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TalkRadar 55 - return to form (Valkyria Chronicles)

12/06/2009

This week's topics:

Top 7… E3 announcements you missed – the stories and games that slipped right past us.

Nintendo’s E3 press conference – was a lot like last year’s, and we’ve got the audio evidence.

Prototype Super Review – Mikel finally admits he accepts bribes from Microsoft. And Activision. Oh and Sony. Probably Nintendo too.

And more! ...

The Top 7... prettiest games of 2008 (Valkyria Chronicles)

8/12/2008

Ever since the Xbox 360 arrived three years ago, the so-called next-gen era of gaming has been depressingly devoid of beautiful games. We’re not talking graphics, mind, we’re talking colors. ...

The Top 7... Games you won’t get to until 2009 (Valkyria Chronicles)

1/12/2008

Another holiday shopping season is here, bringing with it the grim realization that, once again, the game industry has failed to learn its damn lesson. Just like every other year, seemingly every game publisher on the planet has decided to shove its biggest releases onto store shelves for the holidays, confident that they won’t be buried under the avalanche of every other publisher doing the exact same thing. ...

TalkRadar 26 – OXM, PTOM fight! (Valkyria Chronicles)

7/11/2008

Can you believe it? T-Dar is officially half a year old! Dan Amrich from OXM and Scott Butterworth of PTOM fame team up with Chris and Brett to make this a podcast for the ages... if ages were determined by discussions about videogame presidents, Gears of War 2 and how to get kicked off Xbox Live. ...

This is This is Vegas (This is Vegas)

21/04/2008

Whereas some people feel the need to keep the map of their open-ended sandbox city under lock and key, a mysterious conglomerate called Boyercrop has seen fit to send us a detailed, and remarkably tourist friendly, visual aid on the thrills that await you in Midway's This is Vegas. It's everything you need to plan your descent into debauchery later this year, packed with enough coupons and boobies to keep the Missus safely at home. (They had us at the 99 cent Texas-Mesquite Fudge Sundae!) ...

Yu Suzuki's five finest moments (Virtua Fighter 5)

6/04/2009

Today is a sad day for Sega fans, as news breaks that 50-year-old creative genius Yu Suzuki has stepped down from his post as R&D Creative Officer at Sega, taking up a much-diminished role as R&D manager at the AM Plus division.

So, as a tribute to one of the greatest visionaries the industry has seen (or is ever likely to see), and as a history lesson for anyone too young to remember, here are five of Yu Suzuki's greatest moments ...

The games they couldn't kill (Virtua Fighter 5)

20/03/2008

Whether it's by timeless game design, rabidly loyal community, or a fat slice of both, some videogames just keep coming back for more. Meet the games that will be around longer than you will. ...

Games that haven't changed in ten years (Virtua Fighter 5)

10/08/2007

Some games truly evolve. Prince of Persia, for instance, is now a million miles from where it started. So too, Sonic the Hedgehog and even Mario. Over the last ten years, these games have either changed direction totally, or shaken up the basic gameplay elements and crafted a similar yet far-removed experience. Some other games... haven't. These are the games that refuse to change. Like Dick Clark, they look the same as they always did. Like Friends, they found a formula that worked and stuck ...

Retrobot presents: Hardcore games (Virtua Fighter 5)

7/08/2007

This is hardcore. Or so everyone says. But what is "hardcore?" To us gamers, it means the kind of game that serious gamers devote their time to. You know, hundreds of hours of time. The kind of game that kept Granny away from gaming until Wii came along. It's about depth - of learning and understanding a game before truly mastering it. Hardcore games present the greatest (and often longest) challenges, yet also the biggest payoffs, assuming you understand how they work. Of course, ...

PS3 launch: Win! A PlayStation 3 (Virtua Fighter 5)

23/03/2007

Friday 23 March 2007 As part of our PS3 launch week coverage extravaganza, we've joined forces with our sparring partners at Sega to give one very lucky GamesRadar reader the chance to win a PlayStation 3, plus a copy of the hard hitting arcade bruiser, Virtua Fighter 5. In addition to being a games playing powerhouse, Sony's shiny new console does movies (Blu-ray and DVD), music, photos, lets you browse the internet, socialise online... Basically, PlayStation 3 is a totally sweet and muchos ...

The fast guide to Virtua Fighter 5 (Virtua Fighter 5)

28/02/2007

So you've got a shiny new copy of Virtua Fighter 5. You've heard everyone raving about it - "the deepest fighting game ever," "the best competitive fighter there is," et cetera. But you've probably also heard one thing that makes you uneasy: "Virtua Fighter is difficult to get into." They're not kidding. It can be a daunting task to break through that hard outer shell to reach the rich, creamy center of VF5. What's a complete noob to ...

Would YOU date a game character? (Virtua Tennis 3)

10/07/2009

Everyone is looking for love. Whether you're beautiful, ugly, fat, skinny, bald or hairy like Robin Williams; we're all tied together by an insatiable need to find a mutual soul mate... and to get the sexy time. Game characters are no different. So we've stepped in to help them out. Below, we've made four created characters and then shoved them head first into the online dating scene. We signed each one up to a different site and within ...