Halo, what’s this we see?

We have in our possession a retail copy of Halo: Anniversary, officially due out next Tuesday. As mentioned on the cardboard sleeve the box contains a bonus Master Chief avatar costume and a ‘Grunt Funeral Skull’ game modifier that makes the grunts explode like a plasma grenade when activated. Not only this, but there’s also …

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

It’s very easy to make fun of something that a lot of people are obsessed by. So much so, that sometimes people do it without even realising it. We have nothing against Call of Duty here though – anything that keeps the children off the streets is fine by us. A few people have had …

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Between a space rock and a sharp place

This week is all about Skyrim really. A few of you might still be interested in some mobile gaming though. Perhaps to keep you occupied whilst on the bus to your local games store or sitting near the mail box. Adam has been admiring Bike Baron and mulling over Atari’s use of the Asteroid’s license, …

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In complete contrast

Here’s a situation I think every gamer has been in – browsing inside a game shop, only to see somebody pick up a rubbish game and take it to the counter. To add insult to injury, on the same rack of games was something significantly better for the same price. The decent thing to do …

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A triple dose of CVG

So, here we are – the grand daddy of all videogame magazines. The first issue arrived in newsagents back in October 1981 for 75p, complete with some Mars Attacks-style aliens on the cover. Back then the magazine was very different from the colourful, console focused, publication most remember it as being. Micro computers, such as …

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Bye Bye Best Buy UK

After opening 11 stores in the last two years, it has announced that all of the Best Buy UK stores will closed by the end of the year flowing a reported £70m loss. I’ve visited the Hedge End (Southampton) store a few times. My initial reaction was mixed – the store was well staffed, with …

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Uncharted 3 makes a mark in the chart

Even with sales down 54% from last week, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception can’t knock Battlefield 3 off the top of the chart. Drake has to do with #2. Battlefield 3 is now the first Battlefield to stay at the top of the chart for two weeks in a row – Battlefield: Bad Company 2 only …

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Winding up the birds

After finally warming up to Whale Trail last week, Jake spent this week having a fiddle with Tiny Invaders. Exploring the depths of blatant IP theft, Matt has been dabbling with Cut the Birds, whilst Adam has been poking around with wind-up toys and helicopters. Wind-up Knight It looks a bit like Clockwork Knight on …

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See Sonic run. Run, Sonic, run.

So here it is, Sony’s big Christmas game – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. Reviews have so far included 9 from EDGE, a 10 from Destructoid and 5/5 from The Guardian. Eurogamer caused a little bit of a fuss on the internet by giving it an 8 – they found it a little bit “narrow”. The …

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Grand Theft Auto V is alive

Hoping that Grand Theft Auto V would be set on new turf? Bad news if you were. Rockstar’s first trailer for Grand Theft Auto V reveals that they’re sticking to their comfort zone – America. More specifically, we’re going back to San Andreas. The main character isn’t revealed but his husky voice suggests that we …

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Viz: The Soft Floppy One

Released: 1991 Formats: Amiga, Atari ST, Spectrum, Amstrad, Commodore 64, PC When Viz was in its prime it sold a million copies per issue – the only publication that outsold it was the Radio Times. It’s a fact that often amazes, but more amazing is the comic’s incredibly humble beginning – long before the likes …

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Publisher’s unpublished pasts

Publishers tend to be a predictable bunch, releasing sequels and yearly sports updates, snapping up cartoon and movie licenses, and occasionally setting up new studios while closing down older ones. It’s a little odd, then, that when a publisher does something out of the ordinary it often goes unnoticed. A little research into the subject …

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