 | | PS3 Move: Sports Champions | | Release: Sep 16, 2010 | | · coming soon · |  | The prerequisite motion-sensing sports launch package is entitled Sports Champions and will use either single or dual PlayStation Move controllers. There are six different sports on offer to showcase the accuracy of Sony’s shiny new platform. Table tennis, volleyball and... more |
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|  | | PS3 Move: Start the Party | | Release: Sep 16, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | | Formally known as Move Party, Start the Party is a collection of augmented reality mini-games. Using the PlayStation Eye, players take a snapshot that serves as their portrait throughout the game.
There are over 20 mini-games including swatting bugs, fruit slicing, ball... more |
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 | | PS3 Move: Kung Fu Rider | | Release: Sep 16, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | | This quirky game, developed by Japan Studios, revolves around Tobio, an office worker and his secretary, Karin, who attempt to elude the Yakuza over unpaid and overdue office bills. Players jump onto an unusual mode of transport such as an office chair, vacuum cleaner or... more |
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|  | | PS3 Move: EyePet | | Release: Sep 16, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | | EyePet is, excuse the pun, on the Move. Yes, now you can nurture the EyePet on Sony’s new platform from a baby “monkey-dog” to adulthood. The Move controller replaces the magic card from last year’s game, and players now draw creations on the screen for “monkey-dog” to interact... more |
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 | | Halo: Reach | | Release: Sep 14, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | | This is it. The end of the road for Bungie and its enduring Halo series, the franchise that filled the developer’s car park with Ferraris. Halo: Reach is the prequel to the Halo series. There is no Master Chief here, just a new team of six specialist Spartan super soldiers... more |
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|  | | F1 2010 | | Release: Sep 23, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | | Codies didn’t quite hit the mark with F1 2009 on Wii, but there probably isn’t any other developer that you would want working on the next-gen version out this month. And from what we have seen and played so far, it looks good. An emphasis on detail results in an incredibly... more |
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 | | Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock | | Release: Sep 29, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | | Guitar Hero returns this month, complete with full band support. Poor performances and grumbling punters have led to a scaling back of Activision’s rhythm games, with only Warriors of Rock and DJ Hero 2 gracing the shelves of JB this holiday season. Taking it back where... more |
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|  | | R.U.S.E | | Release: Sep 09, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | | R.U.S.E, as we were told when we first fixed eyes on this new highly-polished RTS title from Ubisoft at E3 last year, is a game of deception. It was displayed on a giant iPhone touch screen interface that, we were reliably informed, we could own for $20,000. We passed.
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 | | Dead Rising 2 | | Release: Sep 30, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | | Inspired by the great George A. Romero, the Dead Rising survival horror series is back with a bite, five years on from the original. Protagonist, Frank West, has been replaced by motocross champion, Chuck Greene, and the action is now set in the fictional Fortune City, a... more |
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|  | | Metroid: Other M | | Release: Sep 02, 2010 | | · out now · | | | Metroid: Other M is a joint development project by Team Ninja and Nintendo, designed to tie-in events between Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion. A Wii exclusive, Other M is a return to the style of the traditional Metroid series and is the second Metroid title designed from... more |
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 | | Civilization V | | Release: Sep 24, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | | Since 1991, the demiurgic Sid Meier has been enthralling strategists with his turn-based Civilization series. The franchise has always had the knack of dropping an interesting piece of technology into the game and pulling you right back into the fray just as boredom begins... more |
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|  | | H.A.W.X 2 | | Release: Sep 09, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | | Time to strap in to the cockpit as Ubisoft’s H.A.W.X 2 once again takes the fight and the flight to the skies. The sequel to H.A.W.X – an abbreviation of High Altitude WarfareeXperimental squadron – again operates in the same world as Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter.
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 | | Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions | | Release: Sep 29, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | | This unique take on the Spider-Man video game franchise incorporates four different dimensions from the annals of Marvel’s comic book past. Players will control Spider-Man in four separate worlds under four different Spider-Man guises. The first dimension features Spider-Man... more |
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|  | | Grease | | Release: Sep 16, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | | It had to happen. Even a logical step some might say. You can’t have ABBA and not have the ‘crowd-pleasing’ songs of Grease in a video game, can you? The enduring appeal of the perennially popular Grease is a seemingly perfect fit for a rhythm game, and that’s just what... more |
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 | | Mafia 2 | | Release: Aug 27, 2010 | | · out now · | | | It has been a long time between drinks, but the follow up to Mafia, released way back in 2002, is here. The time scale has moved on in the game too, with the action now focused on the late ‘40s to early ‘50s.
Mafia II is set in the fictional Empire Bay, with players taking... more |
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|  | | Kane + Lynch 2: Dog Days | | Release: Aug 19, 2010 | | · out now · | | | IO Interactive dip their big toe into the Kane & Lynch universe again after being more than a little burnt the first time around. The strength in the original game lay in its lead characters; the unpredictable chemistry between Kane & Lynch was a win for gamers who don’t... more |
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 | | U-Sing Girls Night Out | | Release: Jun 24, 2010 | | | | STACK has been known to holler the occasional warbler in front of the telly once suitably lubricated, and this was very much the case here. Of course, U-Sing Girls Night isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel, although the game’s point of difference is that it is the first singing-based... more |
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|  | | Dragon Quest IX: Sentinel of the Starry Skies | | Release: Aug 19, 2010 | | · out now · | | | The ninth Dragon Quest title finally arrives on Australian shores with the quality assurance that four million Japanese gamers have already jumped onboard and enjoyed it. Overseen by long time Dragon Quest designer Yüji Horii, the latest in the series is far more than your... more |
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 | | Madden NFL 11 | | Release: Aug 12, 2010 | | · out now · | | | Madden 11, the 22nd installment in the series, is about to touch down. This year’s annual offering from EA was on display at E3, and while visually it looked very similar to its previous incarnation, there have been some major gameplay changes.
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|  | | Super Mario Galaxy 2 | | Release: Jul 01, 2010 | | | | Finally, Australian gamers get their hands on the hottest title yet released on the Wii. Super Mario Galaxy 2 is the follow up to the fabulous Super Mario Galaxy, released back in 2007. SMG2 is arguably the best title on the platform, pushing the imagination of Miyamoto... more |
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 | | Singularity | | Release: Jun 30, 2010 | | | | Veteran games developer Raven Software return with Singularity, their first title since last year’s re-imagining of the classic first-person shooter, Wolfenstein. This sci-fi first-person shooter isn’t the first game to incorporate time manipulation, but it does present... more |
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|  | | Crackdown 2 | | Release: Jul 08, 2010 | | · out now · | | | The access code for Crackdown came as part of the Halo 3 multiplayer test in 2007, indicating a measure of hesitation on Microsoft’s behalf. The game sold 1.6 million copies in the first six months. The run, gun and drive third-person shooter gets a sequel this month, returning... more |
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 | | Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty | | Release: Jul 27, 2010 | | · out now · | | | When Blizzard Entertainment released its RTS sci-fi classic in 1998, it’s doubtful that they envisaged that StarCraft would become so popular – especially in countries like South Korea, where players are media personalities and live games are broadcast on three television... more |
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|  | | Singstar: Chart Hits | | Release: Jul 01, 2010 | | | | Love your pop? Well, this is probably for you then. SingStar has been providing a tracheotomy for the PlayStation 2 for years now and this latest injection of formaldehyde to the console features a plethora of titles pulled, as the name suggests, from the charts. Of course,... more |
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 | | Transformers: War For Cybertron | | Release: Jun 25, 2010 | | | | For the Transformers fan, their video games have rarely delivered the goods. Not too dissimilar to the movie franchise, the potential remains untapped. Maybe that is set to change with High Moon Studios’ War for Cybertron.
Free from the restrictive shackles of a Hollywood... more |
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|  | | Naughty Bear | | Release: Jun 24, 2010 | | | | It’s not everyday that you see a teddy bear brandishing a carving knife. Or a baseball bat. Or a gun. Yes, this is Naughty Bear, where convention is left by the wayside and every child’s worst nightmare comes true.
Set on an island known as Perfection, a population of... more |
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 | | Lego Harry Potter | | Release: Jun 30, 2010 | | | | Just what it is that’s so compelling about LEGO video games is hard to pinpoint, but the latest to feature the most famous building blocks in the world centre around the early adventures of junior wizard Harry Potter. As the title suggests, the game is based on events from... more |
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|  | | Pure Football | | Release: May 25, 2010 | | | | Looking to fit in somewhere between the FIFA and Pro Evo juggernauts is Ubisoft’s new IP, Pure Football. Launching at an opportune time (the World Cup et al), Pure Football is a very different kettle of fish. Forget the sim approach of the big two and think more along the... more |
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 | | Backbreaker | | Release: May 27, 2010 | | | | EA have pretty much ruled the roost in the sphere of gridiron with their license-endorsed juggernaut Madden, leaving little or no room for challengers. Enter Backbreaker, a demo of which has being doing the rounds for a couple of years at E3 to emphasise software company,... more |
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|  | | Iron Man 2 | | Release: Apr 29, 2010 | | | | It’s time for more mechanical mayhem Marvel-style, as Iron Man returns in a spectacular superhero sequel. Inspired by the new blockbuster film starring Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man 2: The Video Game offers a thrilling new storyline which sees our hero face-off against a ruthless... more |
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