Game Reviews
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Don King presents Prizefighter Published Date: Aug 2, 2008It’s probably fair to say that the glory days of boxing have passed us by; when as a kid I’d stay up until 4am to see Tyson hammer someone around the ring. The failure of boxing to capture the imagination of the masses also might have something to do with the rise of UFC and mixed martial arts ...
Genre: Sports Platform: Xbox 360
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Published Date: Jul 25, 2008I’m as shocked as the next man, believe me, but after struggling to enjoy the opening level of [i]The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian[/i] on the PS3 I abandoned it to the play-when-I’ve-nothing-else-to-review basket. Lo and behold but the PR machine must have foreseen this because the very...
Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Xbox 360
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Beijing 2008 Published Date: Jul 24, 2008When a game hits release that allows players to participate in no less than 38 sports, there are two ways it can go. It can either be a fulfilling representation of the event that captures the hearts of players and completes its reason for existence by fuelling play that features passing the contro...
Genre: Sports Platform: Xbox 360
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Unreal Tournament III Published Date: Jul 22, 2008It’s been a four year wait for Unreal Tournament III (actually the 4th Unreal Tournament game and the 8th Unreal game, but the first using the Unreal 3 engine) to be ported onto Xbox 360. The series has been the staple diet of PC users for quite some time, and the Unreal engine has been used for m...
Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Xbox 360
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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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Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy Published Date: Jun 25, 2008And what a path it is. Movie games have traditionally been poor fare, created for one of a stable of reasons – bringing a brand to a gaming audience, cashing in the movie’s success (the most common one), or because in the modern age of entertainment you just have to have a game for whatever you...
Genre: Action RPG Platform: Xbox 360
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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Published Date: Jun 25, 2008Whilst the PC version of game received many accolades, it is unfortunately pretty unlikely that the console version will find the same success. That's not to say that the console version is a complete wash-out though, but it has issues. The Strogg, evil alien marauders who search the universe fo...
Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Xbox 360
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