EDGE review scores Februari 2008 edition: Nights: Journey of Dreams (Wii, Sega): 6 Soul Calibur Legends (Wii, Namco Bandai): 2 No More Heroes (Wii, Grasshopper Manufacture): 9 Geometry Wars Galaxies (Wii, Sierra Entertainment): 7 Burnout Paradise (PS3/Xbox 360, EA): 9 Soldier of Fortune: Payback (PS3/Xbox 360, Activision): 4 The Club (PS3/Xbox 360, Sega): 7 Pain (PS3 PSN, Sony): 6 Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow (PSP, Sony): 6 R-Type Tactics (PSP, Irem): 6 Dragoneer's Aria (PSP, Koei): 4
Xbox 360 Only has just posted the reviews and rumors from the latest edition of the US Official Xbox Magazine. This months' reviews include Assassin's Creed, Beowulf, Scene It?, Soldier of Fortune, Blacksite and Gripshift. Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360, Ubisoft): 8.5/10 Scene it? (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 8/10 Soldier of Fortune Payback (Xbox 360, Activision): 4.5/10 Golden Compass (Xbox 360, Sega): 6/10 MX vs. ATV Untamed (Xbox 360, THQ): 5/10 Beowulf (Xbox 360, Ubisoft): 6/10 GripShift (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 5.5/10 N+ (Xbox 360, Metanet/Slick): 7/10 Screwjumper! (Xbox 360, THQ): 7/10 NCAA 08 March Madness (Xbox 360, EA): 7/10 College Hoops 2K8 (Xbox 360, 2K Sports): 8.5/10 Blacksite Area 51 (Xbox 360, Midway): 6/10 The US OXM also features a rumor section, this month with three very interesting rumors. - Bethesda's (Elder Scrolls: Oblivion) online debut will be a launch title for the next Xbox. - The new Ghost Recon game is still a few years away. The game will not go further on in the Advanced Warfighter part, and the game also doesn't take place in cities anymore. - Ubisoft is planning some radical changes for the new Sam Fischer game.
Following its previous banning by the OFLC for being too violent, a revised version of the game has been submitted by Activision and received a rating of MA15+, granting it permission to be sold on Australian retail shelves.
Soldier of Fortune: Payback is all golden baby. The Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game will be out on the 13th and the PS3 version will be out on the 20th of this month. Destructoid got their hands on some new screen shots, but more importantly, they also got the Achievement list... You Achievement addicts will probably be pleased with this list as some of them look to be extremely easy to earn.
Activision's Soldier of Fortune: Payback has become the second game this year to be refused classification by the Office of Film and Literature Classification.
Australia's restrictive ratings classification system for games has struck again. This time, Activision's upcoming first-person shooter Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back has been hit, with Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) effectively banning the game from sale down under.
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Gameplayer just received a release schedule from Activision with a bunch of confirmed launch dates and the Aussie pricing structure for the various GHIII bundles.
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