March, 2012

• 5 March

  Dead or Alive 5 trailer shows off new stage and special guest Akira from Virtua Fighter

  

  Team Ninja’s big return to fighting games continues to build to its fall release later this year. This newest trailer showcases a new stage with a battle between series stars Kasumi and Ayane. But at about the halfway point, things take an odd turn. Out of nowhere comes Virtua Fighter’s …

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• 3 March

  GRs weekend giveaway: PS Vita copies of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

  

  Welcome to GamesRadar’s weekend giveaway! This week, we bring you the gift of game with Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom for the PS Vita. We’ve got three fresh copies of this fine fighter for three lucky readers. To enter, just leave a comment on this article by 10:00 am (Pacific Time) …

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• 3 March

  Immortals: The FX

  

  Jay Randall is a man who like an exploding head or two. As SFX chats to the second unit visual FX designer on Greek myth fantasy epic Immortals (out on DVD and Blu-ray on Monday) the subject of exploding heads comes up time and time again. Ask him his personal …

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• 2 March

  Doctor Who: Shada by Gareth Roberts BOOK REVIEW

  

  “Lost” Douglas Adams adventure finally finished For Doctor Who fans of long standing, Douglas Adams’s “Shada” is something of an itch they can’t scratch. Written during the Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy creator’s brief tenure as Who ’s script editor, it commenced filming but then fell foul of a strike …

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• 2 March

  Pre-ordered Mass Effect 3 or other EA titles from GAME? Heres where you can get your copy

  

  If you’re a gamer in the UK, you’ve likely heard the news that GAME and GameStation will not be stocking future titles from Electronic Arts (opens in new tab). The troubled retailer is therefore unable to honour any pre-orders for its upcoming games (such as Mass Effect 3). But fear …

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• 1 March

  50 Worst Date Movies

  

  Shoah (1985) The Bad Date Movie: A nine-hour long movie about the Holocaust. Put it this way, if this date doesn’t go badly, you probably know you’ve found yourself a keeper! Impact On Your Evening: It will occupy all of it, and staring at a screen for nine hours probably …

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February, 2012

• 28 February

  Mario Party 9 release date March 11, new trailer has story and Wiggler battles

  

  Mario Party might be one of the most numerous franchises in gaming history, but it’s been nearly five years since Mario and his pals partied hard on a home console. Announced back at E3, the ninth Mario Party is out in a matter of days, though if you assume it’s …

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• 28 February

  Breaking Wind Part 1 review

  

  The first rule of a successful spoof is ensuring audiences know the original material, so why the makers of this puerile, borderline-misogynistic, flatulence-obsessed pastiche of Eclipse actively alienate and vilify Twi-hards is anyone’s guess. Equally bemusing is why Twi-haters over the age of 15 might find any of the low-rent, …

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• 27 February

  Trishna review

  

  When Top Gear went to India for its Christmas special, the show was deemed offensive enough to prompt an official complaint. Presumably the Indian High Commission will be more receptive to Michael Winterbottom’s newest, even if it does paint the country as one riven by gender inequality and class divisions. …

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• 27 February

  Payback Season review

  

  The British hoodie genre edges uncomfortably into the world of professional football in Danny Donnelly’s grimy debut. Rising star Adam Deacon plays a premiership hotshot struggling to keep his shady past off the pitch after running into an old council-estate mate. David Ajala stands out as the psycho-gangsta blackmailing him …

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