Friday 18 May 2012
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WWE 12: An enjoyable update to the long running franchise

I used to be a big fan of WWE in the days of Stone Cold Steve Austin and others and spent a good two years playing Smackdown: Here Comes the Pain on PS2 almost ten years ago.

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Saints Row: The Third:

For many, GTA 5 is the benchmark of open world crime adventure games and with such heritage it is hard to disagree, but to bridge the gap between now and then, Saints Row 3 is well worth a play

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Skyrim: Immersive role player and candidate for game of the year

11.11.11, a date which gamers all over the world had been waiting for since it was announced last year, as the latest game in Elder Scrolls franchise, Skyrim, was finally released some five years

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Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

The latest release in the revered Halo series is not a new game, it is pretty much a visual overhaul of the first Halo game, Combat Evolved, developed to mark the 10th anniversary of this landmark game.

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Ace Combat: Assault Horizons: New entry in ageing franchise shows it's not yet time to quit

I first played Ace Combat: Assault Horizon at a game expo earlier this year and I was not overly impressed with it having never really been a fan of arcade style flight sims, instead preferring ones focused more on reality, such as IL-2.

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Batman: Arkham City: Ironing out the creases from last time

I was a massive fan of the first Arkham Batman game and thought it may well be one not only of the best licensed games of all time, but one of the greatest games ever.

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Rage: Another quality release from the fathers of FPS

The number of quality games id Software has produced over the last two decades is simply astounding.

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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine: More than a competitor for Gears 3

For the emperor! Don't let the Warhammer tag put you off this game, as it is far from the arduously tiring tabletop war game.

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Gears of War 3: Impressive end to critically acclaimed series

Having not played either of the first two games in this series, I went straight into the third release of the series a little unsure what to expect, both in terms of gameplay and more to the point, what had actually happened in the previous games.

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Forza Motorsport 4: Under pressure to deliver, it does, and then some

FOR most of us, owning a collection of the world's finest cars will remain a distant dream. That's why we need things like the Forza 4 series,

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F1 2011: Codemasters iron out the few creases from last year

Until last year, the Formula 1 video games tended to lean to a more arcade format, but when Codemasters decided to step up the franchise we got arguably the most realistic racer, at least that I've

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution: One of the year's most anticipated releases doesn't dissapoint

The original Deus Ex has been billed one of the better games of the decade, the second in the series, whilst deemed by many as not as good as the first, is also regarded as being a very good game - so Deus Ex: Human Revolution has a lot to live up to.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Short, expensive and lacks a certain magic

When I usually see a newly released 'game of the film' sitting in a shop, I quickly walk on and look at something else on the shelf.

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Dead Island: Zombie mayhem across a destroyed paradise

Move over Left 4 Dead and Fallout. Techland have invaded their territory and combined them to create one of the most immersive games I have played in a long time.

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F.3.A.R: Horror game short on any real scares

WB Games highly successful and, on the whole, well received F.E.A.R series has returned for a third instalment.

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Call of Juarez: The Cartel: Lazy errors let down a promising idea

A spiritual successor to the previous releases, the latest Call of Juarez takes place in 2011, unlike the others, which were set in the old west.

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Shadows of the Damned: Game to help keep the demons at bay

Mad, disturbing, dark and just plain weird are some apt descriptions of this game, but ultimately it is a gripping, if not short spin on the survival horror genre.

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Red Faction: Armageddon: There's still life to be found on the red planet

It's back to Mars for the fourth instalment of the critically acclaimed Red Faction series and to long-term fans, it's definitely not going to be a disappointment.

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Hunted: The Demon's Forge: Easily fixable errors let down a game with a lot of potential

I saw this game described as 'a dungeon crawler for the Gears of War generation,' which is a pretty accurate description, taking elements of traditional crawlers and mixing them with elements of a third person action shooter...

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Alice: Madness Returns: A briefly brilliant adventure into Wonderland

After an eleven year gap, American McGee has returned to his most successful franchise, making a sequel to the cult classic Alice...

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