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High in Hockenheim: F1 Race Stars [Preview]
It’s 10am and I’m sitting in a room so small it would have made Anne Frank feel claustrophobic. I’d gotten about three hours ...
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One Week with Ghost Recon Online [Preview] – The field report
Hmm. It’s not something that happens often, but I suspect there’s a very definite risk in creating a major free-to-play entry in an ...
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PES 2013 [Preview] – Return of the King?
Every year PES promises the Earth. Major improvements to gameplay, physics, visuals and volume of content. Improvements that will put the franchise back ...
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War of the Human Tanks [Preview] – Candy Commandos
War of the Human Tanks is a game in which you are actively encouraged to use young, anime-style girls as suicide bombers. That’s ...
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20 hours with The Secret World – A pre-review [Feature]
I should be straight up with this: split across both the closed beta and the early access period (I’m writing this right before ...
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The Secret World [Preview] – Conspiracy Theories
Every now and then, there’s a game that you feel might be made for you. The basic concept just clicks with you; it’s ...
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Crysis 3 [Preview] – The story of a jungle hunter
For many, Crysis is all about the nano-suit. The game’s signature gadget, and the key to the bulk of its many gameplay ideas ...
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Dishonored [Preview] – Revenge solves everything
“Revenge solves everything.” That’s the entirely plausible assertion appended to Dishonored’s debut trailer. Frankly, it’s hard to think of any problem that can’t ...
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Medal of Honor: Warfighter [Preview] – An old dog with new tricks?
The space that Medal of Honor exists within is one that also houses two of modern gaming’s biggest franchises – Call of Duty ...
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SimCity [Preview] – All the fun of the Mayor
Despite being thrown into a small partitioned room in the midst of Electronic Arts’ spring showcase, complete with too many people with too ...
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Carrier Command: Gaea Mission [Preview] – You are the walrus
The time I’ve spent with the preview code of Bohemia Interactive’s Carrier Command: Gaea Mission has confirmed something I’ve long suspected; that the ...
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Patch 1.2 [Preview] – Altering the deal
Unequivocally, my favourite thing in the new patch for The Old Republic is Sprint being available from level 1. No longer do you ...
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Borderlands 2 [Preview] – Bring on the skags!
Ask people what kind of game Borderlands is and you’ll get a wide variety of answers. Some will say it’s a first-person shooter, ...
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Path of Exile [Preview] – Diablo, too
I learned a lot while playing Path of Exile over the weekend. I learned, for instance, that Diablo 3 sucks. I also learned ...
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The Darkness 2 in co-op [Preview]
A samurai named Inugami, the Israeli secret service agent Shoshanna, Jimmy Wilson from Glasgow and voodoo practitioner JP Dumond. These are the four ...
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Dead Island Preview
It’s difficult to go into a demo room and see a game when your only exposure to it thus far has been a ...
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Mortal Kombat Hands-On Preview
Anyone worried that this latest entry into the Mortal Kombat franchise is going to follow the ‘family friendly’ template employed by Mortal Kombat ...
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L.A. Noire Hands-On Preview
Rockstar are not known for doing things by half. When they set out to provide us with a game about gangsters, they serve ...
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Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword Preview
Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword is a forthcoming stand-alone sequel in the Mount & Blade series. Based in 17th Century Europe, ...
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Dungeon Siege 3: Multiplayer Preview
Following on from January’s hands-on with Dungeon Siege III’s single player, we took a trip to Square Enix’s offices to see how the ...
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Red Faction: Armageddon – Campaign Preview
Be sure to check our interview with Red Faction Armageddon Game Designer, Drew Holmes, as well as our thoughts on the multiplayer ‘Ruin’ ...
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Darkspore Preview
Darkspore was announced last year as part of a multi-title EA event, and it wasn’t an idea that immediately slapped me about the ...
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WWE All Stars Preview
As if professional wrestlers weren’t big enough already, THQ San Diego has just made them bigger. WWE All Stars is less bothered about ...
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Hunted: The Demon’s Forge Preview
Imagine a world that’s equal parts Tolkien, Devil May Cry and Xena: Warrior Princess and you’ll have a pretty good handle on the ...
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Brink Preview
This is not your standard shooter. Brink is clearly trying to do things that you don’t see from your average FPS. As a ...