Big Swords + Brutal Characters = A game about dressing up… Ah, Soul Calibur. Whoever came up with the simple idea of adding weapons to a fighting game should be given an award. With all this praise for its sword clashing, nunchuck knock-out goodness, you’d think I’d welcome the new instalment with open arms…well, I …
The Dark side… I’ve heard murmurs that this has been the most expensive game ever developed (I don’t believe that’s the case…), and it’s an absolute must have for die-hard Star Wars fans. To be honest they’re the main driving reason why the franchise is still knocking about, and whilst I really like the original …
Take me down to the paradise city… It should be clich�d when entering Paradise City, the new latest open-world iteration in the Burnout franchise, the Guns ‘n’ Roses hit of the same name playing in the background, but it’s really not, it just feels right. The core mechanics are still here; the boosting, quick reaction …
A risky move from DICE and EA, but did they pull it off? Mirror’s Edge, EA and DICE’s latest production; attempts to create something completely unique and original to gaming. With other games such as Gears of War 2, and Call of Duty: World at war released during the same week, it didn’t recieve a …
Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, is launching a personal questions game in connection with the Secret Files series. On January 15, 2009, adventure fans get to send their questions to Nina Kalenkow. The complete interview will then be published exclusively on the official …
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HUDSON ENTERTAINMENT LAUNCHESPIT CREW PANIC! NOW AVAILABLE FORDIGITAL DOWNLOAD ON THE Wii Broken Aircraft Carrier? Leaking Fishing Boat? Giant Broken Wedding Cake? Fear not! Hudson’s All-Female Pit Crew Has You Covered! Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm of HUDSON SOFT, today announced the official launch of Pit Crew Panic!™, an all-new, wacky “panic-action” …
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment are pleased to announce that LEGO Batman: The Videogame has won a prestigious Children’s BAFTA Award for Best Videogame 2008. Developer TT Games was snapped up by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in 2007 and has since had a hugely successful 2008 seeing the release of LEGO Indiana Jones and LEGO Batman: …
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Body-check your way to the Stanley cup I’m no sports fan really, apart from enjoying the odd NFL game or a bit of motor sport, and I’m certainly no hockey fan, but the last game to arrive on my doorstep was 2K sports’ NHL 2K9 so I had no choice but to give it a …
A little behind the times… It seems like no sooner can you say a simple phrase like “financial crisis” and the most commercial time of the year is upon us once more. With Christmas just around the corner, the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 have declared retail warfare on each other, both armed with an …
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Far Cry 2 – Cochrane612’s Review Ubisoft Montreal were much appreciated for their award winning game Far Cry on PC, they later ported the game over to the Xbox, Xbox 360 and eventually the Wii. The game was a huge success for Ubisoft Montreal and nothing less than brilliant. Far Cry 2 scraps everything from …
Mall of the dead, wait… hasn’t that already been done? Whilst in a slightly unusual period of not having any new games to review, and after watching the fantastic TV drama ‘Dead Set’ (which I highly recommend to anyone) I decided to have another go at Dead Rising for the 360. I gave up on …
Berlin, Nov. 28th 2008: Besides exciting PvE and PvP adventures, Runes of Magic offers lots of activities for crafters and traders as well. Players can accept gathering professions already in the starting areas, to collect materials for the crafting of weapons, armor, potions or nourishing meals. Later on, the professions of carpenter, blacksmith, armor crafting, …
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