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Games Reviews

Shoot to kill, fight to survive! Danny O'Leary reviews the best survival modes from Halo, Call of Duty and Gears of War. 

 
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Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty - aliens, shooting stuff, explosions, a superfluous storyline. Danny O'Leary reviews!

 

 
 Linking to Battlefield 3 Vs. Modern Warfare 3

Games about fighting, fighting each other. What is the world coming to? Battlefield 3 Vs Modern Warfare 3: who will win? Danny O'Leary finds out.

 

 
 Linking to Batman: Arkham City Review

Just what is it about Batman: Arkham City that makes us feel like The Dark Knight? Danny O'Leary investigates.

 

 

 
 Linking to WWE All Stars Review (PS3/Xbox 360)

WWE All Stars! Is it Mr Perfect, or is it Nasty, Boys? Find out if it's a Natural Disaster, or a game you don't to Miz out on in our review. Sorry. (Read more...)

 
 Linking to Mafia 2 Review (PC/PS3/Xbox 360)

Mafia 2 was one of the big releases of 2010. I now deliver a cheerily late review of it, because I didn't buy it until last week. So: is it any good, fellas? (Read more...)

 
 Linking to The Ball review (PC)

The Ball is out now on PC. It's a physics puzzler. And I'm reviewing it in verse. This makes you 400% more tempted to read the review, right? Right? (Read more...)

 

 
 Linking to Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Director's Cut review (PC/Wii/DS/iPhone)

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Director's Cut is like the Star Wars remasters - objectively improved in ways, yet undoubtedly worse than the original. Find out why in our wearied review. (Read more...)

 
 Linking to NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits review (PC/Wii)

Over The Top Games released NxyQuest: Kindred Spirits for the Wii last year, and for the PC last month. Is this trip to Ancient Greece a gift from the gods, or is it a mythed opportunity? Find out in our review. (Read more...)

 
 Linking to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 preview

If we could be any Star Wars character, it would be the impressively moustached Lando Calrissian. But The Force Unleashed 2 demo instead asks us to step back into the boots of Starkiller, who is less of a charismatic rogue, and more of a saber-wielding, Vader-riling sociopath. Does the sequel to the unimpressive original look to be an attack of the clones, or a more elegant game for a more civilised time? (Read more...)

 

 
 Linking to Lost Horizon preview

Animation Arts' Lost Horizon is a throwback both in style (old matinee boys' own adventures, and more obviously, Indiana Jones) and in genre (old point and click adventure games, last fashionable in 1875). Does the demo belong in a museum, or will we throw this throwback back? (Read more...)

 

 
 Linking to Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Review (PC/PS3/Xbox 360)

Hopefully completing our look at Ubisoft's Prince of Persia franchise for a while, we point a critical, glaucoma-ridden eyeball in the direction of the summer's non-film-tie-in effort, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. Once you've read it, for full effect wait until you've completely expunged it from your memory, then read it again but this time remember where all the traps are. (Read more...)

 
 Linking to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - Retrospective

I've been meaning to write a breathlessly adoring retrospective of Prince of Perisa: The Sands of Time for some time now. And with UbiSoft's HD 3D PS3 re-release (try saying that five times fast in a row) on its way, one supposes there's no time like the present. Unless you have a magic dagger full of sand, in which case there are at least a handful of times like the present. Or something. (Read more...)

 

 
 Linking to Singularity Review (PC/PS3/Xbox 360)

Raven Software's Singularity arrived a handful of months ago. Let's travel back through time and investigate whether it's worth investing several hours into completing it. (Read more...)

 
 Linking to Just Cause 2 Review (PC/PS3/Xbox 360)

Sequel to the ambitious-but-flawed Just Cause, Just Cause 2 arrives to explode its way into our cavernous, empty hearts, and remind us how to love. We love you, Just Cause 2. We love you like we love gruesomely gratuitous puns - lots and lots and lots. Read on to find out why. (Read more...)

 

 
 


Avengers Assemble

Avengers Assemble is the eagerly
awaited superhero melée free-for-all
film frenzy from Joss Whedon. Starring
Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man,
Scarlett Johannson as a sexy lady,
and Samuel L Jackson as himself.
Review by Tanya Branagan!

 

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Albert Nobbs

Albert Nobbs stars Glenn Close as
a woman passing as a man in 19th
Century Ireland. After she sets her
sight on a young woman, she finds
herself trapped in a prison of her
own making. Or was it society's fault?
Tanya Branagan finds out.

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Titanic 3D

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of
the tragic sinking of a cruise ship that
caused the deaths of 1514 people,
they've made a 3D re-enactment in
which the horror and tragedy is
over-shadowed by a pasted-together
"love story". Review of Titanic 3D
by Elaine McDonald.

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The Cabin in the Woods

The Cabin in the Woods is Joss
Whedon
's fantastic new subversion
of the classic sexy kids in cabin
slasher flick. A must for comedy or
horror fans. Check out the review by
Tanya Branagan!

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The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games is the most
anticipated action/thriller/children's
book adaptation to hit the cinemas
this year. Does it leave you hungering
for more? Games? Tanya Branagan
watched and judged.

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