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“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

It might float – Enter the Matrix

Shiny/Atari, PlayStation 2, #1 in UK combined formats chart for week ending 17 May 2003