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Rome: Total War

We go hands-on with a nearly finished build of Creative Assembly's latest RTS wargame masterpiece...
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Talking Smack

We chat to THQ creative director Nick Wlodyka about WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW, what's changed, and what the publisher is hoping to achieve with its next-generation wrestling titles.
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SEGA SuperStars

SEGA invites us back for another look at SuperStars - and this time we're checking out Billy Hatcher, Crazy Taxi and Virtua Striker.
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What's New?

(This week's new releases.) Headhunter and Sudeki hit the streets (with beards and magic), while our Ameribrethren get a Viewtiful PS2 offering.
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What Does It Mean?

As gamers around the globe try to get the best quality visuals and highest performance out of Doom III, NVIDIA marks the launch of a new (and potentially regular) discussion of technical wizardry by explaining Floating Point Precision.
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SEGA SuperStars

EyeToy? It's for kids and casual post-pub novelty entertainment, right? Not in the hands of Sonic Team.
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SEGA SuperStars

Well, second impressions really. We revisit the Sonic and House of the Dead games, and go hands-on with Virtua Fighter and a little number you may have heard of called Samba...
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Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

Executive producer Rick Giolito walks us through the demo level of EA's forthcoming World War II shooter, and, although we're still a little wary, it's looking a darn sight better than Rising Sun...
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Paper Mario 2: The Thousand Year Door

Intelligent Systems can't seem to put a foot wrong. And while we may not understand what's going on some of the time, we know a funny, original and gorgeous role-playing game when we see one, whatever the language barrier...
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Sly 2: Band of Thieves

We sneak into Sony and emerge with a near-complete version of Sly Raccoon's much deserved sequel. And it's a Grand Theft.
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What's New?

(This week's new releases.) Black Arrow spikes our thigh, Powerdrome, um, you know, races about a bit, and Chessmaster makes its move: Gamers to What's New.
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Counter-Strike: Source

We spend a weekend with Valve's Source Engine-based Counter-Strike conversion, and really wish people would run with the knife...
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Football Manager 2005

A world exclusive first hands-on of Sports Interactive's management masterpiece, and brand new screenshots too.
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FlatOut

What do you do after making a precise rally game with classic cars? You throw your toys out of your pram and smash everything up, obviously.
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What's New?

(This week's new releases.) Blah blah Riddick blah blah Doom III blah blah 'squaring up' blah blah of the biggest events of the blah blah you probably ought to buy this stuff.
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Fable

It's one of the most ambitious action role-players ever conceived, in which you literally live the life of a hero. But when we sat down with Fable for the first time, we wanted to make sure that the underlying game could back up that ambition.
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What's New?

(This week's new European releases.) Find Bin Laden, and kill all the cats, amongst other things.