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SWAT Target Liberty - PSP review
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Can this game prove SWAT aren't dump?
1 January 2008 11:00 GMT
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SWAT always get a bad name in movies, but can they redeem themselves here? We get tactical and find out.
SWAT on the PSP follows the original series on the PS2 and sees you tasked with thwarting international terrorist threats in New York... -
Alien vs Predator Requiem - PSP review
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In space no one can hear you screen, but will you be with this game?
27 December 2007 0:00 GMT
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Your chance to live out your Alien vs Predator fantasies have come true once again, this time on the PlayStation Portable, but it is worth the bother or is this one franchise where no one will hear your screams of disappointment? We get gaming to find...
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Vivendi Games to buy Activision
Single company "Activision Blizzard" to be created 3 December 2007 8:04 GMT TweetVivendi Games has announced it is planning to acquire a controlling stake in Activision in a deal that will merge the two companies under the new name "Activision Blizzard".
This team-up will create a massive force in gaming that analysts... -
Bourne Ultimatum mobile phone game available
Play as Jason Bourne on a multi-level, multi-national action packed title 8 August 2007 18:09 GMT TweetThe Bourne Ultimatum mobile game is now available on phones worldwide.
Vivendi promise that gamers and fans of the Bourne franchise will experience the intense world of Jason Bourne in this mobile title.
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F.E.A.R - PS3 review
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Ready to be scared?
6 May 2007 11:00 GMT
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Okay, so F.E.A.R has been out for some time on the Xbox 360 and the PC, but now PlayStation 3 console gamers get their chance to be scared half to death by a video game. So should you bother? We pick up our controller and find out.
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Miami Vice - PSP review
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Your chance to get right in there with Farrell and Foxx, or just another movie tie in?
15 August 2006 11:52 GMT
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Yes, it’s a movie tie-in. Yes, we detest movie tie-ins. Yes, the movie is a bit on the lame side as we’ve previously suspected. But we’ll try not to let all that cloud our judgement.
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Xbox 360 gets F.E.A.R
Scary PC game coming to console 5 May 2006 9:54 GMT TweetIt has been said that it scares even grown up men, but soon Xbox360 gamers will also be able to get a piece of the action when Vivendi Games' F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon) hits the console later this year.
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Miami Vice coming to a PSP near you
Fashion conscious cops land on PSP 25 April 2006 17:03 GMT TweetVivendi Universal Games has announced it will be launching Miami Vice The Game for the PSP this summer.
The third-person action shooter game is inspired by the new movie staring Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell due out in July.
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Bourne books heading to a console near you
Vivendi Universal buys into Ludlum's books 10 August 2005 15:29 GMT TweetFans of the Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy films staring Matt Damon will be pleased to hear that Vivendi Universal Games has signed an exclusive agreement to publish games based On Robert Ludlum's best-selling works.
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Cold Winter - PS2 review
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3 June 2005 0:00 GMT
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“No tux, no licence, no mercy,” says the back of the box and this tagline pretty much sums up Cold Winter on the PlayStation and Xbox - the latest first person shooter to come from Sierra.
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Counter-Strike: Source review
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1 April 2005 20:50 GMT
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Every single time I’ve sat down to write this review, I’ve always thought “best research it some more by playing a round or two”. It’s usually 2am by the time I’ve finished, and for the update, 4am. We also make no apologies for having taken all the screenshots...
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20,000 Half-Life 2 accounts closed
25 November 2004 11:30 GMT TweetValve, creators of Half-Life 2 has shut down 20,000 steam accounts where it says people were attempting to use pirated copies of Half-Life 2.
In a statement Valve, said that the reason for the closing of the accounts where due to a number... -
Half Life 2 - PC review
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19 November 2004 7:39 GMT
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In Late November 1998, what were you doing? Can you even remember? PC Gamers can. They were finally celebrating the release of Half-Life, that game which had been delayed for at least two years. Developers Valve squeezed every last drop from the original...
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Half-Life 2 gets november launch date
19 October 2004 10:23 GMT TweetAfter months if not years of litigation, code leaks, missed deadlines and general hoo-ha, Half life 2 has finally gone gold. More important still, is that Vivendi has set a global launch date - the 16th November.
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Half Life 2 gets November launch date
3 October 2004 16:16 GMT TweetRumours on the internet are suggesting that Vivendi Universal is finally going draw a conclusion to what has become the ill-fated launch of Half-life 2.
While Valve are still towing the “Unfortunately, we do not have a release date from VUG...
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