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Feb 15, 2006

Madden NFL 06

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This year's Madden has gone on the offensive, and not just with an even more accurate depiction of big, beefy guys (or tiny guys with body armour) in indescribably tight pants. After revamping the defensive options last year, it's the offense that has undertaken a serious overhaul. The hit stick now doubles as a truck stick to help you on the ground, enabling you to smash into oncoming would-be tacklers or pull up, sending them flying. And when you're airborne, a precision stick helps you ...
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Aug 25, 2006

Madden NFL 07

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Last year's Madden 2006 felt like a photocopy of Madden 2005. While we were concerned this was just a case of EA completely shifting their focus from current-gen to next-gen systems, Madden 07 has done plenty to rebound from a gameplay perspective. Thing is, one of the game's greatest improvements spans all generations of consoles: updated rosters. Usually this wouldn't get a mention since it's a given, but what football fan doesn't want to take it to the defense with the once-in-a-generation ...
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Oct 11, 2007

Madden NFL 08

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Oct 11, 2007 It's easy to forget about that big black machine that we've had stashed away for awhile now. Remember the original Xbox? EA sure does, as they've given owners of Microsoft's first game console a swan song worthy of its short but spectacular lifespan. As what is almost certainly the final game to be released for the system, Madden 08 is the best football game you'll ever play on a current-generation machine (including its PS2 ...
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Jun 14, 2006

Major League Baseball 2K6

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Holding a semi-exclusive license for Major League Baseball and boasting a number of new innovations, youd expect 2K Sports' MLB 2K6 to be a grand slam, but an unpolished fielding engine and a bland presentation limit this years entry to an infield double. The strength of the game is its simulation engine - the depth of management options is simply staggering. You are responsible for everything from roster selection to keeping your players happy. On the field, you can even argue a call; just ...
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Mar 6, 2007

Major League Baseball 2K7

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That strange sound youre hearing this spring is the release of an actual new game for the original Xbox. While Microsoft has wholly ignored their first console since the advent of the 360 and Electronic Arts has made its latest baseballer a PS2 exclusive, 2K Sports has bequeathed a shiny new disc to play unto the Xbox community in the form of MLB 2K7. With no other competition for the baseball dollar, it stands alone as a solid effort that is worth a look for any fans still counting the Xbox as ...
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Mar 2, 2006

Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure

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By all rights, Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure should be terrible. The latest in a long line of mostly dismal "urban" games, it's packed full of brand logos, but still aims for a guerilla image. It's been delayed for years. And if that weren't enough, it's the brainchild of a fashion designer. So it's a shocker that Getting Up not only does its "street" atmosphere up right, but actually puts together a competent beat-'em-up/graffiti experience. Playing like an inner-city Prince ...
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Feb 22, 2006

Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure

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Games have been around for so long that these days it's difficult to call anything truly original. But this is something that we definitely haven't seen before: an entire game based around graffiti. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and The Warriors both included graffiti tasks, but only in passing. In Getting Up, the only way to succeed is by putting up your pieces of art around the fictional city of New Radius. Standing in your way are rival artists and cops, who aren't keen to see you ...
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Jun 22, 2007

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects

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At times like this, all we want to say is “we hate it” and leave it at that. Then at least wed be able to get on with the important business of sealing it in a bag and throwing it in the river. Well, we should probably explain why. Its a bog-standard brawler – actually, make that sub-standard. Enter story mode and youre plunged into the ‘thick of the action, with a woefully unexciting scrap against three robot alien things that you have to defeat through repeated stabs ...
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Oct 26, 2006

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

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Developer Raven Software and publisher Activision have teamed up for two of the best X-Men adventures in videogames (X-Men Legends and X-Men Legends II: Rise of the Apocalypse). Now, using some of the best, most powerful and most popular heroes in the Marvel universe, Marvel Ultimate Alliance is an enormous adventure filled with dozens of vile villains and multiple universe-shattering threats. The game features an ambitious story and an equally ambitious cast... that's wrapped up in the same ...
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Jun 22, 2007

The Matrix: Path of Neo

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Matrix creators Andy and Larry Wachowski get credit for trying to use video games as an extension of their movie franchise instead of a mere retread - after all, why tell the same story if you can tell a new one? Trouble was, Enter the Matrix wasn't fun or satisfying, and The Matrix 's messiah mythos feels custom built for a traditional action/adventure game. You say you've got one guy with super powers who saves the world by shooting and kicking everything in sight? Step right this way! That ...
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