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video game reviews stories: 8 news summaries
TECH REVIEW

 Rock Band Matures 
 With Beatles Edition 

Game is good, clean cross-generational fun

Sep 7, 09 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Beatles: Rock Band successfully brings the winning music-game formula to one of rock’s biggest names, writes Elizabeth Landau for CNN. Designed to be played by as many as six, the game "does make for a great time and will probably be a hit at parties." Meanwhile,... More »

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GAME REVIEW

 New Punch-Out!! Is Classic Fun 


May 19, 09 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!, on the original Nintendo Entertainment System, was a “perfect combination of addictive gameplay and technological impressiveness,” Chris Kohler writes in Wired. In a new version for Wii, happily, the company has figured out "what made the original so compelling” and recreated it... More »

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boxing • Nintendo • Mike Tyson • Nintendo Wii • gaming • video game reviews • hand-eye coordination • Punch-Out!! • reflexes

NEW RELEASE

 GTA IV Rides Again in 
 Lost and the Damned 

Download-only add-on episode revs new life into franchise's fourth outing

Feb 18, 09 10:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and the Damned brings gamers back to a Liberty City as gritty and darkly funny as ever, Seth Schiesel writes in the New York Times. The add-on episode, only available as a download through the Xbox Live service, swiftly ditches GTA IV's protagonist... More »

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Xbox 360 • Xbox Live • video game reviews • Grand Theft Auto • Grand Theft Auto IV • video games

NEW RELEASE

Spore Sparkles, But
Gameplay's a Little Dim

Game delivers on 'universe in a box' hype, but that doesn't mean it's great

Sep 5, 08 6:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Most critics are positive about Spore, but you’ll likely get a different answer from each about why. Troy Wolverton, writing in the San Jose Mercury News, found the game “engrossing,” though he wonders whether it will live up to the “massive hype.” In the New ... More »

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Electronic Arts • roleplaying games • Will Wright • Spore • video game reviews • new release • strategy

NEW RELEASE

Finally, A PC Strategy Game That's A Console Winner

Fast pace will attract new converts for Civilization Revolution, reviewer says

Jul 3, 08 6:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution could be the first winner among console versions of PC strategy games, Dylan Fawcett writes in USA Today. While it’s too simple for established fans, newcomers will like its fast pace. Negatives, including a confusing help menu and the strangely even matching of ancient and... More »

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PC games • video game reviews • video games • Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

video game review

 Grand Theft a Joy for Gamers 

Today's launch is well worth the wait

Apr 29, 08 6:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The latest installment in the widely acclaimed and controversial Grand Theft Auto is more than worth the wait, writes Justin Calvert in GameStop. Preserving the basic play mechanics but adding a breathtaking level of complexity and a fantastically detailed and humorous mock-up of New York City, "Grand Theft Auto ... More »

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video game reviews • Grand Theft Auto IV • video games

Wii Fit Among Highlights of Gamers' Conference

Video game industry converged in San Francisco

Feb 22, 08 12:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Fitness program Wii Fit for the Nintendo Wii system, video games that let players warp Disneyized fairy tales, a parents-oriented video game review site, and initiatives by major publishers to let independent designers and even players develop games—those were the highlights of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco... More »

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Nintendo Wii • fitness • video game reviews • Game Developers Conference • Wii Fit • American McGee • video game developers • American McGee's Grimm • video games

Writer Fired for Negative Review?

Game site editor dumped shortly after he slams a major advertiser's product

Nov 30, 07 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - The editorial director of a video game review site was fired after giving a negative review to a game from a major advertiser. The writer called Kane & Lynch: Dead Men "probably not worth the purchase"  before GameSpot terminated him, reports DailyTech. This when the review site's homepage... More »

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GameSpot • Kane and Lynch Dead Men • Eidos • video game reviews • video games

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