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Donkey Kong Country Returns 3DS - Review

3:57pm Friday 24th May 2013

At almost 32 years-old Donkey Kong is still a regular star in many video-games, and a firm favourite amongst gamers

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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger - Review

3:51pm Friday 24th May 2013

The CoJ series has picked up its six shooter, mounted its trusty stead, and moseyed on back to where it belongs - the Wild West.

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Luigi's Mansion 2 - Review

2:18pm Monday 22nd April 2013

Luigi is back on a mission to remove a bunch of stubborn ghosts from some spooky mansions.

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BattleBlock Theatre - Review

12:56pm Monday 22nd April 2013

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Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time - Review

1:07pm Thursday 4th April 2013

Sly Cooper and his motley crew of four-legged thieves are back in a brand new adventure crammed with shiny treasures and intricate heists

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Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 - Review

2:32pm Thursday 4th April 2013

It's all beautiful looking stuff and will delight Naruto-lovers.

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Beat Sneak Bandit - Review

3:21pm Thursday 4th April 2013

Puzzle games can be tricky enough to tackle when you've got security guards, laser beams and pesky trapdoors to negotiate.

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Mini Ninjas - Review

3:01pm Thursday 4th April 2013

Slip your mask and sneak suit on and get running, as the Mini Ninjas enter the 'never-ending runner' genre of iOS games with their own brand of side-scrolling sprint 'n' slash.

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Bioshock Infinite - Review

4:15pm Tuesday 2nd April 2013

In this world of confusion and hatred, there’s always going to be a fight to be had.

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Gears of War: Judgment (Xbox 360)

7:46pm Thursday 21st March 2013

Familiar places can be seen before the Locust Horde has turned them into war-ravaged battlegrounds. It's fan-porn for those who have been here before.

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Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory - Review

2:55pm Wednesday 3rd April 2013

You must like role-playing, enjoy plentiful cutscences of surreal and bizarre nonsense, and perhaps even be a young girl.

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Castlevania: Mirror of Fate - Review

5:23pm Wednesday 3rd April 2013

A host of undead enemies foolishly stand in your way as you stride through all manner of gloomy gothic environments.

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SimCity - Review

5:01pm Wednesday 3rd April 2013

Construction, growth and destruction had never been delivered in such a fun, user-friendly way.

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The Sims 3: University Life - Review

5:13pm Wednesday 3rd April 2013

Party-filled rite of passage or academic route to the career of your dreams?

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History Legends of War - Review

5:37pm Wednesday 3rd April 2013

After the quick-fix thrill of bullets flying past your ears in conflict-focused first-person shooters, it's sometimes nice to pull back a little and take more of a tactical approach to the art of war.

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Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm - Review

5:57pm Wednesday 3rd April 2013

Strategy fans, get excited, as StarCraft II continues the epic saga of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg.

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Real Racing 3 - Review

5:46pm Wednesday 3rd April 2013

It certainly offers one of the finest racing experiences yet to hit app stores.

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Shin Megami Tensai: Persona 4 Golden - Review

2:22pm Wednesday 6th February 2013

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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - Review

6:10pm Friday 22nd February 2013

As ever in the Metal Gear series, visuals are top notch. Mechanized equipment whistles, turns, grunts and groans in spectacular style as everything from cybernetics to futuristic helicopters pack an incredible level of detail.

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Omerta: City of Gangsters - Review

11:59am Wednesday 20th February 2013

With dreams of the big life, you must work your way up the criminal hierarchy of 1920s Atlantic City.

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Scribblenauts Unlimited - Review

4:13pm Wednesday 20th February 2013

Reviewed On: Wii U

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Aliens: Colonial Marines - Review

6:03pm Saturday 16th February 2013

Reviewed On: PlayStation 3

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After Burner Climax - Review

2:13pm Wednesday 20th February 2013

A perfectly enjoyable airborne adrenalin rush.

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Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed - Review

12:55pm Wednesday 20th February 2013

Handheld gamers are treated to an enjoyable on-track romp around the Sega world, in an effort to catch up with the race-leader Mario Kart.

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Dokuro - Review

3:35pm Thursday 7th February 2013

Reviewed On: PlayStation Vita

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Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch - Review

7:28pm Thursday 17th January 2013

There really is no other game better than Ni no Kuni to whisk players off to another mystical world full of wizardry, magic, and craziness.

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Wreck-it Ralph - Review

2:01pm Friday 1st February 2013

Disney's next big hit will pack a real punch in cinemas, thanks largely to the sheer size of the lead character - 643lb Ralph.

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The Cave - Review

5:46pm Thursday 24th January 2013

From the minds behind The Secret of Monkey Island, there's no surprise that whatever lurks within The Cave is spliced with an abundance of jokes and funnies, each capable of splitting the sides of anybody with a shred of humour.

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Table Top Racing - Review

The pint-sized vehicles prove to be an effective outlet for speedy gaming sustenance, as you hair around carefully constructed table-top tracks.

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Banana Kong - Review

12:47pm Friday 1st February 2013

You're going to munch your way through more bendy yellow fruit than you've ever imagined!

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Sing Party - Review

12:07pm Friday 1st February 2013

The new singing and dancing franchise for the Wii U makes for an instant party in your house.

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DmC: Devil May Cry - Review

4:04pm Wednesday 16th January 2013

rebooted, reinvented, and remarkable - it's Devil May Cry - but not as we know it.

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Mega Drive Arcade Nano - Sonic Edition

Little in size, tiny in price, but big on promise - this little box of tricks houses some of the most revered and treasured games the SEGA Mega Drive ever had to offer.

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HItman: Absolution - Review

11:49am Friday 30th November 2012

SILENT but deadly – this has been brewing for a long time.

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Epic Mickey 2: the Power of 2 - Review

1:19pm Friday 23rd November 2012

Simon and Garfunkel, Mitchell and Webb, Batman and Robin – some of the best things come from the power of two minds combined.

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Wonderbook: Miranda Goshawk’s Book Of Spells - Review

1:17pm Friday 23rd November 2012

First there was the Eye of Judgement, then came the EyePet. Now Wonderbook has turned up on the digital scene, and with it a new tale unfolds.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Review - Xbox 360

12:11pm Friday 16th November 2012

DEVELOPERS Treyarch aren’t famed for developing the best Call of Duty games.

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Assassins Creed III - Review (Xbox 360)

10:17am Friday 9th November 2012

Assassin's Creed 3 is much like a beautiful flower. Although it's amazing from the second it sprouts, you really can't see the extent of its beauty until it opens and is on display for all to enjoy.

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Halo 4 - Review (Xbox 360)

9:10am Friday 9th November 2012

The most surprising thing was how little new developer 343 Industries have actually changed things.

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007 Legends (Xbox 360)

4:45pm Friday 2nd November 2012

007 Legends is enough to have Bond fans shaking with fury and Cubby stirring in his grave. It’s no diamond, and it’s certainly not going to be remembered forever.

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Forza Horizon - Review (Xbox 360)

8:51pm Thursday 25th October 2012

Taking a massively different route to previous games in the series, Forza Horizon hurtles towards the more arcade style of racer.

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Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask - Review (Nintendo 3DS)

9:59pm Thursday 25th October 2012

It's a spectacular feat how the awesome minds at Level-5 keep our attentions captivated and our minds imprisoned in the cognitive mazes that are the Professor Layton games.

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Dance Central 3 - Review (Xbox 360)

1:20pm Sunday 21st October 2012

It's a happy mix of musical delights, designed to capture the audible fancy of the entire family.

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Jet Set Radio (Xbox 360)

2:37pm Tuesday 2nd October 2012

Reviewed On: Xbox 360

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Borderlands 2 - Review (PlayStation 3)

2:14pm Friday 28th September 2012

HOW do you improve upon perfection? How does 2K take a game like Borderlands and make it better? More guns? More enemies? More ridiculously off-the-wall humour?

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Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Xbox 360) (PES)

1:13pm Wednesday 26th September 2012

The words of return of the king are uttered each year with every edition of Pro Evolution Soccer, but this year PES really is battling for its lost crown.

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Little Big Planet Vita (PS Vita)

11:32am Friday 21st September 2012

Just when we thought the ever growing universe of LittleBigPlanet couldn’t get any better, Sony pull a portable belter out the sack.

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Mensa Academy for (Nintendo 3DS)

11:06am Friday 24th August 2012

EVER since Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training was released on the Nintendo DS in 2006, the world has gone crazy for software designed to stretch one’s cognitive processes.

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Dust: An Elysian Tail (XBox 360)

11:05am Friday 24th August 2012

DUST: An Elysian Tail is like an old-school Castlevania game on LSD. It’s not so wacky that it’s difficult to understand – it’s just kind of odd.

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