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WWE: Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 Review

WWE: Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 Review

I'm one of these uncultured (or should it be cultured) individuals who knows very little about the WWE and wrestling in general. My ten year old self was rather amused by the whole thing and a large m... Read More

Alan Wake: The Writer DLC Review

Alan Wake: The Writer DLC Review

One of the most atmospheric games of 2010, Alan Wake has now got its second piece of downloadable content.  Following on the footsteps of The Signal, Wake now finds himself again in to the terror... Read More

The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest Review

The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest Review

Aragorn’s Quest could have been a great game but it is not. This game is a classic example of a rushed out product with minimal of quality testing which in the end makes Aragorn’s Quest a less tha... Read More

The Ball Review

The Ball Review

You're an archeologist, working near a volcano in Mexico, when, quite conveniently, you fall into some kind of ditch, and find yourself in an ungainly cave, that shows signs that it was/is inhabited b... Read More

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 Review

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 Review

Tiger Woods’ PGA Tour 11 is the latest installment in EA’s premier golf franchise. It was developed by EA Tiburon studios and published by EA Sports. It is available on PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3... Read More

Left 4 Dead 2: The Sacrifice DLC Review

Left 4 Dead 2: The Sacrifice DLC Review

At first I started up playing 'The Sacrifice' DLC thinking what a rip off it is for such a short piece of campaign.  Eventually I realized that the DLC actually give Left 4 Dead somewhat of a story... Read More

Vanquish Review

Vanquish Review

Books are books, films are films and games are games. It would be nice though if the video games we know and love could take a leaf out of the book of other mediums from time to time. Vanquish is one ... Read More

Fallout: New Vegas Review

Fallout: New Vegas Review

I believe it was Blake who once said that “without contraries there is no progression.” Fallout: New Vegas is a game that is loaded with opposing forces, whether it be the choices you face as the ... Read More

ArcaniaA: Gothic 4 Review

ArcaniaA: Gothic 4 Review

Standard controls are X to attack and Y to evade unless otherwise tweaked (Xbox 360 Controls).  You can use melee weapons, ranged weapons or magic.  A good technique is to use a certain type of ma... Read More

Medal of Honor Review

Medal of Honor Review

You play as Rabbit as well as other roles throughout the campaign and you are pretty much always with a team/squad of four people or at least you and someone else.  This Medal of Honor cannot and s... Read More

HISTORY: Great Battles Medieval Review

HISTORY: Great Battles Medieval Review

The inappropriately-named Hundred Years War (it lasted 116 years from 1337-1453!) is the subject of UK-based Slitherine Software’s latest offering, a real time strategy game that’s more than a lit... Read More

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 Review

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 Review

Do you remember that old family pet from your youth? You'd come down every morning to see old red or Mr. Biggins only to remember that he isn't the same puppy he was when you first got him. He's old h... Read More

FIFA 11 Review

FIFA 11 Review

The latest edition of EA’s FIFA series had barely hit the shelves before the bookmakers tipped it to be topping the charts this Holidays. And, you know what, I think they might be right. Sure, th... Read More

Shrek Forever After Review

Shrek Forever After Review

Shrek Forever After is an action-adventure title developed by XPEC (for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 & Wii) and Griptonite Games (NDS), and was published by Activision.  The iPhone port was handle... Read More

Quantum Theory Review

Quantum Theory Review

Is the world out of ideas? Hold on a second. Let me rephrase that and say; is the video games industry out of ideas and innovations? I highly doubt that the answer is yes. But after playing through Qu... Read More

Fix it Review

Fix it Review

When it comes to my time spent reviewing games it's not all major releases and triple A titles. If the games industry as we know it is going to advance and gain fresh new development talent then it's ... Read More

Diva Girls: Diva Ballerina Review

Diva Girls: Diva Ballerina Review

Reviewing games, as with life, is all about personal politics. It's knowing this that I realise I must have really pissed the Gaming bolt higher ups off. After all, why else would they send me this tr... Read More

DarkStar One: Broken Alliance Review

DarkStar One: Broken Alliance Review

DarkStar One was an enjoyable but repetitive game that launched in 2006 on PC. Four years later in 2010 and the game has been re-released on Xbox 360, with Hi-Def graphics and a fancy new name. Sadly ... Read More

Dead Rising 2 Review

Dead Rising 2 Review

Although it’s been four years in the making, you could be forgiven for thinking little had changed in Capcom’s zombie-killer sim Dead Rising 2. At first glance, it looks just like a slightly gloss... Read More

DeathSpank: The Thongs of Virtue Review

DeathSpank: The Thongs of Virtue Review

DeathSpank, the hack and slash 'em up created by Ron Gilbert of Monkey Island fame, released back in July on the XBLA and PSN to critical and commercial applause. Only a few months later we have a seq... Read More