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Review: NHL 11 (Xbox 360, PS3)

September 30th, 2010 by Danreb Victorio

It’s a shame the National Hockey League isn’t that big in the United States.  Every year since the 08 edition, the NHL series of hockey games has steadily improved year after year, consistently giving players the best hockey simulation possible.  This year, EA Sports has added Madden’s “Ultimate Team” mode to NHL 11′s already impressive [...]

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Review: Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (Xbox 360, PS3)

September 29th, 2010 by Danreb Victorio

When Kane & Lynch was first released a couple years ago, it was met with disappointing reviews and an onslaught of controversy.  Despite its shortcomings, IO Interactive has chosen to revisit the lives of these two mad men–this time in China.

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Review: Sonic Adventure (Xbox 360, PS3)

September 27th, 2010 by Filippo Dinolfo

When the Sega Dreamcast launched on September 9th 1999 it did so with a handful of games. Some of them were excellent arcade translations like Soul Calibur and Hydro Thunder, and others were less than stellar, like TrickStyle. The one game everyone seems to remember is Sonic Adventure. Eleven years later Sonic Adventure is now [...]

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Review: Plants vs. Zombies (Xbox 360)

September 27th, 2010 by Chris Selogy

PopCap Games’ latest addictive game made a big splash on the PC last summer, as Plants vs. Zombies became a hugely successful tower defense game that took a new approach to the genre. Now PopCap has brought the popular PC game to Xbox Live Arcade with some new features while trying to keep the same [...]

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SmashPad’s New Review Format

September 26th, 2010 by Chris Selogy

Sometimes you’ve got to try new things not because the old way doesn’t work, but because you get a new idea that is more interesting and worth pursuing. With that in mind, we’ve got a new review format that will be debuting this week with a few new reviews to give you a look at [...]

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Review: Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (PSP)

September 26th, 2010 by Josh Schwartzman

Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep is a marvel of a game and perhaps one of the best entries in the already long-running series.  As a standalone title,  Birth By Sleep excels in giving players a glance at events leading up to the original Kingdom Hearts, as well as shed some light on various events that [...]

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Review: Halo: Reach (Xbox 360)

September 18th, 2010 by Alex Quevedo

Well this is the way it finally ends. No, not the way it did with Halo 3. Not with any sense of uncertainty. Not with a chance of a spin-off focusing on a side group of soldiers. No, it ends with a cracked helmet dug halfway into the sand with a beautifully war-torn landscape adorning [...]

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Review: Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker (Xbox 360, PC)

September 7th, 2010 by Josh Schwartzman

While PS3 owners have to wait a few more months to play Mass Effect 2, Xbox 360 and PC owners can get their hands on the latest downloadable content from Bioware today, Lair of the Shadow Broker.  A definite far cry from the previous add-ons, the Shadow Broker content is packed with adrenaline filled battles, [...]

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