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Joystiq Review: The Godfather 2

Joystiq writes:

"The core gameplay of Godfather II is very similar to that of the first game. Find businesses controlled by rival families, rough up the shop keeper, and make them pay for protection. Once done, the business belongs to you, and if you take over businesses of a similar nature, you can work towards a crime ring. Crime rings are a collection of establishments that, once owned, provide any number of boosts, from added firepower to bullet-proof vests. They come in handy, especially later on when you're fighting high-level gangsters that control crime rings of their own.

And in each takeover, your crew's different abilities will come into play, allowing you to approach each situation in a different manner. If you're rolling with a medic, it's guns blazing, because if you get shot down, you have the ability to be revived. One of your boys a demolitions guy? Send them to go bomb a building, breaking a rival family's crime ring, while you take your crew to another location without having to worry about your rival's perks from that crime ring."

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Videogames and the Oscars

gamrReview's Xavier Griffiths: "Movie tie-in games have a reputation for being notoriously bad and shoddy, doing both a disservice to the original film and videogames as a medium. More often than not the movies that get adapted into videogames are high octane, action-oriented summer blockbusters and the aim is simply to extract as much money from the market as possible. Realistically no one expects games based on trashy films such as Catwoman, The Cat in the Hat, or Eragon to be good in the first place, but what about games based on films that have garnered recognition for the highest award in cinema?"

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Gaming Update: EA Planning to Shut Down More Online Game Servers in April

Gaming Update's CM Boots-Faubert takes a look at the newest list of online game servers that game giant Electronic Arts is shutting down, with a focus upon the online Achievements and Trophies that gamers will need to work on if they want to unlock them before the April 13th shutdown.

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jack who4415d ago

reason why i buy no Ea games

lodossrage4415d ago

What the heck is wrong with EA. Some of those games aren't even two years old. Hardly even a year and a half some of them.

And they only JUST put that simpsons game on psn and xbl, and they're pulling the plug already?

Yeah I'm glad I got that as a PS plus game because I'd be pissed if I bought that

Dark_Overlord4415d ago

I think you may have got the wrong simpsons game, the one spoken about in the article is this one

http://uk.gamespot.com/the-...

:)

lodossrage4414d ago

Ok now I'm not too upset lol. Plus the one I meant isn't even made by EA lol

Thanks

BitbyDeath4415d ago

EA need to change their business tactics, it's obvious they are bleeding money even with all the sports franchises they hold.

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The Twelve Games of Christmas: Day Four

The 28th of December hails the fourth instalment of Electronic Theatre's special The Twelve Games of Christmas series; every day for the twelve days of Christmas Electronic Theatre will be running through the best releases of each month of 2009. We're here to remind you of the games you should be looking out for in the 2010 January sales so that you can find the gems that you've missed. Today, being the fourth day of Christmas, is the turn of April 2009.

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