Akimi Village Review (PlayStation Network)

Build, manage and save the floating village of the Akimi people. A world that you've never been to before, but have strangely awoken on after falling asleep in the comfortable confines of your own bed.

The game is like a mixture of Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing, allowing for creation and management through gameplay actions.

Check out my full review:

Akimi Village Review

Trenched Review (XBOX Live Arcade)

Tower defense fans and those who like action games should certainly check out Trenched. It marries the two together with Double Fine's unique personality and wit, to combine an interesting mixture/experience.

Check out my full review:

Trenched Review

Transformers: Dark of the Moon Review

Autobots; roll out!

With the release of Michael Bay's third Transformers film adaptation, Activision and High Moon Studios teamed up to release a film companion video game. Using assets from last year's polished, fun and cool Transformers: War For Cybertron, the game changes some things up for better or worse. Delivering us robotic war on Earth this time around, the game tells a prequel story that ties things in between Transformers 2 and 3.

So, how does it stack up against its predecessors (and the general gaming market)? Read on:

Transformers: Dark of the Moon Review

*This review was done using the XBOX 360 version, which is the same build as the PlayStation 3 one

Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation Map Pack Review

Guns? Check. Explosives? Check. Zombies and monkeys? Check.

Activision and Treyarch have released the third map pack for one of the most popular games of all time - Call of Duty: Black Ops. It brings four new traditional maps to the fold, including hazard, drive-in, silo and hangar-18. Not to mention a trip to the jungle for the all-popular zombie mode.

They key to a good map pack is creativity and great design. To find out how this one stands up, check out my thoughts:

Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation Map Pack Review

Half-Minute Hero Super Neo Climax Review

Ever wanted to play an RPG that doesn't require hours upon hours of invested time? Well, Marvelous Entertainment have created the game for you. Originally released as a PSP game, Half-Minute Hero Super Neo Climax is a retro role-playing game for XBLA, which gives you a short 30 second time limit to complete quests.

If this sounds like something interesting (which it truly is,) then check out my full review:

Half-Minute Hero Super Neo Climax Review

Lucha Fury Review

Growing up in the nineties, one of my favourite types of video games was the side-scrolling beat 'em-up. Games that were fun through countless playthroughs, due to well-designed combat mechanics and enjoyable levels with great set pieces.

In order to try to rejuvenate that classic sub-genre, Punchers Impact set to work on Lucha Fury - a game that brings Mexican wrestlers and humor to the party. However, it seems like there was too much effort put forth into the visual fidelity of the game and not enough focus on the way it plays.

Read on as I perform a suplex on this downloadable title:

Lucha Fury Review

Cubic Ninja Review

When one thinks of a ninja, the image that usually appears in their mind is of a man in black hiding in the shadows using stealth tactics. In Cubic Ninja from Ubisoft, we're tasked with becoming a ninja who must use gravity to move from point A to point B in different obstacle courses.

Don your ninjitsu gear and check out my full review:

Cubic Ninja Review