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Friday 18-Jan-2013 5:28 PM

Halo 4 Spartan Ops Episodes 6-10 detailed: Fireteam Crimson to journey beyond Requiem

343 promises "wide variety of locations" across 21st Jan till 24th Feb 3

Friday 18-Jan-2013 3:34 PM

Terraria Xbox multiplayer video: watch us explain it all

Log and Ed address a brutal, barmy 2D adventure 5

Friday 18-Jan-2013 10:58 AM

Killer Is Dead trailer reveals cyborg arms, katana combos, dazzling visuals

New game follows on indirectly from Killer 7 and No More Heroes

Friday 18-Jan-2013 10:48 AM

Dragon Age 3 artist sings Frostbite 2's praises, admits to "disappointment" over Dragon Age 1-2

"Can you make fantasy beautiful in a different way?" 7

Friday 18-Jan-2013 10:00 AM

Issue 95: Bioshock Infinite! Dark Souls 2! Injustice! Army of Two!

What you'll find in our latest issue 2

Thursday 17-Jan-2013 5:19 PM

Far Cry 3 Deluxe Bundle offers five DLC packs for 800 MP

Get your fill of monkeys, dog-tigers, new guns and missions 2

Thursday 17-Jan-2013 4:20 PM

Next gen Xbox specs rumoured - 8GB ram, 1.23 teraflops, Blu-ray support

THE NUMBERS, MASON 51

Thursday 17-Jan-2013 2:57 PM Tomb Raider multiplayer gameplay: Lara's online mode explained Square Enix talks us through it in our exclusive commentary 3
Thursday 17-Jan-2013 12:06 PM Dead Space 3 review: what do you want to know? Forcibly inject your questions into Ed's protesting brain 12
Thursday 17-Jan-2013 10:31 AM Halo 4 DLC: more news about Forge Mode playlists, new Specialisations Spartan Ops Episode 6 to arrive next week
Thursday 17-Jan-2013 10:00 AM Microsoft announces free-to-play poker game for Xbox and Windows 8 World Series of Poker: Full House Pro to launch this spring 6
Thursday 17-Jan-2013 9:58 AM Fallout 4 to feature in-game TV series? Bethesda trademarks post-nuclear television Three Dog tweet may have been a reference to show 8
Thursday 17-Jan-2013 9:42 AM "Brave New World": Bungie's next gen IP Destiny to be revealed at GDC Discover the "place where the next ten years of great Bungie adventures will unfold." 2
Wednesday 16-Jan-2013 4:36 PM Skype replaces Xbox Live chat, tipped for "next gen Xbox Live" - report Microsoft planning to implement Skype across all devices 1

More News

Monday 14-Jan-2013 9:20 AM

DmC: Devil May Cry

Ninja Theory mixes up a legend, to make something familiar and new 360 4

Tuesday 8-Jan-2013 4:30 PM

Anarchy Reigns

Platinum smashes fist-first into online gaming 360 3

Thursday 20-Dec-2012 4:40 PM

RAGE: The Scorchers

A not unpleasant burning sensation 360 12

Tuesday 18-Dec-2012 12:23 PM

Lord of the Rings: Guardians of Middle Earth

A load of Bilbo Bobbins 4

Monday 17-Dec-2012 11:40 AM

Black Knight Sword

'Tis but a scratch XLA

Friday 14-Dec-2012 3:13 PM

Rocksmith

This isn't a Guitar Hero clone: Drop-D cynicism 360 14

Monday 10-Dec-2012 1:03 PM

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - Dragonborn

Our final verdict on Bethesda's benighted isle 360 18

Friday 30-Nov-2012 9:00 AM Zone of the Enders HD Collection Kojima's side-project mechs a very good second impression 360 1
Thursday 29-Nov-2012 12:00 PM Mass Effect 3: Omega Asteroid blast from the past 360 29
Tuesday 27-Nov-2012 10:22 AM Family Guy: Back To The Multiverse Review it yourself with our exclusive truth-finding questionnaire 360 33
Friday 23-Nov-2012 3:57 PM LEGO The Lord of The Rings: The Videogame TT knocks one out of the park and into legend 360 15
Wednesday 21-Nov-2012 5:00 PM Far Cry 3 No man is an island 360 32
Wednesday 21-Nov-2012 12:18 PM The Walking Dead Episode 5: No Time Left Strangers are just people you haven't met yet XLA 23
Monday 19-Nov-2012 8:04 PM Halo 4 Spartan Ops: Episode 3 Through Halsey and high water 360 10

More Reviews

Wednesday 16-Jan-2013 6:07 PM

Terraria hands-on: a tour of Minecraft XBLA's first real competitor

Shuriken, rocket boots and laser blades ahoy XLA 11

Monday 7-Jan-2013 11:34 AM

DmC: Devil May Cry final hands-on - last look before our review

Matt hails "a glorious throwback to 2001" 360 7

Sunday 6-Jan-2013 1:07 PM

Defiance hands-on - a Halo moment for MMOs on Xbox?

Trion Worlds' intriguing TV-game crossover packs a punch 360 6

Friday 4-Jan-2013 11:31 AM

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - how Kojima's least loved character became a badass

Log gets to grips with the sword-lobbing cyborg nutter 360 4

Thursday 3-Jan-2013 5:10 PM

Anarchy Reigns: it's not what you think

Mike Gapper gives Platinum's brawler one last look before our review 360 4

Thursday 3-Jan-2013 4:17 PM

The sequel strikes back: how Bioshock Infinite wages war on Bioshock 1

Irrational's latest is as self-aware as you'd expect 360 10

Tuesday 1-Jan-2013 12:00 PM

Army of Two: Devil's Cartel - a real-world shooter that blows realism to bits

"Every bullet you fire has been imbued with the spirit of Michael Bay" 360 2

Saturday 29-Dec-2012 12:00 PM The Cave - Double Fine returns to its adventurous roots Seven people try to find themselves in sentient geology 360 3
Friday 21-Dec-2012 5:30 PM Five reasons State of Decay could be 2013's deepest, darkest XBLA game Undead Labs may have created the ultimate zombie apocalypse XLA 12
Thursday 13-Dec-2012 12:45 PM Metro: Last Light - fighting the pull of Call of Duty Courting the crowd without compromise 360 3
Wednesday 12-Dec-2012 4:06 PM Aliens: Colonial Marines multiplayer - not the Left 4 Dead clone you've been waiting for In space, nobody can hear you scream insults at your co-op partners 360 3
Tuesday 11-Dec-2012 6:20 PM Metro: Last Light - a post-apocalyptic world comes back to life On the streets of a greener, deadlier Moscow 360 14
Tuesday 11-Dec-2012 3:53 PM Aliens: Colonial Marines hands-on - an action-packed hour in Hadley's Hope Ed goes bug-hunting on the surface of LV-426 360 11
Friday 7-Dec-2012 1:55 PM Bioshock Infinite: 7 reasons why it's the most exciting game of 2013 Hands-on with Irrational's sky-high sequel 360 9

More Previews

Sunday 20-Jan-2013 10:57 AM

GTA 5 info overload: 31 need-to-know details

Will Porter breaks Rockstar's latest apart

Saturday 19-Jan-2013 3:36 PM

Shifting sands: the lost majesty of Prince of Persia

Ed reflects on a wonderful, sorely missed series 3

Saturday 19-Jan-2013 10:18 AM

The Xbox 720 question: five features we expect from Microsoft's next Xbox

Xbox 360 is ripe for replacement, but what techno treats will its successor bring? 5

Friday 18-Jan-2013 2:28 PM

Fists of gold: Xbox 360's best, cheapest beat 'em ups

Punching above their weight in pounds and Microsoft Points 7

Friday 18-Jan-2013 11:12 AM

The Hot Topic - do we need an Xbox TV?

Rumours say that future TVs will contain Xbox tech. Yay or nay? 14

Wednesday 16-Jan-2013 9:47 AM

Xbox Live update: what's new this week?

Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt, 50% off Rockstar and Sleeping Dogs 1

Tuesday 15-Jan-2013 4:46 PM

Best XBLA games of 2013 - seven promising titles that are flying off-radar

A round-up of projects we'd like to know more about 10

Tuesday 15-Jan-2013 2:53 PM White Noise: Xbox Live Indie gets its own version of Slender At an equally slender price 5
Tuesday 15-Jan-2013 12:18 PM Bioshock Infinite video interview: "life would be so much easier if we could use cutscenes" Ken Levine talks Einstein, Elizabeth and multiple realities 2
Monday 14-Jan-2013 6:29 PM DmC: Devil May Cry tips: a crash-course in the art of demon slaughter It's do or Dante time 1
Monday 14-Jan-2013 4:59 PM High end vs next gen: how creators will survive "the death of triple-A" Bioshock and Aliens developers talk changing the rules of the publishing game 21
Sunday 13-Jan-2013 8:00 AM Best Xbox DLC: our top 20 game add-ons and expansions From Fallout 3 to Trials Evolution, it's a colourful haul 9
Saturday 12-Jan-2013 11:00 AM Dishonored 2 wishlist: shadow-walking, Pandyssia and the risks of multiplayer Six ways to make Arkane's sequel even better 11
Friday 11-Jan-2013 4:15 PM Hall of infamy: Xbox 360's most embarrassing guilty pleasures Would you like some ham with your cheese? 13

More Features

Wednesday 16-Jan-2013 9:47 AM

Xbox Live update: what's new this week?

Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt, 50% off Rockstar and Sleeping Dogs 1

Friday 11-Jan-2013 4:15 PM

Hall of infamy: Xbox 360's most embarrassing guilty pleasures

Would you like some ham with your cheese? 13

Thursday 10-Jan-2013 12:46 PM

EA announces Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 - now with time travel, lady golfers

New game to have Kinect support, out in March 7

Monday 7-Jan-2013 3:52 PM

New Dead Space 3 trailer shows off co-op Kinect controls

It won't even let you order a sandwich 5

Wednesday 12-Dec-2012 12:31 PM

Microsoft forms new team to deliver "top-secret", "premium Kinect-powered experiences"

"We will fail, and fail fast, on some projects." 4

Friday 7-Dec-2012 8:53 AM

Kinect Party - become Godzilla in Double Fine's motion-sensing sandbox

A new breed of all-ages experience KIN XLA

Thursday 29-Nov-2012 9:51 AM

Rare making cloud-based Kinect game, working with "extremely early prototype hardware"

Microsoft's core Kinect studio staffs up for next gen 4

Friday 23-Nov-2012 11:41 AM The Hot Topic: should paid-for games be able to sell you things? Should paid upgrades stay in the realm of free-to-play? 17
Tuesday 6-Nov-2012 12:04 PM New Microsoft patent could turn Kinect into Big Brother Sensor would stop video playback if unauthorised viewers are detected 25
Friday 26-Oct-2012 10:00 AM OXM 92: Hitman! Need for Speed! Metal Gear! Lost Planet 3! Our latest issue is a stone cold (bald) killer 4
Wednesday 10-Oct-2012 8:40 AM Microsoft squashes Microsoft Point phase-out rumours, 59% of OXM readers agree But Windows 8 will default to local currency 6
Saturday 6-Oct-2012 8:45 AM The 50 worst Xbox 360 games We've played them so you don't have to 36
Monday 1-Oct-2012 8:40 AM Dance Central 3 - settling into a groove? Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love Usher KIN 2
Thursday 27-Sep-2012 8:31 AM A class of its own: three hours with Fable: The Journey Torturous school analogies with Mr Log KIN 360 16

More Kinect

Friday 18-Jan-2013 3:34 PM

Terraria Xbox multiplayer video: watch us explain it all

Log and Ed address a brutal, barmy 2D adventure 5

Thursday 17-Jan-2013 10:00 AM

Microsoft announces free-to-play poker game for Xbox and Windows 8

World Series of Poker: Full House Pro to launch this spring 6

Wednesday 16-Jan-2013 6:07 PM

Terraria hands-on: a tour of Minecraft XBLA's first real competitor

Shuriken, rocket boots and laser blades ahoy XLA 11

Wednesday 16-Jan-2013 9:47 AM

Xbox Live update: what's new this week?

Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt, 50% off Rockstar and Sleeping Dogs 1

Wednesday 16-Jan-2013 9:35 AM

Microsoft brings Xbox hits to Surface tablets as part of Windows 8 PLAY scheme

Toy Soldiers, Gunstringer and ilomilo lead the charge 1

Tuesday 15-Jan-2013 4:46 PM

Best XBLA games of 2013 - seven promising titles that are flying off-radar

A round-up of projects we'd like to know more about 10

Tuesday 15-Jan-2013 2:53 PM

White Noise: Xbox Live Indie gets its own version of Slender

At an equally slender price 5

Tuesday 15-Jan-2013 10:41 AM "Great games are getting lost" on XBLA, claims indie - Microsoft should "encourage discovery and diversity" The marketplace "has gotten way tougher in the last couple of years" 8
Thursday 10-Jan-2013 2:24 PM Microsoft will pay you to play free-to-play game Happy Wars Earn credit to blow on weapons and items 1
Thursday 10-Jan-2013 10:01 AM Telltale treats US 4GB Xbox 360 owners hit by Walking Dead bugs to free Season Pass New Walking Dead title update on the way 3
Wednesday 9-Jan-2013 12:50 PM The best Minecraft Xbox 360 multiplayer games How to turn Minecraft into a Black-Ops-worthy bloodbath 7
Tuesday 8-Jan-2013 10:50 AM Free XCOM: Enemy Unknown DLC out today, makes already hard game a total nightmare 16 new options for serial masochists 11
Tuesday 8-Jan-2013 10:02 AM Minecraft Xbox 360 update: what to expect in title update 8 4J sheds light on forthcoming technical fixes 11
Monday 7-Jan-2013 9:44 AM Walking Dead dev "could do a great Star Wars game", also keen on Half-Life and Halo Telltale now working on concept for Walking Dead Season 2 4

More Xbox Live

Thursday 29-Sep-2011 5:48 PM

Thor

Total Film review: Why Branagh's Marvel movie is more little cracker than hammer horror 8

Tuesday 20-Sep-2011 11:11 AM

Hall Pass

The Farrelly Brothers hit maturity - in the face MOV 4

Monday 5-Sep-2011 6:22 PM

Hanna

Like Elektra, but 10 years younger MOV

Monday 5-Sep-2011 11:45 AM

Hobo With A Shotgun

Not quite "attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion" MOV 1

Tuesday 30-Aug-2011 2:01 PM

Fast & Furious 5

High velocity SFX tantrums MOV 6

Sunday 21-Aug-2011 6:34 PM

Rango

Johnny Depp's weirdness infects Nickleodeon MOV

Monday 15-Aug-2011 6:05 PM

Sucker Punch

Neither sucks nor blows MOV

Hobo With A Shotgun

Not quite "attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion"

"Astonishingly tasteless" and "authentically lawless", "Jesse Eisener's faux-awful video nasty throwback" appears to be the best Rutger Hauer vehicle since Blade Runner.

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by Bezza89 » 15 Sep 2011, 11:02

This film is ridiculously good. Best film I've seen all year, mostly because it's so OTT, and it's got Rutger Frickin Hauer.

Find real meaning in wearing light blue. Kifflom!

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