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Jun 30, 2008

The ultimate Mega Man retrospective

PSP Feature | Mega Man Powered Up

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. ...

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Feb 6, 2008

The Top 7... Assassins

PSP Feature | Mega Man Powered Up

On some level, roughly 95 percent of games have always been about assassination: go to point A and kill prominent entity B, fighting your way through goons C through Z to get there. Most games tend to come up with a morally justifiable pretext for all the violence, but more and more, we're seeing games that drop the act and let you be what you've secretly known yourself to be all along: a remorseless killing machine bent on destroying your targets. ...

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Jun 23, 2006

Mercury Meltdown: Developer interview

PSP Feature | Mercury Meltdown

Friday 23 June 2006 Archer MacLean's Mercury is still one of the most original games you'll find for PSP. Its simple 'roll the blob around the obstacle course' puzzle premise may have been easy to grasp, but was notoriously difficult to master - devilish level design and strict time limits made the game too tricky for some. With Mercury Meltdown - which is due for release this September - developer Ignition is hoping to address the main grumbles aimed at the original, while also evolving the ...
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Feb 26, 2006

The PSP games you have to own

PSP Feature | Metal Gear Acid 2

Impressive as PSP has been so far, this is the year it really takes off. Some very big titles are coming, but not all of the most promising stuff is high-profile. At least, not yet. So take a look through this top 10 and make some notes. You really don't want to miss out. Tomb Raider: Legend By Eidos | Out May 9, 2006 Legend is gorgeous for a PS2 game, and almost as gorgeous running on the diminutive PSP (we're not guessing; we know). Better still, beneath the striking looks lies a Tomb ...
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Apr 16, 2008

Most Annoying Game-Over Screens Ever

PSP Feature | Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

Nobody likes to see a Game-Over screen. As if knowing you suck isn’t bad enough, some games rub it in by torturing you with really annoying Game-Over screens. What could be worse than having to watch your demise from multiple angles, or sitting through the same long-ass cutscene of the world ending every time you fail? Tack one of these onto a tough boss fight, and you have a perfect formula for gamer rage. We’ve hand-picked this ...

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Apr 7, 2008

The Top 7... inanimate objects

PSP Feature | Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

Inanimate objects. Wow, we must really be out of ideas, huh? It's true, at first pass this sounds absurd, open to all kinds of interpretation with an infinite number of potential entries, but after careful contemplation (i.e. shouting at one another for hours) we've come up with a list of in-game objects so desirable that every gamer should love 'em - even if all they do is sit there.

For our consideration, the items have to be ...

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Oct 3, 2007

Metal Gear Solid 4 family tree

PSP Feature | Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

Oct 3, 2007 Solid Snake First appearance: Metal Gear (MSX2) Nationality: American Affiliation: Philanthropy Looks like: Your Grandpa Voiced by: David Hayter Biography: Solid Snake is a black ops/spy entrusted with keeping the world safe from the huge bipedal, nuclear-armed robots known as the Metal Gears. Since the first Metal Gear, Solid Snake has gone from snot nosed new clone (reproduced from the DNA of Big Boss) to white-haired and decrepit war veteran (despite only being set five years ...
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Sep 28, 2007

The dying game

PSP Feature | Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

Sep 28, 2007 Game over. Continue? If only life was that simple. We've all died thousands of times in videogames. But never do we think 'well, that's it then' and put the pad down. There's nearly always the prospect of another life or a continue, or at worst having to start afresh with a new game. But game death has given us so many memorable sequences. Ever since Pac-Man's mouth widened to envelop his entire self with that classic descending soundclip, game developers have sought to make ...
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Nov 30, 2006

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops - the Ryan Payton...

PSP Feature | Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

Orginally posted on November 30, 2006 On Dec. 5, PSP owners will finally get their first real Metal Gear game in the form of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. Instead of card-based strategy, this direct sequel to MGS3: Snake Eater offers up the pure, stealth-based action that fans have been clamoring for ever since they loaded up Metal Gear Acid for the first ...
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Feb 18, 2008

Box Art F'ups: Readers Revenge

PSP Feature | Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus

We made a half-assed attempt to disguise our last edition of box art buffonery as some kind of factory error. You called our bullshit, submitted your own, and turned an office full of staunch and humorless integre-nerds into braying gigglepusses. Nice work. If any of you still have any creative spark left send it to boxart@gameradar.com or post it in our forums. ...
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