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I Am Alive

April 14, 2012 at 2:29 am | Posted in Articles, Reviews, Xbox 360 Reviews, XboxLiveAddicts | Leave a comment
Tags: 2012, Survival, The Event, Third Person, Ubisoft, XBLA, Xbox 360, Xbox Live Party, Xboxliveaddicts

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The last of the House Party arcade games brought us the eagerly awaited I Am Alive, formerly to be a full retail title, the games production suddenly took a turn and then it was decided to be just an Arcade game. A decision that has had its both good and bad effects, let’s take a look if I Am Alive is worth shouting about, or if it’s better off left dead.

I Am Alive Composer Jeff Broadbent

March 12, 2012 at 5:42 pm | Posted in Articles, Music, XboxLiveAddicts | Leave a comment
Tags: I Am Alive, Interview, Jeff Broadbent, Music, PS3, Survival, Third Person, Transformers, Ubisoft, XBLA, Xboxliveaddicts

XboxLiveAddicts’ Mechanical R had a chance to interview composer Jeff Broadbent regarding his atmospheric music score for Ubisoft’s post-apocalyptic action/adventure, I Am Alive.

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Eurogamer ’11 – Ghost Recon Future Solider

December 8, 2011 at 3:36 am | Posted in Articles, Eurogamer Expo, Events, Preview, XboxLiveAddicts | Leave a comment
Tags: Eurogamer Expo 11, Future Solider, Ghost Recon, GRFS, Tactical, Third person shooter, Tom Clancy, Ubisoft, Xboxliveaddicts

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Finally, Ghost Recon Future Solider in a playable form. I don’t know about any of you guys, but as good of a game as Splinter Cell Conviction was, I’m only really holding onto it because of the promise of the beta for this game. It’s a little saddening to say we probably wont ever get round to that beta, but it’s about damn time we got to get our hands on this title.

Motionsports

December 8, 2011 at 3:35 am | Posted in Articles, Xbox 360 Reviews, XboxLiveAddicts | Leave a comment
Tags: Kinect, Microsoft, Motionsports, Sports sim, Ubisoft, XBLA, Xbox 360, Xboxliveaddicts

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When Kinect launched, there was plenty of sports games to boot, with Ubisofts MotionSports 2 coming out soon, we take a brief look at #1 to see if it’s worth taking a punt at as a cheap title to get us ready for the sequel.

Throughout all of the different activities, unlike active games like Kinect Sport, Motionsport doesn’t get you involved in full games. Instead, you’re given lots of different challenges situated around the sport. Activities like Boxing, Horse Riding and Hand Gliding do have you perform the activities as you would normally go about them, but modes such as Football (both UK and US versions) are only challenge based like penalty shootouts (UK) or sprinting to the end line avoiding tacklers (US). This is a massive shame due to the fact games like Kinect Sports have a great way to have people playing Soccer together and in a proper game, rather than boring and done to death shootouts.

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Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2011

December 8, 2011 at 1:59 am | Posted in Articles, Reviews, Xbox 360 Reviews, XboxLiveAddicts | Leave a comment
Tags: 2011, Fitness, Fitness Evolved, Health, Kinect, Microsoft, Ubisoft, XBLA, Xbox 360, Xboxliveaddicts, Your Shape

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So, late last year Kinect finally happened. And whilst Microsoft and other developers figure out what the hell they’re actually going to do with it, we’ve been working hard on getting the flurry of dance, sports and fitness games that everyone’s had a go at for launch. There has been so many its insane. But can Ubisoft’s Fitness Evolved be the better of the fitness games out for Kinect? I jump around like a sweaty idiot, so you don’t have to.

From the Kinect titles I’ve played, Fitness Evolved definitely has one of the better menus. By using the cameras the game will scan you and project you into the screen, with just a few details, the camera will scan your height and length of your limbs to add a custom sized menu around your image in the screen. Reaching out to these bubbles will then open them. Using this format is such a breeze,