The light gun is something I miss quite dearly. Its time has come and gone and in its place we now have the likes of Playstation Move, Wii Motes and Kinect. But all of these lack a certain something. It’s hard to put my finger on it, but the modern day equivalents to the light gun seem to be missing the charm and feel of a true light gun. Of course, light guns showed their true worth in the days... more.

The Simpsons Arcade game, the beat-'em-up that stole all of your money in the cinema, may be showing it's face again in the form of an XBLA download according to the rumours floating around the internet. XBLAfans.com received a reader tip that the game was added to an Australian ratings board. We'll keep a close eye on the news as it unveils. The website is a trustworthy source apparently as... more.

After nearly a year on the PC, Bejeweled 3 has made its way onto Xbox Live Arcade. PopCap’s puzzle piece has always carried a simple yet addictive nature, but does Bejeweled 3 XBLA stay true to the series? The basic rules of Bejeweled 3 are simple: The player is gifted a grid and tasked with matching up three or more of the same coloured jewels in order to eliminate them from the grid of play... more.

Real Steel is a movie tie-in, and you’d expect a series of groans from many a gamer, but on this occasion it’s not poorly designed mechanics, half-hearted artwork or shoddy rushed gameplay that deserves your disdain. There’s something altogether more sinister at work. Yukes have constantly brought us top quality wrestling games in the form of the WWE franchise titles, and here we see them... more.

If you're a shmup fan like myself, then news of Cave's DoDonPachi getting a European release date will be music to your ears! DoDonPachi, or Angry Leader Bee if you're a suave otaku, is one of Cave's many succesful shmups and it's the fifth in the DonPachi series. The port we'll be seeing is of version 1.5 that was released in Japan last year. It's a direct port from the arcade version with some s... more.

Every once in a while a cheap, well designed yet simple game hits the XBLA virtual shelves that supplies us with hours of easy excitement and intense frustration. At 400 MSP, Mercury Hg is one of those games. Successor to the original line of Mercury PSP games and published by Ignition Entertainment, Mercury Hg involves guiding a little blob of mercury through a series of puzzles to reach the safe... more.

Street Fighter III is notorious in the fighting game scene for being a pretty divisive game. On one hand you have those who believe that it's not a "real" Street Fighter game, and that it's something else entirely that just so happens to have Ryu, Ken and Chun-Li from Street Fighter II featured amongst its cast of completely foreign characters. Then you have the people who believe that Street Figh... more.

Capcom have released their DLC plans for Street Fighter 3: Third Strike. Next week, specifically September 6/7, will see the release of 'Colour Pack 1'. This pack will add seven new colours for each characters outfit. However, only people who have bought the pack will be able to see the colours. Colour Pack 1 will be available for £2.99. Coming soon is a set of music packs for you to dow... more.

Oozing of nostalgia Toy Soldiers Cold War builds upon the foundations laid by its predecessor. While the setting may of jumped from the trenches of World War 1 to the Cold War (with the slight change that the Cold War is far from cold) the gameplay hasn’t changed a bit bar some minor additions. Playing much like a tower defence game Toy Soldiers combined fast paced action with more player intera... more.

We’re just over half way through this years Summer of Arcade lineup and the third title to land is Fruit Ninja Kinect. It’s a new title for the Xbox, but it’s not new for the fans. Fruit Ninja has been released on multiple platforms and has been met with such a great reception that it’s earned it’s very own release on the 360. So how does it fare? Does it live up to the hype that the ... more.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet was released as part of the Xbox Live "Summer of Arcade" this week and there is already talk about a sequel. The game scored a hearty four stars from Brad (you can check out the review here.) as well as positive ratings everywhere else. During an interview with EuroGamer CEO of Fuelcell, Joe Olson said "One of the things -- while we're really happy with how Lanter... more.

The Xbox Live Arcade service has gone from somewhat of a novel way to experience nostalgia to a vital cog in the Xbox 360’s gaming experience. In recent times it’s became quite apparent that the service has became something of desirable location to place new ideas, fresh concepts and bring popular indie titles to the masses. While people may claim modern day gaming has become a stale and repet... more.

Picture the scene. A beautiful, picturesque planet with lush gardens, serene lakes and a skyline to die for, a secluded paradise. You play the part of an alien happy in paradise. Until one day, from out of nowhere comes a toxic contagious monstrosity - a plague, a virus, which lands on your planet and consumes it from the outside in. Where there were fields, there is now a sticky black mess, where... more.

Barunson Interactive is currently working on a remake of the 1988 arcade classic Double Dragon II: The Revenge (read: The arcade version, not the NES version), the game will be titled Double Dragon II: The Wander of the Dragons and is heading for a September release with a price tag of 1200 Microsoft Points. The game will include a new combo system and it will have a graphical upgrade. It has n... more.

Moments ago Team 17 Announced 'Worms Ultimate Mayhem.' for Xbox LIVE Arcade, Playstation Network and Steam later this year. Currently there are very little details known, other than the systems the title will be released on and a rough release window. We will attach the official press release below: July, 2011 - Annelid aficionados Team 17 today announced the first details of Worms(tm) Ult... more.

We originally first experienced Limbo back on July 21st 2010 during the ‘Xbox Live Arcade’ release of ‘Play dead Software’s’ long awaited title. It was initially priced at 1200 Microsoft Points (MSP) - often coming down to 800 MSP during sales. If you were to buy Limbo on Xbox360 today you could get the game bundled with ‘Trials HD’ and ‘Splosion Man’ as part of the ‘Xbox Live:... more.