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03/04/2012 Features
Star Wars - The Galaxy Where Every Kind Of Game Is Played
The motion-based controls of Kinect Star Wars shows just how far the franchise has come since the 8-bit action of The Empire Strikes Back on the Atari 2600 and Intellivision back in 1982. Which got us thinking - over the past 30 years, Star Wars has appeared not only in a great number of games, but in all kinds of game. From side-scrolling adventures, to first-person shooters to flight simulators, there's almost no genre that has not visited that galaxy far, far away...
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01/11/2012 News
Review Roundup: Halo 4
The long awaited return of Master Chief to the Xbox 360 is now less than a week away, and the first reviews are starting to come in. The good news is that the critical response has been overwhelmingly positive, with plenty of praise for the way 343 Studios has picked up the reins from series creator, Bungie.
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11/10/2012 News
New Halo 4 trailer produced by Fight Club director David Fincher
Microsoft clearly isn't pinching the pennies when it comes to promoting the return of Master Chief in Halo 4 next month. It's hired critically acclaimed Hollywood director David Fincher, best known for Fight Club and most recently Oscar-nominated for the Facebook flick The Social Network, to produce a live action and CGI hybrid trailer for the game.
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23/11/2012 News
New free-for-all multiplayer playlist added to Halo 4
You might have thought that Halo 4 was a fairly generous package, what with its blockbuster solo or co-op campaign, varied competitive modes, Forge map editor and ongoing Spartan Ops side missions. Well, developer 343 Studios clearly feels it hasn't been generous enough, as it's adding some new modes to the multiplayer suite.
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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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08/11/2011 Reviews
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 - Review
Call of Duty has proven itself to be the most popular gaming franchise in the world over the last few years and Modern Warfare 3 sets out to retain that title by delivering a globe-trotting war of epic proportions. Set immediately after the events of its predecessor, the game presents a fiction in which the Russian Federation is in the middle of an invasion of the United States and has expanded its offensive to Europe, including England, France and Germany.
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11/11/2009 Reviews
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Review
Infinity Ward have had a massive challenge to ensure that Modern Warfare 2 goes above and beyond what fans are expecting. With each teaser trailer and small nugget of information released the hype behind Modern Warfare 2 has increased. This is definitely the most anticipated game of 2009. But is the wait worth it? Has Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 really gone above and beyond the successful CoD4?
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07/05/2013 News
Star Wars Game License Acquired by EA.
Disney has decided to license out the property to EA for multi-platform console development, while keeping social, online and mobile opportunities for itself
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08/11/2011 News
Battlefield 3 holds steady atop UK charts
Smash-hit shooter Battlefield 3 has retained its position atop the UK all-formats chart, despite a strong challenge from Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.
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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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15/11/2012 Reviews
Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Review
It really is the strongest and most surprising Call of Duty game since the first Modern Warfare, and comes highly recommended to both fans and newcomers alike.
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10/09/2012 News
Halo 4's Prometheans revealed
When Master Chief returns to the fray later this year, he'll be embarking on an all-new trilogy of games that promise to dig deeper into the mythology of the Halo universe than ever before. Now 343 Industries, the developer which has taken over the sage with Bungie's blessing, has revealed details of how that history will manifest itself.
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13/09/2011 Previews
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer Preview
Many will be looking forward to Modern Warfare 3's single player campaign, but it's the franchise's multiplayer component which has helped Call of Duty become the biggest game series in the world over the past few years.
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07/10/2011 News
Gears of War 3 to receive first DLC pack this November
Epic Games has announced that the first batch of downloadable content for the smash hit Gears of War 3 will be coming to Xbox 360 this November.
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27/09/2012 News
There's life in the old girl yet: Halo boss on the future of Xbox
Frank O'Connor, the man who oversees the Halo franchise for Microsoft, has explained how the team at 343 Studios have been able to squeeze even more performance out of the existing game engine for the upcoming Halo 4.
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25/10/2012 News
Halo 4 War Games Pass Detailed and Priced
As you'd expect for such an eagerly anticipated shooter with a long and illustrious multiplayer history, the upcoming Halo 4 will be beefed up well into 2013 with additional maps for online play.
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13/09/2011 Features
Talking Gears of War 3 with Epic's Mike Capps
Behind the scenes in the Microsoft suite at Gamescom 2011, we're ushered into a room to await the arrival of Mike Capps, President of Epic Games, and Chris Kimmell, Executive Producer of Gears of War 3.
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08/10/2012 News
Master Chief will be keeping his helmet on for Halo 4
343 Industries, the Microsoft studio which has inherited the Halo series from creator Bungie, has revealed it won't be making iconic hero Master Chief remove his helmet any time soon. Despite being the figurehead of the most popular Xbox franchise, the legendary Spartan soldier has never shown his face - and probably never will.
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31/10/2012 News
Halo 4 will tackle sexism in gaming, says 343 Industries
Microsoft studio 343 Industries is taking a stand against sexist abuse in multiplayer gaming, with two of its senior female staff speaking out about the problem ahead of Halo 4's launch.
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14/11/2012 News
Review Roundup: Call of Duty Black Ops II
It's sure to be the biggest game of the year, but is Black Ops II worth your time and money? According to the critics, the answer is a big sweaty "yes", with praise for Treyarch's shooter raining down from all sides.
Reviews
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Call of Duty: Black Ops II … (15/11/2012)
It really is the strongest and most surprising Call of Duty game since the first Modern Warfare, and comes highly recommended to b…
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Halo 4 - Review (08/11/2012)
A robust, enjoyable playpen for shooting aliens, one built upon solid foundations, and proving that 343 has the chops to carry Mas…
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Gears of War 3: Raam's Shad… (20/01/2012)
Raam's Shadow was released on the 13th of December 2011 and puts you in Llima City, before the events of Gears of War 1, shortly a…
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Call of Duty Modern Warfare… (08/11/2011)
Call of Duty has proven itself to be the most popular gaming franchise in the world over the last few years and Modern Warfare 3 s…
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