Megabits of Gaming

May 2011

Articles published by Megabits of Gaming in May 2011.

01 May 2011

30 Minute Playtest: Brink

Regular readers may know that Brink has been on my radar for some time . The idea of a new style of FPS based on parkour and teamplay sounded fantastic. Throw in some gre

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01 May 2011

Golden eras of gaming: Master System pt II

A few years ago IGN voted the Master System the 20th best video game system of all time . Sadly, the listing only totalled 25. Nevertheless, SEGA's Master System remains

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01 May 2011

An homage to sweat effects

We all like realism, right? And we all love being able to emulate our sporting heroes, imitate our favourite characters and get as close to the action as we can? Recent y

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01 May 2011

Megabits column: Portal 2

Megabits of Gaming contributes a monthly column in Charged Middle East – a leading Dubai-based gadgets and games magazine that provides news, reviews and features on the

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01 May 2011

Megabits' Pick of Minigames To Love & Hate

A minigame can add a bit of challenge to an otherwise routine game task. It can provide a much needed break from a lengthy mission. If it’s ingenious enough, it can actua

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01 May 2011

Megabits of news: weekly roundup

Megabits of Gaming trawls the web for the tastiest morsels of news, so you don't have to... PS3 users consider Xbox Live According to Kotaku, one in five PS3 gamers is co

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01 May 2011

Megabits of news: weekly roundup

Megabits of Gaming trawls the web for the tastiest morsels of news, so you don't have to... Duty calls... First details emerge for Modern Warfare 3 ... Kotaku says: "The

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01 May 2011

Megabits of news: weekly roundup

Megabits of Gaming trawls the web for the tastiest morsels of news, so you don't have to... Portal 2 tunes for free As if it wasn't enough that Portal 2 provided hours of

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01 May 2011

This Generation's Most Awesome Moments

When compiling our list of the most awesome moments in gaming, we wanted to steer clear of the same old selections-the Psycho Mantis twist, Aeris, that sort of thing. Hen

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01 May 2011

Must-Play Arcade Titles - Part One

Our 360s and PS3s have come in for their fair share of criticism over the last few years, and justifiably so. Xbox had the red ring of death nightmare that more than one

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01 May 2011

Must-Play Arcade Titles: The Top 10

Welcome back folks for the second part of our rundown of 20 of the greatest games that the 360 and PS3 arcades have to offer. In part one we saw such shining stars as Mon

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01 May 2011

Raptr launches social news site for gamers

We’re sure many of you out there will already be familiar with Raptr - the social networking site for gamers – but today it launched an update that incorporates a rather

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01 May 2011

Review: Killzone 3

I sometimes wonder if the art of the plot is dead. Take Vanquish, for example - great game, rubbish plot. Or Final Fantasy 13. Rubbish game, long, boring plot. And now we

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01 May 2011

Review: L.A. Noire

When a game that's been talked about as much as L.A. Noire has been over the last few months finally sits in your console ready for action, the sense of anticipation is m

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01 May 2011

Review: Outland

There's been somewhat of a revival of side-scrolling platform games of late on PSN and XBLA but this latest release from Ubisoft and Housemarque is perhaps one of the bet

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01 May 2011

Review: Virtua Tennis 4

It’s always the way, isn’t it? You wait for a decent tennis game to be released and then two come along at once. Hot on the heels of the slightly more sim-oriented Top Sp

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01 May 2011

Review: WWE All Stars

The revelation that I’ve had over the past two weeks is that not only is wrestling goofy and ridiculous, but that it should be goofy and ridiculous. You take a look at to

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01 May 2011

Ten most obscure gaming peripherals

As a kid I was never sold on buying gaming accessories for consoles bar the necessary controllers. I think in my lifetime I've only ever bought one gaming peripheral and

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01 May 2011

Ten of the Best Console Commercials

No sooner do we run an article looking at some of the greatest games trailers of this generation (read it here ) than we decide to take a trip down memory lane and revisi

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01 May 2011

What we want to see in GTA V...

Ever since the original Grand Theft Auto (GTA) hit our screens in 1997, the series has accrued countless awards, critical acclaim and controversy. It's evolved in form an

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