HITMAN: ABSOLUTION REVIEW

For a game built upon the concept of slipping by unnoticed, Hitman: Absolution is certainly doing the opposite. It’s standing conspicuously amongst today’s fad-driven modern shooters and me-too multiplayer hopefuls, middle fingers extended. A slow-paced, single-player focused sneak ’em up, Absolution looms in stark opposition to many of the most pervading trends in gaming today. It cares not for the overly delicate, their minds rendered dull and flabby after years of being prodded through corridors blasting anything that breathes. Absolution...

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18 Great Games You Might Not Have Played in 2012

It's finally getting to the time of year where all the big games are out and I can sit down and think for more than five minutes, so my thoughts are naturally turning from 2012's huge releases to the other stuff - the smaller, often more interesting games that have stuck in my mind as the months have gone by. For me it's often these games that give the year personality; where the schedule of big releases is pretty much the same every year (a few in January, a few in April/May, maybe one in summer, and an avalanche from September onwards), these...

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Nintendo Land Review

Nintendo Land's varied attractions offer plenty of family-friendly fun and make great use of the Wii U's capabilities. The Good: Fun single-player attractions make good use of the Wii U tablet   Plenty of enjoyable ways to play with friends cooperatively and competitively   Mario Chase is a terrific twist on hide-and-seek   Nintendo themes give the attractions some charm. The Bad: A few attractions are too difficult or too shallow. Nintendo knows a thing or two about crafting worlds that have memorable, immediately recognizable...

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Fight for Your Loot in Borderlands 2’s Torgue DLC

Borderlands 2’s second expansion -- Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage -- will launch on November 20th. Like Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty before it, Campaign of Carnage offers new areas for players to explore, three new achievements, a new currency and plenty of new missions for players level 15 or higher, with enemies scaled to your level. The basic story of Campaign of Carnage revolves around a new vault discovered in Pandora, buried in the center of a large crater that will only open “once the champion of Pandora feeds it the blood...

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