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  • Alpha Protocol
    Published Date: Jun 5, 2010

    Emblazoned across the back of the box is the declaration that Alpha Protocol is the world’s first espionage RPG, conjuring images of James Bond or Jason Bourne, maybe welded into something like Mass Effect or Oblivion. Declarations can be deceptive, though, because although [i]Alpha...
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    Genre: Third-Person Action Platform: Xbox 360
    7.8
  • No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
    Published Date: Jun 4, 2010

    WARNING: Reader discretion advised. This review contains high-level digression, and extreme artsy-fartsy concepts. If you just want to know what the game is like, please scroll down to the indicated level, to avoid fancy language and possible coma. Between the precious few who give a shit,...
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    Genre: Action Platform: Wii
    8.2
  • Red Dead Redemption
    Published Date: May 31, 2010

    I feel like I’ve known Red Dead Redemption all its life, watching it from hands-off impressions almost a year ago to the final product landing at retail. Having seen it three times at different stages of its development cycle, one could be forgiven for believing there would be a sense of a...
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    Genre: Third-Person Action Platform: Xbox 360
    9.7
  • Alan Wake
    Published Date: May 31, 2010

    Stephen King is undoubtedly a skilled writer, but not very many of his works have transformed into cinematic successes. Alan Wake makes a good attempt to do something about that scenario, bringing a horror story straight from the pages of a non-existent book to your television screen. Wake is a ...
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    Genre: Third-Person Action Adventure Platform: Xbox 360
    7.9
  • Lost Planet 2
    Published Date: May 28, 2010

    The player experience kicks off off twelve years after the events from Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, where you battled against the insectoid Akrid of the planet E.D.N III, but now open war not only exists with the natives, but with your fellow man. Various factions have emerged, warfare is ...
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    Genre: Third-Person Action Platform: PlayStation 3
    5.2
  • Iron Man 2: The Video Game
    Published Date: May 19, 2010

    When Iron Man was released, it was the first time that a Hollywood studio actually came out and said that it feared the launch of a video game in the same week that its movie released, with millions of potential cinemagoers deciding to stay home and get stuck into Grand Theft Auto IV rather t...
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    Genre: Third-Person Action Platform: Xbox 360
    3.1
  • 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
    Published Date: May 11, 2010

    As predictable as death and taxes is an EA-branded football game to coincide with one of the biggest sporting events on earth, the World Cup. In two years we’ll be going through the same motions over a European Championships game, but for now South Africa is the focus. Traditionally these event ...
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    Genre: Sports Platform: Xbox 360
    8.3
  • Monster Hunter Tri
    Published Date: May 7, 2010

    Monster Hunter has finally touched down on a Current-Gen console, and has already become the largest selling third-party Wii game in Japan. The illustrious Famitsu magazine gave it an incredible 40/40, an honour bestowed upon only fourteen games in the magazine’s twenty-four year his...
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    Genre: Third-Person Action Platform: Wii
    8.9
  • Nier
    Published Date: May 2, 2010

    It takes a long time to do anything in Nier, a very long time indeed. That’s its primary problem, but there are other things to consider on the road to that final thought. The Japanese Role Playing Game is a busy genre indeed, and although Square Enix has certainly been publishing its l...
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    Genre: JRPG Platform: Xbox 360
    6.3
  • Dead to Rights: Retribution
    Published Date: Apr 23, 2010

    If you were to put down a roast lamb dinner on a table, most people would get something from it. Put down a bowl of sea urchin soup, and the number of people who would dig it would drop off. Which is 'better': the sea urchin soup because it tries to be cutting edge, or the roast dinner that just d...
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    Genre: Shooter / Brawler Hybrid Platform: Xbox 360
    6.8
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