CONTENT ARCHIVE | 2012 | OCTOBER - NOVEMBER

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RETRO! Chris returns to his favoured hunting ground for another dose of Amstrad action. See how gallery shooters were done, circa 1990. You'll have to imagine the loudness/stale smells of the arcade yourself.

OPERATION THUNDERBOLT GX4K
1990, Ocean, Gallery Shooter 25/11/2012
BLAST! Shane's had an itchy trigger finger. But rather than rioting, looting or otherwise causing offence to the populous, he's written about his exploits for the Empire. Gaming is a force for good: we kept this miscreant off the streets.
   
BODYCOUNT X360
2011, Codemasters, FPS 24/11/2012
RED FACTION: ARMAGEDDON X360
2011, THQ, Third-person shoot 'em up 24/11/2012  
PIXEL REVIEW: FINAL FANTASY VII PS 23/11/2012
A game that should need no introduction. But for our new/younger readers: Final Fantasy VII.
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SQUISNEY! Shane's on hand to cover Square Enix and Disney's second collaborative RPG. Note: contains Vivi, so control yourself, ladies...

KINGDOM HEARTS II PS2
2006, Square Enix, RPG 21/11/2012
 PIXEL REVIEW: SECRET OF MANA SNES 19/11/2012
Even during a golden period for the RPG genre, Secret of Mana stood out from the crowd. Chris revisits one of Square's finest works for another magical 16-bit adventure.
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FALLOUT! Tom writes off a year of 'real life' in order to sample the delights of two sprawling Western RPGs. He charts the highs and lows of superb missions, dodgy bugs, and surviving at the lower end of the food chain...
 
FALLOUT 3 PS3
2008, Bethesda, WRPG 17/11/2012 _
FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS PS3
2010, Bethesda, WRPG 17/11/2012
MONO! Chris takes to the (almost) straight and narrow with Vib Ribbon, a musical curio that reminds us that oddness is often a recipe for inspired gaming.

VIB RIBBON PS
1999, Sony, Music/Rhythm 12/11/2012
PIXEL HI-SCORE DUEL #1: MOTORSTORM RC PS3 10/11/2012
Alan and Tom kick off the inaugural Pixel Hi-Score Duel as our two esteemed writers scrap for supremacy on PS3 racer MotorStorm RC. Truly a battle of epic proportions, and there can only be one winner... Read about what went down now!
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SECONDS! It's all about seconds. A second Speedball review from Alan, this time the minis revamp of Speedball 2. TPE's writers offer second opinions as a contrast/compliment to our main review texts. See if you agree!

SPEEDBALL 2: EVOLUTION PSP
2011, Tower Studios, Extreme Sports 8/11/2012
PIXEL SECONDS:
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG - MOTORSTORM RC - BALDUR'S GATE
JAK II: RENEGADE - BIOSHOCK - JAK AND DAXTER
DARKSIDERS! Shane kicks off our November coverage with a Darksiders double. There's all the crazy action you'd expect of a series that pits you as Horseman of the Apocalypse, so could this be what War is good for?

DARKSIDERS X360
2010, THQ, Hack 'n' Slash/Adventure 6/11/2012
DARKSIDERS II X360
2012, THQ, Hack 'n' Slash/Adventure 6/11/2012
CHERYL! And now a treat to close our Halloween special. When it comes to survival-horror, we've saved the best till last. Tom relishes another visit to Silent Hill, the town that's sure to leave a lasting impression...

SILENT HILL PS
1999, Konami, Survival-Horror 31/10/2012
LIMBS! In space, no one can hear Isaac scream, even if he was that way inclined. Alan looks at the modern face of horror gaming, and sees how Dead Space stacks up against the best.

DEAD SPACE PS3
2008, EA, TPS; Survival-Horror 29/10/2012
ZOMBIE! In our second serving of Halloween Horror sees the events of the original Resident Evil trilogy sewn-up in Code: Veronica. Shane dives into another zombie apocalypse to see whether the PS2 update has the 'X' factor...

RESIDENT EVIL CODE: VERONICA X PS2
2001, Capcom, Survival-Horror 27/10/2012
PIXEL POLL
HOCKEY MASK! The first of our four Halloween horror reviews sees Chris braving the seminal, gory beat 'em up Splatterhouse, featuring a character in Rick who can't have been more than a couple of shades short of a Friday the 13th lawsuit.

SPLATTERHOUSE TG16
1990, Namco, Scrolling beat 'em up 25/10/2012
HALLOWEEN! To celebrate Halloween and kick off our week of scary game coverage, the writing team of The Pixel Empire got together to have a look back at our personal horror highlights. The results are to die for...
 
PIXEL TIMEOUT: HALLOWEEN HORROR SPECIAL 23/10/2012
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