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UEFA EURO 2008 - Xbox 360

10 April 2008, 10:23

Don't be fooled into thinking that UEFA EURO 2008 is a slightly updated version of FIFA 08. Find out why I think that EA's latest soccer title is the bes ...

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George of the Jungle - Wii

9 April 2008, 10:52

The Jungle is a dangerous place, full of …well… ‘DANGER’!, but George with a little help from his friends shall overcome these and prove why he is the only true ...

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Frontlines: Fuel of War - PC

8 April 2008, 10:08

The latest game to be strapped into the torture chair that is the HEXUS.gaming review rig is THQ’s Frontlines: Fuel of War which, in essence, is a Battlefield 2142 wannabe ...

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Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 - Xbox 360

4 April 2008, 10:04

Before you've even played the game, you can't be blamed for thinking that Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 is simply a quick cash-in on the Rainbow 6 name, with a simple ...

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The Spiderwick Chronicles - Xbox 360

2 April 2008, 12:44

After roughly ten minutes of playing, flicking through options screens, double checking options screens, controller connections and even swapping out both wireless joypads for wired ones, I was forced to ...

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BFG NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX. Got £200 for a graphics card? Read this

1 April 2008, 14:01

Expecting monumental performance increases from the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX? You may well be disappointed...

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Lost: The Video Game (Via Domus) - Xbox 360

20 March 2008, 12:58

It was always going to be a mammoth task for any developer to take on the LOST series and be able to smoothly chisel it into a viable gaming entertainment ...

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NVIDIA (ZOTAC) GeForce 9800 GX2 - the champ is back!

20 March 2008, 08:47

Welcome to the fastest graphics card in the world.

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NVIDIA (ZOTAC) GeForce 9800 GX2

18 March 2008, 15:34

Welcome to the fastest graphics card in the world.

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AMD RS780G - integrated graphics redefined!

18 March 2008, 14:35

Has power enough to run modern games and can pair with a low-cost discrete graphics card to boost performance even further.

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NEVES - Nintendo DS

18 March 2008, 12:46

It may be from your school days, from participating in an IQ or MENSA test or even from watching an episode of the Krypton Factor that youï¿½ll feel a familiarity ...

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The Other Boleyn Girl

14 March 2008, 11:32

Gorgeous costumes, nefarious behaviour, and intrigue in buckets

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Army of Two - Xbox 360

14 March 2008, 08:05

The game that is said to redefine the way we play co-op games has finally arrived. Two men take on everyone else in Electronic Art's politically charged shooter, Army of ...

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AMD RS780G - integrated graphics redefined!

4 March 2008, 10:49

AMD latest motherboard chipset - the RS780G - looks to completely redefine the market for integrated graphics. Unlike its rivals, it has power enough to run modern games and can ...

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Watercooling a Radeon HD 3870 X2 the Sapphire way

3 March 2008, 10:35

Sapphire slaps a waterblock on the two-GPU Radeon HD 3870 X2 and cools it with a self-contained unit.

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VIA Pico-ITX - not quite the perfect form-factor

29 February 2008, 23:21

HEXUS gives you the lowdown on VIA's tiny, tiny Pico-ITX motherboard. Is small really beautiful?

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Burnout Paradise - Xbox 360

27 February 2008, 14:19

From the second the start-up menu flickers on screen and a rendition of Gun’s ‘N Roses ‘Paradise City’ blazes out of the speakers, there's a fresh and exciting vibe that ...

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Cooler Master COSMOS S

22 February 2008, 14:42

Cooler Master expands the COSMOS series with a new gaming variant of the popular chassis launch at CeBIT last year. So does the extreme edition bring in better performance and ...

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Jumper

22 February 2008, 14:27

Sci-Fi action thriller, Jumper, had the ingredients upon which an entertaining saga could have been built. Instead, it delivers one of the worst movies of the year so far.

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ZOTAC (NVIDIA) GeForce 9600 GT AMP! Edition: the new mid-range contender

21 February 2008, 14:01

NVIDIA's GeForce 9600 GT is set to give ATI's Radeon HD 3850 and 3870 a bloody good fight in the sub-£150 market.

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Agon: Lost Sword of Toledo - PC

21 February 2008, 09:08

Professor Samuel Hunt, arrives in the picturesque Spanish city, where time seems to slow down. But does this peaceful atmosphere conceal some longstanding dark secrets? Check out our full review ...

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The £50 graphics card market

19 February 2008, 13:24

There's a lot of business to be done in the entry level graphics card market.

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National Treasure: Book of Secrets

18 February 2008, 16:36

Book of Secrets, sequel to 2004's National Treasure, sees Nicholas Cage reprise his role as treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates. This time, he's out to uncover the truth.

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Ghost Squad - Wii

18 February 2008, 16:07

First released as an arcade game back in 2004, the on-rails shooter has now been ported to Wii where the developer hopes to take advantage of the new Wii Zapper ...

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Inno3D iChiLL GeForce 8800 GT Accelero X1. Great cooler but...

18 February 2008, 06:00

Inno3D slaps an Arctic Cooling Accelero X1 heatsink on a G92 and raises clocks a-plenty

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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games - Nintendo DS

14 February 2008, 14:34

Two of the biggest icons in the entertainment industry, Mario and Sonic, join forces and battle against each other and their friends in events from the official Beijing 2008 Olympic ...

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The best graphics card for £50?

14 February 2008, 03:57

Does the Radeon HD 3650 cut the £50 mustard. We tell you whether it's worth buying a retail card from either Sapphire or HIS.

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NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams - Wii

12 February 2008, 13:54

The purple-suited genderless flying jester is back once more in the colourful platformer, NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. But has Sega done enough to appease fans of the original Sega Saturn ...

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Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne - The Kamael - PC

8 February 2008, 11:01

when I received code for Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne - The Kamael I was wary of getting sucked into another MMORPG that’s take up all my free time, what ...

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Warmonger - Operation: Downtown Destruction - PC

7 February 2008, 09:57

Warmonger from NetDevil, breaks the mould. It’s a 437Mb download for a game that is so poor that I’m actually resenting using my time downloading it, even though I was ...

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Cloverfield

6 February 2008, 15:08

Cloverfield, produced by JJ Abrams and directed by Matt Reeves, carried a marketing campaign that had the Internet buzzing for months. Having premiered in UK cinemas last week, it delivers ...

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