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Saboteur - interview (The Saboteur)

10/04/2007

Chances are, you've never heard of Saboteur. Until last week, most of the people in our office hadn't either. But then the first amazing screenshots arrived - gripping cinematic tableaux of WWII Paris with stark black-and-white blending seamlessly into sparkling, vibrant color. Suddenly, we wanted to know everything about Saboteur. Fortunately, the producer and lead designer of the title were happy to oblige. Turns out, the game's more than just an artistic experiment... it's also an ...

Meet the Dryad (Sacred 2: Fallen Angel)

5/08/2008

Diablo III may look awesome, but it’ll be quite some time before the franchise that redefined the dungeon crawling genre hits store shelves. In the meantime, Sacred 2 continues to look like a sweet sequel for lovers of leveling up and loot. We recently scored an exclusive sneak peek at the Dryad, one of the new classes lined up for Sacred 2. Scroll on for some fresh screenshots and a first look at her deadly skills.

Above: The ...

Hot chicks in armor (Sacred 2: Fallen Angel)

25/06/2008

Remember when killing monsters repeatedly for loot wasn’t called “grinding” and was actually really fun? Leveling up before the rise of MMOs never felt like a chore, but Sacred 2 looks like it might return a bit of that old school charm to the dungeon crawler genre post Diablo 2 and Titan Quest. ...

Saints Row: Signed, sealed, developed (Saints Row)

31/08/2006

Thursday 31 August 2006 A life of crime, turf wars and random rampaging in a huge, open-world populated by thugs, gang-bangers and a spectrum of other dedicated deviants - Saints Row may take its lead from GTA, but it has one big advantage over its Rockstar rival - it's coming out for Xbox 360 tomorrow. So, while GTA IV is still under armed guard, Saints Row is happy to step up and give gamers some gratuitous, next-gen gang-'em-up action. As Saints Row creator, Volition, puts down its ...

Trailer Trash #3 (Saints Row 2)

30/04/2009

When did professional darts players attain to the status of WWE stars, playing to stadiums full of screaming fans and strutting into the place with an effing intro? Bluster aside, there is no way that holding a Wii remote like a dart is “realistic.” ...

TalkRadar 31 – pretty pretty (Saints Row 2)

12/12/2008

2008 is nearly over, and thusly there aren’t as many new games to discuss. But fear not! We instead recount the prettiest (read: most colorful) games of the year, then ponder aloud how Nintendo was able to sell 800,000 Wiis last month (until we found it was actually 2.2 million) and subject you to an NES song so bizarrely long you’ll wonder how anyone could stand it. ...

Whose co-op is best? (Saints Row 2)

10/12/2008

Looking for a game you can play with your friends? We’ve dispatched our crack team of editors to sort through six of this holiday’s top games and deliver a verdict on the season’s best co-op offerings. For this feature we focused on high-profile shooters and action games, because it doesn’t really make sense to compare Animal Crossing or LittleBigPlanet to Gears of War or Call of Duty. ...

Why Saints Row 2 is the antidote to GTA IV (Saints Row 2)

10/10/2008

Saints Row 2 is not a better game than Grand Theft Auto IV. Let’s just get that out of the way now. Its action isn’t too deep, its story is kind of stupid and it’s nowhere near as immersive as the game that its detractors will accuse it of copying. The reality, though, is that Saints Row 2 isn’t trying to be GTA IV at all. In fact, it seems specifically designed for people who hate GTA IV. ...

The Top 7... New franchises that already feel old (Saints Row 2)

8/09/2008

Mario is a cultural phenomenon. Final Fantasy is epic. Resident Evil, Fallout, Diablo... all of these classic franchises will eventually be tossed away, but they won't be stamped with expiration dates anytime in the foreseeable future.

Other franchises started growing mold before they even left the grocery store shelves.

The somehow-less-inspired franchises may sell millions, contain lovable ...

Saints Row 2 (Saints Row 2)

4/03/2008

More than a GTA clone, the original game packed in hours of explosive misbehavior, an above average storyline, and was consistently fun from beginning to end. Lo and behold, it looks as if Saints Row 2 will return with all the Boom necessary for a proper gangland killing spree. ...

Samba De Amigo: Wii vs Dreamcast shake-off (Samba De Amigo Wii)

30/09/2008

By now you'll likely have read our review of Samba De Amigo on Wii or seen the mean score on Metacritic and wondered whether the controls really are that much of an issue. How can we show you? By recording ourselves playing the 'Strike a Pose' minigame on bothe Dreamcast and Wii and letting you decide for yourself which one works ...

The Sexy, Sexy Umbrella Girls (SBK-08)

21/08/2008

Sex sells. It sells everything from hamburgers to the vast quantities of toilet paper you’ll need after said sandwich. And of course, sex sells games too. In case you didn’t notice, GamesRadar is all about taking you straight to the sexy. After hosing you down with cosplaying cuties and the Top 7 Shower Scenes, we decided it was time to introduce you to the fascinating world of the Umbrella Girls. ...

10 Most Swearing-est Games (Scarface: The World is Yours)

3/04/2008

Swear words are used in film, TV and games to glorious effect. But sometimes the sheer quantity of obscenity causes the words to lose their meaning. Ever the cultural explorers here at GR, we’ve compiled a list of the ten swearing-est games we could think of. Then we grabbed footage from the first hour of each, and chopped it down to just the dirty words. Very scientific.

Check it out. But remember: this video is categorically ...

Scarface - tips and tricks (Scarface: The World is Yours)

24/04/2007

Its not just about making money and swearing at people in The World Is Yours. Building up your reputation is essential, and can be done by spending stupid amounts of money decorating your mansion. Herere some of the best buys. The milk crate Price: Free Reputation points: Zero Perhaps not the obvious item to pimp your mansion with, but it is free and at the start of the game you should take what you can. The exploding barrel Price: Free Reputation points: Zero A videogame staple you can ...

The fugliest games ever made (Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection)

17/03/2009

Sometimes, games look good. Sometimes they look bad. Sometimes they look so bad, we want to stop playing them, take them out of the machine and kill them till they're dead. Occasionally, this happens completely out of the blue in an otherwise great-looking title… and that's what we're here to look at today, in nine different flavours ...

GamesRadar breaks Guinness World Record at Sega Rally (Sega Rally)

4/02/2009

The Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer's Edition goes on sale today in the UK. It's a fascinating book, but sadly it's a bit out of date already. Well, maybe in one instance - we've just broken the World Record on one of the best racing games ever made: Sega Rally Championship on the Sega Saturn. Video inside... ...

Head of Sega Racing Studio, Guy Wilday speaks (Sega Rally)

21/02/2007

So what have you preserved from the older Sega Rally games and just what has been changed? Wilday: Working on a game where the inspiration is 12 years old is hard. Sega games have a certain style and we tried to capture that. Its easy to get a game to look realistic, but its hard to give it a style. We also wanted to retain the same close racing and accessible handling of the original, while exploiting the next-gen and adding features previous generations couldnt have done - like the surface ...

Gaming's Most Revealing 'Oops' Shots (Sega Superstars Tennis)

10/07/2008

Pixels, polygons and pants. Game ladies' indiscretions caught in still-frame. ...

Sexy Cosplay Gallery (Sexy Cosplay)

7/07/2008

When it's done properly cosplay can be amazing and beautiful and, yes, incredibly sexy. It's a potent triple whammy for pleasure receptors and it's the reason we've collected some of the most stunning examples of this vibrant gaming subculture into an all-new Sexy Cosplay Gallery. ...

The Sexy, Sexy Ladies of E3 08 (Sexy Ladies)

14/07/2008

Call us crude, but 95% of us here on the GR staff are vital, virile people who really appreciate a beautiful woman when we see one. And if she's paid to smile at us and tolerate us snapping away with our cameras like pirahna devouring a floundering calf, all the better. Luckily, the folks who put together E3 know this as well as anyone, and have already begun surrounding us with photo-worthy subjects. We'll throw a few inline below, and you can ...