99 Silent Hill is known for its focus on delivering psychological horror rather than visceral horror. The series wields disturbing imagery and unpredictable scare tactics in order to take players on a horrific journey through the eerie,...

Kingdoms of Amalur Review: Toying with Fate

by Zack Mok - on Apr 4th 2012 - No Comments
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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is loooong. Purported to be a game of an extraordinary 200 hours in length and a blend of action and RPG, Amalur certainly seems to rival the likes of The Elder Scrolls at first glance; this shouldn’t be surprising, given support on the project from lead designer of Morrowind and Oblivion fame, Ken Rolston....

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