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REVIEWS
LittleBigPlanetPS3, £44.99 THE developers of LittleBigPlanet have done more than create a brilliantly imaginative and fun platform game. They've also given you exactly the same tools they used to create it, allowing you to try and replicate or even improve upon their own efforts.
(10/11/2008)
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Fable IIXbox 360, £44.99 WANT to get married? Have kids? Invest in some property? Maybe even kill some troublesome bandits? Or attack a village full of innocent people? The choice is yours, good or evil, and the possibilities are endless. Welcome to Albion, and the world of Fable II.
(01/11/2008)
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Dead SpacePS3/Xbox 360 £49.99, PC £34.99 PREPARE for a scare if your dare step foot into Dead Space, for this is one survival horror that really will send a chill up your spine. EA's shooter drips with atmosphere from the moment it begins. And from your very first encounter with a necromorph, it will have you on edge and looking over your shoulder.(02/11/2008)
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PES 2009: Pro Evolution SoccerPS3/Xbox 360 £49.99, PC £29.99, PS2 £24.99 (PSP - see below) THE rival to the title of footie game of the year has arrived, hoping to tackle the considerable challenge posed by FIFA 09 with new features, new licences and Champions League action to boot.
(02/11/2008)
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BioShockPS3, £39.99 IT'S taken more than a year but finally this atmospheric shooter/horror adventure has jumped platforms from the Xbox 360 and PC to PS3. Has it been worth the wait? For those who haven't yet enjoyed the delights of BioShock, the answer has to be a resounding 'yes'.
(30/10/2008)
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FracturePS3/Xbox 360, £49.99 CLIMATE change has a lot to answer for. And not just spiralling car tax and wheelie bin police. In the 22nd-century world of Fracture, it causes the division of the world's only superpower - figuratively and literally.
(27/10/2008)
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Brothers in Arms: Hell's HighwayPS3/Xbox 360, £49.99 I crouch silently at the water's edge, waiting for the two-man German patrol to pass. Checking my weapon, I find just a handful of bullets left. The sound of distant shelling interrupts the still night while the fires that burn in war-torn Eindhoven illuminate the darkness.
(24/10/2008)
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Golden Axe: Beast RiderPS3/Xbox 360, £49.99 GOLDEN Axe is one of the most beloved video game franchises in history. Its simple hack and slash gameplay has inspired countless other titles, and it's regarded as an all-time classic.
(22/10/2008)
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LEGO Batman: The VideogamePS3/Xbox 360 £39.99; Wii £34.99; PC/PSP/DS £24.99; PS2 £19.99 FOLLOWING on from Indiana Jones earlier this year, it's Batman's turn to get the LEGO treatment - and that means laugh-out-loud visual comedy, co-operative puzzle-solving gameplay and, of course, an irresistible soundtrack.
(16/10/2008)
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FIFA 09PS3/Xbox 360 £49.99, PC/PS2/PSP/DS £29.99 So here it is. An opportunity for Spurs fans to prove their team can cope without Berbasulk and Keane-to-get-away and for Gooners to show that Arsene Wenger's men can deliver on their promises.
(16/10/2008)
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PurePS3/Xbox 360/PC £39.99 IF jumping hundreds of feet in the air and performing crazy tricks while clinging to an off-road vehicle and admiring vistas of stunning beauty sounds like your idea of fun, you're probably a source of persistent worry to your parents. However, you'll also enjoy Pure, a wild thrill ride of a game that delivers adrenaline into your living room by the exhaust-load.
(12/10/2008)
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Baja: Edge of ControlPS3/Xbox 360, £39.99 TO the uninitiated, Baja - pronounced Ba-ha - might sound like a romantic tropical retreat, filled with palm trees and colourful cocktails. It's actually the Californian home of some of the most unforgiving desert terrain on planet Earth and is visited not by holidaymakers but veterans of brutal off-road racing.
(14/10/2008)
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Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPS3/Xbox 360/Wii £39.99, PSP £34.99, PS2/DS £29.99 STAR Wars games have often failed to live up to their billing but this latest offering is the first from LucasArts developed for next-gen consoles. So what exactly have they unleashed?
(02/11/2008)
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TNA Impact!Xbox 360 £39.99, PS3 £44.99, Wii £34.99, PS2 £19.99 TNA Impact! would have to pack a real punch to compete with its main wrestling rival, WWE. So does it leave its competitor bloodied and bruised? For those of you who are unfamiliar with TNA, it stands for Total Nonstop Action and is set apart from other wrestling brands by placing the action in a 6-sided ring instead of the standard four.
(28/09/2008)
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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09PS3/Xbox 360 £49.99, Wii £39.99, PSP/PS2 £29.99 As a relentlessly impressive golfer, Tiger Woods would surely want the game bearing his name to be decidedly above par - even if he's always under it, if you see what I mean. And sure enough, the latest instalment in EA's Woods franchise is nothing short of the best golf game out there.(14/09/2008)
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Space ChimpsWii/Xbox 360/PS2/DS, £14.99-£39.99 SENDING chimps into space is not a new idea but doesn't seem terribly sensible. After all, they have a habit of misbehaving and getting distracted by bananas. In this 3D platform game, based on the animated movie, you switch between one mischievous chimp, Ham III, and his more level-headed comrade, Luna.
(05/10/2008)
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Hellboy: Science of EvilXbox 360/PS3 £49.99, PSP £29.99 RELEASED to coincide with the recent Hellboy 2 film, The Science Of Evil is a standalone game that sees you guiding the eponymous red demon as he punches and shoots his way through hordes of vampires, zombies, werewolves and Nazis.
(18/09/2008)
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Unreal Tournament IIIXbox 360, £49.99 SEVEN months late to the party, Unreal Tournament III finally makes it to the Xbox 360. Was it worth the wait, and how does it fare against the veritable flood of other FPSs out there?
(02/11/2008)
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The Bourne ConspiracyXbox 360/PS3, £49.99 GIVEN the success of the Bourne movie franchise, it's a surprise that it's taken this long for Robert Ludlum's creation to enter the video game arena. Full of action, fights, chases, shooting and intrigue, the series is tailor-made for a third-person action game.
(16/10/2008)
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Super Smash Bros BrawlWii £34.99 BRAWL has a lot to live up to. Its predecessors, the 6m-selling Super Smash Bros Melee for the GameCube and the Nintendo 64 original, Super Smash Bros, were as popular as Santa at Christmas. Fortunately, Nintendo has come to this particular party with gifts aplenty.
(14/08/2008)
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Battlefield Bad CompanyXbox 360/PS3 £49.99, out now THEY may be bad, but this company can still blow things up. More, in fact, than you might realise. Dice, the Swedish-based developer of this frenetic first-person shooter, has created a sandbox environment where almost everything is destructible.
(16/10/2008)
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the PatriotsPS3 £49.99, out now IT'S been five years in production and features a story 20 years in the making, but finally MGS4 is here on the PlayStation 3. Snake's last mission encapsulates everything players have loved about MGS over the years and much more besides.
(14/08/2008)
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SBK 08 - Superbike World ChampionshipXbox 360 £39.99; PSP/PC £29.99; PS2 £19.99 (27/10/2008 22:37)
[Read More]WALL-EPS3/Xbox 360 £39.99, Wii £34.99, PS2/DS/PSP £29.99, PC £19.99, out now (22/10/2008 20:05)
[Read More + WATCH TRAILER]LEGO: Indiana Jones: The Original AdventuresPS3/Xbox 360/Wii/PSP £39.99, PS2/DS £29.99, PC £19.99, out now (05/10/2008 19:09)
[Read More]Iron ManPS3/Xbox 360 £44.99, Wii £39.99, PS2/PSP/DS £29.99, PC £19.99, out now (06/07/2008 13:12)
[Read More + WATCH TRAILER]Lost: The Video GamePS3/Xbox360 £39.99, PC, £29.99; Out now; Cert 16 (09/06/2008 00:02)
[Read more + WATCH TRAILER]Devil May Cry 4PS3 £49.99, Xbox 360 £39.99; Out now; PC £39.99 Out Mar 3: (26/05/2008 16:28)
[Read More]Ultimate Board Game CollectionPSP/Wii/PS2 £19.99, out now (27/07/2008 11:53)
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PREVIEWS
Damnation - TrailerPS3/Xbox 360/PC THE game described as the 'vertical evolution of the shooter', Damnation, is nearly here and this new video from Codemasters showcases how the multiplayer modes will work in the game.
(31/10/2008)
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Tomb Raider: Underworld - TrailerPS3/Xbox 360/Wii/PC/DS/PS2 LARA Croft will soon be back for her latest - and hopefully greatest - adventure in Tomb Raider: Underworld.
(31/10/2008)
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Beijing 2008PS3 £49.99, Xbox 360 £44.99, PC £29.99 AFTER enjoying the official game of the Athens 2004 Olympics, I personally could not wait for Beijing 2008. And they've not let me down.
(24/10/2008)
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Kung Fu PandaXbox 360/PS3 £49.99; Wii/PS2 £39.99; PC £34.99; DS £29.99 IT'S not often that you see 'good', 'game' and 'film tie-in' in the same sentence; Kung Fu Panda defies expectation by standing well above the usual cash-in dross.
(12/10/2008)
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Ferrari ChallengePS3 £49.99, Wii £39.99, PS2/DS £29.99 YOU don't need to be a motor racing fan to know that there is something special about the Ferrari brand.
(24/10/2008)
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Overlord: Raising HellPS3 £49.99, out now IT'S not often that I've imagined sending hordes of gurning minions in to slaughter some bounding sheep or play havoc with a pumpkin patch, but I have Overlord: Raising Hell to thank for showing me just how much fun that can be.
(16/10/2008)
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Monster JamXbox 360 £49.99, PS2/Wii £39.99, DS £29.99 BACK in the distant past, someone thought up the idea of combining a racing game with the deeply satisfying ability to plough through scenery (not to be confused with Burnout 3 which combined racing with the ability to ram your opponents off the road or into other cars - another equally gratifying experience), and for that they should be awarded a gaming excellence medal.
(28/09/2008)
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BaroqueWii £24.99, PS2 £19.99 Baroque is a role-playing game that likes to do things differently. For that reason, it's likely to divide players into those who get it and appreciate its unique approach, and those who simply don't have the patience or inclination to discover its secrets.
(01/11/2008)
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Rainbow Six Vegas 2PS3/Xbox 360 £49.99, PC £34.99, out now SOME first-person shooters allow you to fly into a room, all guns blazing, safe in the knowledge that your character can suck up lead like a Dyson does dust. Not Rainbow Six Vegas 2.
(24/10/2008)
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SEGA Superstars TennisPS3 £49.99, Xbox 360 £44.99, Wii £39.99, PS2 £29.99, DS £29.99; out IT'S fair to say that this isn't a simulation. After all, where you might expect Roger Federer, you've got Sonic the Hedgehog, AiAi and Dr Eggman.
(21/08/2008)
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Boom BloxWii £39.99, out now STEVEN Spielberg and Electronic Arts: sounds like the ideal team to make entertainment for the masses. And so it proves. No, this isn't about ET or Jaws taking up football or football or golf. It's actually a game about blocks. Thankfully, not just a load of blocks.
(28/08/2008)
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Race Driver: GRIDXbox 360/PS3 £49.99; PC £34.99; DS £29.99, out now UNLIKE most racing games, Codemasters' Race Driver series places much of its emphasis on you - the driver. The clue's in the title really.
(14/10/2008)
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Dragon Ball Z: Burst LimitXbox 360/PS3 £49.99 A FAST and furious fighting game based on the cult Japanese anime series, Burst Limit is a fan's dream. To the uninitiated, meanwhile, it's a colourful, energetic and somewhat bizarre experience.
(31/07/2008)
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UEFA Euro 2008PS3/Xbox 360 £49.99, PS2/PC £29.99, out now ENGLAND'S hapless footballers may have had the summer off, but there's still a chance to prove to Europe that we're not all hopeless when it comes to sticking the ball in the back of the net.
(10/08/2008)
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Condemned 2Xbox 360 £44.99, PS3 £49.99, out now NOMINALLY a first-person-shooter, Condemned 2 could be more accurately described as a first-person-mystery-survival-horror- homeless-person-beat-em-up-with-occasional-gunplay.
(28/08/2008)
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Emergency MayhemWii £39.99, out now Ever wanted to join the emergency services? Well now you can try joining all three in this fast and furious game from Codemasters, which combines driving action with a host of mini-games.
(20/06/2008)
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Bully: Scholarship EditionWii/Xbox 360 £39.99, out now GIVEN that it hails from the same team that brings you Grand Theft Auto, you might well expect Bully to be anarchic. And it is. But it's also light-hearted, funny and clever.
(14/07/2008)
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Conflict Denied OpsPS3 £49.99, Xbox 360 £44.99, PC £29.99; Out now; Cert 16 CONFLICT Denied Ops is a first-person shooter designed with co-operation in mind. Graves and Lang are covert paramilitaries from the CIA's Special Activities Division, whose deniable operatives must leave no trace of who their employers are.
(26/05/2008)
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Viking: Battle for AsgardXbox 360 £44.99, PS3 £49.99, out now A BRUTAL hack-and-slasher game combining old school combat with a touch of strategy and some impressive next gen presentation, this will leave you feeling like you've been in a genuine battle of your own.
(06/07/2008)
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Kane and Lynch: Dead MenPS3 £49.99, Xbox 360 £44.99, PC £29.99; Out now: Cert 18 REMEMBER the scene in Michael Mann's brilliant crime flick Heat, where suited bank robbers run through the streets, trading shots with police? Well, Kane and Lynch pays homage to that and other hard-hitting movie moments.
(20/06/2008)
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Burnout ParadisePS3/Xbox 360 RRP £49.99; Out now; Cert 3 A GENUINE example of a game that continues to develop even after its release, Burnout Paradise has benefited from an update that solved one or two niggles with the gameplay, particularly for those playing online.
(10/08/2008)
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READER REVIEW Richard Wakeling, from Hertford, reviews Grand Theft Auto IV. To send us your review, email mercury@hertsessexnews.co.uk Grand Theft Auto IVPS3/Xbox 360 £49.99 2007 was one of the best years for gaming in history. With titles like Halo 3, Bioshock, Call of Duty 4, The Orange Box and Super Mario Galaxy, there was plenty of top quality pickings for gamers to blow their cash on. 2008 looks set to be another huge year but one game, and one game only, could make it the greatest year ever.
(27/06/2008)
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Claire Syrett, from Hertford, has written our first reader review, below. To send us yours, email mercury@hertsessexnews.co.uk. Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixPS3I HAVE to admit, when it comes to the PlayStation 3, it's really my partner's domain. I don't really do the big 'beat em ups' with lots of blood, guts and gore. I like the more puzzle based games: no guns, no swearing, just nice, honest fun. (16/10/2008) [Read More]
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