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TalkRadar UK #12: Busking Hero (James Cameron's Avatar: The Game)

4/11/2009

The team discuss the merits of DJ Hero as an educational tool, what everyday activity would make a good game and read out your confessions ...

The games of fall '09 (James Cameron's Avatar: The Game)

28/08/2009

The end of summer means the beginning of the game season, and today is the last Friday before the game industry’s big holiday push. Publishers jam the fall with games to challenge the true worth of your credit card – a double dog dare in the uncertain economy of 2009. ...

GC 09: James Cameron's Avatar game trailer (James Cameron's Avatar: The Game)

21/08/2009

The debut trailer of one of this year's most talked about films was released yesterday and demanded repeat viewing - even if it was just to decide what you thought of the weird-looking blue Avatars. ...

12 hot facts about the Golden Joystick Awards (Jetpac Refueled - Xbox Live Arcade)

14/09/2009

This year marks the 27th Golden Joystick Awards which will be held in London, England on 30 October 2009. For the maths-challenged that means the first GJAs was held way back in 1983.

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The most stupidly stupid game scenarios ever (Joust - Xbox Live Arcade)

5/05/2009

Strange, unusual, and utterly bloody ridiculous. ...

E3 09: Why wait? E3's hottest games reviewed NOW! (Joy Ride)

4/06/2009

Every game looks great in screenshots and trailers. Do you really want to wait four months before finding out the game you’ve been lusting after actually sucks and just got its face rocked off by some other game? Of course not. That’s why we’re here. We’ve played everything at E3, and this is what we’re rating each game in its current state, right here and now. Let’s get it on ...

TalkRadar 32 – win a FREE DS! (Jumper: Griffin's Story)

18/12/2008

Listen and win a free DS. Simple as that. Chris outlines the particulars further into the cast, after we’ve already tackled such weighty topics as disappointing games, games you don’t want for Christmas and games that are all gamey games games. Games.

Be sure to check out the question of the week, too, as it’s something every single person who visits this site will have an answer for.

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Games that looked good on paper (Just Cause)

27/02/2009

In all honesty, some games would be better off left on the whiteboard at the design meeting. Whether they're too ambitious, too expensive or simply too good to be true, we're frequently led to imagine great things only to have our expectations dashed when the game finally arrives. How could these games be so good on paper yet underwhelm so spectacularly? Let's take a look... ...

Battle of the GTA clones (Just Cause)

27/03/2007

The 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 ...

Just Cause (Just Cause)

28/07/2006

Friday 28 July 2006 One game that has grabbed our attention firmly by the cojones is Just Cause from Swedish developer, Avalanche Studios. Not only does it look absolutely gorgeous but, by dropping the player into a huge, tropical hotbed of anarchic action, it promises an overload of riotous fun when it's released this autumn. After being mighty impressed during our latest hands-on with the game, we tracked down Avalanche's content director, Odd Ahlgren, and liberated some answers from him ...

E3 09: Why wait? E3's hottest games reviewed NOW! (Just Cause 2)

3/06/2009

We don’t make a big deal about it, but we here at GamesRadar actually live several months in the future. It’s pretty cool, although we should warn you that we still won’t have flying cars or laser cats come Christmas – shocker, we know. But we do have review scores for the games you’re most looking forward to playing. ...

Q&A: More chaos for Just Cause 2 (Just Cause 2)

17/03/2008

Eager to find out more info on Just Cause 2, we asked the game's lead designer, Peter Johansson, about the new island location, the new grown-up Rico, the new grappling hook and more... ...