Iron Man Flies Again
Although Iron Man 2 kicks the pants off the original game, it’s nowhere near as good as the movie experience. But at least it’s mildly amusing this time around.
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Rockband Goes Green (Day)
Green Day Rockband adds some much needed punk flavor to the music title lineup, with 47 amazing songs from six of the band’s top anti-establishment albums.
Blurring The Lines
Blur is appropriately named, as it blurs the lines between combat, racing and realism. In a lot of ways, it’s like a cart racing title for grownups, but its true strength is multiplayer.
Split/Second Offers Insane Combat Racing
We kick off Racing Week here at GiN with Split/Second, a title that brings insane combat racing to the next level. See how it compares with Blur (reviewed Wednesday), and classic titles like Burnout 3.
The Right Way To Come Back
Dead to Rights: Retribution totally reboots the series in a good way, adding a great mix of shooting and hand-to-hand combat, plus stealth missions and a whole lot of blood.
The Spy Who Loved Us
Although flawed in several areas, Alpha Protocol proves to be a capable espionage action RPG title, and we all know there aren’t very many of them to go around.
The Prince Game Beats The Movie
In many ways, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands video game is worlds better than the Prince’s current blockbuster movie, and that’s a good thing for gamers everywhere.
A Wonderful Western
If you thought Rockstar was all about street racing, drugs and thugs, you should see Red Dead Redemption’s Old West. A truly open world, it has more in common with Oblivion than GTA.
A Movie Tie-In That’s Not A Drag
Following up on the How To Train Your Dragon movie, the game of the same name extends the experience for young people and the young at heart.
Extending A Grand Theft
Combining The Lost and Dammed and The Ballad of Gay Tony into a single game that doesn’t even require the original title is a stroke of genius, and a godsend for Grand Theft Auto 4 fans.