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Gaming car crashes through the ages (Race Driver: GRID)

17/09/2008

After a few hours playing your new racing game, sooner or later you will stop braking for corners (if you ever started), or even turn round and drive around the track the wrong way into the oncoming pack of cars. Why would such craziness take over an otherwise stable mind? Because crashing cars is fun. It's as simple as that.

From the flashing screen and bouncing wheel of Super Monaco GP to the physics-fest of Burnout ...

Rainbow Six Vegas (Rainbow Six: Vegas)

25/10/2006

We had the distinct honor of entering Ubisoft's San Francisco offices last week for a little bit more hands-on time with urban military shooter Rainbow Six Vegas, and we scored a grip of media to fling at you. First off, you'll want to click the Movies tab above to witness the Tron -like conversion of your humble gaming servant Gabe Graziani as the wizards at Ubisoft digitize his image into Rainbow Six Vegas' new Persistant Elite Creation 2.0 system. Then you must check out our exclusive video ...

10 reasons to savor Ratchet & Clank Future: ToD (Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction)

29/11/2007

Nov 29, 2007 1) Use the best guns ever Over 97% of videogames are about guns.* And yet heres a game defined almost entirely by gunplay that feels anything but tired. Whats the secret? Imagination, Gandalf-level programming skills and colour by the circus-load. Every time you pull the trigger in Tools of Destruction, a great big pile of voodoo gunpowder speeds out of it and makes the screen go maximum awesome. Guns that make us grin instead of grimace? Thats the real future right ...

Ratchet & Clank Future: Gold Bolt guide (Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction)

26/10/2007

After months of anticipation, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction has finally hit the PS3, and it's... easy. Almost too easy. Even by the standards of the series. But as seasoned Ratchet fans know, playing a Ratchet game is about much more than just blasting your way straight through its storylin, and this shooty-jumpy powerhouse is no exception. Ratchet & Clank Future is packed to the gills with hidden nooks, crannies and incentives to explore them, not the leaset of which are the ...

5 things you'll hate about Ratchet & Clank Future (Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction)

17/08/2007

Right now, every other major game-news outlet on the planet is telling you about the trip they took down to developer Insomniac's headquarters in Burbank, Calif., last week to play Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, and how awesome the game is going to be. We took the same trip, but even though we liked what we saw, and even though we're confident Insomniac won't release anything less than a top-notch product, there were a few things that got under our skin. They got under a lot of ...

The best guns in Ratchet & Clank history (Ratchet Deadlocked)

23/04/2007

Dont let that furry face fool you. Ratchets back pocket holds more hi-tech gadgets than James Bonds garden shed. Despite the puzzles, the platforms and the slick cutscenes, the Ratchet & Clank games have as much furious action as any PS2 shooter out there. With the series now inbound on PS3, its time to take a look back and reflect on why you should be excited about it. Resistance proved once more that Insomniac can craft imaginative weapons and realize them slickly. Now, with that PS3 ...

Find the Rabbids and win an HDTV, Wii and more (Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party)

20/11/2008

If you like your mini-games served with a generous dollop of mental sauce then the recently released Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party is just the ticket. And to celebrate the arrival of this cross-eyed dose of Wii-mote waving madness we've teamed up with Ubisoft to concoct a competition so irresistible that only a raving loony wouldn't be interested in taking part. The motivation? This stupidly wantable prize bundle: A 32" JVC HDTV, a Wii, Wii ...

iPhone vs DS as first cross-platform title emerges (Real Football 2009)

19/11/2008

Apart from the PS1 port of Crash Team Racing, which runs old tech on new, Real Football 2009 is the first genuine multi-format game that spans iPhone and a contemporaneous handheld. So obviously the world needs to know: which is best? ...

Exclusive interview: Red Dead Revolver (Red Dead Revolver)

22/04/2004

It's been years in the making, it's been overseen by two different publishers but, in just over a month, Rockstar's third-person western shooter is finally due to hit PS2 and Xbox. To find out just why the game will be worth the wait, we caught up with the game's producer, Rockstar San Diego's Stewart Spilkin...When did development start on the original Capcom version of the game? Around the turn of the century! No, seriously, it's hard to pin down because we made several prototypes for Capcom ...

Red Dead Revolver (Red Dead Revolver)

5/04/2004

Red Dead Revolver has been a long time in the making. Originally conceived by Angel Studios, and due to be released by Capcom last year, development came to a standstill when developer and publisher couldn't agree on the direction the game should take. With the game having made a positive first impression way back at May 2002's E3 event, it was pleasing to see development of the dormant title revived when Rockstar snapped up Angel Studios (and subsequently renamed them Rockstar San Diego) 18 ...

Red Faction Guerrilla: Demons of the Badlands - review (Red Faction: Guerrilla)

25/08/2009

The main campaign of Red Faction: Guerrilla has received its fair share of accolades, chief among them our suggestion that it's one of 2009's most intense, satisfying experiences. The majority of its appeal comes not from story or character, but from using guns, missiles, trucks, even walking mech-tanks to annihilate buildings in the most destructively gratifying manner we’ve ever played. ...

TalkRadar 61 - NERDS! (Red Faction: Guerrilla)

24/07/2009

On call in this nerdy cast:

The Top 7… Evil Corporations – all those lovely companies that have taken so much from us while giving so little.

Nintendo: Banned in the USA - Nudity, Nazis and the podcast will contain some EXCLUSIVE Child Abuse!

300 Blu-rays

Comic-Con

and much more! ...

The glorious carnage of Red Faction: Guerrilla (Red Faction: Guerrilla)

4/04/2009

VIDEO: We didn't just wreck things. We wrecked them SPECTACULARLY. ...

The genesis of Resident Evil (Resident Evil)

8/02/2007

As we await Resident Evil 5, there's just enough time to take you through the viruses, monsters and mutations that are the true stars of this amazing survival horror saga. Join us as we link and untangle the most knotty of gaming's histories. Bring some scissors. Resident Evil 0 Released in 2003 (and so after RE 1, 2, 3 and Code Veronica ) this chartered the events leading up to the Spencer Mansion incident, as the S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team are sent to explore the Arklay Mountains where a series ...

The Top 7… least scary moments in scary games: Redux (Resident Evil 4)

27/10/2008

This week marks two important milestones for GamesRadar: the start of Halloweek, a weeklong series of horror-centric features, and the two-year anniversary of our weekly Top 7 lists. To celebrate both at once, we’ve dredged up the original Top 7 article - back from before we had our formula down and our shit together – and updated it with fresh art, better layout, a few revisions and videos that actually work. ...

How to keep your Gamecube warm... (Resident Evil 4)

25/02/2006

With the release of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess still far from imminent, many GameCube owners whose boats aren't floated by Mario Party have been left wondering what to do with their handled fun-box. So here at GamesRadar we've compiled a few suggestions for what to do with your existing games collection and a little imagination. Get four GBAs and three friends As Microsoft and Sony were beating their respective chests about the wonders of competing with other gamers online, ...

The Top 7... evil corporations (Resident Evil 5)

20/07/2009

Yes, your boss is evil. The fritzy coffee machine and the copier are evil. The guy in your department who says, “long lunch today?” is pure evil. There’s probably a sub-cavern in hell with extra bubbly lava reserved for people who say “taskforce,” “mindshare,” “workflow,” “ping,” “team player,” “value add” or “pro-active.” ...

More accurate names for your favourite games (Resident Evil 5)

21/05/2009

What's in a name? Well, when it comes to video games names, usually a lot of tiresome buzz words, clichéd phrases and way too much use of the letter x. We're tired of titles chosen by marketing men, which are more concerned with selling us an idea than telling us about the actual game. The following games are all guilty of these naming shames, so that's why we've given each a new moniker to more accurately sum up either what each one is about or the legacy each one has left. ...

Which number is the best number? (Resident Evil 5)

15/05/2009

Because we enjoy making graphs, looking at graphs, and talking about graphs so darn much, we decided to do a little research experiment. Our goal was to discover which numbered entry in a game series (not the number of games into the series, the actual number in the game’s title) is most often the best. Is it scientific? Not in the least, but it still might surprise you. ...

Resident Evil 5: Awkward silence (Resident Evil 5)

6/05/2009

SPOILERS AHEAD.

We thought this climactic scene from Resident Evil 5 could use some re-jiggering. Where the original scene feebly tugs at the heartstrings, our new improved version rips out your still-beating heart with razor-sharp claws and feeds it to you. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the defining scene of Resident Evil 5, stripped down to its raw emotional core. Enjoy! ...