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Trailer Trash (N+ - Xbox Live Arcade)

1/02/2008

This weeks edition of Trailer Trash is bigger than Ron Pauls internet marketing team – its bursting at the seams with new trailers, tech demos, and gameplay footage. Naturally, weve sarcastically criticized each one for no reason other than its fun. Get comfortable, theres an express shipment of delicious streaming video on route to your eyeballs. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed This must-see tech demo shows off The Force Unleasheds three simulation technologies and how they work ...

10,000 Gamerpoints in 30 days (NBA 2K6)

1/03/2007

Last year a fellow with the Gamertag StripClubDJ became the first Xbox 360 owner to smash through the 100,000 Gamerpoint barrier. Quite an Achievement (excuse the pun). Instead of being shunned by the gaming community for being a daylight-dodging loser, hes been widely revered and showered with friend requests by fellow 360ites. But if youre not one of the Gamerscore elites, logging in to Live to see your buddies clocking up tens of thousands of points while you languish in the late hundreds ...

Box art sport stars that went wrong... (NBA Live 08)

16/02/2009

The infamous Madden Curse has been crippling EA's cover stars consistently since John Madden himself stopped appearing on them. Call it coincidence, call it an ancient ju-ju; whatever it is, the evidence of stifling a career is in full swing. Don't believe us? Then check out the poor saps below and then tell us it's all BS. Oh, and for all you non-American Football fans, we've even dug a little deeper into other game franchises and picked out some beauties. What have we missed? Let us know in the comments. Enjoy... ...

NCAA Football 07 (NCAA Football 07)

8/08/2006

NCAA Football has been one of the most critically lauded sports franchises for years -often surpassing its pro counterpart because of its wide-open gameplay, the neverending joy of the option, and because its just plain fun when you make a user-controlled interception with a future accountant - especially when the pass was thrown by a future NFL QB. When the game jumped from this-gen to next-gen, the expectations rivaled those of USC's - they were sky high. Question is, did it topple the ...

Trailer Trash 6 (NCAA Football 10)

21/05/2009

This week, we encountered a preponderance of trailers and teasers that are all hype and no content. The games may be fantastic, but we’ll never know based on the paltry glimpses of gameplay these videos afford.

(*not a guarantee) ...

The most sick, morally questionable Achievements and Trophies (Need for Speed Carbon)

24/09/2009

In the context of a game, Achievements and Trophies are harmless. They're just carrot-dangling tactics that we're happy to indulge for our greedy pursuit of intangible virtual rewards. We wouldn't think twice about nail-bombing a kitten orphanage if it meant five more gamer points.

But, let's say, purely for the purposes of this here article, that we take Achievements and Trophies out of their virtual world settings and reconsider them ...

The Top 7 - Fruitless Endeavors (Need for Speed Carbon)

26/05/2008

Ever slogged away at a game for hours only to find that there's nothing waiting for you at the end of it? Or just the chance of doing it all again with a different character? Here are our top 7 worst rewards in gaming ...

New Year's solutions (Need for Speed Carbon)

4/01/2007

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 ...

10,000 Gamerpoints in 30 days (Need for Speed Most Wanted)

1/03/2007

Death Race 2009 (Need for Speed SHIFT)

18/06/2009

By now, you might’ve come upon one of our E3 09 “VS” features, where we pit upcoming high-profile titles of a similar nature against one another based on the demos experienced while stumbling punchdrunk across this year’s show floor ...

Games take over corporate logos: reader edition (Need for Speed Undercover)

10/09/2008

Last week we brought you ten photoshopped images of game names infiltrating popular logos. It was a huge success, and most of you cried out for more. Well, one reader provided us with enough great ideas to create another entry in this ongoing article.

Have an idea? Post it in our thread and maybe you’ll see your ideas brought to life on the site. Special thanks to reader Ravenbom for the standout submissions. See, we do read ...

The Top 7… Things we hate about sports games (NHL 2K10)

2/11/2009

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. ...

10,000 Gamerpoints in 30 days (NHL 2K6)

1/03/2007

Zero to 100: Videogames by the numbers (Ninety Nine Nights)

31/03/2009

Numbers. Man, there must be millions of ‘em. Seems like every other game on the shelf has a number in it. Boy, I bet you could count to a hundred using just videogame titles and related items. Let’s see if I’m right. ...

The Top 7... Secret shame games (Ninety Nine Nights)

19/06/2007

Nobody's perfect. Even the best of the best can run off the rails, and that includes many of the most reputable companies and individuals that have been involved in the games industry. They'd rather focus on their successes, of course, and most of the time they'll try to lock their mishaps away in the closet, hoping they will never be dragged out into the public eye again. But we at GamesRadar think this stuff needs to be out in the open. We're going to highlight 7 games from top-notch ...

A brief history of missile rides (Ninja Blade)

19/08/2009

Since time immemorial, mankind has gazed upon missiles and secretly thought, “Hey, that’d be fun to ride.” For whatever perverse reason, the idea of straddling or surfing on what amounts to a blazing rocket engine packed with deadly explosives is wildly fascinating to just about everyone, particularly if someone else does it. ...

The nasty, nasty weapons of Ninja Blade (Ninja Blade)

17/12/2008

Ninjas, blood and really, really sharp weapons. No matter how many games and consoles pass us by over the years, these three things will never grow old. So despite the fact that Microsoft has already given us Ninja Gaiden II and Tenchu Z, we’re ready and willing for more. Can the upcoming Ninja Blade deliver? ...

7 ways to spot an impending crap sequel (Ninja Gaiden II)

31/07/2008

So many sequels, so much hype, so little time... Let our foolproof guide help you cut through the crap before it's even released ...

The Top 7... Assassins (Ninja Gaiden II)

6/02/2008

On some level, roughly 95 percent of games have always been about assassination: go to point A and kill prominent entity B, fighting your way through goons C through Z to get there. Most games tend to come up with a morally justifiable pretext for all the violence, but more and more, we're seeing games that drop the act and let you be what you've secretly known yourself to be all along: a remorseless killing machine bent on destroying your targets. ...

Trailer Trash (Ninja Gaiden II)

1/02/2008