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PS3 Game Reviews
GBF's chief area of focus currently is on PlayStation 3 game reviews. Sony's current generation hardware plays host to games across a range of genres, a great deal of which we intend to cover here. PlayStation Network games will also be featured. We will cover everything from the launch titles to up-to-the-minute releases.
PSOne and PS2 Game Reviews
Sony's earlier PlayStation formats are covered in extensive detail. Dating from 1995 onwards, the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 formats have hosted more than 2000 different titles between them, giving a lot of material for PSOne and PS2 game reviews. Though GBF has already published over 150 game reviews charting these two formats, which can be accessed via our search engine and categories on the side-bar, we've still barely scratched the surface, and intend on adding more game reviews to the storied histories of these consoles. As well as reviews, GBF have feature articles,that examine the history of the most celebrated or otherwise noteworthy series of titles to have appeared on the PSOne and PS2 consoles.
Retro Game Reviews
Among the most popular reviews on GBF are those based on retro games. We cover the highs and lows of eighties and nineties gaming and the era when sprites and 2D platformers were all the rage. Retro game reviews are often overlooked critically in the modern media, but we aim to give a broad range of acknowledged classics, obscure gems (and everything inbetween) their minute in the spotlight; the formats currently include the SEGA MegaDrive (Genesis), Super Nintendo (SNES) and SEGA Mega-CD (SEGA CD).
Xbox 360 Reviews
Tom, the main writer, has never been much a fan of Bill Gates's flagship, the Xbox 360, but Dan Moore has one and so hopefully there will be more game reviews for the Xbox 360 shortly when he finds the time. These will be in addition to the solitary Xbox 360 game review at the moment, that being Grand Theft Auto IV. In the pipeline for Xbox 360 reviews are Sonic Unleashed, a game of two halves, and Perfect Dark Zero.
Everybody's Tennis
Written by Tom Clare in PS2 Game Reviews, Friday 26 June, 2009
After nearly a decade of success with their Everybody’s Golf franchise (particularly popular in Japan), Sony decided to expand their sports range by giving developers Clap Hanz the reigns on a t... Read More...GBF on Twitter; Summer Review Line-Up
Written by Admin in Site News, Wednesday 24 June, 2009
Just a quick news update to inform readers that GBF is now on Twitter, meaning that current users can keep up to date on any new reviews and news posts on the site going to our page at www.twitter.com... Read More...Watchmen: The End Is Nigh
Written by Tom Clare in PS3 Game Reviews, Saturday 20 June, 2009
Emerging around the same time as the film, Watchmen: The End Is Nigh has some praise-worthy attributes that, to a degree, help in distinguishing it from the crowd of mediocre film tie-ins. However, fo... Read More...WipEout HD
Written by Tom Clare in PS3 Game Reviews, Tuesday 21 April, 2009
Following three progressively more excellent PSOne titles, the WipEout series seemed to lose its way somewhat in the wake of the new millennium, with only the underwhelming Fusion to show for the PS2 ... Read More...Haze
Written by Tom Clare in PS3 Game Reviews, Sunday 5 April, 2009
Haze is proof of just how fickle hype can be. Every now a game will come along that’s groomed for greatness, and should it live up to expectations, glowing media coverage usually grants it the f... Read More...Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain-Slick Precipice Of Darkness, Episode 1
Written by Tom Clare in PS3 Game Reviews, Thursday 26 March, 2009
As well as sporting what’s surely among the lengthiest monikers ever to have been slapped on a game, Penny Arcade Adventures, Episode 1 represents a much-needed, quality RPG for the PS Network i... Read More...The Darkness
Written by Tom Clare in PS3 Game Reviews, Friday 20 March, 2009
Whilst Resistance: Fall of Man was undoubtedly the pace-setter in terms of the PS3’s early FPS output, in many respects it was The Darkness that first hinted at the gameplay advancements gamers ... Read More...Linger In Shadows
Written by Tom Clare in PS3 Game Reviews, Sunday 8 March, 2009
Less of a game, more of an experiment in interactive short-film making, Linger In Shadows is a stylish and clever diversion that makes sound use of the DualShock3 and motion sensor controls, but at a ... Read More...Vacancy
Written by Tom Clare in Film Reviews, Friday 27 February, 2009
Vacancy has to be among the sleeper hits of 2007. On the surface, it’s another outing for the slightly oversubscribed drive-in/motel horror sub-genre, but adds a couple of new twists added to th... Read More...Godsend
Written by Tom Clare in Film Reviews, Tuesday 24 February, 2009
Godsend offers up a forgettable slice of psychological-thriller action which, despite fielding a decent cast that includes Robert De Niro and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, is cut-down by an overly far-fetche... Read More...Everybody's Tennis
After nearly a decade of success with their Everybody’s Golf franchise (particularly popular in Japan), Sony decided to expand their sports range by giving developers Clap Hanz the reigns on a t...
GBF on Twitter; Summer Review Line-Up
Just a quick news update to inform readers that GBF is now on Twitter, meaning that current users can keep up to date on any new reviews and news posts on the site going to our page at www.twitter.com...
Watchmen: The End Is Nigh
Emerging around the same time as the film, Watchmen: The End Is Nigh has some praise-worthy attributes that, to a degree, help in distinguishing it from the crowd of mediocre film tie-ins. However, fo...
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