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  Danny Bilson: inside the rise and fall of THQ

  The outspoken former chief of Saints Row, Homefront and Darksiders finally breaks his silence. 31

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  Eurogamer meets Jonathan Ross

  Ellie chats to the king of, er, chat. 42

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  Golden Generation: How FIFA Won the HD Era

  From 2/10 to PES-killer, the story behind EA Canada's current-gen success. 43

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  Is Nintendo HD Ready?

  Digital Foundry on how high-def Wii emulation suggests great things to come. 86

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  Glorious Technicolor

  Gaming's rediscovered the rainbow, and it's lovely. 53

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  Activision vs. Vince Zampella and Jason West: Inside the game industry trial of the decade

  Why the sacked Infinity Ward founders want $1 billion, and how they intend to win it. 73

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  Free Radical vs. the Monsters

  The dark LucasArts: What drove the legend behind GoldenEye out of games, and the publishers who had a hand in the studio's demise. 150

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  It's time to kick back against gaming bigots

  Stand up and shout. 303

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  What would happen if GAME died?

  An investigation into how it would affect you. 326

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  Hironobu Sakaguchi: Fantasy Man

  He bet his career on a game and hit the jackpot, then bet it on a film and lost it all. What happened to Final Fantasy's father? 49

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  Why Can't Games Do Sex?

  Not safe for work or play. 173

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  Who Killed Rare?

  Did Microsoft ruin Britain's greatest game studio? 183

November 2011

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  Eurogamer's Top 10 Wii Games

  We like to move it, move it. 20

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  Feature: A Hero's Journey

  Zelda: 25 years of music and magic with Nintendo's legendary fairytale. 10

September 2011

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  Game of the Week: Driver: San Francisco

  Bullitt storm. 29

August 2011

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  Game of the Week: Xenoblade Chronicles

  Two worlds. 30

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  Inside Music Games

  Let's face the music and dance. 27

July 2011

• Game of the Week: From Dust

  Particularly good. 22

• Cheap This Week - 06/07/11

  Juarez! 3DS! DiRT 3! LBP2! 14

June 2011

• Creative Tension

  Are publishers impeding the creativity of the medium? 64

• Eurogamer's Best of E3 2011

  Game of the Show, Best Tech, Best Publisher and more. 41

• Identity Theft

  Nintendo's decision to carry its Wii and DS branding into the next generation will confuse more consumers than it attracts. 72

• Who Won E3?

  This week's hottest topics revealed. 34

• Today's Top Trailers - Day 4

  The best videos of the last 24 hours. 5

• Who's Winning E3? Day 4

  What you're clicking on most. 14

• Today's Top Trailers - Day 3

  Our pick of E3's videos, good and bad. 4

• 7 Things You Didn't Know About Wii U

  Miyamoto and Iwata share their secrets. 66

• Who's Winning E3? Day 3

  It's not the taking part that counts. 25

• Today's Top Trailers - Day 2

  The best and worst of E3's videos so far. 10

• Who's Winning E3? Day 2

  My press conference is bigger than yours. 39

• Who's Winning E3? Day 1

  Yes, it IS a popularity contest. 54

May 2011

• Cheap This Week - 25/05/11

  Demon's Souls! Nintendogs + Cats! Pikmin! 33

• Where Wii's At

  Taking stock of the Revolution. 64

April 2011

• Are Console Games Dying?

  Angry Birds says yes. Eurogamer investigates. 128

• In Theory: What's inside Project Cafe?

  Digital Foundry analyses the rumours and puts forward informed suggestions. 69

• Is PEGI too tough?

  The ratings game. 67

February 2011

• Me and WWE

  When Tom met Paul. 54

January 2011

• Best of 2011: Readers' Pick

  Your top ten most anticipated games revealed. 133

• Where does my money go?

  When you spend £40 on a game, who gets it? Eurogamer investigates. 87

• Eurogamer Readers' Top 10 Games of 2010

  Call it. 104

• Eurogamer Readers' Top 50 Games of 2010: 50-11

  You decide. 97

December 2010

• Games of 2010: A Shadow's Tale

  Silent to the dark. 19

• Games of 2010: Super Mario Galaxy 2

  Starry-eyed surprise. 41

November 2010

• Games That Define Developers

  Molyneux, Willits, Takahashi and 15 others tell us which one game has influenced them most. 51

October 2010

• Control Method

  SpecialEffect's mission to get disabled kids gaming. 9

• The EGTV Show: The Videogames Election - Episode 3

  Education, Education, Education. 11

• Eurogamer Expo 2010 Top 10

  Including your game of the show. 53

August 2010

• Play Fighting

  What is it good for? 109

• The Science of Just Dance

  What made a throwaway party game on Wii a Modern Warfare-beater? 46

June 2010

• Eurogamer's Best of E3 2010

  Game of the Show, Best Tech, Best Publisher, more. 69

• Safe Bets

  The Wii offered a chance to innovate without taking huge risks, but consumers weren't interested. 55

• The EGTV Show: The Videogames Election - Episode 2

  The Age-Ratings Debate. 22

April 2010

• System Update

  How the current generation has redefined itself through firmware. 117

March 2010

• The Kids Are Alright

  TT Games, Rare and Insomniac discuss the art of developing games for children. 28

February 2010

• Third Party Puzzle

  The idea that third parties can't do well on the Wii is firmly rooted and completely wrong. 69

January 2010

• Coming Attractions: Action-Adventure & Platformers

  Where the action is. 40

• Coming Attractions: Strategy, Simulation & Sports

  S Club party. 29

• Coming Attractions: Fighting, Puzzle & Arcade

  Scores, attacks. 22

• Coming Attractions: Shooters & Racing

  Rubber bullets. 38

November 2009

• The Super Mario Bros. Story

  A series retrospective. 78

• Save your Scorn

  Do those predicting or celebrating the Wii's decline have a point? 83

October 2009

• PES 2010: The Road to Redemption?

  Seabass and company plot their comeback. 44

• Super Happy Fun Time II

  The wackier highlights of TGS 2009. 33

September 2009

• Series Retrospective: Colin McRae Rally

  Definitely flat out. 38

August 2009

• Eurogamer gamescom Awards

  Best of the Nation and Best of the Network. 31

July 2009

• Wii Sports Resort vs. Wii MotionPlus

  You wanted to know exactly how it works... 26

June 2009

• Moving Targets

  The fall and rise of motion control. 34

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  Eurogamer's Best of E3 2009

  Game of the Show, Best Tech, Best Publisher, more. 184

February 2009

• ATEI 2009 Show Report

  Hands and coins-on at the annual arcade trade show. 27

January 2009

• High Street Blues

  It's a dreadful time to be a high street retailer - and it's only going to get worse. 66

• Coming Attractions: Action & Adventure

  Get juiced and get thinking. 51

• Coming Attractions: Fighting & Strategy

  Games of death. 39

• Coming Attractions: MMOs & RPGs

  Taking 2009 to another level. 69

• Coming Attractions: Sports & Music

  The games pitching for perfection in 2009. 29

• Coming Attractions: Indie & Esoterica

  What's coming out of left-field this year. 27

December 2008

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  Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2008: 10-1

  We've already fled the country. All of them. 346

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  Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2008: 20-11

  More reasons to beat us up. 172

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  Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2008: 30-21

  Hideoh-em-gee? 297

• Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2008: 40-31

  On we go. 67

• Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2008: 50-41

  Fight! 75

• That Was the News 2008

  Part 2: July to December. 13