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  • Ninja Gaiden II
    Published Date: Jun 22, 2008

    Reviewing a game after it comes out, as opposed to before it’s released in the form of preview code, is usually not the best way to do things. But in the case of Ninja Gaiden II, it’s served a useful purpose. You see, not only did the series creator take Tecmo to court, but so did all the rest...
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    Genre: Fighting Platform: Xbox 360
    8.2
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
    Published Date: Jun 20, 2008

    Whether you’re a fan of the Metal Gear series or not, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is a defining moment in gaming, because the scope and breadth of the story, and the main players you rotate around, are gloriously well-developed and detailed. From our meeting Snake on the dusty roads ...
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    Genre: Third-Person Action RPG Platform: PlayStation 3
    9.1
  • Racedriver: GRID
    Published Date: Jun 17, 2008

    Racing games have come such a long way in recent years that it’s hard to imagine where improvements are going to come from. Forza Motorsport 2 offered in-game telemetry that while attractive at first, ultimately lacked the long-term appeal it promised. The Project Gotham series brought us excellen...
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    Genre: Racing Platform: Xbox 360
    8.8
  • EURO 2008
    Published Date: Jun 17, 2008

    [b]From Internode[/b] Another major sporting event, another EA Sports title, this time EURO 2008 and promising to bring all the thrills and spills of the world game into your living room; where you can now revel in the realism as Azerbaijan grinds out a draw with San Marino. Because although the...
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    Genre: Sports Platform: Xbox 360
    8.1
  • Wii Fit
    Published Date: Jun 12, 2008

    There’s something counterintuitive, even vaguely off-putting, about a videogame that’s earnestly intended to improve your health. Videogames, as we all know and have heard, are pernicious, sedentary, monotonous activities that promote obesity, strain vision, and engender repetitive-stress injury...
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    Genre: Sports Platform: Wii
    8
  • Haze
    Published Date: Jun 9, 2008

    How the suits at Sony’s marketing department must be scratching their beleaguered heads, as the platform-exclusive Haze landed a few weeks ago and has already been sliding towards the bargain bin. It’s a situation that needs close examination, because Haze isn’t just a disappointment becaus...
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    Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PlayStation 3
    5.1
  • Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstor
    Published Date: Jun 9, 2008

    The Warhammer 40,000 universe stands as one of the most popular imaginary destinations for geeks around the world. Games Workshop’s tabletop gaming franchise has proven to be extremely popular for the last two decades, even though every miniature you paint probably delays the loss of your virginit...
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    Genre: Real-Time Strategy Platform: PC
    6
  • The World Ends With You
    Published Date: Jun 3, 2008

    From the Square Enix and Jupiter teams, whose creations include Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, comes the innovative action-RPG The World Ends With You, which is one of the most multifaceted, stylish and engaging games I have played on any games system. This is definitely not just a rehash of t...
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    Genre: RPG Platform: Nintendo DS
    9
  • ATV: Thunder Ridge Riders / Monster Truc
    Published Date: Jun 3, 2008

    The signs were bad from the beginning for ATV Thunder Ridge Riders & Monster Trucks Mayhem, when the translation on the back cover was incorrect (for “cart” read “card”, and for that matter “great” should have read as “horrendous”). Even the fact that two games are packaged for the p...
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    Genre: Racing Platform: Nintendo DS
    1.5
  • Condemned 2: Bloodshot
    Published Date: Jun 1, 2008

    I didn’t play the original Condemned: Criminal Origins the first time around and I’m not sure why, perhaps because it was neither insanely brilliant or wincefully poor, and hence didn’t draw attention to itself as it snuck out into the market. But following the original’s well received appl...
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    Genre: First person horror Platform: Xbox 360
    7.9
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