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  • Sacred 2: Fallen Angel - Reviewed
    Many months after being released on PC Format Ascaron Entertainment bring Sacred 2: Fallen Angel to both the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 platforms. But rather than leaving anyone with the feeling that we were to simply get a ported title, the developers took strides tweaking and refining the game to ensure it would work with the console gamer in mind. That is not to say...
    by Paul Matthews at June 28th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
  • Metal Slug Anthology
    The term anthology is best described as a collection of poems but SNK must have a different dictionary to the norm as their version of Metal Slug: Anthology (MS: A) is actually a collection of seven Metal Slug games sitting on one Wii disk and marks the tenth anniversary of the original Metal Slug title. Seven games
    by Paul Matthews at June 15th, 2009 at 08:06 pm
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    Gaming for the Adrenalin Junkie
    Experience the rush of reaching a final table at a major poker tournament, where the prize money reaches 6 figures and you need nerves of steel to keep your cool. Certainly not for the faint-hearted when your own money is at stake.  Poker games for all kinds of players from experienced pros to beginners starting out on a new adventure.
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    The heroes in a half shell are back and Warner Bros being responsible for the latest CGI Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie only left a mere amount of minutes before a games developer would snap up the movie tie-in. Ubisoft is that developer and they have produced TMNT on the Nintendo Wii
    by Paul Matthews at June 15th, 2009 at 08:06 pm
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
    In Rainbow Six Vegas 2 you are once again tasked with the mission of saving the city of Las Vegas from a group of terrorists. As you quickly learn, the events of Rainbow Six Vegas 1 & 2 are running concurrently, therefore you are fighting against the same group of terrorists in both titles. Going through the story mode you will encounter the familiar locations such...
    by Paul Matthews at June 13th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
  • Army of Two
    The world is diving into dark times with more and more terrorist and criminal organisations springing up each day than you can shake a stick at. The Military cannot cope, and contracts are being handed out to Private Military Corporations (PMC) just to maintain the balance of order. EA Montreal have developed Army of Two which sees a couple of bad ass ex Army Rangers;...
    by Paul Matthews at June 13th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
  • Triggerheart Exelica
    It has been a while since I have bothered with an Xbox LIVE Arcade title as most of them have been, well… pretty pants. So grabbing hold of the code to review Triggerheart Exelica did not really give me anything to smile about, that is until I played it, and suddenly found myself immersed in a hectic shooter with a hell of a lot going on, with pretty fine graphics and...
    by Paul Matthews at June 13th, 2009 at 07:06 pm
  • Dynasty Warriors 6
    Certain things in life are what you can consider as being reliable, and Koei producing another Dynasty Warriors game, certainly falls into the area of reliability and a damn sure thing. The Xbox 360 has been around now since the last quarter of 2005 and we have already seen a large number of titles from the series that is Dynasty Warriors, appearing on the console. Now...
    by Paul Matthews at June 13th, 2009 at 07:06 pm
  • Devil May Cry 4
    The Devil May Cry franchise has been around since 2001 when Capcom introduced the hack and slash devil hunting anti-hero that was Dante with the original Playstation 2 game that was Devil May Cry. Since that time we have seen a sequel with Devil May Cry 2, a prequel to the series with Devil May Cry 3 and now hitting home on the next generation platforms, the second sequel...
    by Paul Matthews at June 13th, 2009 at 06:06 pm
  • Naruto Rise of a Ninja
    Naruto: Rise of a Ninja is a game based on the character from a hugely popular Japanese Anime Manga series of the same name. There have been plenty of previous Naruto game titles, but it was Ubisoft that took the reins and became the first team to develop a Naruto title outside of Japan and one based on the western dubbed version that audiences have enjoyed for a couple...
    by Paul Matthews at June 13th, 2009 at 06:06 pm
  • Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
    Koei are back yet again with its Warriors franchise in the shape of Dynasty Warriors: Gundam. Gone are the ancient Chinese Warriors and in place swoop in the futuristic mech Gundam Mobile Suits begging the instant question… Is the futuristic twist to the tale a step up and a step forward for the Warriors franchise? Or is it purely another same ole, same ole approach by...
    by Paul Matthews at June 13th, 2009 at 06:06 pm