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God of War Ascension: Backward step
Jason Hill God of War: Ascension is a prequel to the mythological events previously explored in the God of War series, and feels like a step back in quality, too.
Screenshot jigsaw puzzle #33
James Dominguez Another week draws to a close, and another jigsaw appears to ease you into the weekend.
Your Turn: Reboot this!
Screen Play reader Michael W Inspired by Tomb Raider, reader Michael W presents his list of nominations for franchises that are due for a reboot.
A first look at The Last of Us
James Dominguez Naughty Dog's successor to their hit series Uncharted has been under tights wraps for a long time, but DexX has finally been granted some hands-on time.
Metal Gear Rising: Ridiculously enjoyable
James Dominguez Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is an extremely silly game, but that is all part of its charm.
Indie review: The Bridge
James Dominguez This hauntingly beautiful PC puzzler gently caresses the eyes and while ruthlessly pummelling the brain.
Tuesday Newsday: First look at Battlefield 4 and the truth about SimCity
James Dominguez The video game industry is in the doldrums in anticipation of new consoles, Battlefield 3 is about to be unveiled, and EA and Maxis may have lied about SimCity.
SimCity: Traffic is a killer
Jason Hill SimCity has suffered from some well-publicised issues, but budding mayors will still have plenty of fun trying to design the perfect metropolis.
Screenshot jigsaw puzzle #32
James Dominguez Friday has rolled around again, so let's cap the week off with a jigsaw.
Your Turn: Surviving the horde? Not me.
Screen Plan reader Steve Smoothy In today's spoiler-packed article, Screen Play reader Steve Smoothy explains how he could never survive a zombie apocalypse.
Razer Sabertooth: Quality at a price
James Dominguez The Razer Sabertooth Xbox controller could be the best gamepad ever made, but its price tag will bite a big chunk out of your wallet.
A second opinion on Fuse
James Dominguez After getting his hands on an early build of Fuse, DexX has concluded that he may have been too harsh last time he wrote about it.
Tomb Raider: Too much of a departure
James Dominguez The newly rebooted Tomb Raider is definitely a good game in its own right, but DexX argues that it has strayed too far from its roots.
Tuesday Newsday: Feminist gamers and failed Kickstarters
James Dominguez In the news this past week, two promising-looking games failed to reach their Kickstarter goals, and part one of a video series about female roles in games has gone online.
Crysis 3: Missed opportunity
Jason Hill The jaw-dropping visuals get a lot of kudos, but the real star of the Crysis games is the Nanosuit. It's almost too powerful...
Screenshot jigsaw puzzle #31
James Dominguez The end of yet another week has rolled around, and on Screen Play that means it's jigsaw time.
Your Turn: Skylanders - the limit
Screen Play reader Andrew Marshall Regular Screen play contributor Andrew "luverly_5pam" Marshall has provided another entertaining piece, this time asking which company will be next on the Skylanders-clone bandwagon.
Nintendo's big month: monsters, ghosts, Lego, and more
James Dominguez Things have been a tad quiet for Nintendo recently, but the coming month or so promises to be an exciting one for Wii U and 3DS gamers.
Passing judgement on the new Gears of War
James Dominguez Epic Games is revisiting their smash hit franchise this year with Gears of War: Judgment, and DexX got the chance to play the game and talk to its lead level designer, Jim Brown.
Tuesday Newsday: Sequels, crowd-funding, and the next Xbox.
James Dominguez It's mostly good news this week, with a successful crowd-funding campaign, some high-profile sequels, and rumours of the successor to the Xbox 360.
