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The X-men movies have been doing well in the theaters and on DVD over the past few years. With the release of the third and final film into theaters comes the first video game based around the X-men movie franchise. While the game uses characters and locations from the films, as well as video game likenesses of the real life actors, the plot line is completely different. (more…)

          

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Tomb Raider has easily been one of the most well known franchises in video games, ever since the first Tomb Raider game was released in November of 1996. Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend marks the seventh release of the series in 10 years. (more…)

          

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Full Auto is a new franchise from Sega, being a game based in automotive destruction it was met with great anticipation, however delays that pushed it past the Xbox 360′s launch followed by a demo that left a lot to be desired put off many of the game’s would-be fans. I myself fall into this category; however, I also had the opportunity to rent the final game and play it all the way through. While it does have some shortcomings the game is a whole lot more fun and offers far more replay value then the demo let on. (more…)

          

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Any Fan of The Project Gotham Racing series should be familiar with Geometry Wars. In Project Gotham Racing 2 Bizarre Creations added a mini game to the game’s Showroom in the form of a classic arcade shooter you could walk up to and play. “Geometry Wars” was an instant classic. The game was so popular in fact that with Project Gotham Racing 3 Bizarre Creations has released a sequel to the original Geometry Wars (now dubbed “Geometry Wars: Retro”), “Geometry Wars: Evolved”. (more…)

          

[this is a repost of the original article posted on Xbox-Scene.]

If you’ve purchased a Premium Xbox 360 console in the US or in Europe you’ve probably realized by now (or maybe not) that the Xbox 360 Hard Drive actually came pre-loaded with a full game; Hexic HD. While the Xbox 360 version might be most people’s first experience with the Hexic franchise, Hexic HD is actually a re-release of the PC version of Hexic, “Hexic Deluxe”. The Hexic franchise, while published and developed by Microsoft Game Studios was actually created by the same man who brought the world Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov, who has been working for Microsoft for several years now attempting to create new and unique puzzle games. (more…)