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Tribute Games lives up to its name with Wizorb: a game that’s a tribute to both The Legend of Zelda and ball-bouncing classics Breakout and Arkanoid, melding both styles together surprisingly well. The land of Gorudo is laid to waste by monsters, and only Cyrus the wizard has orbs
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"Costume Quest, like every other Double Fine game before it, can be summed up with one sentence: good game, better concept. The developer has an uncanny knack for creating wonderful characters and worlds, and writing genuinely funny, often engaging storylines, but, when it comes to the actual gameplay, it
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From the moment I started playing through it, Rainbow Six: Vegas made me its bitch. I consider myself a connoisseur of first-person shooters. I’ve played loads of them, but I’ve never really done tactical shooters and because of this inexperience, Rainbow Six: Vegas made me work to succeed.
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Bioshock 2 has long been bemoaned as the sequel that was never needed. The original Bioshock captivated gamers with its thrilling narrative and cast of fantastically eccentric characters; dealing with philosophical ideals, moral choices, a society driven to insanity and the complexities of free will in an underwater utopia gone
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Four years. For four years you’ve dreamt of beautiful CGI trains carrying solemn looking passengers and one gun-blade wielding woman, whose acrobatics are nearly as impressive as how fast she dispatches her oppressors. Of vibrant explosions and lush landscapes, with cinematics no less breathtaking. If any of this rings
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Has there ever been a more opportune time to create and develop an accurate representation of single-seater racing? Hardened champions from Formula 1’s killer years regularly voice their dissatisfaction at the new era of racer, lambasting them for a lack respect of the comparative safety of modern motorsport. The
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Borderlands is a game trapped between two worlds. On the one hand, it’s a cooperative first-person shooter. On the other, it’s an online role-playing game. While it would seem like elements from both genres could easily meld to make one cohesive game, Borderlands is not that game that
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People think it’s easy being a blob—all you do is consume a few teenagers making out on Lover’s Lane and pretty soon you’re big enough to terrorize an entire movie theater. The harsh reality is that being one isn’t easy. You have to start small
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The time has come to once again follow Simon Belmont on his quest to defeat Dracula, but the plot and presentation of Mirror of Fate only appears familiar. Beneath its viewable-in-3D, playable-in-2D, surface there is a storyline that walks down its own path, using the original series storyline as a
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Slowly but surely, ‘Sherlock Mania’ is sweeping the globe. Guy Ritchie’s films have already set the tone for a new age of expectations while current TV has elected for modern adaptations - Sherlock in the UK, and Elementary in the US (with Lucy Liu portraying Watson of all people)
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When financial ruin befalls Charlie’s family, the only thing that saves him from a life of slavery is his insignificance. As protagonist of Double Fine’s newest XBLA title Stacking, Charlie is the smallest member of a family of Russian stacking dolls. The tiny solid figure at the heart
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They say you should never go back. After Halo 4’s announcement at E3 2011, gamers worldwide were quickly divided. It became clearer than ever that this generation of recession would conclude by overlooking creative risk for guaranteed income. The Halo story was told and even returned for a victory