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LEGO Batman: The Videogame

Published on: 26th April, 2009

Who is Batman to you? The violent lawman of the modern comics? The wink-wink star of the 60’s TV show? Tim Burton’s gothic icon, perhaps? The point is this: Travellers’ Tales have never had a subject so open to LEGO interpretation, and with it, playful experimentation. And boy, do they love it. Did you feel [...]

Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon

Published on: 26th April, 2009

Kheops Studio is one of the brighter lights on the 3D adventure gaming scene, and the French developer’s latest offering – Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon (a different company created chapters one and two several years ago) – is one of the most mentally taxing and imposing point-and-click puzzlers you’ll ever aim a [...]

Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway

Published on: 26th April, 2009

When we last filled the boots of Brothers in Arms protagonist Matt Baker in Road to Hill 30 (the sequel followed one of his fellow sergeants), he was just beginning to learn the ropes as a squad leader in the 101st Airborne Division. Now a grizzled veteran who’s earned the trust and respect of his [...]

GTR Evolution

Published on: 26th April, 2009

Ignore the name. GTR Evolution is a standalone expansion pack for Race 07, with new cars, new tracks and SimBin’s first arcade mode. Arcade mode means you no longer have to fart about qualifying, nor waste time buried in a tire wall trying to work out which button reactivates the driver aid you unwittingly deactivated [...]

Silverfall: Earth Awakening

Published on: 26th April, 2009

This ‘expandalone’ sequel, which includes the entire original campaign, is in many ways superior to the first Silverfall. The first was a hack-’n’-slash RPG set in a world that merged steampunk technology with elf-versus-goblin fantasy pastoralism. The collision of ideas was novel, and the cel-shaded presentation remains wondrous – when it’s running smoothly. Earth Awakening [...]

World of Goo

Published on: 26th April, 2009

World of Goo is bubbling with ideas. Born from a student project to create a game in just seven days, the original’s single mechanic was the ability to pick up little black goo-balls and place them near one another to form wobbling structures of squishy struts. No goal, no purpose; just a limit to how [...]

Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest

Published on: 26th April, 2009

Some Multiwinia advice: if you’re going to type chat messages, type them quickly. In the few seconds it takes to tell ShrimpVektor79 about your toenail operation, or remind PenzancePete that his mum smells of poo, the seeds of defeat can be sown, watered, germinated, harvested, and served up steaming in a tasty defeat-sprout stir-fry. This [...]

PES 2009

Published on: 26th April, 2009

After last year’s good, yet disappointing PES 2008, Konami have to win over the mass market and hardcore fans with their latest edition. EA’s stranglehold on team/player/stadium licenses immediately puts pressure on PES 2009 to placate those who refuse to play with Man Red at the St Bristol Mary stadium. Thankfully, the edit mode is [...]

Pure

Published on: 20th April, 2009

If you’ve never jumped off an ATV while 100 feet in the air and run in place next to it before climbing back on (still in mid-air, mind you), you’re missing out on a serious rush. As a professional ATV racer, you perform a mix of realistic and gravity-defying tricks at blistering speeds across a [...]

NBA 2K9

Published on: 20th April, 2009

Basketball-obsessed PC gamers (all four of them) haven’t gotten a lot of respect lately. But unlike EA’s recent crappy NBA Live PS2 ports, 2K Games’ NBA 2K9 is a full-blooded port from the current generation of consoles, with the kind of broadcast-quality presentational polish that EA used to be renowned for. Most immediately impressive is [...]

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