Publisher: Microsoft Studios Developer: EPIC Games, People Can Fly Platform: Xbox 360 Release: March 19th, 2013 After three titles and countless fans, the generous folks at Epic Games and People Can Fly decided that instead of heading further into...
5
Amazing
HALO 4 [Game]
Publisher: Microsoft Studios Developer: 343 Industries Platform: Xbox 360 Released: November 6th, 2012 It seems that every time a AAA title comes out in this generation it is over-hyped and falls flat in contrast to what is promised on the wind-up. With...
5
Mucho Perfecto
The Walking Dead – Ep.4 – Around Every Corner [Game]
Publisher: Telltale Games Developer: Telltale Games Platform: Xbox 360, PS3, Steam, iOS Released: October 9th, 2012 It’s not everyday that a company would bank 100% of their efforts on the writing, the story, and the love. Telltale is renowned for their point...
5
Perfect
Mark of the Ninja [Game]
Publisher: Microsoft Studios Developer: Klei Entertainment Platform: Xbox 360 Released: September 7th Klei put their stain on my heart with their first release Shank, and kicked open the door for fully loaded artistic perfection on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Shank...
3.5
Good
Deadlight [Game]
Publisher: Microsoft Studios Developer: Tequila Works Platform: Xbox Live Arcade Released: August 1st Rated: M for Mature I first got wind of Deadlight over a year back when I noticed a screen shot that showed a highway sign that read...
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Buggy
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD [Game]
Publisher: Activision Developer: Robomodo Platform: Playstation Network, Xbox Live, Windows Released: July 18th (360), Q3 (PSN, PC) Rated: T for Teen When Activision and company decided to reboot and re-imagine THPS, my entire generation of gamers rejoiced. However, I think we all...
A Small Tribute to Radical Entertainment
These past few weeks have brought us a lot of things, one of which I don’t think anyone saw coming. The closure of Radical Entertainment. For years, Radical has been a homestead and headquarters of awesomeness in Vancouver. Since its conception in 1991, this subsidiary of Activision has made some great games that will forever be remembered. The founding members were...
Microsoft Surface Pro: LAN Party Superstar?
As you may have heard, Microsoft has just announced a new Windows 8 tablet to compete with the iPad. Called the Microsoft Surface, it’s the first time Microsoft has really gone all-in on a first-party hardware project in awhile (since the Xbox, really, unless you want to count Zune) so people are pretty excited. As a replacement for the current iPad,...
4.5
Awesome
Max Payne 3 [Game]
Publisher: Rockstar Studios, Distributed by Take Two Interactive Developer: Rockstar Vancouver Platform: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 (reviews), and PC Released: May. 15th (NA) on Console, May. 31st (NA) on PC. Rated: M for Mature “An Older, not-so-wiser Payne embarks on a hell bent bloodbath well worth a reunion to the series”. It’s been many years since we positively visited the world of...
E3 2012: Xbox “Entertainment Evolved” Live-Blog
This event is now OVER. Please feel free to read through the news as it broke, and comment on the article.
4.5
Beautiful
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier BETA – and why nothing else matters.
A long time ago, I believe it was Island Thunder in 2003, the Ghost Recon franchise took me by storm (pun COMPLETELY intended). The gameplay that GR provided to the genre was unseen and worked like a charm. It was also the first reason I can recall for using my Xbox microphone. Along the rest of the timeline in the...
Microsoft Rumoured to be Phasing Out the “Points” Monetary System
Like everything else with the word “Rumoured” on it, be sure to take this story with a grain of salt, but reports have recently begun surfacing about Microsoft’s plans to start killing off their “Points” system in favour of the more popular and understood “actual damn money” system. (I mean, 800 Microsoft Points equals ten dollars. But you can...
New Xbox Dashboard Update Has Indie Developers Unhappy
With the new, snazzy Xbox Dashboard update now officially here in all it’s…metallic grey glory, users have started getting used to the new interface, including finding out where they can access the apps and services they had become accustomed to under the old system. These new changes however seemed to have given the burgeoning community of Xbox Live Indie Developers...
Microsoft the Next Producer to Block Class-Action Litigation *Update*
Late yesterday the new Xbox 360 Dashboard dropped into the public realm, and like all electronic updates these days it came with an updated and mandatory Terms of Service we all had to blindly skip over before selecting the “Accept” option and getting back to Skyrim. But what exactly do these Terms of Service agreements entail, and are they potentially...
New Xbox 360 Dashboard due out December 6th
After months of private beta testing, new feature reveals, and painful, embarrassing mistakes, everyone’s favourite Microsoft talking head Major Nelson officially announced yesterday that we will soon be getting our hands on the new Xbox 360 Dashboard. Coming out Tuesday, December 6th, for all Xbox 360 users, the new dashboard will include a plethora of new features, such as Bing...
1
Lazy
Red Bull X-fighters World Tour – XBLA [Game]
Publisher: Konami Developer:Xendex Platform: Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade Marketplace Release: September 14, 2011 “It’s just barely passable. Though I can’t recommend it to anyone..” The Red Bull X-fighters are a series of Motocross stunt competitions conceived and carried out by Energy Drink Producer Red Bull. Given that FMX stunt shows can be pretty exciting to watch, someone had...
2
Meh
Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone – XBLA [Game]
Publisher: Konami Developer: Backbone Entertainment Platform: Xbox 360, PS3 Released: Oct 25, 2011 “Catering to gamers who are convinced they are prepared for the zombie apocalypse.” Why do we keep doing this to ourselves? I’ve seen too many Dual Joystick shooters in the past two years to care anymore, and too many zombie games where it’s just become a...
Xbox Celebrates 10 Years in Canada!
Today, is not only the 10th anniversary of Halo: CE (review to come), but it’s also the 10th anniversary of the console that first brought us the game! Microsoft hit fan-boy paydirt the day it launched the “PS2 killer” and gave us Master Chief, Project Gotham Racing, and the always forgotten Fuzion Frenzy. Not only did the Xbox finally give...
Microsoft Studios acquires indie developer Twisted Pixel
In the growing corporate world, companies are being bought out more than ever. Some of the biggest of recent days have been EA acquiring PopCap Games and Sony acquiring Sucker Punch, but the industry’s newest purchase is of the indie developer Twisted Pixel, who is now in ownership of Microsoft Studios. Twisted Pixel was founded only in 2006, but has...
Forza Motorsport 4 Launches with its Day 1 DLC
Forza Motorsport 4 has finally revved up today, launching in North America with the rest of the world due to get it soon. The reviews are already shooting highly positive, especially thanks to the obscene library of features and cars. However, its size is already growing larger with the release of its Day 1 DLC, the American Muscle Car pack....
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