Nov 16, 2007 Ghostbusters News Watch the 17 seconds that set the internets on fire. The Ghostbusters game has been the subject of rumor-mongering for years, and we finally have concrete proof that they've, well, designed a logo. It's great news, for sure, but totally underwhelming as a piece of promotional media. Here's to hoping that the next one will actually show a pixel or two of something that's actually in the ... » Read More

16 Nov 2007

The Video Zone

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Nov 16, 2007 All hail the Internetz! Procrastination has never been so optimized. These cinematic oddballs are the fruits of our Sunday drive out on Al Gore's Info-super-highway. Some are "teh r0x0rz," some are "teh sux0rz," while most fall somewhere into "teh medi0crez." But you can rest assured that when GamesRadar showcases the work of YouTube nutcases, it's certifiably "r0x0rific!" We've scoured the internet for hilarious and just plain weird crap supplied by fellow gamers. So put on your ... » Read More

16 Nov 2007

What game ads looked like when the SNES was alive

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16 Nov, 2007 Sometimes we like adverts. As long as they're clever. Or arty. Or have got monkeys in. Or ladies that look like they want to touch us in the pants. They're all pretty good. The other kind of advert that we like are old ones. Even if they're completely rubbish - and mostly they are - they still hold a certain irresistible, nostalgic charm. And we're sure 'veteran' gamers will feel inclined to agree as they browse the next few pages, where we've generously gathered a veritable ... » Read More

15 Nov 2007

No Achievements for Xbox Originals

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Nov 15, 2007 It was always a pipedream, really; Microsoft's Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb has debunked all talk of the new downloadable Xbox Originals featuring 360-type achievements. The downloadable Xbox games, which will be arriving on December 4 for 1200 Microsoft points ($15), will appear via software emulation / backwards features, which is just one of the reasons why retro-active Achievements just can't happen. "The answer is no," Nelson informs the gutted Achievement whores on his ... » Read More

14 Nov 2007

Xbox Originals not perfect on 360

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Nov 14, 2007 Yesterday's big news was of the next big 360 dashboard update seeing the launch of original Xbox games as downloads on Xbox Live, but out of the seven initial games announced for the service, five have known problems running on the new hardware. Just like when you slip an old Xbox game disc into your Xbox 360, the games will run using software emulation which, by its very nature, causes all sorts of problems. Microsoft has already documented these known issues ahead of the big ... » Read More

14 Nov 2007

Fan films gone wrong

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Nov 14, 2007 Youre not supposed to laugh at someone suffering. But screw the phony bleeding heart sympathy. Theres something undeniably hilarious about people in pain when captured in the right context. The Germans call this shameful pleasure schadenfreude, and weve scraped the dregs of fan-made films featuring the most painful and humiliating moments of gamers gone wrong. Enjoy them, you cold-hearted bastard, ... » Read More

14 Nov 2007

Xbox Live turns five

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14th Nov 2007 Can you believe how much our little boy has grown? The years have just flown by. It seems just yesterday that Xbox Live was taking its fledgling stumbles into the online console gaming world, but half a decade of additions and refinemenents later, Microsofts community has grown into a nigh-legendary and highly influential modern institution of videogaming. Theres no doubt that cake, lemonade and spurious vomiting are to be had later, but for now Microsoft is doing a few other ... » Read More

13 Nov 2007

Nine mini-games you've never seen

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Nov 13, 2007 Mini-games are everywhere. Videogames have gotten so big that we no longer bat an eyelid if they contain one or many bite-sized distractions that, twenty years ago, we probably wouldve been paying full price for. Hell, thanks mostly to Nintendos DS and Wii, its no longer a shock to see games made up from nothing but dozens of sub-games. Some mini-games are amazing. Some are generic trash. Some pay heart-patting homage to yesteryear. Some are daft, ill-advised experiments that some ... » Read More

12 Nov 2007

The Top 7... Mario spin-offs

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Nov 12, 2007 When it comes to running and jumping, Mario is the undisputed King of Hop. Every five years or so Nintendo gets around to releasing a new platformer, and each and every one is something special. Super Mario Galaxy is the latest in a long, long line of ultra-successful entries, but how does the plumber fare when he's taken out of his hop-n-bop element? Surprisingly well, actually. Despite the choking amount of Mario-related products, many of them are quite good and deserve to be ... » Read More

9 Nov 2007

Trailer Trash

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Nov 9, 2007 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare News | Review | Map Guide Our Eye-wrenching Cheats video is the dont-miss clip of the week. Collecting intel pieces scattered throughout the single-player campaign unlocks a variety of cheats ranging from helpful to just plain silly. You havent fully experienced Infinity Wards masterpiece until youve played “Ragtime Warfare,” which turns the game into a Chaplinesque doppelganger. If youre having trouble locating intel pieces, check our ... » Read More

7 Nov 2007

360 to surpass five-year console lifespan

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Nov 7, 2007 Five years is usually about the amount of time we have to wait before platform holders begin pumping out their shiny new hardware, but it looks like following on from similar comments made by Nintendo, Microsoft plans to break the traditional console lifespan this time around. Speaking to Reuters, Microsoft E&DD CFO Mindy Mount spoke about Microsoft's long-term projects, including the Xbox 360 and pointed to the PlayStation 2 which still has strong sales even after seven years on ... » Read More

6 Nov 2007

It's Dead or Alive Xtreme Sight Training

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6 Nov 2007 Inspired by the latest comic offering from the always entertaining Penny Arcade folks (which imagines Assassin's Creed mangled with Animal Crossing to make Assassin's Crossing), we've concocted some of our own harebrained gaming hybrids. Using two components - one part Nintendo game, one part A.N. Other - to make a single title that's never going to be made in a million years, here are half-a-dozen fantasy gaming cocktails for your mild amusement. Note: Unfortunately we possess ... » Read More

6 Nov 2007

PES 2008 still top of the league

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Nov 6, 2007 Official ELSPA Entertainment Top 20 Software Chart (all prices) - week ending 3 November: 1 (1) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, PC) 2 (2) FIFA 08 (PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, PC, PSP) 3 (NE) The Simpsons Game (PS2, Xbox 360, Wii, DS) 4 (5) Ratatouille (DS, Wii, PS2, PSP) 5 (8) Halo 3 (Xbox 360) 6 (3) Football Manager 2008 (PC) 7 (19) The Sims 2: Castaway (PS2, DS, Wii, PSP) 8 (14) More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima (DS) 9 (12) Dr Kawashima's Brain ... » Read More

5 Nov 2007

50 Greatest Game Design Innovations

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In an episode of Futurama, a nebulous version of the ever-popular God said, "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all." So our buddies over at Next Generation have taken time out of their busy day to show appreciation for all the little things that have aided gaming in kicking our collective dicks in the dirt throughout the years. How? By collecting the 50 Greatest Game Design Innovations of all time. Can you imagine a future where some plucky developer hadn't ... » Read More

5 Nov 2007

The Top 7... forgotten sequels

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Nov 5, 2007 Our industry may thrive on franchises, but for every mega-popular sequel there's bound to be 10 utter failures. Most of these botched follow-ups flounder and die because they're poor games, but would you believe there are (gasp) totally decent sequels that came and went without so much as a pat on the back? Countless sequels have been forgotten, but these are the games that, for one reason or the other, failed to stay in our hearts and minds. Some attained a small level of ... » Read More

2 Nov 2007

Trailer Trash

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Nov 2, 2007 Uncharted: Drakes Fortune News | Previews | Screens This gameplay footage is basically Tomb Raider with some dood in the place of Lara Croft. Here it is so you can watch it if you must, but we'll wager that you'll be more interested in this footage of Lady Croft under the influence of a nude patch. You're welcome. ... » Read More

1 Nov 2007

Freakish fashion

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Nov 1, 2007 We gamers have standards when it comes to fashion. It's not like we expect Cloud Strife to be modeling Christian Dior, or Mario to be sporting the latest threads from Burberry, but we do expect that Link wears green, Peach wears pink and you never see Master Chief's face. Sometimes, we relax a little and let a few things slide (come on, Heavenly Sword heroine Nariko was hot in that fake kimono; so what if she prefers double-sided tape to an actual bra?), but then there are the ... » Read More

1 Nov 2007

The virtual junkie's guide to gaming's drug spots

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1 Nov, 2007 The junkie typically resides in the lowest sewers of humanity. Whether crack addict, alcoholic, coke head or speed freak, sustaining a habit of excessive drug taking is a tangle-footed stagger along life's shadiest alleyways with few rewards, but with plenty of broken souls and vomit-stained hardships. In the magical make-believe lands of gaming, however, the pursuit of substance abuse can be indulged without suffering any consequence more severe than a harmless Game Over. Which ... » Read More

30 Oct 2007

Has Mario Kart lost its style?

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Oct 30, 2007 Sometimes a game comes along that makes you sit up and think 'that's awesome'. When that happens, a sequel is inevitable. But some aspects are revised in the name of 'progress' and step away from the original, ever so slightly. Problem is, with every advance, the early magic that made us think it was awesome in the first place is often lost in translation. These are some massive franchises that strayed from their own brilliant path and turned into something else. They may still ... » Read More

29 Oct 2007

The Top 7... worst jobs for game characters

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Oct 29, 2007 Everyone wants to be a hero. We don't play games to come in second or fawn over other people's abilities - no, we play to win. To conquer. To finish first. That's why all of our favorite characters have such fantastic jobs, from secret agent to bounty hunter to professional demon eater. But what about those poor bastards who make the video game world possible? They get the shit jobs, of course. They're all unremarkable slobs who've failed to stand out in any way whatsoever. ... » Read More