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  • Super Mario Galaxy 2
    Published Date: Jul 31, 2010

    It’s rare for Team Mario to put out a straight sequel. Usually we can expect a Mario title to be showcasing new technologies, or redefining its own well-worn formula in some fundamental way. Maybe, like the rest of us, after 2007’s truly revolutionary Super Mario Galaxy, the team scratche...
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    Genre: Platformer Platform: Wii
    9
  • Crackdown 2
    Published Date: Jul 16, 2010

    I can remember Crackdown’s arrival on 360, coming out of left field and offering a glorious combination of height and scale, massive explosions, and obsessive collecting. Interviews with the developers of the debut game offered no hint of a sequel, possibly because they were uncertain what...
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    Genre: Third-Person Action Platform: Xbox 360
    7.2
  • LEGO Harry Potter Years 1-4
    Published Date: Jul 16, 2010

    As a big fan of the LEGO titles and someone who has played all the previous instalments, I was well aware of the declining quality and simmering unpopularity that blighted recent releases. [1]LEGO Harry Potter Years 1-4[/i] was always going to have a battle on its hands to win back the respect its e...
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    Genre: Third-Person Adventure Platform: PlayStation 3
    8.1
  • Toy Story 3
    Published Date: Jul 16, 2010

    If you play games a lot, and if you’re reading this then I expect you do, then you’ll no doubt be familiar with some of these statements: “RTS games will always be better on PC than consoles because you need so many buttons to make a citizen harvest grain like a mouse and keyboard”; “FPS w...
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    Genre: Third-Person Action Adventure Platform: Xbox 360
    8.1
  • Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
    Published Date: Jul 9, 2010

    Are you a Metal Gear fanboy? Have you suffered insults from those horrible knuckle-dragging Halo freaks, when you’ve tried to explain that, somewhere beneath the acres of impenetrable bullshit, MGS4 was a really great game? Well suffer no more, [i]Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walke...
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    Genre: Third-Person Action RPG Platform: Sony PSP
    9.7
  • Singularity
    Published Date: Jul 7, 2010

    They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and if that old adage rings true, then you can pick out with relative ease the various inspirations that have influenced the development team as they built Singularity. It would be fair to say that just about every FPS has been infl...
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    Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Xbox 360
    8.4
  • Transformers: War for Cybertron
    Published Date: Jul 1, 2010

    Using the 80s cartoon as influence, rather than the recent movies, was an inspired choice that provides plenty of substance for those of you that remember what the chunky robots were before Hollywood got its hands on them. I’m not sure if there is much room for nostalgia in the cutthroat world ...
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    Genre: Third-Person Action Platform: Xbox 360
    8.3
  • Pure Football
    Published Date: Jun 21, 2010

    Football is the in-thing at the minute, so cash-in releases are to be expected. But while Pure Football is certainly a poor game, the fact it retails for only a few bucks means you can’t really accuse it of being a cash-in, although it contains just about everything on the list of expected...
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    Genre: Sports Platform: Xbox 360
    2.3
  • UFC Undisputed 2010
    Published Date: Jun 17, 2010

    [i] NOTE:Before anyone thinks I’m running this game into the ground with the tagline above, I need to set a few facts straight. I love the UFC, to the extent that I recently dragged my wife over to Las Vegas and scheduled our annual holiday around UFC 114. However, I will not let being a fr...
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    Genre: Fighting Platform: Xbox 360
    6.3
  • Split/Second: Velocity
    Published Date: Jun 8, 2010

    Driving games tend to come in a few different flavours – rally (DiRT), track racing (PGR or Forza), and fantasy (Burnout). Whatever the flavour, there are some key things to get right, whether it be the handling of the car or the sensation of speed. Split/Second exists firmly in the latter categ...
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    Genre: Racing Platform: Xbox 360
    8.2
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