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    APP OF THE DAY: Pitfall review (iPad / iPhone / iPod touch)

    By 14 August 2012

    Ah, 30 years ago; men had moustaches you could hang a coat on, TV mainly consisted of young women in skimpy outfits chasing rotund middle-aged men, and the number one games console was fronted in teak paneling (effect, anyway). Those, as they say, were...

  • Gaming 4.5 out of 5

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 review

    By 9 November 2011

    Modern Warfare 3 is, in some ways, a bit like buying a Spice Girls album, in that, no matter how cool you think you are, it's impossible not to sing along. This is what Call of Duty is, gaming fun in its purest form. There is nothing complicated about...

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    Amazon's top toy tips for Christmas 2011

    By 21 July 2011

    Like Hamleys, Microsoft, Hasbro, Currys/PC World and John Lewis before it, Amazon has held its Christmas in July event, showcasing all the gifts that it believes will not look out of place in Santa's bulging sack come the end of the year. And while there...

  • Gaming

    E3 Quick Play: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

    By 17 June 2011

    With just months to go before Call of Duty fans will be able to get their hands on the next instalment in the franchise, we tracked down the game at this year's E3 to have a behind-closed-doors session with two of the new levels. Introduced to us by none...

  • Gaming 4 out of 5

    Call of Duty: Black Ops review

    By 12 November 2010

    Let's not kid ourselves. If you were gung-ho enough to buy Call of Duty: Black Ops, you've already done it by now. You've already sprinted your way through the single-player campaign, had a quick run at the revamped Zombies mode, and you're probably only...

  • Gaming 3 out of 5

    James Bond 007: Blood Stone review

    By 6 November 2010

    This is what you call a missed opportunity. A totally original Bond game, scripted by a Hollywood screenwriter, voiced by Daniel Craig and Judi Dench, starring a digitised Joss Stone and developed by the team behind The Club and Project Gotham Racing,...

  • Gaming 3.5 out of 5

    Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions review

    By 10 September 2010

    It's been a long time since anyone has got too excited about a Spider-Man game. For too long, the Web slinger has been ploughing the same old open-world, crime-fighting furrow, each version sinking a little further into the soil of mediocrity, and though...

  • Gaming

    APP OF THE DAY - Geometry Wars Touch (iPad)

    By 24 June 2010

    It's 6pm and time for another App of the Day, in which we bring you all that's good and great from the myriad of applications available across multiple platforms. There are plenty of useful bits and bobs out there which will help with state capitals and...

  • Gaming 4 out of 5

    Blur - PS3 review

    By 22 June 2010

    Can Bizarre Creations win this summer's racing crown with Blur? A real mashup of a racer, inspired by Project Gotham and power-up-friendly titles such as Mario Kart (we'd also be very surpprised if some of the developers hadn't played a fair amount of...

  • Gaming 0 out of 5

    First Look: GoldenEye 007 - Nintendo Wii review

    By 17 June 2010

    I'm sure I'm not the only one to have met the announcement of GoldenEye 007 at Nintendo's E3 conference with a mixture of fanboy enthusiasm, scepticism and confusion. On the one hand, it's a new version of the game that - before Halo - proved that first-person...

  • Gaming 4 out of 5

    Band Hero - Xbox 360 review

    By 2 December 2009

    Such has been the success of Guitar Hero that publisher Activision has begun to roll out the series in serious bulk. This year, the company has released Guitar Hero 5, Guitar Hero: Metallica, Guitar Hero: Van Halen, Guitar Hero: Smash Hits, Guitar Hero...

  • Gaming 4.5 out of 5

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Xbox 360 review

    By 12 November 2009

    After Infinity Ward’s sublime Call of Duty: Modern Warfare astounded all with its representation of up-to-date combat, expectations have continuously soared for the always inevitable sequel. With predictions of multi-millions day one sales (which incidentally...

  • Gaming 0 out of 5

    Tony Hawk: RIDE - First Look review

    By 12 October 2009

    Tony Hawk: RIDE is looking to break new ground when it launches next month, thanks to a newly developed controller. We were lucky enough to get our hands and feet on the new game at a recent preview event, and here is what we thought. Let's start with...

  • Gaming 4.5 out of 5

    Guitar Hero 5 - Nintendo Wii review

    By 18 September 2009

    It may come as some surprise to hear that the Guitar Hero series has averaged about four core-platform games per year since the birth of the franchise in 2005, far more if you include portable versions and spin-offs, and in this time the only major change...

  • Gaming 0 out of 5

    Guitar Hero 5 - First Look review

    By 10 August 2009

    Having skipped "4" in favour of "World Tour", Guitar Hero's back to its numerical counting system with the forthcoming release of Guitar Hero 5, due on 18 September. However, given that the franchise has five titles due out in 2009, is there such a thing...

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