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“It happened again!” groans a sweat-drenched, filthy, bloodied Bradley Cooper from the roof of a Bangkok hotel minutes into the follow-up to 2009’s smash hit. Oh yes, it did. Only more so. In case you have been face-down in your own comatose drool for the last 2 years, a quick …

Codemasters make the best racing games. Fact. The reasons for this are simple: Its EGO engine is the best racing engine out there, providing the best graphics, the best crashes and the best manipulation of time. But more importantly, Codemasters understands the concept of the word ‘race’. DiRT 3 takes …

A rum tale

Wide-eyed and vulnerable, Toby Kebbell first came to our attention in 2004’s Dead Man’s Shoes. Having piqued Hollywood’s interest (Prince Of Persia, Guy Ritchie’s RocknRolla, Steven Spielberg’s War Horse), he’s coming of age in another homegrown demob drama. But instead of the brutal simplicity of Shane Meadows’ masterpiece, Matthew Hope …

Rawhide meets One Man And His Dog in this contemplative documentary depicting the travails of a family of sheepherders driving their vast, woolly sea of livestock over the scrubland and mountains of Montana. Unadorned by narrative or score, it’s an unsentimental portrayal of a fading way of life and the …

The online shooter space has become seriously crowded in recent years, with developers rushing to fill the gaps between Modern Warfare and Battlefield. The end result of all this scrapping for your online dollar is a whole lot of garbage and a few select gems. Section 8: Prejudice is, for …

Despite sounding like some strange cross-section between Splinter Cell and a farming and/or cult simulator, Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops is a fitting name. See, like an actual harvest, Phantom Ops is an absolute chore. It’s like someone walked in on a bunch of gamers joking about everything that’s wrong with …

You can’t say LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars is lacking in content. It’s packed full of playable characters to unlock, stuff to collect, and worlds to wander about on plastic legs with no knees. Across a multi-threaded campaign spanning events from seasons 1-2 of the TV series The …

Rush’N Attack: Ex-Patriot is the perfect game for retro fans who enjoyed the 1985 original but wanted it to suck. This game functions like a veritable checklist of what not to do when designing an HD remake/re-imagining/re-whatever. Contrary to successful throwback games like Bionic Commando: Rearmed and Shadow Complex, Rush’N …

Expecting much from a system-launch Madden is usually a bad idea. Add in the dreadful history the series has had on Nintendo handhelds, and we were more than a little wary of what Madden NFL Football on the 3DS was going to be. At first glance, we were pleasantly surprised …