Retrospectives

Developer: Visual Concepts Publisher: 2K Sports Release Date: October 2, 2012 Available On: PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 I have to admit, after opening up the review copy of NBA 2K13 that was provided by 2K Sports, I had my first experience with this basketball franchise in several years…the last time I spent much time…

Developer: Eurocom Publisher: Activision Release Date: October 16, 2012 Available On: PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 Fifty years. It’s hard to believe that the world’s greatest spy has been around that long on the silver screen. Beginning with Sean Connery’s debut in the role in 1962’s Dr. No, James Bond has become an indelible experience…

Developer: WayForward Technologies Publisher: Majesco Release Date: September 11, 2012 Available On: PS3 and Xbox 360 Remaking old games has become chic as of late. Double Dragon Neon is only the latest in a long string of retro classics being reborn for modern consoles. Most of them have failed because they do not attempt to…

Developer: High Moon Studios Publisher: Activision Release Date: August 21, 2012 Available On: PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 The Transformers series has become an annual franchise for Activision. While not nearly as important as the likes of Call of Duty, Activision’s Transformers games have consistently received fairly positive reviews both from Game Freaks 365 and…

Developer: Trickstar Games Publisher: Mad Catz Release Date: August 28, 2012 Available On: PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 Mad Cats is mostly known as a hardware company, although they have dabbled in a few games over the years including a poorly received dance game with a mat for the GameCube and a golf simulator with…

Developer: 2XL Games Publisher: Reverb Publishing Release Date: June 26, 2012 Available On: PS3 and Xbox 360 Jeremy McGrath’s Offroad looks and plays a lot like the PlayStation 3 launch title Motorstorm. I don’t know if that says a lot about Motorstorm or this game, but it is obvious where the inspiration came from. Those…

Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: August 19, 2012 Available On: 3DS and Nintendo eShop Being skeptical about an upcoming Mario game was an unsettling feeling, but I was hardly thrilled about New Super Mario Bros. 2 in the weeks leading up to its release. Fortunately, it only lasted about ten minutes after I started…

Developer: Zen Studios Publisher: Zen Studios Release Date: June 26, 2012 Available On: 3DS, XBLA, PSN I have never been the biggest pinball player, but I have always known that Zen Studios was the team for pinball video games: their titles have always been praised for realistic physics and clever table designs. I actually know…

Developer: indies0zero Publisher: Square-Enix Release Date: July 3, 2012 Available On: 3DS I have been meaning to publish my review for Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy for quite some time, but the truth is, I’ve spent most of my free time playing this new 3DS spin-off since its release on July 3. If that ruins the “surprise”…

Developer: Robomodo Publisher: Activision Release Date: July 18, 2012 Available On: PS3 and Xbox 360 If the original entries of the mega-popular Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series taught players anything about great skateboarding video games, it’s first and foremost that it was possible for them to exist. It accomplished this by adhering to two fundamental…

Developer: Beenox Publisher: Activision Release Date: June 26, 2012 Available On: 3DS, NDS, PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 The “Arkham” series of Batman games was a real change of pace, considering that most comic book/video game mash-ups in the past were generally terrible. If you recall, developer Rocksteady even brought home a few “Game of…