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Torchlight 2 Beta: First Impressions

Complaints and berating aside, having (strike: tried to) played Diablo 3, I must concede it’s undoubtedly an awesome game that easily does more good than it does wrong. Having said [...]

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Preview: DiRT: Showdown

Name: DiRT: Showdown Platforms: PC, PS3, Xbox 360 Genre: Racing Developer: Codemasters Southam Publisher: Codemasters Racing Worldwide Release Date: 25-29 May 2012 Local (SA) Release Date: 25 May 2012 (expected) Expected Prices: PC – R361, PS3 – R499, 360 – R499 Slip, slide, [...]

Preview: Diablo III

Can you actually believe it? Diablo III is set to release in less than a week, ending a nearly 12 year long wait for one of the most anticipated RPG [...]

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Preview: Game Of Thrones

A Song of Ice and Fire, a best selling novel which has recently become more popular than ever. Written by George R.R. Martin, the fantasy novel was already a great [...]

Hands-On: Sleeping Dogs

Last week Friday, I had the awesome opportunity to get my hands on Sleeping Dogs, a game that started out as a sequel to the famed but flawed True Crime [...]

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Preview: Max Payne 3

It’s been a few years since we last saw Max Payne and since then a lot has happened in his life, not least of which was a terrible movie and [...]

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Preview: Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

Name: Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Genre: Third Person, Cover-Based Shooter Players: 1-4 Multiplayer: 8 vs 8 Online, LAN or splitscreen Platforms: PC, PS3, Xbox 360 Developers: Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft [...]

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Preview: Dragon’s Dogma

In Dragon’s Dogma, you assume the role of a nameless hero who has a chance encounter with a dragon. Prior to his quest, the dragon tells him that he is [...]

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Preview: Risen 2: Dark Water

It’s going to be an all-out pirate extravaganzaaaarrrggghhhh This year is once again going to be another great one for the action RPG. Right on the heels of Mass Effect [...]

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Preview: Starhawk

Imagine a sci-fi 3rd person shooter, let’s call it Battlefield 3 in space, and then add the strategic like ability to build structures like defences, the odd armoury and you [...]

Hands-On: Diablo III

As the title of this particular piece of literature might suggest this is a hands on preview for Diablo 3. Since this is possibly one of the most anticipated games… [...]

Preview: Prototype 2

Murder Your Maker. That’s Prototype 2 in a nutshell. Okay, job done. Let’s go home? Wait, there is no home. At least not for Sergeant James Heller, the protagonist this [...]

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Hands-On: Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations

Most, if not all, anime fighting game sequels prescribe to the same successful formula; add more characters; improve a couple features here and there; give more extra content; sell. Naruto [...]

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Preview: Street Fighter X Tekken

In the land of punch-the-face, kick-in-the-bollocks, fire-from-hands fighting games there are two colossi, namely Street Fighter and Tekken. Each offers their own unique approach to the fighting genre and usually [...]

Preview: Inversion

Don’t just defy gravity. Command it. That’s the catch phrase for Namco Bandai’s upcoming third-person-shooter, Inversion. Developed by Saber Interactive, Inversion is a game which is built on the “Havok [...]

Preview: Ninja Gaiden 3

Here jumping from tree to tree with the swift grace of a shadowed eagle is Ninja Gaiden 3, the sequel to Ninja Gaiden II. In the new instalment, we once [...]

Hands-On: SSX

SSX is a franchise I hold quite dear to my heart. It is easily one of the best sports games out there, mainly because it’s not really tied up to [...]

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 [...]

Hands-On: Binary Domain

Last week saw the launch of the Binary Domain demo, a 600-odd megabyte download which offered a singleplayer experience containing futuristic third person shooting pleasure. Firstly, I think it’s fair [...]

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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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Preview: Armored Core V

Armored Core V is a mech game at its mechiest. Large robots, plenty of firepower and slick and agile movement; this is the formula all Armored Core games comprise of. [...]

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Preview: Mass Effect 3

It ends here. What started as a great Xbox exclusive has now become a multi-platform phenomenon and what will very possibly go down as one the best trilogies of all [...]

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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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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 [...]

Preview: Asura’s Wrath

Cyberconnect 2 are probably known best for their work on the Naruto games, with their most recent and notable titles being Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm on PlayStation 3 and Naruto [...]

Preview: Twisted Metal

There have been five main games so far in the Twisted Metal series, of course not counting the two spin-offs in 2001 and 2002, with the most recent title being [...]

Hands-On: Path of Exile

And so the republic of hack and slash role playing gamers was plunged into despair and chaos as the evil galactic Blizzard empire announced possibly another year of development for [...]

Hands-On: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Name: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Genre: Action RPG, Open World Players: 1 Multiplayer: None Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3 & PC Developers: 38 Studios, Big Head Games Publishers: Electronic Arts Release [...]

Preview: Torchlight 2

Developed by Runic Games, former founders of Blizzard North, Torchlight 2, like its recent prequel Torchlight 1, is rather predictably an isometric RPG. As equally predictable however, and as you’d [...]

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Preview: The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings [Xbox 360]

There are tales that speak of monsters and evil creatures in a land that is different from our own, a world where a simple venture outside could prove a dangerous [...]

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