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Are you the type of person that sets out to get 1000 Xbox Live Achievement Points per game from the get-go?

On my annual launch of The Sims 3, the same routine applies each time: create family, motherlode, motherlode, make out, try for baby. From this, you can obviously tell that the…

Gyms can be undoubtedly scary places. No matter which one you’re signed in at or what time you go, there’s always going to be human Hulk’s groaning and grunting and…

Back in November 2011, I gave Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham City the perfect score of 10/10, praising the game for its storyline, atmosphere, gameplay and characters. Since…

If you read my previous blog, you’ll have read about my failed adventures in Azeroth, and what my new MMO-goal was: The Old Republic. It looked to offer me everything I wanted…

Have you ever wanted to see what seven completely different characters would do if given the opportunity to go after their deepest desires? Of course you have, and The Cave lets…

If you’ve been keeping a keen eye on the internet recently, you’ll no doubt be aware that Nintendo’s latest console, the Wii U, is an interesting piece of kit. Combining…

If you’ve been keeping a keen eye on the internet recently, you’ll no doubt be aware that Nintendo’s latest console, the Wii U, is an interesting piece of kit.…

Aliens: Colonial Marines

Aliens: Colonial MarinesI'm really nervous about this one. The game has been through a fairly tortured development cycle and has been subject to some serious delay. That is…

Ewok and Kirkules just can’t agree on one thing -- what, definitively, was the best game of 2012?Ewok, a lover of the roguelike and strategy genres, is hunkering down against…

So, wise guy, you're fresh off the boat from the old country and looking to make a name for yourself in Atlantic City - the shining beacon of excess on the grey backdrop of an…

There's a lot riding on not just Dead Space 3 but the franchise as a whole. With the Resident Evil series not being quite as great as it once was, EA's space-faring trilogy is…

Racing games aren't exactly few and far between these days; it was only a few months ago that we saw F1 Race Stars which was heavily compared to Mario Kart and now we have Sonic…

BioShock Infinite has remained one of our most eagerly awaited games since its announcement way back in 2010. However, the last time we saw the game over a year ago we were…

Have you noticed that recently your toon is a bit more rebellious? Maybe you're feeling a bit disconnected from certain RPGs of late? In this article I'll be talking about how…

As you might have guessed from the title, there have been a number of changes in the Beanz household since your last insight into our gaming lives. The most significant of…

It's not uncommon for me to use different camera angles to give me some form of an advantage, the latest of which being in The War Z where I would switch to a third-person to see…

God can be a dick sometimes. I mean, did you ever hear about that time he decided to kill everybody in the Great Flood? How about the aftermath of this where the people of Earth…

Namco Bandai and Level-5's Ni No Kuni has been pushed back to a February release, so those of you who were hoping to get hold of the game at release will now have to wait a week.…