Finely crafted

This Week’s Games Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty has been getting fans of the series all emotional – one chap in Singapore who waited in line for 24 hours allegedly burst into tears upon being handed his copy. Reviews suggest it has been worth the wait – the average review score is currently a massive …

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Starry eyed surprise

This Week’s Games If you’re lucky enough to be going away on holiday this year then Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies on DS is an essential purchase for those long waits at the airport. It’s about as good as RPGs get, with just about everybody giving it 9/10. On Wii this week …

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Hello, toys

This Week’s Games The new slimmer Xbox 360 is officially available from this Friday. I’ve had a quick scout of the big online UK retailers – Game, Play and GameStation are all sticking to the £199.99 RRP. ShopTo are selling it for £184.85 while Amazon has it for a fiver or so more at £189.99. …

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Down the crack

This Week’s Games Crackdown 2 has certainly taken its sweet time coming but reviews have been good. Even EDGE liked it, handing out an 8. If anything, the zombie-like enemies will do for target practice until Halo: Reach is released in a few months time. The only other two games out this week are both …

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Insert Tiger Woods joke: here

This Week’s Games It speaks volumes when the most interesting of this week’s releases is Sega’s Wii-exclusive one-on-one brawler Tournament of Legends. This was once known as Gladiator and is from the guys behind The Conduit. The graphics look a cut above most Wii games but this video brings back disturbing memories of War Gods …

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Transformers, and all that jazz

This Week’s Games Despite the cute exterior, 505 Games’ Naughty Bear has been compared to Manhunt and has a 16+ age rating. Why all the violence, you ask? It’s because Naughty Bear wasn’t invited to another bear’s birthday party. It’s by the developers behind sleeper hit WET, so it might be worth a look despite …

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You’ll never stalk alone

This Week’s Games Last week we had the majestic Super Mario Galaxy 2; this week we’re being “treated” to the multi-format platformer Shrek: Forever After. Sigh. The film looks bloomin’ awful and completely pointless, and I’m sure the game will be no better. It’s out on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS and PC. There’s …

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Galaxy Quest 2

This Week’s Games Dust off your Wii – although some might say it’s an unnecessary sequel, Super Mario Galaxy 2 is reportedly Nintendo at their finest. I haven’t heard a bad word about it, with review scores including a 10/10 from EDGE. If you run quickly to the high street you might be able to …

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More ironing for your mum

If you’re a gamer that likes to wear clothes, then you’ll like purveyors of quality gaming attire Casually Hardcore. Website owner Marc let us bend his ear for a while to talk about his booming business.

Games Asylum: How long has the site been running for?

Casually Hardcore: The site has been running for nearly three years. In that time we’ve brought on multiple partner stores for other gaming sites and pod-casts such as This is Joypod. We introduced a range of video game inspired posters to brighten up any gaming room and managed to offer our gamer shirts from $15/£11.

We started out with only a handful of designs and have now grown to over 80. We’re also ready to launch our new range of Urban Gamer shirts in the next few weeks – you’ll find further details on the site.

GA: What are the most popular shirts?

CH: Our Alan Wake shirts are currently doing well thanks to the game’s release a couple of weeks back but our biggest sellers are either game based slogans such as ‘I don’t need to get a life, I’m a gamer I have lots of lives’ or our graphic based designs that subtly reference a game without it being geeky or obvious. Our zombie shirts have a huge following too!

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Room Zoom

This Week’s Games What a funny old week this one is. The biggest new game out, a term which I’m using loosely, is motorbike sim SBK X on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. Blackbean have been knocking these out on a yearly basis so they should be pretty good at it by now. On …

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Parklife

This Week’s Games “You should cut down on your pork pies, mate. Get some exercise!” sang Blur back in 1994. Well, it wasn’t actually Blur that sung that line – it was that chap from Eastenders. Sitting in front of the TV playing Actvision’s new racer Blur certainly won’t give you any exercise but it …

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It only takes a Split/Second to fall in love

This Week’s Games There’s a fair bit to tempt money out of your wallet this week. Split/Second: Velocity, Red Dead Redemption and Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands are expected to sell well plus the TV-advertised ModNation Racers could potentially be a surprise hit. Nintendo have finally got round to releasing Daigasso! Band Brothers DX …

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Wake me up, before you go go

This Week’s Games This week’s biggest game is a toss up between Capcom’s Lost Planet 2 – which was actually released on Tuesday – and the long awaited Alan Wake. Reviews for Remedy’s Xbox 360 thriller have been mostly 7s and 8s; Lost Planet 2 has been getting a few 6s and some 7s. Certainly …

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Treasure’s trove

This Week’s Games If it wasn’t for Sin & Punishment 2 on Wii, this week would be duller than a wet weekend in Weymouth. I was lucky enough to own the original Sin & Punishment – while on holiday in Tokyo a few years ago I found a new copy in a junk shop for …

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Footballs and dragon balls

This Week’s Games This week sees one of the first, of no doubt many, movie tie-ins of 2010 – Iron Man 2. There isn’t a single review in for it yet, but this could be because Sega hasn’t sent out review copies yet in fear for spoiling the plot. I’d wager that it’s a vast …

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