My Xbox told me this game was good, but then it does have a strange sense of humour. Unlike other XBLA games like Battlefield 1943, 'Splosion Man is amateurish and not up to snuff in my little black book.

Sat, 27 Feb 2010

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Battlefield is frankly a brilliant game, Xbox Live Arcade or not. Quality maps, modes and attention to detail make this seem more like a big boxed title than a little download. How did they do that?

Thu, 25 Feb 2010

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The B Team: Metal Cartoon Squad is an arcadey, simple squad based shooter on the Nintendo DS. There are four environments and thirty levels to blast through, as well as a co op mode.

Thu, 14 Jan 2010

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Sim Animals, like The Sims, offers the chance to nanny a group of demanding pets. Only here the pets look like pets rather than people. While not as big as The Sims 3 the animal angle offers plenty of innovations. But other than this it is business as usual for the series.

Sun, 27 Dec 2009

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This brilliantly named, Encleverment Experiment, quiz-style game has hit Xbox Live Arcade with a bang, giving its players fun, engaging puzzles and challenges that'll entertain everyone. Sporting everything you could want in a puzzle game, and going further into the realms of confusion than you ever thought possible, Encleverment Experiment is one of those really really great games that'll entertain, challenge and frustrate you for hours on end.

Sun, 06 Dec 2009

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Towerbloxx is a lovely new game on XBox 360 Live Arcade. Combining simplistic and very addictive gameplay, a rounded, nice visual style and an all-round great experience. Stack tower segments on top of each other to build towers and get more and more people to live in your town. Think SimCity crossed with Tetris. Towerbloxx on 360 is one of the best games to come from XBLA yet.

Fri, 13 Nov 2009

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Mushroom Men The Spore Wars is a new little adventure game from the mostly unheard of SouthPeak Games. It offers a nice Zelda-like adventure through which to trot, and it makes good use of its unusual environments to create interesting and diverse levels. Fight and jump through in this fun, well built game.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009

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Monsters vs Aliens on 360, PS3 and Wii is a fun, but simple game. Easy-peasy controls, interesting levels and funny dialogue. Although I don't like to admit it, this ticks all my kid-like boxes.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009

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Buzz! Junior: Monster Rumble is a party game aimed at a young audience. The game was ported to the PlayStation 3 by Cohort Studios from the PS2. It includes trophy support and the ability to use a DualShock wireless controller instead of Buzzers, but this doesn't make up for what is a very simple, quick to finish and overall extremely lacking game.

Sat, 24 Oct 2009

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LostWinds Winter of the Melodias on the Nintendo Wii is the platforming sequel to popular WiiWare launch title. The game has a lot to live up to. But it manages to pull it off in what is arguable a better and more rounded sequel. The puzzles are back and are bigger and better than ever, and the gorgeous graphics return and flourish once again, continuing the series deceiving looks.

Wed, 14 Oct 2009

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