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Desert Island Games is simple. You’re deserted on a lost island, but don’t fret because it’s got every console imaginable, constant electricity and a decent internet connection. The catch? You can only take three games. This week Sinan Kubba makes his three picks.
Halo 3
I’m going to start off with the most obvious choice, [...]

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…

Let’s waste little time in saying that Stoked is trying to be an indie developed version of Skate, not that there is any shame in that. If you are going to ‘be inspired’ by any game currently out, let it be the one the more revolutionary extreme sports games of the last decade. The problem [...]

Electronic Arts has finally announced the third game in the Skate series and already it’s looking like it might be the best in the series. EA has announced a refreshing breath of fresh air that is sure to bring a tear to all extreme sports game fans. Skateboarding in reality has a social vibe to [...]

You can’t be to surprised with another Skate game rumoured to be in the works. The original Skate was a flawed classic and while the second might have addressed all the issues we had with the original, it added it’s fair share of new ones.
Skate 3 hasn’t been officially announced but a skater’s twitter tells [...]

Last year EA released the Tony Hawk’s killer simply called Skate. The game was well received and while it had a lot of minor issues that had to be dealt with, the core of the mechanics worked well enough for it to be interesting. Obviously when EA release a new franchise and it goes well, [...]

A few months back we posted an article about what should be seen in Skate 2. As avidly blatant fanboys we got way to excited for the flood of information that EA have recently released and finally get to see what improvements they will actually implement.
Skate 2 now takes place in New San Vanelona that [...]

It’s true Skate 2 is official, it is happening. Fine, maybe it wasn’t that much of a shock but the point is that a great game is going to get its greatly anticipated follow up. The thing with Skate, the original Skate, was everything wrong could easily be improved. The amount of times I said [...]

“Skate It” is a semi-spin-off-sequel to last years fantastic skateboarding simulation, Skate. Surprisingly enough though, this isn’t simply “Skate 2″ as its coming to the DS and Wii exclusively.
The Wii version is where it gets really interesting with it’s Wii Fit Balance Board controls. Information on how the Balance Board will be controlled is sparse [...]

Frank Gibeau is average president of a games company and sometimes he comes out with some news. Not today in the most non-news article ever EA announced they there will be extensions of their Skate & Burnout franchises. Well I should hope so these are two of EA’s best games. Although we don’t know what [...]