Avatar… in 2D
4 user commentsConsole owners hoping to enjoy stunning 3D while playing Avatar: The Game will need to wait until spring 2010. So in the meantime what’s to be said about this potential Christmas blockbuster in 2D? Time to face facts if you’re intending to play Avatar: The Game on PlayStation 3 or… Read full entry
Previous posts by Games Editor
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PC Top 5 Games of the Year
7 user commentsWorld of Warcraft, anyone? Genre-defining classics and the ever-green appeal of so many ‘coffee-break' games keep PCs well and truly at the forefront of gaming innovation. And the good news for most of us is that most of the top games don't require the very latest hardware to run. Publishers… Read full entry
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Wii Top 5 Games of the Year
7 user commentsNintendo Wii is still the little darling of the current console line-up. Its motion-sensing ‘magic wand' controller continues to beguile the masses, and there are a handful of games that are impossible to achieve even on more powerful systems. But it is only just a handful, and lately not really… Read full entry
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Gift buying for gamers?
1 user commentsSpare a thought for whoever drew the short straw and is tasked with choosing videogames for the family this Christmas. Buy these games on our recommendation and watch their faces light up.For Dad: "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09", no doubt about it. It features the man himself AND his personal… Read full entry
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Stop the Cavalry
10 user commentsNo games deserve to be Christmas Number One this year, bah humbug.By our reckoning all the Christmas blockbusters, excepting maybe Animal Crossing and Prince of Persia, are off their starting blocks. Some of them have run into the gutter already - Resistance 2 and LittleBigPlanet surprising early casualties. Sonic seems… Read full entry
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Bargain Bucket of Wii
16 user commentsWe reported yesterday that Nintendo Wii games are being discounted much sooner than those for other consoles. Today we realise we're not even slightly surprised. In fact there is an ongoing non-state-of-shock within Yahoo! UK Games at the dismal state of too many non-Nintendo titles. Before we go on, here… Read full entry
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Supreme Soldier?
1 user commentsYou're looking at the face of the perfect soldier, according to research published this week at least. Doesn't he look a bit too... soft, friendly? This image of an unnamed soldier comprises 3380 facial characteristics from the top 20 movie soldiers (listed below). It's the clever-clogs work of Dr. Anthony… Read full entry
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Switched on games
5 user commentsNintendo Wii and DS consoles continue their unabashed assault on traditional gaming sensibilities. 12 months ago most gamers would've cringed at the sight of Noel Edmonds posing with a videogame controller. But as the arrival of the newly announced ‘As Seen on TV' range of Wii and DS games would… Read full entry
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Record-breaking opening for Lich King
189 user commentsGears of War 2, the Xbox 360's flagship game this Christmas, might have had a fair few punters queuing up to buy it early last Friday morning. But this was nothing compared to the hordes that turned out for the launch of Wrath of the Lich King, the latest chapter… Read full entry
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Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard interview
3 user commentsWrath of the Lich King, the second expansion to World of Warcraft is out now. We recently sat down with Blizzard's COO Paul Sams and Associate Producer Lee Sparks to talk snow, ice and big swords.What's new then? Why should fans, or indeed anyone, be interested in Lich King? (Lee Sparks) Lich King… Read full entry
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Holidays in hell
1 user commentsWartime is full of memories that many would rather forget, yet re-enacting WWII in videogames has become one of the most popular pastimes worldwide.They can be welcomed as hard-hitting, interactive memoirs of war heroes. Arguably they are in danger of sensationalising events that took the lives of too many men… Read full entry
