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Mini Ninjas Review: Hitman: Lunch Money

Strange one, this. Mini Ninjas is, at first glance, clearly aimed at children. Or at least children at heart. Big-eyed characters, cute design. But it was also made by the same guys who did Hitman. Mini Ninjas is a game that sees you start off as a young ninja, sent out into the world to…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 22, 2009

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Persona PSP Review: This Time It’s Persona

Thirteen years ago, Atlus did a bad bad thing, butchering its Japanese RPG Megami Ibunroku Persona in order to release it in North America as Revelations: Persona. Can a PSP remake undo the damage? Shin Megami Tensei: Persona for the PSP is where the Persona series got its start. Like many other games in the…

By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2009

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WET Review: Swords, Guns and Flawed Fun

Armed with one sword and two of lots of other things, Rubi Malone is a leather-pants wearing, wall-running, pole-spinning death machine. She can shoot two shotguns while flipping through the air, slide under tables to hamstring and gut with her sword, and regains health by swigging liquor. But does the heroine deliver enough fun in…

By Brian Crecente Published September 18, 2009

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Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Review: It Takes Two, Baby

Marvel’s mightiest heroes converge once again in Activsion’s Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 to face a foe far deadlier than any they’ve encountered thus far: themselves. Okay, so Marvel characters tend to fight each other on a regular basis, generally before teaming-up to take out a mutual enemy, but never quite on the scale of Marvel’s…

By Mike Fahey Published September 17, 2009

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Trine Micro-Review: The Fat Knight

Trine has been out for a while now on PC. But with the game’s PSN release imminent, let’s take a second look at it, see what all the fuss is about. Trine is a 2D platformer built on a 3D engine, where you’re able to switch simultaneously between three characters: a fighter, a thief, and…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2009

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Scribblenauts Review: Embrace Your Inner Geek

Riding on the back of a Tyrannosaurus Rex into a crowd of robot zombies: It’s a pretty powerful image, one that taps into the basic instincts of most geeks and screams “Buy this game.” Scribblenauts is out to prove that it’s more than just a clever, a really clever, game mechanic and that the “Write…

By Brian Crecente Published September 15, 2009

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Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story Review: A Fawful Good Time

Mario and Luigi’s eternal struggle against the forces that threaten the Mushroom Kingdom—and frequently kidnap Princess Peach—continue in Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story, the latest in the lighthearted, action-oriented role-playing game series. This time, series staple bad guy Fawful has tricked Bowser into eating a particular strain of mushroom that causes him to inhale…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 14, 2009

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Contra ReBirth Micro-Review: The ReBirth Of Challenge

Konami takes us back to the old-school with Contra ReBirth, the 10th entry in the classic shooter series, lovingly rendered in 16-bit for Nintendo’s WiiWare. Contra hero Bill Rizer is back, joined by the humanoid alien samurai Genbei Yagyu from Neo Contra, sent back in time to defeat the Neo Salamander Army led by Colonel…

By Mike Fahey Published September 11, 2009

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Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box Review: My Cup of Tea

Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is the second game in the Professor Layton series created mostly by Level-5’s puzzle-obsessed Akihiro Hino. Like the other games, the plot of Diabolical Box is driven by the Professor’s need to solve an overarching mystery – this time around, it’s the death of his friend and mentor. Accompanied…

By AJ Glasser Published September 9, 2009

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Gamer Movie Review: More Second Life Than Counter-Strike

In the movie Gamer, people control real people in a living third-person shooter, guiding them through a war-torn hell created for the pay-per-view enjoyment of a staggering worldwide audience. There’s also the chance to control people in a world of over-indulgence and sex. But what ties the two worlds together, and drives the movie, is…

By Brian Crecente Published September 9, 2009

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The Beatles: Rock Band Review: Blisters On My Fingers

More than 45 years ago, The Beatles changed the way the world listened to music. This week, MTV Games and Harmonix hope to change the way people listen to The Beatles. The Beatles: Rock Band features band authentic replica instruments, 45 songs pulled from the history of the band and the backing of the surviving…

By Brian Crecente Published September 9, 2009

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Defense Grid Micro-Review: Mmmmm… Raspberries

Defense Grid: The Awakening is now out on Xbox Live Arcade. But it’s been out for a while on PC, where it’s got a reputation as, well, the best tower defense game there is. Like most tower defense games, Defense Grid asks the player to strategically place defensive towers to prevent something bad from happening.…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2009

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Guitar Hero 5 Review: Do The Evolution

Activision returns to a simple numbering scheme for the Guitar Hero series with the fifth entry in the core-focused, band non-specific entry, Guitar Hero 5. That’s reflective of its largely gimmick-free gameplay as well as the series’ evolution. Guitar Hero 5 doesn’t offer as much in the way of new, innovative features as, say, Guitar…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2009

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Trials HD Micro-review: Tribulations

Trials HD isn’t only a race against time, but against game physics. Combine that with tricky courses, and you can see why they call the game “Trials” and not “Rad Motorbike Racin’ A-Go-Go”. Though, that game sounds promising! The original non-HD Trials is a puzzle-based Flash title that has players navigate stunt courses with a…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2009

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Wolfenstein Review: Occult Following

The battle against supernatural Nazis wages on in Wolfenstein, that latest chapter in epic saga of one man’s struggle against the occult-fueled Third Reich. Himmler’s Schutzstaffel is on the verge of harnessing a dark paranormal power that would mean the end of the free world as we knew it in 1943, and special agent B.J.…

By Mike Fahey Published August 26, 2009

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Batman: Arkham Asylum Review: The Dark Knight Is A Bright Light

Batman is a smart comic book hero. He doesn’t need superpowers – just give him a gadget, a cape and a face to punch and he’s a regular Einstein. With a cape and iron fists. Gadgetry and ass-kicking are a big part of what makes Batman unique among other comic book heroes. While other mutated…

By AJ Glasser Published August 25, 2009

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Resident Evil 4 Mobile Edition Micro-Review: Learning to Read With Zombies

Resident Evil 4 may have come out more than four years ago, but all it takes is a new platform to make the game feel fresh. The third-person survival horror game from Capcom hit the iPhone earlier this year as Resident Evil 4 Mobile Edition, promising to deliver key moments of the original game in…

By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2009

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Red Faction: Demons Of The Badland Micro-Review: British Girls On Mars Go Wild

What the hell is wrong with you, Volition? You think providing cheap, substantial DLC that expands meaningfully upon the core game is good for us? Well, it’s not! We want to be nickel-and-dimed! We want to pay $5 for a new suit for Alex, or $10 for a new hammer and eXtreme paintjob for Martian…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2009

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NFL 2010 Micro-Review: Season on the Shrink

August is when hardcore football junkies are drafting for multiple fantasy leagues and playing in one on their console. Can they handle another? NFL 2010, a fully licensed football game, takes 17 weeks of skull-crackin’ action onto the small screen. Loved Comprehensive Coverage: Gameloft managed to pack what is basically a Nintendo 64 version of…

By Owen Good Published August 18, 2009

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Shadow Complex Review: Genre Upgrade

Chair Entertainment’s Shadow Complex is a rare entry in the genre trail-blazed by Nintendo’s Metroid, the side-scrolling action-adventure-explore formula later successfully aped by Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. In Shadow Complex, our hero is Jason Fleming, a hiker who starts ill-equipped on his girlfriend-saving quest with little more than a flashlight and a fancy belt…

By Michael McWhertor Published August 17, 2009