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• Alan Wake Xbox 360

  Tuesday 8 June, 2010 - 5 comments

  James Davies wanders deep into the forest and returns slightly traumatised

• ModNation Racers PS3

  Tuesday 8 June, 2010

  The Boar takes a good, long look at ModNation Racers, the newest in Sony's Play-Create-Share line-up

• Band Hero (Wii) Xbox 360, PS3, Wii

  Monday 7 June, 2010

  Jordan Erica Webber connects with her inner child and reviews one of the few music games aimed at the younger demographic.

• Machinarium PC

  Friday 14 May, 2010

  Some people say adventure gaming is dead. These people are wrong. The hey-day of Lucasarts …

• Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver DS

  Friday 14 May, 2010

  Before you ask, ‘Surely university students are far too old to play Pokemon?’, think again. …

• God of War III PS3

  Tuesday 27 April, 2010

  The God of War franchise is held by many as the pinnacle of the third …

• How Storytelling in Games Misses the Point

  Monday 19 April, 2010 - 4 comments

  Alistair Aitcheson, an active member of the Warwick Game Design society, explains what's wrong with storytelling in games today and why he just doesn't get Final Fantasy VII.

• Plain Sight PC and PSN (2011)

  Saturday 17 April, 2010

  With robots, swords, jumping, dashing, killing and exploding, Plain Sight is the perfect distraction from revision.

• Assassin’s Creed II DLC: The Battle of Forli and the Bonfire of the Vanities

  Monday 5 April, 2010

  Adam Morrison takes a look at the rather disappointing Assassin's Creed II premium downloadable content.

• 3D Gaming Reborn

  Wednesday 17 March, 2010 - 9 comments

  With 3D technology soon makings its way into our living rooms, Sam Claxton discovers that the future is already here.

• Tomba! PS1

  Wednesday 17 March, 2010

  Tomba! for the Playstation 1 is a game I started playing again for three reasons: …

• Battlefield Bad Company 2 Xbox 360, PS3, PC

  Tuesday 16 March, 2010

  Taking the fight to Modern Warfare 2, does Bad Company 2 overthrow the competition and take the crown as the definitive first person shooter? The Boar’s full review reveals all.

• Interview: Simon N Goodwin, Codemasters

  Wednesday 3 March, 2010 - 2 comments

  The man behind the sound in Colin McRae DiRT talks about sound technology and getting a job playing video games

• Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth DS

  Monday 1 March, 2010

  The Phoenix Wright franchise is expanding and Sophie Carroll's got the Boar covered!

• Bioshock 2 Xbox 360, PS3, PC

  Monday 1 March, 2010

  Justin Mahboubian-Jones returns to the engrossing city of Rapture; is Bioshock 2 as captivating as the original?

• Heavy Rain PS3

  Monday 1 March, 2010

  Adam Morrison investigates the more serious side of gaming, in the form of Heavy Rain.

• Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box DS

  Wednesday 24 February, 2010

  Featuring a completely fresh set of everyday, human characters, as well as a genre not …

• MAG PS3

  Wednesday 17 February, 2010

  Adam Morrison delves into the most ambitious console shooter of the year

• Starcraft

  Monday 8 February, 2010 - 3 comments

  South Korea has three national sports, Tae-Kwon Do, Football, and StarCraft. Over the past thirteen …

• Ape Escape P PSP

  Monday 8 February, 2010

  When I spend money buying an identical port of a game I already own on …

• Army of Two: The 40th Day Xbox 360, PS3

  Monday 8 February, 2010

  The original Army of Two was by no means critically acclaimed; with its setting located …

• Halo Legends Blu-ray, DVD

  Wednesday 3 February, 2010

  Having reviewed all of the major Halo releases in the past 18 months, there’s no …

• Cross-Media Contamination

  Wednesday 20 January, 2010

  Adam Morrison delves into the world of movie tie-ins

• Batman: Arkham Asylum Xbox 360, PS3, PC

  Wednesday 20 January, 2010

  In order for any true Superhero game to succeed, one has to feel as though …

• The Boar’s Games of the Year

  Sunday 6 December, 2009

  Although we haven't decided on an absolute Game of the Year, a few of the …