REVIEW – Burnout Paradise: Big Surf Island (DLC)

As the name of the DLC suggests Big Surf Island adds a new area to the Paradise city map. The new area while relatively small is quite “compact” featuring lots of new jumps, destructibles and races. There are also several new cars to unlock, 4 of which are “toy versions” of cars previously released in the Legendary cars pack.

NEWS: Coral Sea Unlocked on Battlefield 1943

While 43 million kills seemed a daunting target, dedicated Xbox 360 owners reached the target in 4 days. This then unlocked the new air superiority game mode on the Coral Sea Map. A big shout out goes to jkasapi who according to EA registered the 43 millionth kill, the only questions left are how long [...]

REVIEW – Battlefield 1943 (XBLA)

I have to confess to not being the biggest fan of first person shooters as I tend to die fairly quickly and often. So it was with a bit of trepidation that I started playing Battlefield 1943. I quickly found out that my trepidation was not warrented as the game is easy and enjoyable to play and offers a suprising amount of depth for an XBLA title.

The first thing to note is that the game is quite limites as it is just one multiplayer mode (12 v 12, Conquest) and limited to 3 maps (4 once coral sea is unlocked later this week). There are only 2 factions and 3 soldier classes, but despite this the game feels immensely varied and is one of those rare games you can either dip into quickly or play for hours.

Game Review: Trivial Pursuit

Game Details Title: Trivial Pursuit Developer: Electronic Arts Released (UK): 13/03/2009 Age Rating: 3+ Game Type: Board Games Multi-player: Up to 4 player local only Background An adaptation of the popular board game for the Xbox 360. Positives It has 2 new modes including single player, its easy and fun to play and for Gamerscore [...]

Would Like To See: In Mass Effect 2

Note: Article contains spoilers for Mass Effect and the Bringing Down the Sky “expansion” Mass effect is one of my favourite games for the Xbox 360 and with the recent release of the presumably misleading teaser trailer for the sequel it seemed like a good time to go over what things from the original game [...]

XBLA Review: 3 on 3 NHL Arcade

Game Details Title: 3 on 3 NHL Arcade Developer: EA Canada Released (UK): 11/02/2009 Current Price: 800 MS Points Age Rating: E Game Type: Sport (Ice Hockey) Multi-player: Up to 6 players online, Up to 4 players local Background 3 on 3 NHL Arcade is a sports game that offers quick games of 3 on [...]

Burnout Paradise Party Pack Review (DLC)

The Burnout Paradise Party Pack DLC allows you to run offline “party” games for up to 8 players on your console. These games are short challenges that should last between 30 seconds to 2 minutes per player and are typically along the lines of a specific stunt or getting as many near misses as possible. These games are fun to play by themselves if you dont fancy going into the main game itself. The DLC also gives you two new achievements that are each worth 25 gamerpoints.

Game Review: FIFA 09

Game Details Title: Fifa 09 Developer: EA Sports Released (UK): 03/10/2008 Age Rating: 3+ Game Type: Football (Soccer) Online Multi-player: Up to 20 players Main Reasons to Buy It is one of the latest and best football games on the markets, the 10 v 10 mode is superb and their are a wealth of options [...]