Gears gives way to FIFA

Predictably, FIFA 12 has pushed Gears of War 3 off the top of the UK chart this week. It has become the third biggest UK launch ever, with launch sales up 18% over FIFA 11. You may recall that we were mildly interested in seeing how well the PlayStation 2 version performed, considering that you …

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New X-Men destined for the bargain bin?

FIFA 12 – or Females Ignored For Another 12 months, as some people have cheekily titled it – is this week’s biggest release. Plenty of good things are being said, although 360 magazine pointed out that if you’re only playing it offline you’re going to miss out on the best stuff. There a rather informative …

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Child of Eden

Well, you certainly can’t say that Child of Eden has a clichéd plot. Lumi, the ever first human child to be born on a space station, is being digitally reconstructed by a future generation in an attempt to view her memories. But she’s under attack by a virus, which must be destroyed to allow access …

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Duke jerks down the chart

With more negative reviews of Duke Nukem Forever appearing (EDGE’s 3/10 is one of the latest), 2K’s shoddy shooter has lost the top spot of the chart. But not to Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D as you may expect but rather Zumba Fitness. Link rides in at a respectable #2 with 20% of all current …

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Child of Eden offers joy(pad) (controls)

This may not be news to you, but it would appear that many people – myself included – were unaware that Child of Eden can be played with a good old fashioned joypad instead of the Kinect. I could blame ignorance on my own behalf for not knowing this but I think Ubisoft is also …

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The hero of Hyrule returns

It’s scary to think that those who were born when Zelda: The Ocarina of Time was released will now be 13 years old. As such, I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of people buying it on 3DS this weekend will have never played it before. Probably not the majority, but I’d wager more than …

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