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Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Developer: Bungie Software Genre: First Person Shooter Release Date: Sep 25, 2007 Buy it at Amazon “…it’s the addition of the Forge level editor and the saved films that give the game an even longer set of legs, legs that will probably keep you running at full speed until Bungie figures out where, exactly, to go from here.” –Jeff Gerstmann, GameSpot “Each brutal kill, explosion, and epic triumph can be relived ad nauseam here, making the saved films feature possibly the best new addition to a game series — ever.” –Greg Orlando, Yahoo!Games “Sure, no one aspect of the game is life-changing on its own, but perhaps the package as a whole is.” –Dan Hsu, 1UP “Despite Halo 3 being more combat evolved than combat revolutionised, Halo 3 deserves a 10 because it’s the most complete FPS experience ever released.” –Wesley Yin-Poole, Pro-G

“Of course, many multiplayer games are only as good as their maps, and Halo 3 features a great blend of levels: big and small, light and dark, symmetrical and assymmetrical, it’s all in there.” –Will Tuttle, Team Xbox “There’s no first-person shooter on 360 that can equal Halo 3’s blend of cinematic action, adrenaline-pumping shootouts, and male- (and female)-bonding gameplay.” –Hilary Goldstein, IGN “By the time you’re through with Halo 3, you’ll have witnessed insane zealotry at its finest as well as the best Warthog driving level ever.” –Gabe Graziani, GameSpy “While Halo 3 doesn’t do a lot innovatively, it does everything right. They’ve had years to perfect their Halo craft, and they did it damn well this time around.” –Brendon Lindsey, GamerNode “The soundtrack is still incredibly done and rises and falls appropriately, giving the game a cinematic feel at the correct times.” –D’Marcus Beatty, Cheat Code Central

“Halo 3 certainly won’t be the greatest game ever released and it won’t fulfill its premise without an Xbox Live connection, but as a game and multiplayer package for those who just want Halo, Bungie have hit the nail on the head.” –Jeremy Jastrzab, PALGN AU “In being so uncompromising in certain ways, in offering incredible vistas and epic clashes on a whole new scale of grandiose; in delivering all of that with spectacular art and a profound soundtrack; finally, for offering 4-player co-op, it goes without saying that Halo 3 deserves to be in your collection of 360 titles.” –Uros Jojic, ActionTrip “The visuals, guns, vehicles, enemies, set-pieces, musical score… they’ve all been cranked up to 11 to create an experience up there with the best sci-fi properties.” –Gavin Ogden, Computer and Video Games “The single player is bigger and brawnier than anything that’s been attempted on a console before. The multiplayer, which already shadowed the competition, has improved to the point of ridiculousness.” –Charlie Barratt, GamesRadar US

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Fri, 21 Sep 2007 – We got styles. Crisp fall fash-ions from the Rockstar laboratory for your desktop, laptop, and mobile computing device.

WALLPAPERS
Ground Level – Photo Series: Original photography. Mesmerizingly rich textures captured from the streets of New York.
Battle Series: A neverending dark master epic time crystal fantasy beast slayer adventure story.

SCREENSAVERS
The Fall: Insidious. Deciduous.
Rockstar Clock: A dynamically functional clock screensaver (uses your computer’s set time); Big, bold and stark typography on white background with ever-dripping cascades of color.

ICONS & AVATARS
All the colors of the pan-Rockstar kaleidoscope, and more. Now available as take-away buddy icons and avatars for message boards and profile pages. If you’re into that sort of thing.

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Fri, 21 Sep 2007 – We are pleased to present an all-new area of the Rockstar Warehouse, offering, for the first time, limited-run poster reprints of classic titles from the Rockstar catalog.

Representing titles that span nearly a decade, from Grand Theft Auto: London 1969, to Max Payne, to Bully – and much more. As well as a few much sought-after Rockstar logo posters, including the classic yellow on black, as well as the choice Rockstar pantone poster from 2003, and a few from the Rockstar International series (US, UK… and Jamaica!). With sizes faithful to the original print runs of each – ranging from 18×18″ up to oversized 24×36″ joints.

We ran off just a limited amount of each style currently on offer, so get ‘em quickly before some other nutter scoops up the one you want. Look for new styles to be added in the future.

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Fri, 21 Sep 2007 – Today, we lift the shroud on harrowing new audio and video from the Daniel Lamb Dixmor Studies therapy session.

Click here to experience an exclusive web-only prologue to the events of Manhunt 2 – which includes key backstory revelations

Publisher: Koel Developer: Koel Genre: Racing Release Date: Sep 11, 2007 Buy it at Amazon “The imaginative weapons and skillful AI give Fatal Inertia a good deal of replayability, but it’s easy to become frustrated by the lackluster speed and ruthlessly acute physics.” –Brian Ekberg, GameSpot

“…the search for racing carnage should probably lead back to superior franchises like FlatOut and Burnout.” –Rob Fahey, EuroGamer “For a game dependent on relaying a sense of blistering speed to its audience, Fatal Inertia comes with far too many framerate issues.” –David Craddock, IGN

“This run-of-the-mill racing game slowly goes nowhere once you get out of arcade mode. But at least it looks pretty.” –Rob Taylor, GamesMaster UK, GamesRadar

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Publisher: Take-Two Interactive Developer: 2K Sports Genre: Sports Release Date: Sep 10, 2007 Buy it at Amazon “Unfortunately, cumbersome controls aren’t the only cracks in 2K8’s ice. Checking is a mess …and passing feels a tad sluggish.” –Bryan Intihar, 1UP

“Between the sharper visuals, better-than-ever franchise mode, and top-notch online options, it’s exactly what the series needed.” –Richard Grisham, GamesRadar US “2K8 lost a step when it made its bizarre control-scheme changes and failed to really improve much of the rest of the game beyond the franchise mode.” –Alex Navarro, GameSpot

“It sucks that the interface is clunky and brings about memories of spreadsheets and that people are going to scoff at the new system, but if you play hockey games for how real they feel, you’ve found a winner.” –Greg Miller, IGN “In the end, NHL 2K8 is still a blast, once you get used to the strange new control setup.” –Jonathan Miller, Yahoo!Games

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Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Paon Corp. Genre: Action Release Date: Sep 11, 2007 Buy it at Amazon “While it could’ve relied on the sheer novelty of its control scheme, it does a smart job of fleshing out the gameplay and offering a well-balanced challenge once the novelty has worn off.” –Ryan Davis, GameSpot “The development team stuck to its guns with the original concept and fleshed it out with new levels, new elements, and more stuff to beef up the variety and to toughen things up.” –Craig Harris, IGN “Jungle Climber takes the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mindset by emulating the look of the SNES Donkey Kong titles, and it’s far better off for it.” –Dan Ryckert, Lawrence

“The unique control scheme makes for an interesting change and a lot of fun, while the extra challenge modes provide incentive for much replay.” –Aaron Kaluszka, Nintendo World Report “It won’t set the DS world on fire, but it’s another solid entry in the line on nontraditional DK games and definitely worth a look for platformer fans.” –Nick Suttner, 1UP “The swinging play mechanic helps keep things fresh and allows for a lot of technique that you don’t normally see in a platformer.” –Phil Theobald, GameSpy “Swinging from peg to peg could easily have gotten old very quickly, but the short levels are well designed and offer plenty of reasons for return visits.” –Adam Rosenberg, UGO

“This banana-gathering adventure is shockingly awesome, given its whacked-out premise: Donkey and pals try to get the coveted Crystal Banana so some aliens can make it back home.” –Mark Green, GamesRadar, Xbox 360 World UK “The game is short, easy and has an ultra lame story, but Donkey Kong’s latest adventure is not only extremely fun, it is a great way to make the days go by faster while you wait for The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass to comes out in October.” –Jason Nilmer, Gamers’ Temple “The variety of obstacles and challenges really helps to make the simple gameplay mechanic to keep from bogging down and growing stale; even after extended and repeated play.” –Jeff Rivera, DS Advanced

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Publisher: SCEA Developer: Factor 5 Genre: Action Release Date: Aug 30, 2007 Buy it at Amazon “It really seems like the developers forced themselves to stick with a barely-workable control scheme just to make use of the PS3’s flashy new tilt sensor support.” –Kevin VanOrd, GameSpot “Lair potential never materializes into a cohesive gameplay experience. What could have been ultra cool, flying battling dragons becomes cold.” –Jimmy, ExtremeGamer

“Lair is not a broken game, just one that overcompensates to hide all its flaws rather than fix them.” –Robert Manuel, G4TV “Not only is the game frustrating to control, but the camera is just downright awful. ” –Brendon Lindsey, GamerNode “All the mystique and intrigue surrounding dragons is completely lost in this game. Dragons are nothing more than mindless mounts, every bit as common and mundane as horses are on a medieval battlefield.” –Jonathan Marx, Cheat Code Central “Lair however has a gritty presentation and coolness factor that may just convince some gamers to stick with it, and sticking with the game is worth it.” –Kareem Harper, Underground Online

“The artwork and environments can be awesome to behold, especially when running at 1080p. Unfortunately this is coupled with a shakey framerate and odd graphical hitches that make the overall value drop significantly.” –Ron Burke, Gaming Trend “As it stands, Lair is an exercise in futility, a poorly designed and frustrating experience that questions how loose of a definition we should give to the word “game”.” –Chris Jensen, GameAlmgihty

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