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SBK 08 - Superbike World ChampionshipXbox 360 £39.99; PSP/PC £29.99; PS2 £19.99 SBK 08, or Superbike World Championship 08, is a racing game designed for fans. This is no arcade-style pick-up-and-play title - this is real motorcycle racing, with settings to adjust, and more than a few opportunities to fall off.
(28/08/2008)
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The Bourne ConspiracyXbox 360/PS3, £49.99 GIVEN the success of the Bourne movie franchise, it's a surprise that it's taken this long for Robert Ludlum's creation to enter the video game arena. Full of action, fights, chases, shooting and intrigue, the series is tailor-made for a third-person action game.
(22/08/2008)
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Beijing 2008PS3 £49.99, Xbox 360 £44.99, PC £29.99 AFTER enjoying the official game of the Athens 2004 Olympics, I personally could not wait for Beijing 2008. And they've not let me down. ! Beijing 2008 offers many more events and improved gameplay. Be prepared to lose some skin on your fingers as you bash those buttons!
(15/08/2008)
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Unreal Tournament IIIXbox 360, £49.99 SEVEN months late to the party, Unreal Tournament III finally makes it to the Xbox 360. Was it worth the wait, and how does it fare against the veritable flood of other FPSs out there? Epic's phenomenal success with Gears Of War meant that a port of the formerly PC-only UT series was inevitable.
(11/08/2008)
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Ferrari ChallengePS3 £49.99, Wii £39.99, PS2/DS £29.99 YOU don't need to be a motor racing fan to know that there is something special about the Ferrari brand. The Prancing Horse is one of the most iconic images in sport and inspires such devotion from fans that few rivals, if any, can match. But the question is, can this legendary brand sell a computer game?
(14/08/2008)
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Kung Fu PandaXbox 360/PS3 £49.99; Wii/PS2 £39.99; PC £34.99; DS £29.99 IT'S not often that you see 'good', 'game' and 'film tie-in' in the same sentence; Kung Fu Panda defies expectation by standing well above the usual cash-in dross. Reservations about the quality of yet another third-person beat-em-up cum platformer are understandable, but developers Luxoflux have taken the time to craft an intelligent, well thought out game.
(31/07/2008)
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Super Smash Bros BrawlWii £34.99 BRAWL has a lot to live up to. Its predecessors, the 6m-selling Super Smash Bros Melee for the GameCube and the Nintendo 64 original, Super Smash Bros, were as popular as Santa at Christmas. Fortunately, Nintendo has come to this particular party with gifts aplenty.
(14/08/2008)
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Battlefield Bad CompanyXbox 360/PS3 £49.99, out now THEY may be bad, but this company can still blow things up. More, in fact, than you might realise. Dice, the Swedish-based developer of this frenetic first-person shooter, has created a sandbox environment where almost everything is destructible. But this works both ways. Forget the traditional use of cover as you come under heavy fire. Walls blow up, buildings explode.
(14/08/2008)
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WALL-EPS3/Xbox 360 £39.99, Wii £34.99, PS2/DS/PSP £29.99, PC £19.99, out now A CHARMING children's animated character and a damning indictment of consumer culture wrapped up in one little robot, WALL-E is another brilliant creation from Pixar and Disney. Inevitably, where there's a blockbuster film, there's a licensed game. This isn't always a recipe for success, but thankfully this is one movie tie-in not made by wallies.
(13/07/2008)
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the PatriotsPS3 £49.99, out now IT'S been five years in production and features a story 20 years in the making, but finally MGS4 is here on the PlayStation 3. Snake's last mission encapsulates everything players have loved about MGS over the years and much more besides.
(14/08/2008)
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Overlord: Raising HellPS3 £49.99, out now IT'S not often that I've imagined sending hordes of gurning minions in to slaughter some bounding sheep or play havoc with a pumpkin patch, but I have Overlord: Raising Hell to thank for showing me just how much fun that can be.
(14/08/2008)
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LEGO: Indiana Jones: The Original AdventuresPS3/Xbox 360/Wii/PSP £39.99, PS2/DS £29.99, PC £19.99, out now FOLLOWING on from the wildly successful LEGO Star Wars games, Indiana Jones is the next movie franchise to get the LEGO treatment, with Batman to follow later this year. Taking a cue from its predecessors, Lego Indiana Jones is made up of the same mix of puzzle-solving and platforming.
(14/08/2008)
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HazePS3 £49.99, out now A LITTLE anticipation is a good thing, I've always thought. A lot, however, can be dangerous. Haze, a first-person shooter (FPS) from Ubisoft exclusively for the PlayStation 3, has finally emerged from a cloud of anticipation that has been building for some months, swelled by delays that saw the game's initial November 2007 release date pushed back to summer 2008.
(28/06/2008)
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Iron ManPS3/Xbox 360 £44.99, Wii £39.99, PS2/PSP/DS £29.99, PC £19.99, out now (06/07/2008 13:12)
[Read More + WATCH TRAILER]Lost: The Video GamePS3/Xbox360 £39.99, PC, £29.99; Out now; Cert 16 (09/06/2008 00:02)
[Read more + WATCH TRAILER]Devil May Cry 4PS3 £49.99, Xbox 360 £39.99; Out now; PC £39.99 Out Mar 3: (26/05/2008 16:28)
[Read More]Ultimate Board Game CollectionPSP/Wii/PS2 £19.99, out now (27/07/2008 11:53)
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READER REVIEW Richard Wakeling, from Hertford, reviews Grand Theft Auto IV. To send us your review, email mercury@hertsessexnews.co.uk Grand Theft Auto IVPS3/Xbox 360 £49.99 2007 was one of the best years for gaming in history. With titles like Halo 3, Bioshock, Call of Duty 4, The Orange Box and Super Mario Galaxy, there was plenty of top quality pickings for gamers to blow their cash on. 2008 looks set to be another huge year but one game, and one game only, could make it the greatest year ever.
(27/06/2008)
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Claire Syrett, from Hertford, has written our first reader review, below. To send us yours, email mercury@hertsessexnews.co.uk. Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixPS3I HAVE to admit, when it comes to the PlayStation 3, it's really my partner's domain. I don't really do the big 'beat em ups' with lots of blood, guts and gore. (27/06/2008) [Read More]
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Rainbow Six Vegas 2PS3/Xbox 360 £49.99, PC £34.99, out now SOME first-person shooters allow you to fly into a room, all guns blazing, safe in the knowledge that your character can suck up lead like a Dyson does dust. Not Rainbow Six Vegas 2.
(06/07/2008)
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SEGA Superstars TennisPS3 £49.99, Xbox 360 £44.99, Wii £39.99, PS2 £29.99, DS £29.99; out IT'S fair to say that this isn't a simulation. After all, where you might expect Roger Federer, you've got Sonic the Hedgehog, AiAi and Dr Eggman.
(21/08/2008)
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Boom BloxWii £39.99, out now STEVEN Spielberg and Electronic Arts: sounds like the ideal team to make entertainment for the masses. And so it proves. No, this isn't about ET or Jaws taking up football or football or golf. It's actually a game about blocks. Thankfully, not just a load of blocks.
(28/08/2008)
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Race Driver: GRIDXbox 360/PS3 £49.99; PC £34.99; DS £29.99, out now UNLIKE most racing games, Codemasters' Race Driver series places much of its emphasis on you - the driver. The clue's in the title really. The latest addition to the series gives you a chance to travel the world building your reputation in Europe, Japan and the US.
(21/08/2008)
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Dragon Ball Z: Burst LimitXbox 360/PS3 £49.99 A FAST and furious fighting game based on the cult Japanese anime series, Burst Limit is a fan's dream. To the uninitiated, meanwhile, it's a colourful, energetic and somewhat bizarre experience.
(31/07/2008)
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UEFA Euro 2008PS3/Xbox 360 £49.99, PS2/PC £29.99, out now ENGLAND'S hapless footballers may have had the summer off, but there's still a chance to prove to Europe that we're not all hopeless when it comes to sticking the ball in the back of the net.
(10/08/2008)
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Condemned 2Xbox 360 £44.99, PS3 £49.99, out now NOMINALLY a first-person-shooter, Condemned 2 could be more accurately described as a first-person-mystery-survival-horror- homeless-person-beat-em-up-with-occasional-gunplay.
(28/08/2008)
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Emergency MayhemWii £39.99, out now Ever wanted to join the emergency services? Well now you can try joining all three in this fast and furious game from Codemasters, which combines driving action with a host of mini-games.
(20/06/2008)
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Bully: Scholarship EditionWii/Xbox 360 £39.99, out now GIVEN that it hails from the same team that brings you Grand Theft Auto, you might well expect Bully to be anarchic. And it is. But it's also light-hearted, funny and clever.
(14/07/2008)
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Conflict Denied OpsPS3 £49.99, Xbox 360 £44.99, PC £29.99; Out now; Cert 16 CONFLICT Denied Ops is a first-person shooter designed with co-operation in mind. Graves and Lang are covert paramilitaries from the CIA's Special Activities Division, whose deniable operatives must leave no trace of who their employers are.
(26/05/2008)
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Viking: Battle for AsgardXbox 360 £44.99, PS3 £49.99, out now A BRUTAL hack-and-slasher game combining old school combat with a touch of strategy and some impressive next gen presentation, this will leave you feeling like you've been in a genuine battle of your own.
(06/07/2008)
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Kane and Lynch: Dead MenPS3 £49.99, Xbox 360 £44.99, PC £29.99; Out now: Cert 18 REMEMBER the scene in Michael Mann's brilliant crime flick Heat, where suited bank robbers run through the streets, trading shots with police? Well, Kane and Lynch pays homage to that and other hard-hitting movie moments.
(20/06/2008)
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Burnout ParadisePS3/Xbox 360 RRP £49.99; Out now; Cert 3 A GENUINE example of a game that continues to develop even after its release, Burnout Paradise has benefited from an update that solved one or two niggles with the gameplay, particularly for those playing online.
(10/08/2008)
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