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  • New Super Mario Bros Wii
    Published Date: Nov 24, 2009

    So there’s a new New Mario. The old New Mario was pretty damn sweet, I reckon, and another new Mario is always a good thing. A lot of people don’t reckon, however, they reckon it’s too cutesy, too the-same-as-the-last-one, too old school. I think we’re about to learn that we’re both right,...
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    Genre: Platformer Platform: Wii
    9.4
  • Modern Warfare 2
    Published Date: Nov 17, 2009

    The pressure of expectation can so often lead to disappointment, when the relentless hype machine sets a bar that reality has a hard time reaching. You could take Too Human, or the Star Wars prequels, as a case in point. As many reviewers tore through Modern Warfare 2 in a bid...
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    Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Xbox 360
    9.3
  • Dragon Age: Origins
    Published Date: Nov 16, 2009

    I’ve got a history, one that comes complete with beards, Dungeons & Dragons and cheap cider. I’ve spent the better part of a decade pretending those years didn’t happen, but when the lights go down and I sit in the dull glow of my TV, I’m rather partial to skulking through a dungeon with my...
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    Genre: RPG Platform: Xbox 360
    8.8
  • Tekken 6
    Published Date: Nov 14, 2009

    Fighting games have evolved in increments over the years, and while each instalment has brought minor improvements on the competition and its predecessors, the mechanics and gameplay have always been more or less the same. Tekken has always opted for a slightly different approach to its control syst...
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    Genre: Fighting Platform: Xbox 360
    8.9
  • Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Tim
    Published Date: Nov 13, 2009

    Admittedly the series of Ratchet & Clank games were new to me so when I started playing the latest one from Insomniac Games I knew very little about the concept. At first the game seemed to me like a cartoony - almost childish - title but after a little exposure to the two characters the game...
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    Genre: Action, Platform Platform: PlayStation 3
    8.3
  • DJ Hero
    Published Date: Nov 9, 2009

    If you had told me 10 years ago that people in the millions would spend their time clutching miniature guitars and playing along to all kinds of music - from Slayer to Willie Nelson - then I would have laughed right in your face and called you an idiot. I would also have been very wrong, because as...
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    Genre: Music Platform: Xbox 360
    7.8
  • Borderlands
    Published Date: Nov 5, 2009

    Those of us who review games for a living tend to fall into the same predictable cycle – you play games a lot, most of which you’re glad to leave behind for the next big thing, but occasionally one comes along that keeps you up late at night and occupies your mind more than others. This becomes...
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    Genre: First-Person Action Platform: Xbox 360
    8.2
  • Episodes from Liberty City
    Published Date: Nov 4, 2009

    Episodes from Liberty City is - technically- a standalone game, of that there can be no doubt. Available over the counter in your local retailer, it has a box, maps and achievements. It doesn't need the original GTAIV to play. Except really it's not a standalone game, my reasoning b...
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    Genre: Third-Person Action Platform: Xbox 360
    9.3
  • Beaterator
    Published Date: Nov 3, 2009

    This is not a game. It’s not a game at all. It’s a remarkably deep, feature-packed portable music creation tool of truly surprising power. Which must lead one to wonder, finally, why is it on (arguably) the wimpiest of all consoles, the PSP? Rockstar Leeds ([i]GTA: Chinatown Wars, Rockstar G...
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    Genre: Music Platform: Sony PSP
    7.5
  • Torchlight
    Published Date: Nov 1, 2009

    The formula for a Diablo-style action RPG seems so simple you wonder how anybody could mess it up. All you need are some monsters with self-preservation skills equal to the terrorists from ‘80s action movies, some ludicrously overpowered weapons, a few procedurally generated dungeons to run...
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    Genre: Action RPG Platform: PC
    8.6
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