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Competition: Win Mass Effect 3 — Xbox 360 | PS3 | PC

Mass Effect 3 launches on the 9th of March, and that’s really nearby. Electronic Arts has given us all the opportunity to test the game out with the demo which [...]

Preview: Silent Hill: Downpour

“Silent Hill introduces an all-new storyline and unique evolutions in gameplay, building on innovations and successes from over a decade of true survival horror and terror.” — Martin Schneider, European [...]

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Review: UFC Undisputed 3

The unfortunate thing with mixed martial arts games is that there’s never a middle ground. A game is either stunning or it’s annoying. For one to buy a fighting game, [...]

5 Great Features In Average Games

A diamond in the rough. Because the Aladdin in us never dies. Have you played my favourite game? Do you agree with my choice of console? Masterchief or Kratos? No?! [...]

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Life, The Universe, And Gaming — Betas Need To Replace Demos

Previously on Life, The Universe, And Gaming: Okay I really just wanted to start a column like that, at least once this year. At least it’s relevant this time! In [...]

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Hands-On: Mass Effect 3

If you’ve read our preview of Mass Effect 3, then you’ll most likely know all there is to know about the game before its release. However, a demo was recently [...]

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Review: Final Fantasy XIII-2

Watching the opening scene for Final Fantasy XIII-2 made me rethink my approach to this review. Rather than give you plenty of detail any Wikipedia page can do, or tie [...]

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In-Game: The Minds Behind Desktop Dungeons

Last year, I conducted a set of interviews for research purposes and managed to interview a couple of the indie developers at rAge Expo in Johannesburg. After a very busy [...]

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Anime Games To Look Forward To In 2012

There are plenty of great games coming out this year and we’ve decide to make a list of those here. Not just any list however, a list of anime inspired [...]

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Review: Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning

The billing has certainly been great for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (from here on, simply Reckoning) in the months building up to its release. Talk of the star names heading [...]

Indie Review: Pineapple Smash Crew

When playing Pineapple Smash Team the word ‘explosive’ comes to mind. In the most interesting of ways the game subjects you to rapid fire shooting, the constant death of enemies [...]

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What We Want From Doom 4

Now that the dust of Rage has settled, and whether you enjoyed the game or not, we think it’s time we start to talk about and imagine the next Doom. [...]

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Review: The Darkness II

The Darkness released in 2007 to mixed criticism. Based on the Darkness comics by Top Cow, the game was all about protagonist Jackie Estacado coming to terms with the powers [...]

Competition: Win One Of Four Copies Of SSX

Are you a fan of the SSX series? Or, have you ever played SSX? Do you even know what SSX is? Well, let’s put it this way: if you answered [...]

5 Fail Game To Movie Adaptations

In this feature, we’re going to take a look at some of the most horrible videogame movie adaptations. These abortions are the stuff of children’s nightmares. Most of these movies [...]

If Two Gamers Have A Baby, Who Gets An Achievement?

A guide to finding that perfect co-op partner to the game of life. Finding the perfect partner is hard. Even making friends can be hard. This is why we have [...]

Games I’m Most Looking Forward To This Year (Part 2)

There are a lot of awesome games coming out this year, and if you know this site well enough you’d know how many times we’ve raved about the games of [...]

5 Terrible Features In Great Games

May you find what you are looking for. The above line is an old Chinese curse. The disparity between Western and Eastern culture is never more evident than in their [...]

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Experience Points: Please Stop Trolling Valve

You know a lot of gamers have finished Half-Life 2 Episode 2 and were amazed at the direction, storytelling expertise and general greatness that Valve had created from the first [...]

Preview: Binary Domain

Name: Binary Domain Genre: Third-person, squad based shooter Players: 1 Multiplayer: Yes (versus mode and co-op confirmed) Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 Developers: Ryu ga Gotoku Studio Publishers: SEGA Release Date: [...]

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Hall Of Fame: Unreal Tournament 2004

Many of you may not even know of the existence of our Hall of Fame feature, and that’s basically because the last one was all the way back in May [...]

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In A Nerd’s Honest Opinion: Final Fantasy XIII Didn’t Suck

What to talk about? Well I really want to speak about Final Fantasy XIII-2 but considering I’m doing the review on that, I’d just be shooting myself in the foot. [...]

In-Game: Writing Kingdoms Of Amalur

I was quietly surfing the internet the other night and glazing over all the news feed on my Facebook account when I happened upon a Reddit session with R.A. Salvatore. [...]

Hands-On: Syndicate

Earlier last week, EA released a demo to their latest shooter Syndicate. A game that is a modern, FPS take on a cherished retro isometric tactical shooter title, Syndicate has [...]

Review: Soul Calibur V

Fighting games and I have a real love-hate relationship. I really enjoy them; right up until a friend comes over, hits the gamepad with their face and ends up winning [...]

7 Of The Best FPS Games

I don’t think the title contains that much ambiguity but, to reiterate, in this feature I’ll be presenting my take on seven of history’s greatest ever first person shooters. Of [...]

What Makes A Gamer: Rage Quitting

In this week’s What Makes A Gamer we look at the infinitely extending and eternally occurring phenomenon known as ‘rage quitting’. Rage quitting has never been precisely defined, and we’ll [...]

Games To Satiate Your Hunger For Diablo 3

Features removed, game redesigns, release date unconfirmed and the hunger for Diablo 3 grows. Diablo 3 may come out tomorrow, ok probably not, though we might only see it at [...]

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5 Popular Games That Won’t Be Remembered

Fan favourites that no one will remember when something better comes alo…ooohh look! Something shiny. We have all started to use the word memorable to mean fun or enjoyable. I’ve [...]

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Life, The Universe, And Gaming — Why Marketing Wins

Be honest, two months ago if I said that a game was coming out in a few months that would be a third-person open-world RPG that would be similar to [...]