This week, we’re solving crimes by looking at pictures, then committing them by driving fast in cars.
Women’s Murder Club: Death in Scarlet: Based on a James Patterson book, this game has you trying to solve murders and crimes by finding items hidden in pictures. The main problem with this, though, is that most of the items don’t pertain to the crime you’re investigating. Trying to find a butterfly won’t help you solve a murder. Some of the items are also very small, something that will hurt gamers with small screens on their phones, since you do have a 5-minute timer. READ MORE
Windows Phone 7 gets some high-profile arcade titles! This week, we take a look at two of the biggest.
Fruit Ninja: This Halfbrick title is one of the most addictive games you will every play on a mobile device. The goal is simple: slice as many fruit as you can.
In Classic mode, you get three strikes. After three fruit fall off the screen, your game is over. There are also bombs that will end your game immediately. It does add some strategy to the game, making you actually think instead of just going crazy slicing fruit. The overall goal in classic mode is to get as many points as you possibly can. Zen mode is a 90-second mode where you have no bombs and no lives. Fruit bombards the screen, and again, your goal is to score as many points as possible. Arcade mode gives you one minute to score as many points as you can. This time bombs only take away 10 points, instead of ending your game. There are also bonus bananas in arcade mode that will give you extra fruit to slash, freeze the screen to make slicing fruit easier, and even give you a x2 bonus. READ MORE
505 Games and NaturalMotion are back with another football game, this time on Xbox Live Arcade. The original Backbreaker was praised for its realistic physics and animations, but was trashed for its inconsistent gameplay. Backbreaker: Vengeance takes the Tackle Alley game mode from the original and adds in two more modes: Vengeance and Supremacy. $15 for a few mini-games does seem pretty steep. READ MORE
In WP7 Roundup, we review the latest games on the burgeoning Windows Phone 7 platform. This time, we’re looking at two titles: one with puzzles and the other with parachutes. READ MORE
It’s only the second Cars movie, but Cars 2 is the fourth game in the franchise. THQ published and developed the previous games, but Disney decided to go in-house with Cars 2, and it shows. The game surpasses previous ones in the series, with added features such as weapons, four-player capability and enhanced graphics. Still, is Cars 2 worthy of your time, or should you save that money for when the bigger AAA games come out later this year? READ MORE
