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Guides

9 Jan, 2009

Top 5 games of 2008

5 – Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots At number five it’s the latest in the Metal Gear saga. Although I spent more of my time watching it rather than playing it, it’s an unforgettable experience with fantastic set pieces and Hollywood-style cut-scenes. Playing it on an HDTV with surround-sound blew me away and even brought a tear to my eye near the end. Although it didn’t play as well as it looked, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots still deserves a place in my top five for artistic merit alone. 4 – Dead Space At...

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Guides / Wii

7 Jul, 2008

Using the Wii Guitar Hero controller with Rock Band

We’ve had an email from someone who wants to know if it’s possible to use a Guitar Hero guitar with Rock Band for the Wii. The bad news is that you can’t, which is a shame because we know you can with the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. If cross-compatibility is critical then the most suitable 3rd party controller we’ve looked at is the $69.99 ezJam Wireless Guitar which works across the board with all titles. Although build quality isn’t up the same standard as the official controllers it isn’t let down by features – strum, tremolo and whammy bars...

Grand Theft Auto 4 cheat codes

Guides / PC / PS3 / Wii / Xbox 360

3 Jun, 2008

Grand Theft Auto 4 cheat codes

Stuck in the latest Grand Theft Auto? We’ve put together some new GTA 4 cheat codes which you can enter via the cell phone which Niko carries: Better weapons – 486-555-0100 Car repair – 2228-555-0122 Change weather – 468-555-0100 Health – 362-555-0100 Health, armor, ammo and weapons – 482-555-0100 Helicopter – 359-555-0100 Invulnerability – 5483-555-9191 Jetmax – 938-555-0100 Pedestrians riot – 555-891-0011 Police boat – 754-888-0100 Song information – 948-555-0100 Spawn Annihilator Helicopter – 359-555-0100 Spawn Cognoscenti Mafia Car – 227-555-0142 Spawn Comet Car – 227-555-0175 Spawn FIB Buffalo Car – 227-555-0100 Spawn Jetmax Boat – 938-555-0100 Spawn NRG900 Motorcycle...

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Guides / Xbox 360

19 May, 2008

1000 free Microsoft points codes

How to get cheap and free Microsoft points codes Initially this article reported on a highstreet retailer giving away free Microsoft points codes, since that offer ended we’ve been inundated requests for free microsoft point codes so we’ve put together this handy guide for the cheapest ways to pick up points. We’ve been working out dollar for dollar how each of the different Xbox live points codes cards compare and in the process discovered a bargain Xbox 360 accessory pack bundled with free Xbox live codes for 12 months. To help you choose we’ve drawn up this list of Xbox...

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Guides / Previews

4 Jan, 2008

Game previews of 2008

So it’s a new year and we’re all going to be accidentally writing 07 on stuff and scribbling it out to write 08 on it when writing cheques or filling out forms. With a new year comes more great games hopefully so let’s see what there is to look forward to. First up there’s the delayed GTA 4, originally pencilled for a pre-Christmas release it slipped quicker than a well-oiled person rolling out of the pub on New Year’s Eve to an Easter release date. In the game you play Niko, a not-so-happy chappie from Eastern Europe. You arrive on...

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