Like comic books and movies, videogames tend to present an exaggerated representation of men and women. Dudes are typically muscle-bound meatheads with powerful jaw lines and a thorough understanding of all forms of combat, while women generally have back-breaking chests and dress like strippers regardless of their profession. ... » Read More

17 Aug 2009

The Top 7... games that need prequels

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Every time a game is successful, critically or commercially, folks start speculating about sequels. Will there be a sequel? How many sequels? When will we see the sequel? What will happen in the sequel? Who shows up in the sequel? Sequel? ... » Read More

29 Apr 2009

Mirror’s Edge Pure Time Trial Map Pack -...

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Seven new maps come with this updated for Time Trial mode: running alone against the clock, in this case through abstract obstacle courses of floating blocks. They’re strikingly beautiful in a different way to the game’s real-world city: spacey, chunky, dreamlike. ... » Read More

27 Apr 2009

Gaming's most fabulous footwear

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We do a lot of list features here at GamesRadar, and each presents its own obstacles. So, just when we think we’ve done it all, a fellow editor throws the gauntlet down with an insurmountable challenge. “Does gaming have a greatest shoe?” Surely. “I dare you.” ... » Read More

6 Apr 2009

8 of the lamest game endings ever

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We hate rubbish endings. There's nothing more unsatisfying than becoming emotionally attached to a game for 10 or so hours and then have it end on a whimper. It's like having a really tasty meal and then finding a rusty nail in your last forkful. A nail that ends in an unsatisfying cliff-hanger, cheesy line or unresolved plot thread. And sod everyone who says it's about the journey, not the destination. The following games all take you on a ... » Read More

7 Jan 2009

GamesRadar's Anti-Awards 2008

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Just a few weeks ago we celebrated the very best of 2008 with our Platinum Chalice Awards.Today though, we must temper our merriment with disdain and head-sagging shame, for these are the moments that truly made our stomachs turn. ... » Read More

17 Dec 2008

5 franchises that need facelifts

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In examining the best gaming franchises in recent years, we’ve found the best titles to be those that tweaked a significant portion of the core mechanics. On the surface, gameplay is largely the same, yet with different environments (see: Halo or almost every Nintendo game from Twilight Princess to Mario Galaxy). ... » Read More

8 Dec 2008

The Top 7... prettiest games of 2008

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Ever since the Xbox 360 arrived three years ago, the so-called next-gen era of gaming has been depressingly devoid of beautiful games. We’re not talking graphics, mind, we’re talking colors. ... » Read More

1 Dec 2008

The Top 7... Games you won’t get to until...

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Another holiday shopping season is here, bringing with it the grim realization that, once again, the game industry has failed to learn its damn lesson. Just like every other year, seemingly every game publisher on the planet has decided to shove its biggest releases onto store shelves for the holidays, confident that they won’t be buried under the avalanche of every other publisher doing the exact same thing. ... » Read More

14 Nov 2008

TalkRadar 27 – it's a g-g-girl!

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This is it folks, the massive barrage of new games that’s threatened us for months while we patiently twiddled our stupid thumbs over the entire summer. Why can’t they release this crap steadily throughout the year (and don’t say “Christmas”)? Anywho, we’re talking up the many, many new games this week, including Call of Duty, Mirror’s Edge and Banjo Kazooie, plus the Top 7 and a boatload of community goodness. ... » Read More

12 Nov 2008

Mirror's Edge Runner's Bag Guide

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Bags bags bags, it always seems like you’ve got too many bags! Runners from all over the Mirror’s Edge-verse have been stashing bags throughout their multicolored city and we’ve found ‘em all. Wanna know where they are? Read on in our video-tastic, screenshot-ific guide to all 30 hidden items, netting 80 Achievement Points (or a Gold Trophy for the PS3 players) in the process. ... » Read More

11 Nov 2008

Mirror's Edge Countdown Launch Day

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Every aspect of Mirror's Edge looks absolutely first class. Which is why we're super pumped about the game's release this Friday. And as you've undoubtedly noticed, we've been counting down the days with a rather special Mirror's Edge mini-site, which we've been updating daily. ... » Read More

10 Nov 2008

Mirror's Edge Countdown Day Four

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We're literally running up the walls waiting for Mirror's Edge. But that's because we're playing the demo. Not because we've decided to take up free-running while we wait for the game to come out next Friday. And, as luck would have it, there's new Mirror's Edge stuff to look at on our fancy Mirror's Edge countdown site. ... » Read More

7 Nov 2008

TalkRadar 26 – OXM, PTOM fight!

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Can you believe it? T-Dar is officially half a year old! Dan Amrich from OXM and Scott Butterworth of PTOM fame team up with Chris and Brett to make this a podcast for the ages... if ages were determined by discussions about videogame presidents, Gears of War 2 and how to get kicked off Xbox Live. ... » Read More

23 Sep 2008

Play 2008's hottest games early!

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The biggest UK gaming event this year is just days away ... » Read More

11 Aug 2008

The Top 7... new games that you already played

360 Feature | Mirror's Edge

"There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt."- Audre Lorde, a poet who wasn't the first person to have this idea The idea that there are no new ideas isn't a new idea at all. In fact, it's a pretty old one and its veracity can be seen in the games industry too. ... » Read More

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