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Mike Plant

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Gaming's favourite platters get another stir of the pot

Gears of War: Judgement
Game Theory BioShock Infinite, Gears of War: Judgement, SimCity, Luigi’s Mansion 2 and more...
Another month goes by and, as ever, gaming isn’t short of its share of news and controversies. While recent reveals of Battlefield 4, Metal Gear Solid V, The Witcher 3 and Thief: Out of the Shadows show us what the future holds, there's no getting around the fact that we're currently entrenched in a present in which …
05 Apr 09:04

Trip the fight fantastic

Lara Croft 2013
Game Theory Tomb Raider, Aliens Colonial Marines, Crysis 3, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and more…
After a gap of five weeks or so since my last column the games industry has suddenly become a whole new animal. The next generation - well, Sony’s at least - has been revealed, and games publishers are finally able to talk about developing for a new breed of consoles without resorting to coded, barely voiced communications. It’s …
15 Mar 10:04

Game Theory: Bioshock Infinite, Devil May Cry, SimCity

Strike Suit Zero
The latest videogame releases reviewed... and more
The first few months of the year are, as ever, a time for the public and publishers alike to draw breath after the Christmas frenzy. Only a handful of full-price games launch, giving gamers time to catch a breath and ponder what they’ll spend their money on in the year to come. That said, this period is already clocking up …
08 Feb 12:04

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