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  • Age of Empires III
    Published Date: Mar 28, 2007

    The different genres across the gaming world can be defined by the titles that made the genre famous, and with strategy games, the Age of Empires series is definitely one of those. But is Age of Empires III beating a new path, or walking the same trail? The single player campaign allows you take...
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    Genre: Real-Time Strategy Platform: PC
    7.4
  • Supreme Commander
    Published Date: Mar 28, 2007

    A decade ago, the world of gaming was changed forever when a title called Total Annihilation was released. This groundbreaking game saw the first introduction of 3D graphics, and the industry has never looked back since. The man behind the TA series was Chris Taylor, and Supreme Commander is his s...
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    Genre: Real-Time Strategy Platform: PC
    8.1
  • Ant Bully
    Published Date: Mar 28, 2007

    Do video games damage your memory? One might assume so, judging by Midway’s latest digital romp, The Ant Bully, based on Warner Bros’ ongoing series of painfully hokey and laughably derivative children’s films. Am I the only one who remembers Honey, I Shrunk the Kids or, more lamentably (if no...
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    Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Wii
    3.9
  • Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
    Published Date: Mar 28, 2007

    Marvel: Ultimate Alliance follows the usual narrative pattern of good versus evil. Dr. Doom is up to his old tricks, having assembled the uninventively named Masters of Evil, a band of not terribly nice super villains that might or might not be interested in Marvel world domination. (Bets should be ...
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    Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Wii
    7.7
  • Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 200
    Published Date: Mar 23, 2007

    As far as sports go in the United States, soccer is among the fastest growing. It is already the number one youth sport in America and without a doubt is the world's most popular game. With the games overwhelming popularity, especially among young people, manufacturing soccer video games is presum...
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    Genre: Sports Platform: PlayStation 2
    6.5
  • Disney Pixar's Cars
    Published Date: Mar 23, 2007

    Pixar's Cars videogame roared to the top of the charts and quickly revealed its unique style that drew movie watchers and gamers alike. Unlike many other video games with the same name as their movie counterparts, Cars is not only a game that portrays scenes, graphics, and voiceovers that promote t...
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    Genre: Racing Platform: PlayStation 2
    8.1
  • Battlestations: Midway
    Published Date: Mar 23, 2007

    As I've written before, and on these pages, the World War II scenario is something that has been done to death and it's difficult these days to put any form of new spin on it. The good side of this scenario is that when a developer does create something new in the genre, it tends to stand out. B...
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    Genre: Simulation Platform: PC
    7.6
  • Just Cause
    Published Date: Mar 23, 2007

    Picture this: a special operative, Rico Rodriguez, is dropped from an aeroplane and skydives down to the fictitious island of San Esperito, somewhere in South / Central America. Upon landing, another agent in a Hawaiian shirt meets him, and immediately after, a van pulls up with eight or so hit men...
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    Genre: Action Platform: PC
    6.1
  • Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
    Published Date: Mar 23, 2007

    If you ask most gamers which massively-online game was their first, they will likely start telling you about their days in Everquest; when they were conquering pixilated dragons and risking their virtual lives traveling across magical continents while facing enormously difficult challenges. They'll...
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    Genre: Online RPG Platform: PC
    7.5
  • NBA Live 07
    Published Date: Mar 23, 2007

    There are 7 seconds on the clock. He takes the inbound ball and flies down the court like a cheetah chasing a fat gazelle. With twirling moves, that even a ballerina would be proud of, he ‘whisks' past the opposition making an incredible under-the-leg lay up with the siren sounding as the ball brush...
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    Genre: Sports Platform: Xbox
    4.5