Tag Archives: THQ

de Blob 2, Reviewed [PS3, 360]

Colourful! It’s the one word I would use to describe de Blob 2 above all others. Everything about the game revolves around being artistic with your palette and spreading the vibrancy to anything in your vicinity.

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WWE Smackdown Vs RAW 2011, Reviewed [PS3]

In the long-running yearly tradition, the holiday season sees a new addition to the THQ WWE Smackdown Vs RAW series. After a vastly improving the series with the 2010 edition, can THQ take the same sort of leap in the game, or is it more a case this year of refinement and tweaking?

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UFC Undisputed 2010, Reviewed [PS3,360]

UFC Undisputed 2010 is here. Are subtle tweaks and slight gameplay innovations to last year’s game enough to warrant a sequel so soon?

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Darksiders, Reviewed [PS3/360]

As a game that takes heavy inspiration from videogame greats like Zelda and God of War, it was always going to be a challenge to stand out from the crowd. Darksiders does this however, and whether you fondly remember classics you’ve played in the past or wish you were playing those games instead, this may [...]

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Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, Reviewed [DS]

The original Drawn to Life was the type of game that the DS was made for. The concept is simple, you draw your own character into game environment instead of using a pre-rendered avatar. On no other platform would such an intuitive and unique feature work as well as it does on Nintendo’s Wii and DS [...]

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Red Faction Guerrilla, Reviewed [PS3,360]

Destruction and damage have always been a part of videogames, but few attempts at creating a fully destructible environment succeed. Red Faction Guerrilla is out to show developers just how to do it, and if judged purely on these terms, it’s a perfect way to showcase this element of gaming. Never before has a game [...]

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Baja: Edge of Control, Reviewed [360, PS3]

There’s a line drawn in the mud between fun and not fun, and unfortunately, Baja: Edge of Control is favoring the latter. The mud the line is drawn in is flat, uninteresting and humdrum. It actually feels more like slippery ice. The Baja buggies, the first of eight car classes, handle like a sports car [...]

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DIY Achievements with Red Faction Guerrilla

DIY Achievements with Red Faction Guerrilla

Have you ever had a brilliant idea for an achievement?  THQ and Volition are listening; the publisher and developer, respectively, will be holding a contest on their community website entitled “Create a Red Faction Guerrilla Achievement”, where the community will create a multiplayer achievement (Xbox 360) or trophy (PlayStation 3). “It’s about more than just [...]

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PAX 08: Saints Row 2 Hands On

If there’s one game with a lot to prove this holiday, it’s Saints Row 2.  The original Saints Row was widely accepted as a quality title — even branded  by some in its pre-release hype as a “GTA-killer” –- but pop it in your disc drive now, a year or two after  the wake of [...]

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PAX 08: Baja: Edge of Control, Previewed

There’s something you need to know about Baja: Edge of Control. Before considering purchase, you need to know that it is wickedly tough to get the hang of, and that this game will absolutely kick your ass as you swoop and spin across the hilly, winding desert tracks. But that’s just the catch. Almost everything [...]

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