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  • Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-stars
    Published Date: Feb 11, 2010

    When did fighting games become a niche thing? When I was growing up everyone was playing Street Fighter II, but I guess the world moved on. The Western World moved on, anyway, or moved in, to be precise. Back In The Day it was ALL Japanese, but where there’s money there will be America. At ...
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    Genre: Fighting Platform: Wii
    8.8
  • The Saboteur
    Published Date: Jan 5, 2010

    I’ve always wondered why video game characters from Ireland are thin on the ground. That’s because I happen to be Irish, and I think the foul mouthed, drunken stereotype would suit gaming well, at least occasionally. It also happens that I’m right, because playing as protagonist Sean Devlin ...
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    Genre: Third-Person Action Platform: Xbox 360
    8.5
  • 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
  • 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
  • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
    Published Date: Jul 27, 2009

    I’ll have to admit that I’m quite the fan of simulation golf, although I don’t have any real interest yet in trudging around an actual course. That’ll come with age I guess, but for now, I’m content with the digital type. I have been since I listened to the excellent commentary on [i]Lin...
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    Genre: Sports Platform: Xbox 360
    7.4
  • Terminator Salvation
    Published Date: May 28, 2009

    Do you have a cousin or friend, who you rarely see, and when you do he comes around to your place, gets drunk and pisses on the carpet, before stealing your sausages from the fridge before he leaves in the morning? Immediately after he leaves you’re raging, but over time, the anger dilutes and wh...
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    Genre: Third-Person Action Platform: Xbox 360
    3.3
  • The Wheelman
    Published Date: Apr 23, 2009

    You’ve got to give it to Vin Diesel, because he seems intent on making use of the video game medium to further his career, so credit to him for that. Considering the dearth of sub-standard voices in many titles, at least he’s known.But after playing Wheelman for any length of tim...
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    Genre: Racing Action Platform: Xbox 360
    5.7
  • The Godfather II
    Published Date: Apr 18, 2009

    It was always going to be tough for EA’s The Godfather II to arrive to critical acclaim, not least from HellBored. We never received our copy from the publishers, so had to grab a retail copy, which means that we’re therefore late getting this review out to you. Secondly, playing with s...
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    Genre: Third-Person Action RPG Platform: Xbox 360
    4.1
  • Tom Clancy's HAWX
    Published Date: Mar 17, 2009

    It’s hardly Tom Clancy’s fault, indeed it’s not the fault of Microsoft, Sony, or anyone else. It’s common knowledge that games come and go with the passing of the years – look how poorly received the Watchmen game was, highlighting that shoddy brawlers are a thing of yesteryear (al...
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    Genre: Flight Action Platform: Xbox 360
    6.4
  • The House of the Dead: Overkill
    Published Date: Mar 6, 2009

    House of the Dead: Overkill is a brutal, over the top, blood-fest that takes itself as seriously as a school of dead fish. Reminiscent of the worst ham-fisted B movies (that you stayed up watching when you knew you should be in bed), it is as captivating as a car crash. You know you shouldnâ€...
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    Genre: Shooter Platform: Wii
    8.1
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