Live Arcade Review

Worms 2: Armageddon inches its way to Xbox Live

Peter — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:03:05 +0000

One of the first games I played on my first PC was Worms. I loved turn-based strategic warfare that doesn’t lose its sense of humor. One of the more popular versions of the Worms game was Worms Armageddon, with its really nice maps. New gamers will now get to play a new Worms game [...]

Blazing Bird impressions

Peter — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:52:48 +0000

A month ago, I talked about the release of the robot badminton game Blazing Birds. Now that it’s been released how does the game fare? On paper, Blazing Birds does sound exciting. The thought of robots playing badminton sounds like a cute and quirky idea. But unfortunately, the reality is far from impressive. First of [...]

2D fighters slug their way to Xbox Live

Peter — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:15:49 +0000

In the realm of fighting games, 2D fighters are still quite popular. These games — well represented by the seminal Street Fighter — have endured the arrival of the 3D fighter (with its great graphics) and have been able to hold its own because of its great gameplay. Now, Xbox Live fans will get to play [...]

Hedgehog mayhem with Sonic The Hedgehog 3

Peter — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:25:02 +0000

Sonic The Hedgehog had a great run as Sega’s official mascot (their answer to Nintendo’s Mario) and the games during its heyday in the eighties and part of the nineties were really awesome sidescrolling platformers. Unfortunately, his 3D outing did not create as strong an impact as the sidescrollers and most gamers nowadays only remember [...]

Seminal FPS Wolfenstein 3D blasts through Xbox Live

Peter — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:35:46 +0000

Any serious gamer who knows his gaming history knows that Wolfenstein occupies a special place in the pantheon of seminal video games, having helped usher the first person shooter genre. Now you can relive the nostalgia that is Wolfenstein with availability of Wolfenstein 3D in Xbox Live. In Wolfenstein 3D you will play OSA agent BJ [...]

Robot badminton offered by Blazing Birds

Peter — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:05:02 +0000

The Pong-type gameplay may be the first game mechanic ever programmed and obviously has it has seen gameplay iterations that are just too many to mention. But the game mechanic has maintained its popularity and proof that it is a tried and tested classic are the number of new games that still come out today [...]

New “Puzzle” game soon to be released

Peter — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:43:27 +0000

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of The Warlords and Puzzle Quest: Galactrix were two RPG-style puzzle games that gained a lot of followers. In fact, it was quite a popular game in whatever platform it was released in. Now, Infinite Interactive is set to release its new puzzle game, Puzzle Chronicles, which was once known as Death [...]

Herd mentality and Flock

Peter — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:05:36 +0000

If you are on the lookout for a zany game for the Xbox 360 then you really should check out Flock. This cute sandbox puzzle game has a premise that is totally out of this world, literally and figuratively. You will basically pilot a UFO around a very colorful landscape. The objective of the game [...]

Wolfenstein 3D Classic for XBLA

Peter — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:53:44 +0000

With a new Wolfenstein game coming out later this year, now is the best time to revisit the seminal Wolfenstein franchise. id Software has announced that Wolfenstein 3D Classic will be made available on the iPhone and iPod Touch through the Apple App Store. The new iteration of the classic game will have touch based controls [...]

Party fun with Uno Rush

Peter — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:04:43 +0000

A new party game that you should consider getting from Xbox Live Arcade is Uno Rush. Uno Rush is a four player social party game. Being an Uno game, I think it will be quite easy to learn the rules of the game. All you need to do is to sort the cards dealt to you [...]