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Aliens Vs. Predator is an interesting one, the film wasn’t great but the premise behind it, one-on-one combat between an Aliens and a Predator, was brilliant and in certain points of the game it is too. Making a game based on anything so beloved as these two icons of action films is a big task [...]

Daniel Lipscombe, our constantly busy Reviews Editor, used to run a site called Hi-Score – a site that has unfortunately ceased to be. We were left in a predicament with tons of quality content that was no longer available. As you’ve probably figured out already, that’s what you’re about to read.
The Top Ten With A [...]

As clichéd as it sounds Phantasy Star 0 is a game of two halves. While the online side of things is well worth a play, providing you have friends to play alongside, there’s not much fun to be had with the single player half of the game. It’s all just a little too generic.
Starting out [...]

As the muskets flash and dense smoke swallows the battlefield, armies are marching to their victory or their death. As Napoleon, marches up and down the lines of young men, quivering on the spot as they look over the sodden land. Rally the troops and give them the strength to carry on, the tension building [...]

Before I begin, allow me to get something out of the way. I am a Sonic fanboy. When it comes to that little blue hedgehog I’ve been there, done that and bought several t-shirts. However, for years now I have been watching my favourite video game character slip further and further into mediocrity and I, [...]

My name is Sam Morris, and I have a problem with Football Manager 2010…

I love the Winter Olympics. The likes of curling sounds incredibly dull, yet always strangely compelling, while the various skiing and bobsleigh events seem ridiculously fast and daredevil-ish. Much of the appeal comes from the fact that we just don’t get snow like that round where I live, so it makes the Winter Olympics seem [...]

Bayonetta has the style, charm and Japanese weirdness but is that built onto of a solid game? Daniel shares his thoughts on Bayonetta.

The one genre you can depend on for innovation, from year to year, is the hyper-competitive world of sports. What game evolved the best in 2009, find out here…

When you think of Mario and Sonic you think of old times, blocky graphics and incredibly good advertising slogans like “Genesis does what Nintendon’t”. In all honesty after all the nostalgia has died down, the one thing you don’t think of are the Olympic Games.
Yet that’s what we saw two years ago in preparation for [...]