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360 degrees of Brain Training this week on Xbox Live Arcade

By Spencer . March 10, 2008 . 3:59pm

Brain Challenge, Gameloft’s answer to the Brain Training craze, is one of the two Xbox Live titles appearing this Wednesday. I tried Brain Challenge back at GDC and I found logically discerning which items weighted more was surprisingly addictive. Besides the rapid fire questions Brain Challenge has a Creative Mode that “allows players to [...]

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Sensible World of Soccer yanked from the Xbox Marketplace

By Spencer . December 19, 2007 . 11:33am

Early this week, Microsoft announced two retro updates on Xbox Live Arcade, Tempest and Sensible World of Soccer. The latter is infected with ads and an unfortunate bug that affects online play. After being online for a few hours Microsoft removed the game from Xbox Live to fix the problem. If you already downloaded the [...]

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Emergency Mayhem rises from Acclaim’s grave, reborn as a Wii game

By Spencer . December 19, 2007 . 7:15am

Before Acclaim kicked the bucket they were developing Emergency Mayhem, a Crazy Taxi meets mini-game collection for the Xbox and PlayStation 2. Players hop into an emergency vehicle (read: ambulance/fire truck/police car) and drive in an open city to missions. The surprise is the “emergencies” are comical in nature. That’s the concept and Codemaster’s decided [...]

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India (sort of) gets their first Xbox 360 exclusive

By Spencer . November 29, 2007 . 10:17am

Microsoft brought the Xbox 360 over to India with games like Gears of War, Project Sylpheed and Vampire Rain. But what about local tastes? Microsoft is trying hard to appeal to Japan with Ninety Nine Nights and Lost Odyssey. Is Microsoft going to design a game with India in mind?
 
Not yet, but Codemasters is [...]

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Out of nowhere here comes James Pond: Codename Robocod

By Spencer . June 1, 2007 . 3:14pm

Before Electronic Arts was synonymous with Madden they used to publish games platforming games starring an aquatic version of James Bond. The James Pond series quickly faded into existence after the 16-bit era, but according to the ESRB Codemasters is digging it out of its grave. James Pond: Codename Robocod, the second game in the [...]

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Heatseeker, the other flying game on the Wii

By Spencer . January 10, 2007 . 8:29am

Codemasters is bringing Heatseeker, a fighter pilot game to the PSP, PS2 and the Wii in spring 2007. The product is partially made by the same studio that finished Heroes of the Pacific in 2005 and partially made by Codemasters. The game’s biggest feature is the impact cam where you can see your missile home [...]

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Bubble Bobble Revolution carts are defective

By Spencer . October 16, 2006 . 9:25am

While the game shipped out last year in Japan and Europe with no problems, Codemaster’s release of Bubble Bobble Revolution has some serious bugs. Once you get up to the boss at level 30 music plays, but you’re on a blank screen. Apparently this problem is deeper than a single batch of a DS carts. [...]