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The Gunstringer by Microsoft on Xbox 360
The Gunstringer is a western-themed and Kinect-powered puppet show with an audience, no less. They appear in cut-scenes filmed in a mock theatre, and during the game they hoot, clap and cheer you on, booing when you’re hit by the bad guys’ bullets. Gunstringer is beautifully presented as a mock puppet show, and benefits from…
Rise of Nightmares on Xbox 360/Kinect by Sega
Ever seen Hostel? A thoroughly unpleasant film, and one Rise of Nightmares reminded us of. The game is set in an eastern European dungeon where unspeakable horrors are acted out. Except instead of wealthy sickos torturing kidnapped tourists, Sega has a mad scientist abducting visitors to Romania and turning them into zombies. And all they…
Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine by THQ
Fancy playing as a steroid-enhanced muscle mountain of a hardass soldier that makes Arnie look like a wimp and use some state-of-the-art firepower to take on hordes of monstrous aliens? Well, maybe you haven’t got hold of your copy of Gears of War 3 yet – so why not indulge yourself instead with the gore-fest…
Gears of War 3 by Epic Games
If you like your shooters adrenalin-fuelled with a pumping soundtrack, waves of monstrous foes, steroid-enhanced combatants, mountains of gore, a solid armada of weaponry and a strong dash of wisecracking one-liners, then the chances are certain that you’re a Gears of War fan. Well you can breathe a sigh of relief, folks… for your nearly-three-year…
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
Resident Evil has taken the plunge on the 3DS, but not in its traditional horror format. Mercenaries is a straightforward shooter, although naturally enough you’re still trying to survive the unwanted attentions of infected Majini (sort of zombie creatures), scythe-bearing cultists, and various clawing beasts that players of Resident Evil 4 and 5 will quickly…
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…