Ben Taylor

Well, after 4 years lurking in the darkest corners of YARS, it's probably about time I updated this profile. I'm Ben, one of the senior editors here, and outside of scribbling on here, editing and finding pwetty pics to put in reviews, I'm studying 'Game Cultures' at uni. That's...that's game development in simpler terms, I don't spend my time analysing pixelated toes to determine whether they're 'art' or not. Anyway, I generally write to either save people money on utter crud or at least make them smile in some wry way with my bitterness and general disdain. If you're not laughing with me, you're laughing at me, and hey, that's progress in my books. :)

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Square Enix battle it out using ‘Bejeweled Twist’ formula (360)

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Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix� interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces the upcoming launch of Gyromancer™ for Xbox LIVE� Arcade for the Xbox 360� video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Steam�. Gyromancer is a new puzzle-RPG developed in collaboration between Square Enix and PopCap. With …

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The Beatles: Rock Band Review (360)

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! THE BEATLES! AAAAAAAAAAAAAH! It’s fair to say that after 3 years taking up much room in gamers apartments/houses/hovvells, Rock Band really doesn’t need an introduction, and even fairer to say that after over 40 years, The Beatles well and truly left their mark in history, making this opening paragraph a tad tricky. Needless to …

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Pearl Harbour strikes WiiWare (WII)

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Legendo Entertainment, an independent publisher of computer and video games head-quartered in Sweden, today announced that Pearl Harbor Trilogy, an episodic air combat action game series, is in development for Wii™. Pearl Harbor Trilogy is a re-interpretation of Legendo’s popular PC title “Attack on Pearl Harbor” – with the first episode, “Red Sun Rising,” planned …

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I sing, ‘U-SING’, we all sing for another Wii Karaoke game (WII)

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Mindscape, a leading publisher of entertainment software, today announces further details for U-SING, a brand new singing game featuring official songs and videos from Universal Music’s catalogue. U-SING will be distributed by Koch Media in the UK and available exclusively on Wii™ from 30th October 2009. You know you’ve got talent and now it’s time …

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‘505 Games’ line-up to make use of DSi features (DS, OTHER)

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505 Games have today unveiled their plans to publish a Nintendo DSi™ exclusive title in Europe. Along with this, 505 Games will also launch a Nintendo DS™ title which delivers Nintendo DSi compatible content. Both games will be available at retail in time for the Christmas sales period. “The new Nintendo DSi functionality provides a …

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Space Invaders touch down again this October (DS)

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Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix� interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces that SPACE INVADERS EXTREME™ 2 a brand new release from TAITO�, based on the classic video game franchise be released across PAL territories on 2nd October for Nintendo DS™.    SPACE INVADERS EXTREME 2 follows in …

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Respect for Colin McCrae in ‘DIRT2’ (360, DS, PS3, PSP, WII)

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See some of Colin McRae’s finest motorsport moments as Codemasters� today revealed a teaser edit of the Colin McRae ‘Tribute’ video that features in Colin McRae: DiRT�2 as one of the ultimate in-game rewards for players to unlock.    Capturing the exhilarating ‘if in doubt� flat out’ natural driving style that earned Colin McRae millions …

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Activision become a fisherman’s friend with ‘Rapala: We Fish’ (WII)

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Activision Publishing, Inc. has announced a brand new entry in its Rapala fishing franchise, Rapala�: We Fish™ for Wii™. Slated for UK release on 6th November, Rapala: We Fish is the first fishing title developed specifically for Wii™, featuring over-the-top fun and action-packed fishing. The game is packaged with the Rapala fishing rod and reel …

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Trigger happy racers rejoice for ‘Halfbrick Rocket Racing’! (360)

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Halfbrick Rocket Racing has been released on Xbox Live Indie Games, available for purchase for 240 Microsoft Points. This is now the third game to be released under the Halfbrick Fridays range of casual games, and features a massive amount of content in one small download.     Halfbrick Rocket Racing uses a brand new analogue …

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