Ninja Blade - Xbox 360 Review

NINJA BLADE

Formats: Xbox 360, PC

Format Reviewed: Xbox 360

Publisher: Microsoft

Developer: From Software

Release Date: 03/04/2009

Score: 77%

Have you ever, upon leaving the house to head off to the pub/school/church, found that the coat you intended to wear was either in the wash or misplaced, forcing you to sling on the old one from the back of the wardrobe that you never wear any more, and then, having done so, found a tenner folded up in the inside pocket? Well, Ninja Blade, the new demon-battler from Microsoft and From Software is like that: a pleasant, unexpected, slightly lint-covered surprise. Okay, actually there's no lint, but you get the overall thrust of the analogy.

Left 4 Dead - Xbox 360 Review

LEFT 4 DEAD

Formats: Xbox 360, PC

Format Reviewed: Xbox 360

Publisher: Valve Corporation

Developer: Valve Software

Release Date: November 2008

Score: 91%

“Zombie apocalypse” is a term that's been thrown about an awful lot in the last few decades of cinema and videogaming. The fact that it's such an enduringly popular sub-genre is testament not to the wealth of imaginative ideas that it holds – when you scrape away the rotting flesh and get down to the bare bones of it, no zombie story is that much different from any other – nor to the suggested symbolism concerning mob-mentality or human depravity, but rather to the fact that – no matter whether it's the dead coming to life or a bio-engineered virus – zombie invasions are cool.