‘HITMAN: ABSOLUTION’ (M) ****1/2 Square Enix Xbox 360 It’s been six long years since we last saw Agent 47 plying his trade, but interactive entertainment’s favorite contract killer seems to [...]
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Posted December 05, 2012in Sore Thumbs
Posted November 28, 2012in Sore Thumbs
‘DISNEY EPIC MICKEY 2: THE POWER OF TWO’ (E) ** Disney Interactive Studios Xbox 360 The Disney Corporation is a massive entity, owning the intellectual property rights of Pixar’s CG [...]
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Posted November 21, 2012in Sore Thumbs
‘CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II’ (M) ****1/2 Activision Xbox 360 With the “Modern Warfare” franchise established by “Call of Duty” handling the present, the “Black Ops” series opts to [...]
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Posted November 14, 2012in Sore Thumbs
HALO 4 (M) ***** Microsoft Game Studios Xbox 360 When we last saw Master Chief, he was lost, adrift and headed towards an uncertain future. Microsoft’s flagship “Halo” franchise has [...]
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Posted November 07, 2012in Sore Thumbs
‘ASSASSIN’S CREED III’ (M) ****1/2 Ubisoft Xbox 360 The “Assassin’s Creed” series finally makes its way to the New World, and despite its relative youth, colonial America has no shortage [...]
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Posted October 31, 2012in Sore Thumbs
MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER (M) **1/2 Electronic Arts Xbox 360 In its latest bid to remain competitive with Activision’s “Call of Duty” games, the once-great “Medal of Honor” series presents [...]
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Posted October 24, 2012in Sore Thumbs
DISHONORED (M) ****1/2 Bethesda Softworks Xbox 360 With first-person shooters feeling more and more scripted and linear of late, it’s nice to come upon a game with a [...]
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Posted October 17, 2012in Sore Thumbs
‘XCOM: ENEMY UNKNOWN’ (M) **** 2K Games Xbox 360 Earth is under attack, and it’s up to you to defend it, one turn at a time. Technically, “XCOM” is a [...]
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Posted October 03, 2012in Sore Thumbs
By Matthew Scott Hunter
DEAD OR ALIVE 5 (M) **** ‘Tecmo’ Xbox 360 The “Dead or Alive” series has always been famous for its adolescent infatuation with the full-figured, fairer sex, but the [...]
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Posted September 28, 2012in Sore Thumbs
By Matthew Scott Hunter
‘BORDERLANDS 2’ (M) ****1/2 2K Games Xbox 360 It’s been three years since we last explored the wastelands of Pandora, and what was once desolation is now teeming with quirky [...]
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