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  • 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
  • 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
  • Skate 2
    Published Date: Feb 9, 2009

    While soaring through the skies in an F16 or driving around a track at 200mph aren’t going to make you recall some part of your youth (unless you’re either a middle aged war vet or racing car driver respectively), skateboarding is a different matter. And while I don’t think my ankles would ho...
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    Genre: Sports Platform: Xbox 360
    8.4
  • Sonic Unleashed
    Published Date: Dec 29, 2008

    Let’s look at the Sonic franchise for a minute. It made its name for 2D speed which had people hooked, but since then has meandered around the middle of the road trying to find something new to add to it. The thing is, gamers don’t want something new, they want a return to that same 2D ...
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    Genre: Action Platform: Xbox 360
    6.6
  • Saints Row 2
    Published Date: Oct 16, 2008

    Saint’s Row on the 360 was a sleeper hit when the console was still a baby, being one of the only sandbox games out on the system. It was essentially a GTA clone but that didn’t stop people loving it. Well, the gaming landscape has changed somewhat and with a real GTA alre...
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    Genre: Third-Person Action Platform: Xbox 360
    8.6
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