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New Year's solutions (Madden NFL 07)

Jan 4, 2007

Did you behave well enough last year for Santa to bring you some new games for Christmas? Stuck on them already? Well, don't worry, we've put together a little something for you to unwrap now - that's right, the best cheats, hints and easter eggs for the top-selling Christmas games. Just hit the tabs on the left for the games you want to know about. Many of these cheats were sent in by our readers through CheatPlanet.com (thank you kindly) - so why not share your own best cheats and tricks ...

Madden NFL 07 - Producer Interview (Madden NFL 07)

Aug 17, 2006

So, you're one of the millions and millions of potential Madden 07 players who have yet to fork over the cash for a shiny, new Xbox 360, and you'd like to hear a little about how Madden is going to play on your system this year? We've got you covered. We were given time in a windowless room to brain-beat Associate Producer Josh Looman, and he started singing like a canary before we even rolled up our sleeves. We're actually really lucky he was so coopoerative - it turns out, guys who hang with ...

The Top 7… Things we hate about sports games (Madden NFL 08)

Nov 2, 2009

Where are the flying cars? For years, our science fiction promised us that in the 21st century, we’d all be zipping around the country with speed and style in shiny hovering vehicles. Sadly, we all know how that turned out. It sure seems like we were made the same kinds of promises about our “next generation” of sports games too. ...

Mafia: the story so far (Mafia)

Apr 10, 2008

Mafia opens in 1938, as gangster Thomas Angelo arrives at a little diner to meet with an Irish cop named Detective Norman. Tommy's come to Norman to ask for police protection for himself and his family, but Norman - abrasive and impatient - scoffs at the idea. Tommy insists that he doesn't expect something for nothing, and that what he knows can help bring down a notorious mob boss named Salieri. Norman, still skeptical, demands to hear the ...

Cheats from the Crypt (Mafia)

May 11, 2007

This week were ticking the clock back just a few notches and unearthing secrets from three last-gen games that still deserve to be played. For more classic cheats and secrets, including the best head altering codes and “upside down” cheats from gaming history, check out the archive. Spider-Man 2 If you bought Spider-Man 3, were sorry. Since youre probably already bored, here are some ways to squeeze a little more enjoyment out of Spider-man 2, which was a good game… and ...

8 games with disastrously botched rescue missions (Manhunt)

Jul 30, 2009

Generally, the first rule when it comes to rescuing hostages is ‘don’t let everybody get horribly done in.’ But sadly, this proves too much of a stumbling block for many game heroes. Be it accidentally killing geriatrics with a killer virus or letting the damsel in distress get crushed by a cow, the following rescue missions all get botched. Spectacularly.

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Gaming's greatest blood sports (Manhunt)

Mar 10, 2009

What’s the best part of any car race? The mad crazy wrecks. Hockey game? When a 6’5” Czech man-beast levels a lesser player with a right hook. Ultimate fighting? The whole thing. We like seeing people destroy each other; it’s in our blood. Or maybe it’s in their blood, and the way it spills everywhere and inspires unanimous ‘YEAHs from stadiums full of adrenaline junkies too timid to risk their own ...

Games you can't play in front of your girlfriend (Manhunt)

Feb 14, 2007

Real men play sports, drink beer, and know a thing or two about fixing cars. They don't know the difference between the starship Enterprise and Starship Troopers, and they don't fool around or play any games - at least, not ones like these. We're talking about the sorts of games that can be landmines of embarrassment waiting to explode, ruining your image as a somewhat normal guy. Or worse yet, the ones that are so appealing to the opposite sex that you may never get your hands on your ...

59 levels to play before you die: M - S (Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure)

Mar 21, 2008

Bloc Party's song "Helicopter" can make anything amazing, but it didn't have to work too hard during the tram-ride sequence in Getting Up. Say what you will about the game, but frantically leaping between four aerial cable cars and shimmying around their edges to spray paint a single giant message - all while dodging machinegun fire and tossing riot cops - felt overwhelmingly badass the first time we did it. ...

GamesRadar's potentially annual Platinum Chalice awards 2006 (Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure)

Dec 22, 2006

It's the end of another great year for gamers. Two new systems launched. Two handhelds waged bloody battle. And next gen gaming got a big kick in the pants - thanks to a year of lonely rule by the Xbox 360. PC gaming fought fire with nukes, waging its battle against the console-based onslaught. In short, it ruled. How do we handle this? We're handing out our gleaming Platinum Chalice to those games and systems which gave us the business. No boring list of 37 different strategy games, divided ...

Bestselling crap (Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects)

Jun 26, 2007

In 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 ...

Marvel vs. DC: the games (Marvel: Ultimate Alliance)

Oct 28, 2006

Are you a comic-book fanboy and a hardcore videogamer? Did you mark out when Zatanna chanted, "Namtab Pots!" before she wiped Batman's memory? Do you wish Zatanna erased the woeful Spider-Man clone saga from your memory? Have you ever screamed, "Hulk Smash!!!" while breaking down some cardboard boxes? If you've answered yes to any - or all - of these questions, then this is a great time to be you, because there are two superhero action RPGs vying for your time and dollars. In one corner ...

Videogame music makes The Matrix better (The Matrix: Path of Neo)

May 22, 2009

VIDEO: Plus a hellishly good mystery mash-up to complete a double-bill of overdubbed wonderment. ...

DVDstruction: Bullet Porn (The Matrix: Path of Neo)

Feb 6, 2008

Damn, was this a tough category to comb through. Both High-Def formats have an insatiable thirst for loud noises, taking to things that go BOOM like a politician to babies. There are a lot of deceptive titles out there, like Shooter and Shoot 'Em Up, purporting to be the ultimate purveyor of balls-out ballistics. Don't you believe it. To paraphrase Shakespeare, those titles "be bullshitin' on Front Street." ...

If game characters used Twitter (Max Payne)

Jul 21, 2009

The secret lives of gaming's greats, in 140 characters or less. ...

100 reasons fanboys hate shooters (Max Payne)

Mar 25, 2009

Cue the banjo! It wouldn’t be the Week of Hate without our trademark “100 Reasons” videos. In case you missed it, last year we targeted game platforms. So this year we thought we’d change it up and go after a few popular genres. Up first, the ubiquitous shooter. ...

The 13 unluckiest videogame bastards (Max Payne)

Feb 13, 2009

As you’re probably aware, Valentine’s Day is tomorrow. To hell with that. Friday the 13th is today, and aside from developmentally disabled serial killers with machetes, that means one thing: bad luck.

Over the years, continually playing as the hero in videogames has taught us to have a generally optimistic outlook when faced with challenges, to believe deep down that, whatever happens, we can overcome any obstacle. ...

Max Payne: The first great videogame movie? (Max Payne)

Aug 4, 2008

Last time out, Mark Wahlberg was fighting a mighty wind (The Happening). He didn’t look too comfortable… There was much brow-furrowing and air-gazing and short-sleeve shirt wearing…For Max Payne, Wahlberg is ditching the elemental for the supernatural and, in a hangar-sized suite at London’s Mandarin Oriental, he’s comically at ease: slumped back on a sofa in trainers and worryingly tracksuit-like ...

The ports that had no right to work (Max Payne)

Dec 7, 2007

7th Dec, 2007 You know what its like. Youve just created a brand new videogame and you want to show it to the world. Youre proud of your creation. Its taken you months, if not years, to make and you want as many people as possible to share in your joy at its release. Itd also be nice to make a bit of extra money out of it. So you start porting it to different ...

If game characters used Twitter (Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne)

Jul 21, 2009

The secret lives of gaming's greats, in 140 characters or less. ...