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Choosing the best football, tennis, cricket and other sports games: ITReviews.com Buyer’s Guide
As a youngster, you may have dreamed of playing football in the Premiership, or walking onto the centre court at Wimbledon with the royals watching. Of course, the odds of reaching the pinnacle of a sporting career are roughly the same as those of becoming a supermodel – slim to anorexic. However, you can easily…
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 by EA
In spite of the widely held affection for JK Rowling’s books and the movies, there’s not a lot of love for the assorted videogames that have been spawned by the Harry Potter series. That’s no surprise, though – very little effort seems to have been put into making these Hogwarts-based capers anything but construction kit…
Shadows of the Damned by EA
Much like a woman scorned, Hell has a great deal of fury. We should know, we’ve taken virtual vacations to the underworld in several video games, the latest of which is EA’s third-person shooter. Shadows of the Damned is a survival-horror with a considerable sense of style, and fortunately it isn’t bereft of substance either….
Fight Night Champion by EA
Fight Night Champion is the fifth outing for EA’s boxing franchise, and it introduces another major change to the controls. Gone is the total punch control system from Fight Night Round 4, which involved swivelling the right stick around to throw punches, and gave us a liberal scattering of thumb blisters. The new contender offers…
EA Dragon Age II
Dragon Age II has certainly caused some controversy since it swooped out of the sky. The game landed at number one in the UK all-format chart, as expected – but a whole lot of less-than-expected baggage tagged along with this scaly-necked, fire-breathing sequel. So what’s the fuss all about? Players were outraged to find that…
Bulletstorm by EA Games
Appearances can most certainly be deceptive. Bulletstorm looks, at first glance, like a natural successor to Serious Sam, a game that requires you to indiscriminately dispatch all manner of enemies who come flocking towards you at speed. But as we battled through it, it was clear it had a lot more in the tank. A…