Gifts and Gadgets
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14/12/2011 Features
Games you can't afford to miss from 2011
There's no denying it, we've been spoiled rotten by the flood of quality games this year. There isn't enough time in the day to get through them all! Fortunately, the Christmas holidays are here to give us a little more time to catch up on the best of 2011.
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Features
Metal Gear Solid 4 Story and Characters
Just who are The Patriots? It's a question we've been left with since the grand finale of MGS2.
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25/01/2012 Features
The Rise of Multiplayer Gaming
It's hard to image there was ever a time when we couldn't assume our grimmest war-face, fire up our consoles and do battle with a global army of enemy combatants from the comfort of our armchairs. We're certainly come a long way from sitting hunched over our Commodores, battling as much for keyboard space with our siblings as we were on-screen! But where did it all start?
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07/12/2012 Features
The history of MMORPGs - Where it all began
On December 20th, the Lucas-approved, Bioware-developed online role-player Star Wars: The Old Republic launches, offering the first serious challenge to World of Warcraft's dominance. But where did massively multiplayer online role-playing games (or MMORPGs) come from?
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02/11/2012 Features
Festive Gaming Getaways
This season's blockbuster crop offers plenty of games with the sort of long term gameplay and enduring appeal needed to keep you sane until January kicks the door in. Here's our pick of the top five festive gaming getaways.
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06/06/2012 Features
Beam me up - it's Star Trek!
Paramount Pictures and Namco are creating the game that Trekkies have been waiting for. Play as Kirk and Spock in this authentic Star Trek experience.
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23/11/2011 Features
Kinect for the Core
When Kinect was launched with titles such as Kinect Adventures and Kinect Joyride, some thought Microsoft's new motion control technology had abandoned the hardcore gamer, but all along the developers were thinking about you and below are some of the of their labours.
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22/12/2011 Features
Rolling The Dice: The History of Bioware
This Christmas week sees Bioware release its first online multiplayer RPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic, while next year brings the third (and final?) instalment in their epic sci-fi saga, Mass Effect 3. So how did the Canadian code factory reach the top of the RPG tree?
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06/06/2012 Features
Lost Planet 3 - the world is getting even harsher
The extreme conditions of Lost Planet return, harsher than before. Battle against 23 Akrid types and unpredictable ice storms, but make sure you take care of your rig.
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28/02/2012 Features
Editor's Choice - Angry Birds: Seasons
Those feathered fiends are now available to buy boxed from the shelves of GAME. So get ready to uncage Angry Birds: Seasons on your PC. For real.
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30/04/2012 Features
Bank Holiday Games!
Here's our handy guide for some of the best games to enjoy this bank holiday weekend, with ideas for children, for friends and family, or for getting some serious single-player gaming done!
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08/11/2012 Features
Play Your Karts Right: The Kart Racing Revival Starts Here
The karting genre has dropped off the radar in recent years, but it may be about to stage a triumphant comeback. No less than three karting games are due out this month, and they're all looking pretty great.
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Halo History
Halo: Reach may not be the final Halo title, but it's the last game from Bungie Studios, the visionary developers who created the series.
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21/12/2011 Features
What has Mario got planned in 2012?
2011 has been a fantastic year for gaming most recognisable face, Nintendo Mario, and 2012 looks set to be another. From platforming to kart racing, tennis, Olympic sports, role playing and party games, the portly yet agile plumber is clearly a highly versatile character who can do it all. Here, GAME takes a look back at a couple of the best Mario games from this year, in case you missed them, and looks ahead to some of 2012 undoubted highlights.
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18/05/2010 Features
Popcorn and Joysticks - GAME goes to the movies!
With Prince of Persia returning to consoles in the very same month the Hollywood version hits the big screen, what better excuse to look back at how others have fared when games and films overlap?
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17/04/2012 Features
The Games We're Excited About!
There are lots and lots of great games heading your way in the next few months, and here at GAME HQ we're as excited as you lot are to give them a go. So, we went round the digital team with a prodding stick to find out just what games the team here are really itching to play...
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Features
StarCraft II: Midnight Launch
On Monday 26th July our Oxford Street Store opened its doors to a veritable army of PC gamers for what many are calling the Real Time Strategy event of the century so far - the launch of Blizzard's sci-fi strategy epic StarCraft II.
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17/01/2013 Features
New Year Revolutions: The Top Games We're Looking Forward To In 2013
As we begin what promises to be a spectacular year in gaming, here are five games that we can't wait to play in the months ahead.
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17/10/2012 Features
Bigger And Better: Skylanders Giants Will Stomp All Over The Charts
Parents looking for a cost-effective Christmas present are going to be happy with something that is both toy and video game in one, with bonus online content as well.
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