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Indie Review: Fortune Summoners: Secret Of The Elemental Stone

We must always be wary of what lies underneath cute exteriors. Just because something is cute and cuddly doesn’t mean it isn’t hardcore and can rip the lashes right out [...]

Indie Review: Dustforce

Essentially, the game runs on combo system so depending on the amount of dust-related items you dispose of your score will be reflected as such. This also involves completing the [...]

Indie Review: Cave Story Plus

Cave Story Plus is an updated version of the original Cave Story released in 2004 and developed by Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya over a four year period. The culmination of his [...]

Review: Need For Speed: The Run

EA once again bangs its head against an excruciatingly painful wall as it continues to try and restore the Need for Speed franchise to its PS2-era glory but that doesn’t [...]

Indie Review: Grotesque Tactics 2: Dungeons & Donuts

Grotesque Tactics 2: Dungeons & Donuts is a satirical turn-based RPG from developer Headup Games. The game parodies the RPG genre with all its frills and steel plated armour. Any [...]

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Indie Review: Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken must be the most misleading videogame title in gaming history. I went into the game expecting more or less a substandard casual game involving chickens, and some [...]

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Review: Ico & Shadow Of The Colossus HD Collection [Part 1]

Yeah, I know, this review is a little late… Okay, okay, so it’s a lot late. I actually do have a couple reasons for that, just so you know. Firstly, [...]

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Review: Assassin’s Creed: Revelations

I’ve always adored the Assassin’s Creed franchise for its painstakingly recreated, historically accurate environments, and the way it weaves its tales into the fabric of history. This, coupled with excellent [...]

Review: Ratchet And Clank: All 4 One

Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time was deemed by many as the closest a game has come to a Pixar movie. That’s high praise for a series that has [...]

Review: FIFA Manager 12

The FIFA Manager series as a whole can best be described as an odd duck. Unlike its cousin, the FIFA Soccer franchise, FIFA Manager is not the top dog amongst [...]

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Review: El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron

Rarely does a game merge action oriented game design with the utter befuddlement of a bible story. El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron fulfils this brief to the tee. The [...]

Review: Battlefield 3

So, the war finally begins as many people wait in anticipation to see who will emerge as top dog between Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 later next month. EA’s [...]

Review: Ace Combat: Assault Horizon

Ah, my youth, sweet and innocent youth. The last Ace Combat game I played was on the PS1 and well… well even in my ignorant youth, where pretty much every [...]

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Uncharted 3 Reviews Show That Drake Deceived Us All

The Uncharted franchise is a benchmark for action/adventure games nowadays, and it seems that the third entry pushes that bar to a whole new level. With a host of perfect [...]

Review: X-Men Destiny

Marvel’s latest forays into film adaptations have yielded success with Thor, Captain America and X-Men First Class dominating the box office. However, in the arena of videogames this is predominately [...]

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These Batman: Arkham City Review Scores Would Force Batman To Crack A Smile

So if you were active on the internet at all over the weekend, you should have noticed that most international sites have their Batman: Arkham City reviews done and dusted, [...]

Review: Dark Souls

I pose these questions to you. Would you like to die a whole lot and potentially develop a hernia through pure frustration? Do you mind terrible narration and a rather [...]

Review: Spider-Man: Edge Of Time

Spider-Man games have always been a bit of a “touch and go” subject in the gaming world, with their quality standards often varying in radical degrees. From the awful first [...]

Review: PES 2012 – Pro Evolution Soccer

In all honesty, PES 2012 should have delivered more based on what it promised and isn’t so much a leap forward as it is a moderate upgrade of PES 2011. [...]

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Indie Review: Space Pirates and Zombies

Disclaimer: I tend to dislike RTS games. Especially, ones that involve spaceships. Sins of a Solar Empire and Home World are not my friends. You have been warned. However, I [...]

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Review: Dead Island

Dead Island is not what it appears to be on the surface and from the first debut trailer it looked to be a typical zombie game eerily in line with [...]

Review: Resistance 3

Before I begin, I must apologise for what may amount to be a pretty shoddy review. I finished this review at 2:30am and have had hardly any sleep for the [...]

Indie Review: Bastion

Bastion is a steam punk inspired action RPG developed by Supergiant Games, with an indie heart of gold boasting enough content to make it competitive with even the most mainstream [...]

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Review: R.U.S.E.

Okay so it’s a bit late, but here is your review of R.U.S.E., a real time strategy from Ubisoft with the catch-phrase “Don’t believe what you see”. Strong contender or just something to pass up? Click to find out more…

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L.A. Noire Review Scores Start Surfacing

LA Noire released internationally earlier this week and reviews have been pouring in for the game. Here is a round-up then of some sites’ review scores, once again only here [...]

The Witcher 2 Review Scores Creep Onto The Internet

Are you one of those gamers like myself that are eagerly awaiting the release of The Witcher 2, this week? You might be interested then to find that some review [...]

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Excerpts Of LA: Noire Review Nabbed After Website Slip-up

Looking out for an LA Noire review before you make the purchase, or just to hype yourself up a little? Well the first LA Noire review has seeped out following [...]

Review: LittleBigPlanet 2

LittleBigPlanet 2 is simply amazing, there’s no doubt about that. It offers a fresh, creative and visually exciting entertaining experience unlike anything that you’ll see in most game’s today. Despite [...]

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Review: Killzone 3

Killzone 3 does the PlayStation 3 proud, and is an excellent sequel. eGamer Rating: Addictive: Yes, but mostly the multiplayer modes. Worth The Time: Yes, unquestionably if you even remotely [...]

Review: Dead Space 2

Dead Space 2 proves to be an unworthy sequel to the original game. eGamer Rating: Addictive: No Worth The Time: Not really, unless you’re a die-hard fan of the first [...]