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Big Beach Sports Published Date: Jul 21, 2008Why do winter-sport games sell best in winter, summer-sport games when the sun is shining? Certainly there is a logic behind this larding of self-same seasonal content—thus Christmas movies at Christmas because, baseball fans asides, few want to see an ancient fat man during the summer. But there...
Genre: Sports Platform: Wii
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Naruto Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: The Phan Published Date: Jul 20, 2008It’s time for a Manga explosion sports fans, over enthusiastic ninja style! The blonde haired, psychotic and mildly infectious ‘super ninja in training’, Naruto, is here to carelessly run into the fray and save his beloved village from another sinister plot. Being a Naruto fan I am very keen t...
Genre: Fighting Platform: Sony PSP
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Top Spin 3 Published Date: Jul 20, 20082K’s Top Spin 3 has been highly anticipated on the Wii, especially since the producers continually promised hyper-realistic gameplay and graphics, as well as a pool of accurately modelled world famous players to choose from. To some degree, TS3 for the Wii lives up to these promises, but overall, ...
Genre: Sports Platform: Wii
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LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventu Published Date: Jul 17, 2008LEGO Star Wars was a surprise success, considering there wasn’t a huge media machine behind it, and rightly so. The world which the developers at Traveller’s Tales tackled was one that many had a soft spot for, so as long as it wasn’t shambolic it was always going to have an audience. Well, ...
Genre: Platformer Platform: Xbox 360
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Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution Published Date: Jul 16, 2008I have been playing Civ since it arrived on the Amiga (remember that?) back at the dawn of time. It’s a testament to the quality and popularity of the franchise that it is still going, stronger than ever, 17 years later. For its console debut, Civ has been stripped down to its essential core, maki...
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy Platform: Xbox 360
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Alone in the Dark Published Date: Jul 14, 2008There is certainly a market out there for people who like their puzzle games, and those that like to solve mysteries. Just the other day I was speaking to a friend who I completed the absolutely superb Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within with, and it was funny how much of not only the game but the spe...
Genre: Adventure Platform: Xbox 360
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Battlefield: Bad Company Published Date: Jul 14, 2008War games are two a penny these days but there are a few of distinguished lineage that stand out: Call of Duty, Medal of Honor (maybe) and Battlefield. The latter made its name on the PC through games like Battlefield 1942 (with multiple expansions), Battlefield Vietnam and Battlefield 2142. It’...
Genre: Battle Platform: Xbox 360
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Super Smash Bros Brawl Published Date: Jul 11, 2008Hands up everyone who wants to knock the stuffing out of that annoying little yellow rat Pikachu? Well boys and girls, here’s your chance to vent all of that bottled up rage and, quite literally, knock him (or his wimpy trainer) out of the park. Welcome to Super Smash Bros. Brawl (SSBB), the new W...
Genre: Action Platform: Wii
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BlastWorks: Build, Trade, Destroy Published Date: Jul 8, 2008There’s something almost groan-inducing about a game when even its designers are willing to describe it as a “frenetic geometric battle”. Like the terms, say, “limber, sexy octogenarian” or “rowdy vitamin supplement,” such descriptors seem to reveal either a total disregard for the sta...
Genre: Shooter Platform: Wii
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Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure Published Date: Jul 2, 2008“Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure” for the Playstation 2 is a joint collaboration between National Geographic and DSI Games, the product of a marketing blitz surrounding the “hype” of their eponymous new IMAX movie. (In case you still haven’t gotten your fill of Sea Monsters after wat...
Genre: Adventure Platform: PlayStation 2
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