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Doom Resurrection Micro-Review: What In The Sam Hell

8:20AM Michael McWhertor | id Software and Escalation Studios have compacted the essence of Doom 3 into an iPhone app with Doom Resurrection, an on-rails first-person shooter that teleports the player from Mars to Hell and back. More »

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Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood Review: A Fistful Of Accolades

9:00AM Brian Crecente | The western shooter seems to be a conundrum to developers. Despite valiant efforts, and great games, few have ever enjoyed the runaway success of their modern warfare counterparts. More »

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Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Review: Clench The Difference

8:00AM Mike Fahey | Getting the most out of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen requires a steady hand, a keen eye, and the arse muscles of an Olympic athlete. More »

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Battlefield Heroes Review: The Great (Cartoon) War

12:00AM Luke Plunkett | EA have really got behind the whole “free to play” thing of late, announcing it’ll form the basis of future Tiger Woods and Need for Speed titles. The first such game to test those waters, however, is Battlefield Heroes. More »

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Mecho Wars Micro-Review: Landians Versus Wingians… Really?

3:00AM Brian Crecente | Mecho Wars brings to the iPhone and iPod Touch a solid turn-based strategy title in the vein of Advance Wars, delivering the game with a flashy art style and interesting time twist. More »

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Gunstar Heroes Micro-Review: The Perfect Shot

4:00AM Luke Plunkett | The recent re-release of Gunstar Heroes on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network isn’t the first port of the game we’ve seen over the past 16 years. But could it be one of the best? More »

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Fight Night Round 4 Review: Boxing Beautiful

3:30AM Stephen Totilo | A graphical showpiece and a boxing game just a tad more authentic than the ones featuring King Hippo, Fight Night Round 4 apologises for its sport and chases that unlikeliest of pugilistic goals: subtlety. More »

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The Conduit Review: Bland, But Enjoyable Shooter

5:00AM Brian Crecente | The Conduit promises to deliver a solid first-person shooter experience into the hands of the Wii’s game-starved hardcore audience. More »

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Art Style Boxlife Micro-Review: Smart Misery

6:00AM Stephen Totilo | It’s a 2009 phenomenon: some of the smartest, and most artistically adventurous games released on any of the big platforms come from Nintendo’s Art Style line. Enter Boxlife, the first good game about boring factory work. (Sorry, Shenmue!) More »

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Fallout 3 Point Lookout Micro-Review: Axe Murder

3:40AM Stephen Totilo | If each Fallout 3 expansion is an attempt to expand Bethesda’s game into new genres, then this week’s Point Lookout is an axe stab at survival horror. Scared? More »