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  • Super Mario Galaxy 2
    Published Date: Jul 31, 2010

    It’s rare for Team Mario to put out a straight sequel. Usually we can expect a Mario title to be showcasing new technologies, or redefining its own well-worn formula in some fundamental way. Maybe, like the rest of us, after 2007’s truly revolutionary Super Mario Galaxy, the team scratche...
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    Genre: Platformer Platform: Wii
    9
  • Singularity
    Published Date: Jul 7, 2010

    They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and if that old adage rings true, then you can pick out with relative ease the various inspirations that have influenced the development team as they built Singularity. It would be fair to say that just about every FPS has been infl...
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    Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Xbox 360
    8.4
  • Split/Second: Velocity
    Published Date: Jun 8, 2010

    Driving games tend to come in a few different flavours – rally (DiRT), track racing (PGR or Forza), and fantasy (Burnout). Whatever the flavour, there are some key things to get right, whether it be the handling of the car or the sensation of speed. Split/Second exists firmly in the latter categ...
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    Genre: Racing Platform: Xbox 360
    8.2
  • Splinter Cell: Conviction
    Published Date: Apr 20, 2010

    Sam Fisher is back, and he’s in a bad mood. A really, really bad mood. Three years since he abandoned Third Echelon after the events in Double Agent and he’s reluctantly pulled back into that world upon hearing fresh news of his daughter’s killer. His story will bring him face to fac...
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    Genre: Third-Person Action Platform: Xbox 360
    7.7
  • Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
    Published Date: Mar 24, 2010

    As much as I was prepared for this game to be a soulless, creatively bankrupt, lacklustre knock-off of the Mario Kart franchise, I must admit to a certain wonder, a certain temptation-to-believe, a certain – dare I say it – hope. After all, this is SEGA we’re talking about, these...
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    Genre: Racing Platform: Xbox 360
    3.5
  • Supreme Commander 2
    Published Date: Mar 11, 2010

    The RTS genre has been around for the best part of two decades, and for all the innovations in game play and graphics, it always seems like somebody hasn’t gotten the memo. Despite a few concessions to modernity, Supreme Commander 2 has sprung fully-formed from a portal to the late-nineties...
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    Genre: Real-Time Strategy Platform: PC
    7.1
  • Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
    Published Date: Sep 15, 2009

    Sacred 2 has had a later release in Australia than in other regions so we were late getting our hands on a copy, and when we did, it was for the PS3. Playing through to level 18 proved an increasingly difficult path, but not because the game challenged me with its content, but with its deliv...
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    Genre: Third-Person Adventure Platform: PlayStation 3
    5.4
  • Stormrise
    Published Date: Mar 31, 2009

    If pedigree alone determined sales figures, then this would have been a seriously anticipated game that translated directly into revenue, but by doing so it would have to break down the restraints that RTS games suffer on consoles. It doesn’t. As we’ve discussed on these pages, the [i]Total ...
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    Genre: Real-Time Strategy Platform: Xbox 360
    4.4
  • SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection
    Published Date: Mar 8, 2009

    On the surface it’s a strange thing indeed, using modern console hardware to play games that would run on the processing power of an old washing machine. But there you have it, because SEGA have released a smorgasbord of Mega Drive hits on one modern contraption – the DVD. But despite having...
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    Genre: Compilation Platform: Xbox 360
    7.5
  • Street Fighter IV
    Published Date: Mar 6, 2009

    OK, deep breath, because we're going to give you a run down of the history of Street Fighter, so take a seat and get comfy, this could take a while. The original Street Fighter took the world by storm in 1987 by introducing us to six-button arcade machines, and eight-directional joy...
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    Genre: Fighting Platform: Xbox 360
    9.3
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