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Tekken 6

PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

18 Nov, 2009

Tekken 6 review

Tekken and Soul Calibur have always been my fighting games of choice. I even liked Mortal Kombat over Street Fighter in the past so go figure what that says about me. Anyway, Tekken 6 has hit the next-gen systems so does it deliver all that you’d expect? Well, if you want a fighting game which you can pick up and play but also master if you put the effort in with a massive roster of characters to play as then I guess that’s a yes. If you want a fantastic campaign mode to play through as well then forget it...

The King Of Fighters XII

PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

5 Oct, 2009

The King Of Fighters XII review

I recently watched Charlie Brooker (of The Guardian’s Screenburn column and BBC’s Screenwipe) in his new show Gameswipe, in which basically his career came more-or-less full circle, he having started off as a games journalist, made it into TV, and then come back to reviewing videogames again. Mr Brooker managing to make the leap from games journo to TV ‘star’, despite having many of the traits of your average videogame journo – lack of film-star looks (when watching him on TV, you can’t help feeling that somewhere back in his family tree a Cabbage Patch doll had an affair with...

Soul Calibur Broken Destiny

PSP / Reviews

11 Sep, 2009

Soul Calibur Broken Destiny review

Soul Calibur on the PSP is pretty much what you’d expect from the fighting series. It has the usual roster of characters you know and maybe love including Voldo, Cervantes, Ivy, Kilik etc and this time the guest character is Kratos from God of War which is very in keeping with the series seeing as he has a couple of very big swords and that whip-type thing. The game’s always had high quality visuals and they’ve done a very good job of keeping things looking great on the handheld. Characters are bright and detailed and environments are equally great to...

Bleach The Dark Souls

DS / Reviews

9 Jun, 2009

Bleach The Dark Souls review

Bleach is one of those super-long running anime/manga series that is older than your gran and as hip as Espresso and Sudoku. There are exactly one zillion volumes of manga to read, and I’m unfamiliar with all of them. At the risk of offending any otaku in the audience, I will avoid trying to wrap my head around any of the storylines and instead offer up a brief summary of the manga. Here it is: Ichigo has accidentally become a Grim Reaper, and so he has to use his new powers to defend his fellow humans from sinister spirits. What...

Street Fighter picture

PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

9 Jan, 2009

Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix review

Even though Street Fighter IV is almost upon us in February, and Street Fighter II has appeared to gamers in several forms over many platforms since its first release, Capcom have decided to release yet another version you can download over Xbox Live or from the PlayStation Network. This remixed edition not only provides an arcade perfect version of the game fighting fans know and love, but also a whole new remixed version with a complete makeover from Udon, the guys who currently make the Street Fighter comics. Not only that, but those familiar theme tunes have been given a...

Screenshot of Soul Calibur IV

PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

7 Aug, 2008

Soul Calibur IV review

I love the Soul Calibur games. There’s something nice and shiny about them and it’s so easy to pick up and play that anyone can join in the fun without having to be a fighting master – I’m talking to you Virtua Fighter. Soul Calibur IV is the first game for the new batch of consoles and boy does it look pretty! All your favourite characters are there along with a few new ones and the ability to make your own character based on current characters’ fighting styles or you can modify current characters with new clothes, hair, weapons and...

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