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“Our velocity” – Project Gotham Racing 4

A rising tide lifts all boats. Even at the height of street racing game mania, when Need for Speed, Burnout, Midnight Club and Juiced games all topped the…

“Pete, pick up the pace” – Spider-Man 3

Even as five different games based on new films topped the charts in 2007, Spider-Man 3 stands well apart from the others. It was the only one to…

“Mirror. Signal. Mayhem.” – Burnout 3: Takedown

[It’s guest post time again, and I have someone new to introduce! For this post I am happy to hand over to Iain of Iain Plays, who you…

“Some distant conflict” – Conflict: Vietnam

Contemporary reviews of Conflict: Vietnam mention its position as part of a wave of games based on the Vietnam war, alongside Vietcong: Purple Haze and Shellshock: Nam ‘67,…

“How many times you gotta shoot someone?” – Driv3r

By 2004, the scene for British developers making third-person driving/shooting gangster games in vastly detailed cities was increasingly crowded. Rockstar’s 3D Grand Theft Auto games took the original…

“Traditions of the Trade” – Hitman: Contracts

Hitman: Contracts is another oddity in the year of sequels. I’m going to be playing plenty of remasters of older games as I move towards the present day,…

Mudkip Wins Easy Battles – Pokémon Ruby

Game Freak/Nintendo, Game Boy Advance, #1 in UK combined formats chart for week ending 26 July 2003

“Mirror time” – EyeToy: Play

London Studios/Sony, PlayStation 2, #1 in UK combined formats chart for week ending 19 July 2003

Very messy business – Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness

Core Design/Eidos, PlayStation 2, #1 in UK combined formats chart for week ending 5 July 2003

Tango Down – SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals

Zipper/Sony, PlayStation 2, #1 in UK combined formats chart for week ending 28 June 2003