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Wolfenstein (Wolfenstein)
For many gamers, Wolfenstein 3D was the first great shooter they played. Now, Raven Software’s working on a new Wolfenstein title, the latest next-gen chapter for the series that started it all. But will this modern Wolfenstein really offer ...
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Wolfenstein
Wolfenstein 3D
Raven Software
Why Batman: Arkham Asylum is better than Splinter Cell, Metal Gear and Devil May Cry (Batman: Arkham Asylum)
Stealth, stalking, and all-out brutality. How Batman is taking back the mantle from the games that stole his schtick. ...
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Batman
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Metal Gear
Splinter Cell
Devil May Cry
Split/Second - first look (Split/Second)
Last year Disney Interactive Studios released a surprise critical hit with Pure, a stunt-based racing game from Black Rock Studios. Now merely half a year since that title's release, the developer has put the pedal to the floor to show us the first ...
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Disney Interactive
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 revealed (Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma)
If you include Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword for the DS, the newly-announced PS3-exclusive Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 will be the sixth release for the franchise since Tecmo relaunched it on the Xbox in 2004. That's a lot of games in only five years' time, ...
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Tecmo
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
DS
PS3
Rhythm Heaven - hands-on (Rhythm Heaven)
Many devoted gamers, for very good reasons, hate casual games. These simple titles are seen as the end of the medium, aimed at the lowest common denominator and sucking development times and money away from "real" games. But now we have Rhythm ...
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Rhythm Heaven
Nintendo
5 reasons why UFC 2009 could KO Fight Night (UFC 2009 Undisputed)
We love Fight Night. EA’s beautiful boxing series defined how its sport was represented in games and with it, introduced a brilliant new analogue control system. As much as we love knocking men out with uppercuts, jabs and right hooks, though, ...
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CoD: World at War DLC - hands-on (Call of Duty: World at War)
Starting today, March 19, you can download four new maps for Call of Duty: World at War. For 800 Microsoft funbucks (360) or $9.99 tangible dollars (PS3), you can continue the multiplayer mayhem through three rather different maps and one addition ...
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Call Of Duty: World at War
Microsoft
PS3
Army of Two: The 40th Day – first look (Army of Two: The 40th Day)
Deftly avoiding the obvious “most cumbersome title ever award” and not naming the sequel Army of Two 2, we still get a perplexing number thrown in there – Army of Two: The 40th Day. The confusing moniker comes from a mysterious ...
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Army of Two
FIFA 09 Ultimate Team DLC - first look (FIFA Soccer 09)
FIFA 09 is a fantastic game, but you’ve probably won every cup there is to win and moved on to something else by now . Well, get ready to come crawling back, as EA is set to release downloadable content for the game in the form of virtual ...
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FIFA 09
FIFA Soccer
EA Sports Complex - first look (EA Sports Complex)
Let’s be honest, PlayStation Home is probably not where your heart is. Sure, it’s only in Beta, but it hasn't been the experience people were hoping for when the virtual world was first announced in 2007. Slowly but surely, Sony and its ...
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Playstation Home
Sony
Fight Night Round 4 - first look (Fight Night Round 4)
Fight Night Round 3 was a great game, but its Rock’em Sock’em Robot-style of gameplay wasn’t exactly a realistic representation of boxing. Because the game's original developer, EA Chicago, no longer exists, the franchise has been ...
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Fight Night Round 3
Fight Night Round 4
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 - first look (Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10)
What reason could EA have to move the latest version of Tiger Woods from its typical August release all the way up to June 16th? The U.S. Open, of course! “But the U.S. Open isn’t in the game,” you say. That’s where ...
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Tiger Woods PGA Tour
EA Sports Active - first look (EA Sports Active)
You might have ignored Wii Fit and you may have looked the other way at Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009, but you can’t hide forever. Sooner or later, you’re going to sprinkle some exercise into your daily gaming routine ...
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Wii Fit
Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009
Peter Moore
Wii
Grand Slam Tennis - first look (Grand Slam Tennis)
It’s hard to believe, but Grand Slam Tennis is the first tennis game that EA Sports has ever made. Just as surprising is the fact that John McEnroe has never been in a videogame until now. Gary Coleman has been in a videogame, but John ...
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Wii
Ultimate Ninja 4: Naruto Shippuden (Ultimate Ninja 4: Naruto Shippuden)
You might be wondering what the fuss is about over a yet-to-be-released title that already sounds like old news - Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 4 is a PS2 installment, Japan’s had the game for a couple of years now, and PS3’s Naruto: ...
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Naruto
PS2
PS3
NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja STORM
Mytran Wars – PSP finally gets its Advance Wars (Mytran Wars)
Is your PSP feeling game-starved? No exclusives to tickle your fancy? Well, come now - that's not entirely true. But if you really want to sample games that have been developed specifically for PSP, you might have to take a risk on a game ...
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PSP
Advance Wars
Global Agenda (Global Agenda)
In our perfect world, everyone wears a jetpack. Like rainbow sprinkles, they tend to improve anything they’re attached to, and that includes shooters - just ask the 30-foot war obelisk we’ve commissioned to commemorate Starsiege: ...
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Gaming
Starsiege Tribes
5 reasons Ghostbusters is the family-friendly Left 4 Dead (Ghostbusters The Video Game)
At first glance, Ghostbusters and Left 4 Dead are two very different games. One's an FPS, the other played in third-person. Slimer's residue does not 'attract the horde'. But there's no denying Ghostbusters shares some very welcome features ...
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Ghostbusters The Video Game
Left 4 Dead
PC
Left 4 Dead Survival Pack - hands-on (Left 4 Dead)
Want to see the brand new map Valve’s created for Left 4 Dead’s free Survival Pack DLC? Thought so! We got Chet Faliszek, the game’s writer, to give us an exclusive guided tour of the new map, “Lighthouse.” Click play ...
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Left 4 Dead
Valve
Need for Speed: SHIFT (Need for Speed SHIFT)
“Whoa!” We’re pretty sure that’s exactly the response EA and Black Box were angling for when they recently showed off Need for Speed: SHIFT, ‘cause that’s sure as hell the one they got. Why else would they be ...
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Need For Speed
Midnight Club: L.A. South Central DLC by numbers (Midnight Club: Los Angeles)
Hot on the tyre tracks of Rockstar's The Lost & Damned DLC for GTAIV, comes Midnight Club L.A.'s expansion pack set in South Central. Let us take you through the numbers that count before you splurge your hard-earned ...
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The Club
Grand Theft Auto IV
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
SuperCar Challenge - hands-on (SuperCar Challenge)
Tight on the tires of Ferrari Challenge comes this latest effort from Eutechnyx, and it’s a serious crack at addressing some of the complaints leveled at the single-make game. Ferrari Challenge was a solid, technically impressive game which ...
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Damnation – hands-on (Damnation)
For those who can’t seem to make up their mind between buying a new shooter or a platformer, now you can have both in Blue Omega’s upcoming release, Damnation. The game takes place in an alternate future, as though the American Civil ...
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Codemasters
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up)
Are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles even teenage anymore? Created in 1984, they’re hitting the big two-five this year. For the red-eared snapper (the proposed breed of Raphael and co) with its 40-year lifespan, that’s closer to OAP ...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Konami
Wii
The Sims 3 – hands-on (The Sims 3)
How do you go about improving a game that’s become, at well over 100,000,000 copies sold, the best-selling PC game franchise of all time? EA Black Box, I’m guessing, began with another question: Why didn’t the other six and a half ...
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The Sims 3
PC
WWE Legends of WrestleMania - updated impressions (WWE Legends of WrestleMania)
In several weeks, WrestleMania 25 will erupt from Houston, Texas. We know what you’re probably thinking: they have twenty-five WrestleManias? And how did I get so damn old? In the past quarter-century, the WWE has grown from a small-ish ...
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WWE Legends of WrestleMania
Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled (Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled)
Creating role-playing games can be a labor of love (not that it can’t be a labor of money either): creating a storyline, a world, and the people, creatures and items that exist and interact in that world is no mean feat. And when it comes to ...
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