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What happens when you put style before substance? Generally you end up with something very pretty, but ultimately useless. Bayonetta from SEGA dodges that bullet by putting style before substance, then backing the truck up and loading the substance on for good measure... Read more...

Find a new perspective on the Halo universe with Halo Legends on Blu-ray. Six stories and one parody will draw you into the UNSC and the worlds of the Covenant. Does it do the best selling video game series justice? Find out inside... Read more...

It's 11PM. You're in the middle of a killer Modern Warfare 2 match, but everyone else is in bed. You absolutely need to hear what's going on around you, because you're not going down without a fight this round... but any volume above a whisper is going to "bring the rain" in real life. What's a grunt to do? Put on your Turtle Beach X41 wireless headset and keep on playing. Duh. Read more...

There are many iPhone and iPod touch games out there and working out which are worth the money is a challenge, so here I am again with another round-up of reviews, weighing in on Rat on the Run, Sniper vs. Sniper: Online, Hook Champ, and Wolfenstein RPG. Read more...

Epic is a word that's bandied about like a hackeysack at a hippie convention, but in this case it's apt. Bioware and EA have released the launch trailer to the highly anticipated Mass Effect 2 - and it's every bit as good as we could have hoped for. Read more...

Halo Legends is coming to Blu-ray and DVD soon, expanding what we know about the Halo universe. Six short stories (and one parody) bring new secrets and reveal the meaning of old mysteries. If you love Halo, you'll love Halo Legends. Read more...

There are many iPhone and iPod touch games out there and working out which are worth the money is a challenge, so here I am again with another round-up of reviews, weighing in on Cows in Space, Ramp Champ, Annie's Wild Shot, and Chronicles of Inotia: Legend of Feanor. Read more...

This news actually snuck out at the end of last year, but I can't help but feel it was overlooked in the Christmas rush. Ubisoft has announced and detailed Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands, a new installment in the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time storyline. Read more...

It's a new year, new decade for that matter, and with it brings what we've all been waiting for -- the games! Nope, I'm not talking about the Vancouver 2010 Games, they don't start for another five weeks. I'm talking about video games, the video games of January 2010. Read more...

Happy New Year! And what a way to start the new year for PS3 owners, as of yesterday you can now play MAG--Sony and Zipper Interactive's 256-player FPS--in Beta format until the end of the testing phase on January 10th, 100% free. Read more...

What would happen if Devil May Cry, the Legend of Zelda, God of War, and Prince of Persia were fused together in an unholy Apocalyptic union? Read more...

God of War will long be remembered as the pinnacle action-adventure series to ever grace the Playstation 2. Back then, God of War games gave us cutting edge graphics coupled with fierce, blood-splattering gameplay that meshed seamlessly into an unforgettable adventure of retribution and savage revenge. It's been over four years since the original God of War game, over two years since it's sequel, so have the games aged well enough to warrant a second excursion into the horrors of Greek mythology? Read more...

The movie is Aliens - the James Cameron action flick that spawned all sorts of video-game and cultural cliches. But it also spawned some interesting ideas in casual gaming. Consider this scene: Ripley and the Marines are bunking down for the night in the terraform complex on LV-426. But first they have to secure the main medical centre in the complex from alien attack. Read more...

When I first heard about 5th Cell's emergent puzzle platformer Nintendo DS title, Scribblenauts, I was skeptical, but intrigued. The innovative title promised to put creative power directly into the palm of players' hands by giving them the ability to conjure any object conceivable to solve puzzle and platformer levels using wild imagination and innovative solutions. Does it live up to its ambitious goals or is the game a total write-off? Let's explore. Read more...

The catch phrase of EA's upcoming third-person action game Dante's Inferno is "Go To Hell" for a reason. The not-so-clever double entendre here was used for two reason; firstly, the game is adapted from the medieval epic poem The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri and in it, Dante describes a striking and allegorical vision of the Christian afterlife as he ventures into the depths of hell. The second reason is, well... Read more...