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Batman: Arkham City on PC and PS3 by WB Games
Of all the comic-book super heroes, only Superman comes even close to the universal fascination for the Caped Crusader – and each succeeding incarnation always feels a little more menacing than the previous version. The Dark Knight movie left us with the impression that Batman and the Joker both shared a fight with inner demons….
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad by Lace Mamba Global on PC
You know all about first-person shooters, right? They’re all about fast action, contemporary scenarios with tons of precision firepower and targeting and they come with titles like Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare. Not overly hot on realism but all about the adrenaline rush, correct? Well, according to developers Tripwire, that’s not the whole deal. 5…
X-Men: Destiny by Activision on PC, PS3, Wii & Nintendo DS
X-Men games don’t have to be bad. The incredibly-violent Wolverine title, for instance, richly deserved its 18-certificate, but it was still really good fun to play. Rise Of The Apocalypse was sound, too, and X-Men: Legends took the characters into the world of an RPG. X-Men Destiny, however, is a bit of a shambles. New…
Garshasp: The Monster Slayer by Lace Mamba Global
A legendary Persian fighter who strikes fear into his enemies’ hearts when he wields his wicked blade and has the ability to scale tall buildings like a cat and roll swiftly out the way when trouble beckons. No, this is not the Prince of Persia but the far less well known Garshasp whose exploits were…
Deus Ex: Human Revolution by Square Enix
Human Revolution is the third game in the Deus Ex franchise, but it’s actually a prequel to the original. It’s set in the year 2027, and explores the hopes and fears of humankind entering an age in which cybernetic prosthetics and brain implants are becoming a reality. Titanium shoulders, knees and toes…New hope is introduced…
Call of Juarez: The Cartel by Ubisoft
Call of Juarez is a Wild West shooter franchise – except it isn’t any more, not with the latest outing. The Cartel shifts the series to a modern day setting, with 1878 Colts replaced by AK-47 assault rifles, and dynamite switched for grenades. The story revolves around a Mexican drug cartel who are poisoning the…
Kung Fu Panda 2 by THQ
The Xbox’s Kinect motion control system has so far mainly been used for sports, exercise and dance games, although it has flirted with other genres. The sensor has previously tried its hand at a beat-’em-up with Ubisoft’s Fighters Uncaged – but that was a thoroughly unsatisfactory experience plagued by motion detection problems. So will it…
Duke Nukem Forever by 2K Games
Never was a game so appropriately named. Fans of the cigar-chomping, gum-chewing, babe-flirting alien destroyer have had to wait nearly 15 years for their wisecracking hero to return, in the process surviving near-extinction on several occasions. Question is, now he’s back, is he up to scratch? When he first appeared, the Duke was a breath…