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Review: MAG

MAG, short for Massive Action Game, is the latest title exclusive for the Playstation 3 from Zipper Interactive, most known for the SOCOM franchise. From this you could gather that MAG is probably...

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Review: Alien Breed: Impact

Alien Breed was first released by Team 17 on the good ol’ Amiga back in 1991, and MS-DOS a couple of years later. For the purposes of this review, I had a quick play on the MS-DOS version and I have to...

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Review: Perfect Dark XBLA

These days, game releases from Rare are often niche titles that don’t always meet brilliant critical reception. Back in the day of the Nintendo 64 however, they were well known for their awesome...

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Review: Joe Danger

Sometimes a game comes along that surprises you. For me, Joe Danger is one of those games. Essentially spanning a multitude of genres and taking influences from a host of other titles, there is more to...

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Demo Impressions: Crackdown 2

The original Crackdown was a fantastic addition to the list of ‘GTA-clones’ that we’ve been seeing over the years. Boasting crime fighting but with attitude, Crackdown had you playing a super agent,...

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Review: Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is available for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC and is the next step in the story of two infamous criminals, following on from the previous title Kane & Lynch: Dead Men. This...

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Demo Impressions: Vanquish

Vanquish is the latest game from director Shinji Mikami, a designer with great titles already under his belt; notably Resident Evil but also including Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe. Vanquish is set...

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Review: Amnesia: The Dark Descent

I have played quite a few survival horrors in my time; Resident Evil, Forbidden Siren, Dead Space, Left 4 Dead (if that even counts) and Clock Tower 3 for instance but few have gotten to me like...

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Review: Halo Reach

Pretty much everyone who owns an Xbox 360 and uses it as more than a DVD player or door stop, has been eagerly awaiting the release of Halo: Reach. Well, it’s finally here. Promising a return to form...

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Review: Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2

Naruto is one of those fickle things; you’re either going to love the little orange jumpsuited, spiky blonde-haired chap and his animated adventures, or hate his guts for the annoying, excitable little...

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Review: Deadly Premonition

Deadly Premonition, like all murder mystery games, raises a lot of questions. Who is the killer? Who is the main character’s split personality, and why does no one question him publicly being talked...

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Review: Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition

Blood Bowl was originally released in 2009, by Cyanide studios. Based on the Games Workshop Warhammer board game of the same name, it made for a bizarre mixture of American football and turn-based...

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Review: Splatterhouse

Splatterhouse, as you can perhaps tell by the name, is a great game for all the family, involving messy but fun art projects like watercolour painting and making finger puppets. Yeah, right....

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Review: Pictionary

Pictionary has been around for about 25 years now in the form of a popular family board game, involving frantically scribbling down picture clues for your teammates to guess. With its touchscreen and...

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Demo Impressions: Crysis 2 (Multiplayer Demo)

The original Crysis on PC was one of those titles that came along and blew away the competition, setting the bar for future releases. This wasn’t for its standard of gameplay, however, but its...

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Have we reached video-game saturation?

These days, we are absolutely swamped in video games, both in quantity and quality. This coming year has an enormous heap of AAA titles that all threaten to invade your living rooms and bedrooms:...

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Beta Impressions: Killzone 3 Multiplayer (Open Beta)

Killzone 2 is one of the jewels in the crown of the many quality exclusives that the Playstation 3 has in its library, and therefore it’s no wonder that anticipation for Killzone 3 is at fever-pitch...

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Review: Breach

These days we are overwhelmed with choice when it comes to first person shooters; Call of Duty, Battlefield, Left 4 Dead, Killzone and Halo series just to name a few. Why then would a small,...

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Review: Call of Duty: Black Ops First Strike

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sparked controversy for a number of reasons, one of the main reasons being Activision’s rather steep pricing for its numerous map packs. A decade ago, new first person...

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Review: Crasher

Sometimes cars get fed up of driving around in circles and racing for the finish line. When this happens, what should they do? Well, how about arming themselves to the teeth with missiles, machine guns...

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