Who will admit that back in 2007 when we bought the Halo 3 beta that had a game called Crackdown bundled with it thought that Microsoft had found an easy way to shift units of a game that didn’t look that good?
I remember as a kid hanging out in the arcades with my friends pumping many 10 pence coins into the machines, usually all of my pocket money gone in a brief afternoon.
Well, July seems to start the EA Sports franchises rearing their heads. The problem with it is that it is hard to judge how far advanced the game has become from last year’s version.
Finally, we have a game that is something different to the Modern Warfare franchise in the form of Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
With everything beginning to become more realistic, more real life and getting a little removed from what gaming is all about, it is nice for a company to take the realism out and put the fun back in.
Everyone who is worth their salt will remember the birth of the modern day fps that was popularised in 1993 by ID Software’s gorefest, Doom.
Our review of UFC Undisputed 2009 was a very positive affair. Not only did we get hooked on a game that married traditional fighting games with more depth and strategy but I personally got hooked on the sport itself.
The Skate franchise is now in a league of its own. The original Skate title burst onto the scene and brought a freshness to proceedings which eventually toppled the tired Tony Hawk franchise.
With one of the biggest sporting events taking place this summer, a game to accompany it, was inevitable but instead of the usual dross 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa actually serves up a playing experience on a par with EA Sports big football series.
Blazblue: Calamity Trigger is a 2d beat em up direct from the jaws of the Japanese gaming market.