The Beatles: Rock Band Review

Yes, Harmonix promised to do “something different” with The Beatles: Rock Band. And yes, it’s still readily recognizable as a Rock Band game. But honestly, people, what did you expect? An open-world sandbox where you design shirts to help make… Read More »

I love seeing great games on the Wii. Muramasa: The Demon Blade most certainly falls into that category. It is one of the best entries into the evanescent beat-em-up (slash-em-up?) genre in recent memory, and is Vanillaware’s best effort to… Read More »

Before, when one thought of Final Fantasy and a fighting game together, the only game that would come to mind would be Ehrgeiz, and, well… let’s not go there. Finally, with the release of Dissidia: Final Fantasy on the PSP,… Read More »

It is safe to assume that almost everyone knows who Batman is. The “super” hero without any super powers but plenty of gadgets at his disposal, the Dark Knight is a comic book icon. However, Batman has never had an… Read More »

I have played a lot of fighters in my day. Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Tekken… you name ’em, I’ve most likely played ’em. However, there was one franchise that slipped my grasp — only one that I had never played:… Read More »

That famous puzzle-solving gentleman and his faithful sidekick are back in Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box from Level 5 and Nintendo. The sequel delivers nearly the same, familiar experience as in Professor Layton and The Curious Village, but still… Read More »

Maybe Little King’s Story should have been rated M by the ESRB, because it is through mature eyes that Cing and Xseed’s unique strategy adventure was certainly meant to be viewed. Behind the childlike veneer of bright, cutesy graphics, classical… Read More »

Madden NFL 10 Review

The Madden franchise, despite its sales success, faces the most criticism year after year. How do you keep your game fresh and new, while at the same time keeping the same fundamental system that fans have grown to love? Last… Read More »

Rhythm games and I usually get along. Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero/Rock Band, you name it, I can usually handle it. BIT.TRIP CORE, however, is a different story. It starts out simple enough: you have four directions — up, down, left,… Read More »

It’s safe to say that videogame critics love to see novelty in the games they play on a day-to-day basis, so it comes as no surprise that the physics-based, 2D action-platformer Trine was met with open arms well before it… Read More »