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Battlefield: Bad Company

Battlefield: Bad Company

Games :: Review 15 Aug 2008

Josh Wilson: As Preston Marlow, you fight alongside your team you in an effort to kill lots of terrorists/Russians and find some Gold in the process (Three Kings acts as an excellent synopsis). While the whole story is nothing epic, it does provide the basis for wh...

Edinburgh Interactive Festival '08

Edinburgh Interactive Festival '08

Games :: Heads Up :: Feature :: Preview 07 Aug 2008

Josh Wilson: For the last eight or so years the Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival has joined the other hoards of arts based festivals over the month of August, normally playing host to an industry conference and a few videos of upcoming games. This year'...

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Games :: Review 29 Jul 2008

Keir Hind: Prince Caspian is a little better than the average movie tie-in. But not by much. The graphics are neat enough, but the game itself is only so-so, hardly worth your cash. The gameplay is overly simplistic – basically you charge around swinging a ...

Unreal Tournament III

Unreal Tournament III

Games :: Review 22 Jul 2008

Graeme Strachan: There’s an old saying, ‘familiarity breeds contempt’, and it’s never more obvious than when you’re looking at the latest model of your favourite consumer franchise. Whether it’s a new Mobile phone, an MP3 player, or...

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Monster Jam

Games :: Review 14 Jul 2008

Dan Fearon: Monster Jam is pretty interesting, but not in a good way. It's like the time I saw a legless, homeless man in London. I don't mean drunk; he literally had no legs. And he'd use this battered old skateboard to roll up and down the street, collecting spa...

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The Incredible Hulk

Games :: Review 13 Jul 2008

Dave Cook: Unlike the recent Iron Man game, The Incredible Hulk ain't half bad. It's a confusing mess at times and has some serious issues, but it's a sandbox orgy of destruction that serves up enough fun to keep at least its core audience - kids and Marvel fans ...

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Racedriver: GRID

Games :: Review 13 Jul 2008

Dave Cook: GRID World is the game's equivalent of career mode and begins with your rather foxy-sounding team manager laying down the fundamentals. It's a simple format: choose an event and meet the required objectives to earn cash and respect. For example, rank h...

HighSchool musical 2

High School Musical 2: Work This Out!

Games :: Review 13 Jul 2008

Daniel Crawford: Fans of the movie High School Musical 2 will no doubt have flocked to get hold of this in game form but, when getting down to playing it, it could prove to be a bit of a disappointment. As all devotees of High School Musical 2: The Movie will know, the...

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City of Heroes / Villains

Games :: Review 12 Jul 2008

Graeme Strachan: It's a fact of life: every kid wants to be a Superhero. It doesn't matter where you're from or by what name you call God, there isn't a boy or girl in the world who didn't close their eyes just once and imagine having powers beyond the ordinary. Which...

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Super Smash Bros Brawl

Games :: Review 11 Jul 2008

Craig Wilson: After a long wait and more delays than an Easyjet flight, Brawl has finally hit the European market, and what's better is that it's worth the wait. The multiplayer, Brawl's core element, follows the same formula as always; beating the living hell out o...

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Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

Games :: Review 07 Jul 2008

Nicola Swan: There's something loveable about Lego games. I wasn't even a Lego fan as a kid, but seeing characters and moments from films play out as if performed by a group of seven-year-olds is something special. Although many might claim that this is simply Lego...

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WiiWare Laid Bare

Games :: Feature 25 Jun 2008

Josh Wilson: While you may have noticed that the Wii has had a whole bunch of downloadable games for some time now - courtesy of the Virtual Console - you probably noticed that these games were all retro titles, and while having a bash around MarioKart 64 is never ...

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WiiFit

Games :: Review 11 Jun 2008

Neil Robertson: Wii Fit is an exercise game. Players stand on the Balance Board (which comes packaged with the game), which is essentially a set of scales designed to measure centre of balance and body mass, and perform activities as directed by an animated on-scre...

Iron Man

Iron Man

Games :: Review 04 Jun 2008

Graeme Strachan: It's quite surprising that for Iron Man, one of the most boom-tastic of Marvel properties, it's taken them this long to turn out a blockbusting movie to wow audiences worldwide. It's not at all surprising however that the game-of-the-movie is a generic...

Videogames Live

VideoGames Live!

Music :: Games :: Feature 22 May 2008

Dave Cook: Music in video games is not merely present to accompany the on-screen action. It is there to open up a range of emotions and evoke feelings in the player. From the funky to the dark, and from the gentle to the grandiose, video game music has come a lon...

stuntman

Games :: Review 21 May 2008

Josh Wilson: Stunt Pilot is a simple game. Up goes up. Down goes down and Boost...etc. Your job? Fly through hoops, and don't crash. Over the 40 or so levels you accrue points for finishing each stage, with more points being awarded for a faster run. The perfectl...

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GTA IV

Games :: Review 20 May 2008

Dave Cook: How Rockstar North can keep on improving on what has consistently been a landmark series in the sandbox canon is nothing short of amazing. Another year, another sequel, more powerful and impressive than what has gone before. It's only natural then, tha...

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The World Ends With You

Games :: Review 20 May 2008

Dave Cook: Neku and several other kids in the neighbourhood have been chosen as the latest participants in The Reaper's Game: they must survive on the streets of Tokyo for seven days and complete demanding tasks or face being erased. It's a cracking storyline tha...

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UEFA: Euro 2008

Games :: Feature :: Review 20 May 2008

Mike Smith: With none of the home nations managing to qualify for the real thing, Uefa: Euro 2008 could well be your only chance to see a British footballer lift some silverware this summer. But is it actually worth buying, or should we just ignore the Euros altog...

House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return

House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return

Games :: Review 23 Apr 2008

Dave Cook: House of the Dead originally hit the arcades in 1990, wowing shooter fans with its neat horror twist, relentless undead enemies and inventive bosses. It was a hit, so it was only a matter of time before a sequel was developed. The first thing you will...

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