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Top 20 Overlooked Game Babes (PC)

Jul 8, 2008

Face it: Princess Peach wouldn’t give you the time of day if you spent twenty years rescuing her from ginger lizards. Chun-Li’s just not that into you. Lara Croft? She doesn’t even know you’re alive. Why don’t you quit chasing those quixotic chicks of A-list gamedom and broaden your horizons to something a little more... in your league. ...

Next-Gen's 30 most anticipated games of E3 (Crysis Warhead)

Jul 7, 2008

In choosing games for this list, we kept an eye on games most likely to succeed at the market. We also tried to keep in mind potential critical reception based on developer track record, previous franchise performance, and how the titles have been presented in the media thus far. Naturally we also picked the titles we are most excited to play at the show, but in short, these are the games to keep an eye on, because these are the games that ...

Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition arrives (Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach)

Jul 7, 2008

Dungeon & Dragons 3.5 was released just a few years ago, but for PC gamers, those rules now belong in the landfill with the three million ET cartridges. I dislike drastic rule rewrites because improved rules for grappling aren’t what lure me to RPGs. I play RPGs because they allow me the unique experience and unparalleled freedom of creating a personalized alter-ego who can do what I want in a simulated world. There’s ...

Sexy Cosplay Gallery (Sexy Cosplay)

Jul 7, 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. ...

Spore spawns Mario’s worst nightmare (Spore)

Jul 4, 2008

Spore’s population of creatures continues to steadily rise since the game’s Creature Creator was released just a few weeks ago. We’ve already taken a look at how freaky Pokemon invaded Spore. But today it’s all about Mario.

From badass Bowsers to busted Bomb-ombs, check out the most awesome and awful clones of Mario’s most memorable foes. If you’d like to get your hands on these bad guys for ...

20 Most Rabidly Patriotic Games (Political Machine 2008)

Jul 4, 2008

To celebrate Independence Day (the holiday, not the movie), we’ve scoured our encyclopedic minds for the most patriotic games to be developed. But that wasn’t funny enough. So, we dug deeper to find the most rabidly patriotic games every developed. Ya know - the ones with so much love for Old Glory that it starts to get a little ridiculous. Behold - our results!

America's ArmyUS Army | 2002Any game can add the word ...

Directory of hotness (PC)

Jul 4, 2008

Regular GamesRadarers will know that we like to take our viewers straight to the sexy whenever we possibly can. It's a service we're happy to provide. And all this week we've got a celebratory Week of Babes that is guaranteed to take things straight to the sexy and - gasp - beyond. ...

GamesRadar Ultimate Character Battle! - Day 4 (PC)

Jul 3, 2008

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ROUND 4: BEGIN!

FROM: Sly Cooper series/Mortal Kombat series

Sly Cooper is a master thief, an expert at stealth, guile and - when necessary - smacking things on the head with a length of hardwood and brass. However, Sub-Zero is a ninja, and is therefore an expert at all those things and then some. Also he shoots ice.

Sly is found two weeks later by sheriff's deputies, frozen solid in the back ...

Genre Blender (PC)

Jul 3, 2008

I may be PC Gamer’s “first-person shooter guy,” but I actually love playing all kinds of PC (and yes, even console) games. And in reality, the definition of “shooters” is rapidly evolving. When making gaming recommendations to friends, I find it increasingly difficult to pigeonhole games into clear-cut genres. Readers looking to embrace the genre commonly ask me which shooter to try out...but that’s a loaded ...

GamesRadar Mega Man Headquarters (Megaman X4)

Jul 3, 2008

All week we've been posting articles about Mega Man, one of gaming's most beloved and long-lived characters. Capcom's official count puts him in at least 120 games over the past 20 years, a number that surely must beat out all other popular characters and mascots (save Mario).We've got a massive retrospective, an exclusive hands-on with the latest game in the series, Mega Man 9, a bad ass contest packed with 10 super-cool prizes... and that's not even all of it.
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The Most Gratuitous Headshots Video Ever (Unreal Tournament III)

Jul 3, 2008

Two minutes. One video. Fifty-five perforated skulls. ...

The 5 Best Things That Happened to Me While I Played Spore (Spore)

Jul 2, 2008

5. I became a real-time strategy gamer—and it didn’t hurt a bit.We only had 30 minutes of playtime, so I zoomed straight to a part of the game I’d never seen before (the Civilization phase) based on a gaming genre I generally avoid like the plague (RTSes). This is RTS-lite, but not so lite as to be boring: I needed to build resources and keep my people happy and productive. I needed to attack other cities with the ...

GamesRadar Ultimate Character Battle! - Day 3 (PC)

Jul 2, 2008

This is part 3 of an ongoing series of features. Click here for part 1 and part 2.

ROUND 3

FROM: Pokémon series/Portal

Oh, shit! We were totally rooting for the Companion Cube to win this thing, but we forgot it's weak against fire! Um, um... the Companion Cube is so scared for its life that it pulls out a pair of nickel-plated revolvers and fires them wildly while falling down a ...

Mega Man Week: Pixel robot factory! (Megaman X4)

Jul 2, 2008

Late last year we published a story about PixelBlocks, LEGO-like building blocks that are perfect for recreating classic 8 and 16-bit sprites. Their size and shape make them ideal for 1 to 1 comparisons between retro images and the blocks you have at home. Yes you can do the ...

GamesRadar Ultimate Character Battle! - Day 2 (PC)

Jul 1, 2008

This is part 2 of a weeklong series of features. For part 1, click here.

We're on to the second day of our massive, winner-take-all character battle, and already we've lost half of our combatants to death, emotional trauma or reasons too ridiculous to discuss here. With the battlefield winnowed down to 32 contestants from yesterday's 64, who will emerge to claim the title of best character ever?

Five of GamesRadar's most powerful ...

Mega Man Week - 150 EXCLUSIVE custom wallpapers (Megaman X4)

Jul 1, 2008

Yesterday we dropped a massive Mega Man retrospective, packed with tons of information and custom art. If you're really into the retro scene, you're gonna totally freak out over these hand-made wallpapers designed by submitter Joshua Hines - he hand-ripped most of the sprite ...

Pokemon invade Spore (PC)

Jul 1, 2008

Over a million creatures have been uploaded to the Sporepedia since Spore’s Creature Creator was released. But now that the novelty of dancing phalluses and bouncing boob-a-licious breasts have died down, many players seem to be focusing their energies on the important stuff: recreating freaky Pokemon clones to conquer the galaxy with. ...

Homebrewing for all (PC)

Jul 1, 2008

Sony’s great new mod-friendly game LittleBigPlanet is the most notable of a new breed of videogame about to sweep through the market. And we don’t just mean games populated with girly looking sack creatures. It has no discernible story, no bosses and, bucking the current trend, no cutscenes. In it, you will race through levels built from scratch by you. Or by your mates. ...

GamesRadar Ultimate Character Battle! - Day 1 (PC)

Jun 30, 2008

ROUND 1

FROM: The Legend of Zelda series/Final Fantasy VII

Cloud’s too busy being an emo bitch to notice the fight's even started. Instead, he sits around cutting himself and absentmindedly breaking pieces off of his brittle hair. Link lunges out from behind Cloud's couch and snaps Cloud’s Fall Out Boy CD collection. Cloud cries. Link wins.

FROM: Tomb Raider series/Disney Skateboard Adventure

Lara ...

The ultimate Mega Man retrospective (Megaman X4)

Jun 30, 2008

Since his introduction in 1987, Mega Man has starred in more than 100 video games spanning nearly every console and handheld in existence. After several hugely successful titles, Mega Man ceased to be a game character and became a part of pop culture, with countless references across all mediums and cameos in even more Capcom titles. ...