http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox/features/l-G/s-a-zhttp://www.gamesradar.com/f/battle-of-the-gta-clones/a-2007032712758324075The funny thing about inventing a genre of videogames is that, until it becomes completely played out, every game that emulates your formula is going to be attached to your name. Games that feature a wide-open, freely explorable world, for example, will have a hard time avoiding the label of "Grand Theft Auto clone," especially if their worlds are littered with vehicles to steal and drive. In the six years since Grand Theft Auto III, a slew of games have tried to become "the next GTA," but so ...<br/>Xbox feature27/03/2007http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-godfather/a-20060116154236890076Before sitting down to play EA's The Godfather, early previews of the game had already given us a reasonable idea of what to expect. We already knew story details, that it employed a free-roaming mechanic, and that it would be divided between on-foot and driving sections. Our first experience with the mob-based adventure was limited to pedestrian activities only, namely melee combat and the violent methods that can be used to persuade hard-working honest types that, yes, they do want to give ...<br/>Xbox feature15/02/2006http://www.gamesradar.com/f/box-art-that-got-it-all-wrong/a-200805221031199094<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2008/05/Box%20Art%20got%20it%20all%20wrong/bubble_box--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>Ah, the box art story. Ol' R'liable we like to call it, always good for a laugh and sure to inspire conversation about what makes cover art good, bad or legendarily awful. This time though, we're going a different route and focusing on covers that totally botch the simplest rule of box art - it should reflect the product cleanly and clearly. These poor examples couldn't even keep it together long enough to be regular old "bad box ...</p>Xbox feature22/05/2008http://www.gamesradar.com/f/games-that-were-hated-before-they-were-released/a-20091118121046685047<p>Some games just never stand a chance, do they? Hated on from the moment they&#8217;re announced for a variety of reasons, they&#8217;re critically stoned by journos and gamers long before anyone lays finger on pad. The following titles all fall into this category of pre-release hatred. Whether they betrayed their series&#8217; heritage, alienated PC gamers or their developer simply shouted his big fat mouth off too much; these games loved ...</p>Xbox feature19/11/2009http://www.gamesradar.com/f/7-ways-to-spot-an-impending-crap-sequel/a-20080728141042531064<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2008/07/7%20ways%20to%20spot%20a%20crap%20sequel/Change%20Of%20Developer%20copy--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br />So many sequels, so much hype, so little time... Let our foolproof guide help you cut through the crap before it's even released ...<br/>Xbox feature31/07/2008http://www.gamesradar.com/f/bestselling-crap/a-2007060713592079079In general, we think you've got pretty good taste in games. You've made massive successes of stellar franchises like Ratchet & Clank, The Elder Scrolls and Katamari Damacy. You tend to like the things we like, and that's part of why we enjoy writing for you and telling you about all the cool games we think you'll get excited about playing. Sometimes, though, you ignore our advice, which breaks our hearts a little. It's bad enough when you do it by passing up kickass experiences like Okami or ...<br/>Xbox feature26/06/2007http://www.gamesradar.com/f/gamings-would-be-innovators/a-2009091695122763015<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/09/Would-be%20innovators/blinx2-b--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>We recently took issue with the claim that &#8220;gaming has not yet had its Citizen Kane&#8221;. As you can see, we managed to find 25 games that qualified for that title &#8211; and you had plenty more suggestions besides.</p> <p>We&#8217;d have had no trouble whipping up a counter-list of dismal flops. ...</p>Xbox feature16/09/2009http://www.gamesradar.com/f/grand-theft-radar-art-vs-game/a-2008051615326201003<p class="Section1">Ever since the advent of&#160;Grand Theft Auto III, the GTA series has practically been defined by the iconic art that's accompanied every release. It's adorned every cover and loading screen in the series so far, and when it changes - as it did to reflect the more realistic tone of Grand Theft Auto IV - people take notice. Distinct and memorable, it's added to the series' hip edge and made its characters into fearsome symbols of fearsome badassery, giving them a larger-than-life quality that jumbles of in-game polygons just can't pull off. ...</p>Xbox feature16/05/2008http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-complete-history-of-grand-theft-auto/a-2008042314506193050<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2008/04/GTAStory/CVGS01.history.art1--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>Crime doesn&#8217;t pay. But virtual crime? That does pay. And by the bucket-load. Even by the time the series reached Florida, it was breaking records in a major way, with Vice City becoming the fastest-selling PS2 title ever - until San Andreas beat it. And that&#8217;s despite four million Americans pre-ordering Vice City, and a million more buying it upon its release (here in the UK, the Miami Vice-vibed title shifted over a quarter of ...</p>Xbox feature25/04/2008http://www.gamesradar.com/f/grand-theft-radar-did-that-just-happen/a-200804239363972075<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2008/04/GTA%20Did%20that%20just%20happen/CVGS01.f_community.50_16--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>&#160;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> ...</p>Xbox feature23/04/2008http://www.gamesradar.com/f/grand-theft-radar-hooker-beauty-contest/a-2008042391216144075<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2008/04/GTA%20Hooker%20Beauty%20Contest/Finished/042308_gtabeauty_obs_winner--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>Heroes, cities and decades change, but in the world of Grand Theft Auto, the hard-working hooker will forever remain. No matter what the year or console, we can always count on her to patrol our virtual streets and stir up our real world controversy. Isn't it time, then, that this beloved gaming icon received the spotlight she deserves? And more importantly, isn't it fun to laugh at really cruddy last-gen graphics? We think so. ...</p>Xbox feature23/04/2008http://www.gamesradar.com/f/grand-theft-radar-is-gta-as-clever-as-it-thinks-it-is/a-20080423111748216090<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2008/04/GTA%20cleverness/Art/Raw/Marty_Henchman_FINAL--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>"Everything about Vice City positively reeks of genius."- TotalGames.net</p><p>"San Andreas successfully fuses its grand scale with consistently clever missions..."- GMR Magazine, Nov. 2004</p><p>"[GTA III is] the most innovative, outlandish, brilliant video game I've ever seen."- Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, Jan. 2002</p><p>Genius? Clever? Brilliant? Really?</p><p>Well, OK, yes. As a series, Grand Theft Auto has always been heaped ...</p>Xbox feature23/04/2008http://www.gamesradar.com/f/what-type-of-gta-player-are-you/a-2008041594131355091<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Games/G/Grand%20Theft%20Auto%20IV/Everything%20Else/Finished/accomplice--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>Anticipating the approach of the latest Grand Theft Auto isn&#8217;t the same as yearning for a new Halo or Resident Evil. Most games make you anticipate the experience that the designers dole out to you in a prescribed way, whereas with GTA, you anticipate all the ways in which you will create experiences of your own design. Even if the main draw for some players is the story&#160;- and the marketing for GTAIV aims to show this will be the ...</p>Xbox feature15/04/2008http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-dying-game/a-20070928154319734057Sep 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 ...<br/>Xbox feature28/09/2007http://www.gamesradar.com/f/grand-theft-auto-loose-ends/a-20070501105838680027With Grand Theft Auto IV taking a new, more realistic direction in a radically different vision of Liberty City, it seems more and more as though the series - like its new protagonist, Niko Bellic - is angling for a fresh start. The cartoonish mayhem of previous GTAs seems out of place in this bleak new vision of Liberty, and according to our UK counterparts, virtually no familiar faces will appear in GTA IV. But that doesn't necessarily mean we've seen the last of them. Rockstar's left a lot ...<br/>Xbox feature1/05/2007http://www.gamesradar.com/f/battle-of-the-gtas/a-20070328174917778026Ever since the release of 2001's groundbreaking Grand Theft Auto III, there've been seemingly hundreds of games that shamelessly rip off its free-roaming, carjacking open-world formula. But as hard as the pretenders try, there's still only one ...<br/>Xbox feature28/03/2007http://www.gamesradar.com/f/battle-of-the-gta-clones/a-2007032712758324075The funny thing about inventing a genre of videogames is that, until it becomes completely played out, every game that emulates your formula is going to be attached to your name. Games that feature a wide-open, freely explorable world, for example, will have a hard time avoiding the label of "Grand Theft Auto clone," especially if their worlds are littered with vehicles to steal and drive. In the six years since Grand Theft Auto III, a slew of games have tried to become "the next GTA," but so ...<br/>Xbox feature27/03/2007http://www.gamesradar.com/f/gta-can-make-you-a-better-person/a-20070306124347250017Grand Theft Auto. A game series synonymous with death, drugs, carjacking, prostitution, sleaze, ultraviolence, sex and controversy. The tabloids would have you believe that simply playing the game will turn you into some kind of sick, perverted monster... who can barely swim. We say: look again. There are many reasons why GTA can not only be harmless (when played by responsible adults as the Mature rating implies, we will say that), but can even help you become a better person. Don't believe ...<br/>Xbox feature7/03/2007http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-top-7-games-we-want-announced-at-e3-2009/a-20090522141640810012<img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/05/Top%207%20want%20announced%20at%20E3%2009/Finished/052509_e3games_obs17--article_blog_image.jpg" border="0"></img><br /><p>Next week, we&#8217;ll know. Next week, the Electronic Entertainment Expo will begin and nearly every major publisher and developer will reveal their secrets. Next week, we&#8217;ll know which rumors were true and which games actually exist. After next week, the future will be (somewhat) clear. Seriously, though, where&#8217;s the fun in that? We prefer<em> this</em> week, when the mystery still remains and our imaginations can still roam wild. ...</p>Xbox feature25/05/2009http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-top-7-game-religions/a-2009050611104937072<p> </p><p>Founded by a group of religious cultists who worship an unexploded megaton bomb, who then&#160;built their church at the centre of the crater the bomb created.&#160; These Children of Atom believe that the atomic masses released by nuclear bombs contain whole universes and are therefore sacred.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>How about being constantly surrounded by the most upbeat, glass half full folk any of us are ever likely to meet? Full ...</p>Xbox feature11/05/2009