If your preferred brand of gaming hero is prone to throwing themselves through burning tables or dunking people's heads in deep fat fryers, then you'll be pleased to learn that Eidos have just released a slew of new screenshots of trailer park trash-pleasing fist-fest Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes The Neighbourhood.Indeed, you really wouldn't want any of this lot moving in next to you, with their proclivity for chainsaw-fuelled ultra-violence and all. Still, there is a method to the madness ...
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3 Feb 2005

Batman Begins again

Xbox News | Batman Begins

Tying in with the June release of the film, Batman Begins dips a clawed toe into the Dark Knight's even murkier past. Focusing on the brutal butchery of Bruce Wayne's parents, the plot of the movie and the game hinges on the dramatic moment that turned the little chap from millionaire brat into millionaire bat. As you can see from these new screens, the game also follows the film series in its ever-gloomier downward spiral, starring American Psycho's Christian Bale alongside those paragons of ...
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21 Jan 2005

Batman Begins: First ever shots!

Xbox News | Batman Begins

Millionaire, industrialist, crime fighter and philanthropist: yes, Bruce Wayne has it all, except for his marbles. While being full of brain-wrong doesn't seem to have hurt the dollar-rich but screw-deficient freak, how he ended up in this state does make for an interesting tale - and that's exactly where the Batman Begins.Named after the forthcoming film (which is due for release in June), this stealthy adventure is one of those games that the world has heard much about but seen very little ...
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26 Nov 2004

First look: Batman Begins...

Xbox News | Batman Begins

Did you know they were making a movie about Batman's origins, revealing the reason he likes to dress up in rubber and beat people up at midnight? Surely Tim Burton's first effort covered all that in as much detail as an audience will ever need, but such trifling matters have never concerned Hollywood.And it doesn't seem to concern Electronic Arts that Batman has the unenviable record of being the worst videogame character of the last seven years, or at least starring in the most consistently ...
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18 May 2005

Battlefield 2 Modern Combat details

Xbox News | Battlefield 2

Playing like a multiplayer event, featuring intricate levels and allowing players to make use of any vehicle that happens to be sat about, Battlefield 2 Modern Combat offers gamers a genuinely fast-paced and exciting single-player game. While the option to play against groups of other gamers in massive online battles is still present, players can now enjoy a completely different type of squad-based single-player game. 'Hot-swapping' is the magical element that makes this so exciting. Rather ...
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15 May 2008

Nothing yet from Ubi on Beyond Good & Evil sequel

Xbox News | Beyond Good and Evil

The sequel to Beyond Good & Evil, almost unequivocally one of the most missed games of the last generation, has been in production for over a year according to the main lead. Ubisoft has yet to say anything about it though.

Speaking to Jeux Video magazine, creative lead Michel Ancel confirmed its development, but revealed that it's currently only being developed by a small team as Ubisoft has yet to give it the green ...

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27 Nov 2007

A ten-step guide to videogame morphine

Xbox News | Beyond Good and Evil

27 Nov, 2007 For a time of peace on earth, theres going to be a lot of stress and killing around this Christmas. Just think about this winters biggest games. Whether its COD4s visceral gunfire tearing apart wall and limb alike, the bloody back-stabbing business of the always-hounded Altair, or Kane and Lynch just being plain old sociopathic, the jovial festival of light and wonder really is looking like a quite brutal one this year. We need a way to combat this, and preferably one which ...
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15 Feb 2006

Black

Xbox News | Black

With the release of Black less than a month away, EA has unleashed a batch of new pics of the shoot-'em-up. The FPS, which has been developed by British studio Criterion (best known for the Burnout series), looks set to take console shooters to a new level with its hard-boiled attitude and remarkable effects. Black is a refreshingly straightforward shooter: these new screenshots feature all the on-screen information that appears in the game, which is just ammo and health. There's no ...
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15 Feb 2006

Angels Blaze on to PC

Xbox News | Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII

Ubisoft has announced that Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII, originally planned for just Xbox and Xbox 360, will be released for PC as well. The flight combat game recreates the dramatic struggle for control of the skies over Europe during the Second World War. Gamers will be able to take control of one of 40 different aircraft in 18 single-player missions, or experience the mayhem of 16-strong multiplayer ...
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14 May 2007

The Top 7... games so bad they had to add breasts

Xbox News | BMX XXX

An overwhelming majority of gamers are male, so it makes perfect sense for every marketing team in the world to target their software at young guys. And what do all men ages 18 to one zillion love? Girls, gore and big loud machines. If they could make a game about a firefighting bikini squad that hunts down zombies in a decked-out sex/fire truck, world peace would be declared. But until that day, we have to settle with regular old T & A. Developers are well aware of this, so occasionally ...
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