Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Off-Road Racing
Release Date: 11/17/2006
After the excitement of Nintendo’s E3 game explosion subsided, suddenly Nintendo was only delivering two first party games at launch – Zelda, of course, and Excite Truck. Taking only the name from the 8-bit classic Excite Bike, Nintendo has instead created a fast paced racing game that puts a […]
Sonic The Hedgehog
Publisher: Sega
Genre: 3D Platformer
Release Date: 11/14/2006
The original Sonic The Hedgehog came out in 1991, so to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the series, Sega is going back to basics with a restart of the series, simply named Sonic The Hedgehog for Xbox 360 and Playstation3. Unfortunately the PS3 version was bumped a […]
Genji: Days of the Blade
Publisher: Sony
Genre: 3D Brawler
Release Date: 11/17/2006
The Playstaion 3 launch lineup mostly consisted of ports of existing PS2 and Xbox 360 games, with very few titles being system exclusives. The ones that are exclusives are underwhelming at best.
Genji: Days of the Blade is a sequel to the PS2’s Genji: Dawn […]
Guitar Hero 2
Publisher: Majesco
Genre: Music
Release Date: 11/07/2006
Guitar Hero came from obscurity to be one of gaming’s bright spots in 2005, combining rhythm-based gameplay, an impressive list of rock songs and an intuitive guitar-shaped controller. The result was a phenomenon which crossed normal gaming barriers, allowing non-gamers and hardcores alike to enjoy the game.
The sequel, Guitar […]
Viva Pinata
Publisher: Microsoft
Developer: Rare
Genre: Farming/Pinata Collection
Release Date: 11/09/2006
There are a variety of angles or stories one could use to frame Viva Pinata, Rare’s new adventure on Xbox 360.
One could bring up the recent, nearly decade long slump for Rareware, which stood atop the video game peak in the mid 1990s with classics such as Donkey […]
Guilty Gear Judgement
Publisher: Majesco
Genre: 2-D Fighter/Brawler
Release Date: 09/XX/2006
The Guilty Gear series has developed a cult following from those who still yearn for the 1990s days of fighting glory in arcades. Now as the next generation emerges and 2D gaming becomes more of a distant memory, the appearance of full scale 2D games is somewhat of […]
Genre: Rhythm/Music
Platform: PS2
ESRB Rating:
Publisher: Harmonix/Sony
Release Date: 2005
There have been a ton of kitchy games released over the last decade that use a custom controller or some other kind of gimmick to bring a new type of gameplay to the marketplace.
In Guitar Hero, the gimmick is the whole game - instead of using a controller, […]
Genre: Sports
Platform: PS2
ESRB Rating: Mature (Blood, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs, Violence)
Publisher: Midway
Release Date: 10/17/05
Official Website: http://www.blitzleague.com/
NBA Jam was a phenomenon. In a time when arcade games still looked and played better than their home console conversions, NBA Jam was on top of the arcade heap - cool graphics, real players, over the […]
Bandai had a concentration of Anime-inspired titles based on new and/or popular cartoon series. With a unique promotion, Bandai tricked E3-goers into playing all the games on display in the booth for a chance to win a raffle for anime toys.
Here is a rundown of Bandai’s games at e3, with some quick impressions from […]
With a roster of franchises and characters that rivals Nintendo for bredth and longevity, Capcom brought a wide variety of games to E3 2005. With sequels across all platforms, as well as new franchises in the making and some great new compilations and updates, Capcom has something for most hardcore gamers this year.
Here is a […]
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