Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (PC)
Mythic focused on tightening the main game.

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Baja: Edge of Control (X360)
New gameplay trailer of the heated desert race.

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Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods (PC)
Bugs and poor execution bring down the latest Gothic.

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Halo Wars (X360)
Find out when you can bring the fight back to the Covenant.

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Colin Sebastian believes poor showing of Mirror’s Edge could lead to more layoffs and cancellations; EEDAR’s Jesse Divnich thinks Activision’s rhythm game has “peaked.”

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Ensemble’s sci-fi RTS swan song gets slightly delayed marching orders; Xbox 360-exclusive arrives in Europe Feb. 27, Japan Feb. 26.

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Shortly after an urban youth begins a year-long stay in the countryside town of Inaba, the rural town’s peace is shattered by a horrific murder that leaves no clues or suspects. As the lone incident develops into a series of bizarre crimes, he discovers that only he and his friends have the power to solve the baffling case, bring those responsible to justice, and restore harmony to his new home.

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Our pick of the year’s essential gaming releases.

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Featuring one of the best AI sidekicks around, this new edition of a Persian Prince is a great time, if a little on the easy side.

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Altus’ latest Shin Megami Tensei RPG and the Windows edition of Ubisoft’s platformer reboot lead a supermodel-thin release list; Meteos Wars, PS3 Sonic Unleashed also launching.

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Korean MMOG publisher opts out of membership, taking wait-and-see approach to industry body’s newly rejiggered E3.

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Dixie Chicks, Brad Paisley lead five-song southern twang pack coming to Harmonix’s rhythm game on PS3, Xbox 360 next week.

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Torrent Freak reports 1.7 million copies of Will Wright’s “everything” sim were illegally swapped; Sims 2 scores silver, Assassin’s Creed gets bronze.

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Richard Ham named creative director at Quake Wars outfit to work on unannounced multiplatform title from Bethesda Softworks.

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The Times of London claims long-awaited PS3 social-networking hub is a mere nine days away from a full launch; Sony refutes.

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[UPDATE] Nintendo shakes its motion-sensing money maker, nearly matching domestic November 2007 sales in just 7 days; analyst says 1.4 million units sold in US last month.

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The PlayStation 3’s virtual world may be coming sooner than expected if The Times is to be believed.

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The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (Wii)
A fun, but too familiar platformer.

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Imagine the thrill of seeing your own video game produced and in free worldwide distribution.

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Rygar: The Battle of Argus (Wii)
Is this the definitive version of the PS2 action classic?

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Trine
A gorgeous 2.5d side scrolling platformer with three playable characters.

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Japanese shmup fanatics show off their skills.

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Deadly Creatures (Wii)
Dennis Hopper lends his voice to one of the shady characters in the game.

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