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Previews Roundup (Cake Mania)

Mar 14, 2007

Sometimes we come upon a massive amount of information for a few of the more well-known games (looking at you Stranglehold ), while more often than not we receive very little info on smaller titles. Today, we present to you a smattering of DS previews so you know what to look forward to in the coming months. Hamtaro Ham Ham Challenge Out: March 15 (Japan) Writing out the full Japanese title would fill this entire column, but since it has the word atsumare in it, which means “gather ...

The Top 7... Game-Changing Cheats (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare)

Sep 15, 2008

Invincibility is nice. Infinite ammo and armor are pretty useful, too. Level skipping is a lazy gamer's dream come true...

Cheating, though, can be so much more! Why ask for an extra life when the right code will give you an entire army, or the power of a god? Why settle for a shortcut when hidden humor, violence, sex and evil are waiting to be discovered? ...

Never lose at COD4 Free for All again! (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare)

Jul 22, 2008

Campers lose. Campers are losers. Campers should be shot. Snipers are babies. Snipers aren’t good enough to mix it up with the big boys. Snipers should be shot. Running and gunning – sprinting around, living by your wits, relying on your reactions and turning, moving, gliding, weaving and doubling back - is the way a gentleman wins. ...

Call of Duty 4: Fastest airstrike ever (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare)

May 7, 2008

Want to call in air support in under 10 seconds? Want to level up your character in the least amount of time? You don’t need to bother with lame aim bots that’ll get you banned from your favorite servers. In fact, you don’t even need to be that good at Call of Duty 4. Racking up ridiculous kill streaks can be easy if you’re playing under the right conditions. Head to the server “=OG= 24/7 Shipment ...

Call of Duty 4: DownloadRadar (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare)

Apr 14, 2008

A lot of excellent shooters from last year sit in our game libraries and hard drives waiting to be played again. But lately, we find ourselves coming back to Call of Duty 4 and we know we’re not the only ones. Finding active servers with settings you like is rarely a problem. But an added bonus to Call of Duty 4’s popularity is the wealth of awesomely original fan-made mods and maps.

Click on to the next page for tons of ...

Five in-game deaths that actually made us sad (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare)

Apr 4, 2008

More and more games seem to be plucking our heart strings to great affect and eliciting a genuine sense of woe amongst players. Here we look at five recent videogame deaths that have made us appropriately gloomy for all the right reasons and ponder how they succeeded in stoking the cold blue flames of our sadness. ...

Get Call of Duty to play better and faster (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare)

Mar 5, 2008

The move away from CoD’s WWII origins was met with much scepticism. Happily, fears proved unfounded, and the developers’ efforts were rewarded with the best-selling game this Christmas, shifting half a million copies in December alone on various formats. Still, no one’s perfect, and the devs should probably stay in their military issue flak jackets while we ponder some of the more common technical issues you’ve had with ...

Call of Duty 4 (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare)

Jan 24, 2008

We know the temptation all too well. Youre trotting through a Call of Duty 4 multiplayer map, you see a bit of cover, and think, “I bet I could get behind that and punk the next fool who runs through here.” But before you commit to that hidey-hole, think twice - you can likely be flanked, grenaded, or otherwise humiliated in what should have been your moment of glory. To avoid this fate, check out our whimsical video on Call of Duty 4s best and worst camping spots. ...

How to save Call of Duty 5 from crapness (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare)

Jan 15, 2008

January 15, 2008 Rumour has it that the next game in the awesome Call of Duty series will be taking a step backwards, returning to the over-used World War II setting after its glorious foray into contemporary conflict with the 10/10-rated Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. It seems an illogical step, but when you consider that CoD3's developer Treyarch is back in the saddle as opposed to Infinity Ward, and that a Pacific location has been hinted at, it all starts to sound more and more ...

Will the Activision/Vivendi merger ruin my games? (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare)

Dec 3, 2007

3rd Dec, 2007 The industry is still shaking from the earthquake announcement of Vivendi and Activision's merger today, but gamers themselves are going to have a lot of questions too. Both companies hold their fair share of much-loved franchises, several of which have extremely radid fanbases, so worry is going to be high as to what the deal is really going to mean. It seems accepted human 'wisdom' that any change is a change for the worse, and in gaming any alteration in the corporate status ...

Call of Duty 4 multiplayer sniper spots exposed (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare)

Nov 27, 2007

Nov 27, 2007 Weve been playing Call of Duty 4s multiplayer mode long enough to know every map inside out. But even this encyclopaedic knowledge doesnt stop us from getting hit between the eyes when were least expecting it. And its not because were running around like headless chickens, but rather that some gamers have found ways to get to hidden locations in certain maps. Having discovered the location of five of these sniper spots, by trawling YouTube, we thought it was only fair to share ...

Five reasons why COD4 will make you soil yourself (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare)

Nov 9, 2007

Nov 9, 2007 Modern Warfare has broken out! Huzzah! No, we're not consequence-dismissing warmongers, just excited gamers looking for a (decidedly non-lethal) way to vicariously live out our our battlefield fantasies. Because Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is on sale, and it's amazing. But wait, recruit, because - as you might have seen - this latest Call of Duty conflict is so intense it'll make flower-gathering, Pinata-breeding gentle gamers soil themselves in utter shell-shocked terror. ...

Call of Duty 4: Cheats Unlocked (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare)

Nov 7, 2007

Halo has skulls. Gears has cogs. Grand Theft Auto has packages. But this year's most rewarding collectible hunt isn't in any of those games... it's in Call of Duty 4. Scattered throughout the shooter are 30 hidden laptops, capable of unlocking some of the most useful - and bizarre - cheats we've ever encountered. Ranging from infinite ammo to super powered grenades to a "silent 1920s movie" filter (seriously!) these things can transform the game until it's nearly unrecognizable. Want to see ...

Call of Duty 4 - Master the Multiplayer (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare)

Nov 6, 2007

Nov 6, 2007 One shot. Two if you're lucky. In Call of Duty 4's brutally realistic take on multiplayer, that's all your enemies need to drop your sorry corpse to the ground. Unlike the cartoony competition, you can't throw down a bubble shield or zip away on a shiny alien moped. So how do you secure the advantage when all you have are your guns and your wits? Location, location, location. Being in the right place at the right time - in other words, being the one to shoot that first lethal ...

Call of Duty 4 - interview (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare)

Jun 18, 2007

During our first look at Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare we got chance to sit down with the developer's president Grant Collier. In the middle of a lengthy global press tour, Collier looked absolutely exhausted, but it's amazing what some caffeine can do. You can read our impressions of Call of Duty 4 right here, and below is the result of our chat with Grant Collier. Are you missing World War II? Grant Collier: I'm so sad that I can't work on World War II anymore; it just ...

TalkRadar 21 – riddles, rudeness and reviews (Call Of Duty: World at War)

Oct 3, 2008

This is officially the longest TalkRadar to date – but what a value! You’ll hear us attempt to solve the worst puzzles in history (most are from PC adventure games), talk up gaming flatulence, even trade horror stories involving bodily functions and a certain bathroom apparatus.

If you’re not one for potty humor, you should listen anyway because there’s lots of talk about the next Call of Duty (World at War), Spider-Man (Web of Shadows) and Bond shooter (the very GoldenEye-esque Quantum of Solace). ...

Gaming's most important farty butts (Castle Crashers - Xbox Live Arcade)

Oct 1, 2008

Sites like ours thrive off listing the most important details in all of gaming culture. Like a lot, I mean. Though, as professionals, we can occasionally get just as discouraged as any reader over another site’s glaring omission. Take for example when we took in Edge Online’s 50 Greatest Gaming Innovations piece from last year. Stealth, cutscenes, bloom lighting - fine... but where are the farts, dammit?! ...

TalkRadar 16 (Castle Crashers - Xbox Live Arcade)

Aug 29, 2008

Say hello to our brand-new TalkRadar template! Now each and every podcast has its own page, making it searchable and comment-able for our everlovin’ fanbase. This week we welcome Scott Butterworth from PlayStation: The Official Magazine, discuss dudes who look like chicks and answer more questions from the listeners. ...

Nintendo’s secret New York party! (Castlevania Judgment)

Sep 16, 2008

Nintendo Power crossed the 20-year mark in June, a milestone that most bundles of dead trees never reach. To celebrate the occasion, Nintendo and GamesRadar baby daddy Future held a super special party benefiting the Starlight Children’s Foundation. ...

Portrait of secrets - packed with spoilers (Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin)

Dec 15, 2006

Another year, another Castlevania, right? Aside from a few brief lapses, we've been enjoying a quality castle quest every year since 1997's Symphony of the Night. With that one game, the entire series changed - instead of a straightforward action-slashfest, the games became an open-ended exploration of Dracula's castle, riddled with secret passageways, hidden bosses and an untold number of bonus features. That tradition continues with Portrait of Ruin. Even though we've long since finished the ...