Game Reviews
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Beijing 2008 Published Date: Jul 24, 2008When a game hits release that allows players to participate in no less than 38 sports, there are two ways it can go. It can either be a fulfilling representation of the event that captures the hearts of players and completes its reason for existence by fuelling play that features passing the contro...
Genre: Sports Platform: Xbox 360
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Soul Bubbles Published Date: Jul 24, 2008Soul Bubbles opens with the Mekensleep logo and a black screen displaying the following disclaimer: [b]THIS GAME DOES NOT DEPICT ANY OF THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS OR EVENTS: *LICENSED RACING CARS* *POST-APOCALYPTIC SOLDIERS* *ELFS, ORCS OR MAGICIANS* *GANG FIGHTS* PLEASE DO NOT PANIC! ITâ€...
Genre: Puzzle Action Platform: Nintendo DS
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Unreal Tournament III Published Date: Jul 22, 2008It’s been a four year wait for Unreal Tournament III (actually the 4th Unreal Tournament game and the 8th Unreal game, but the first using the Unreal 3 engine) to be ported onto Xbox 360. The series has been the staple diet of PC users for quite some time, and the Unreal engine has been used for m...
Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Xbox 360
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Big Beach Sports Published Date: Jul 21, 2008Why do winter-sport games sell best in winter, summer-sport games when the sun is shining? Certainly there is a logic behind this larding of self-same seasonal content—thus Christmas movies at Christmas because, baseball fans asides, few want to see an ancient fat man during the summer. But thereâ...
Genre: Sports Platform: Wii
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Naruto Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: The Phan Published Date: Jul 20, 2008It’s time for a Manga explosion sports fans, over enthusiastic ninja style! The blonde haired, psychotic and mildly infectious ‘super ninja in training’, Naruto, is here to carelessly run into the fray and save his beloved village from another sinister plot. Being a Naruto fan I am very keen t...
Genre: Fighting Platform: Sony PSP
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Top Spin 3 Published Date: Jul 20, 20082K’s Top Spin 3 has been highly anticipated on the Wii, especially since the producers continually promised hyper-realistic gameplay and graphics, as well as a pool of accurately modelled world famous players to choose from. To some degree, TS3 for the Wii lives up to these promises, but overall, ...
Genre: Sports Platform: Wii
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LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventu Published Date: Jul 17, 2008LEGO Star Wars was a surprise success, considering there wasn’t a huge media machine behind it, and rightly so. The world which the developers at Traveller’s Tales tackled was one that many had a soft spot for, so as long as it wasn’t shambolic it was always going to have an audience. Well, ...
Genre: Platformer Platform: Xbox 360
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Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution Published Date: Jul 16, 2008I have been playing Civ since it arrived on the Amiga (remember that?) back at the dawn of time. It’s a testament to the quality and popularity of the franchise that it is still going, stronger than ever, 17 years later. For its console debut, Civ has been stripped down to its essential core, maki...
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy Platform: Xbox 360
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Alone in the Dark Published Date: Jul 14, 2008There is certainly a market out there for people who like their puzzle games, and those that like to solve mysteries. Just the other day I was speaking to a friend who I completed the absolutely superb Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within with, and it was funny how much of not only the game but the spe...
Genre: Adventure Platform: Xbox 360
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Battlefield: Bad Company Published Date: Jul 14, 2008War games are two a penny these days but there are a few of distinguished lineage that stand out: Call of Duty, Medal of Honor (maybe) and Battlefield. The latter made its name on the PC through games like Battlefield 1942 (with multiple expansions), Battlefield Vietnam and Battlefield 2142. It’...
Genre: Battle Platform: Xbox 360
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