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Review: Sid Meier's Pirates! -- Examiner

The chances are fairly high that you have played one of the Sid Meier’s Pirates! titles on either the PC, Xbox 360, or even the PSP. If you have missed out on this long-running series, then perhaps this Wii title may be the perfect place for you to get acquainted with it. In Sid Meier’s Pirates!, you’ll commandant a ship and crew, travel through the Caribbean, do battle with colonizing nations, sink enemy pirate ships, visit ports, befriend the government of each colony, and then woo public officials’ daughters for your own benefit. The game may be a straight port of an existing entry of the series, but the addictiveness and fun remains within the game and a few Wii-remote centered mini-games are presented well.

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First batch of Original Xbox Games arrive on Xbox One via Back Compat - Should you be playing them?

Carlos writes "Xbox One Backwards Compatibility additions may have been quieter than usual in recent weeks, but now we are seeing interest boil up to an all-time high as Microsoft have brought the first wave of original Xbox titles to Xbox One via the Xbox One Backwards Compatibility program. With Original Xbox titles now available thanks to the sizeable list of new additions, here are our thoughts on which ones are most deserving of your time, along with the one’s we’d recommend you leave in the past – although should you be one that enjoys going back in time, this week’s arrivals hardly have anything you wouldn't want to be playing."

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Primal Rex2762d ago (Edited 2762d ago )

Digital version of Psychonauts not avalible in the uk.Dead to rights,Bloodrayne 2,The King of Fighters: Neowave not even listed in the uk xbox store,very annoyed.

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Something For The Weekend – Sid Meier’s Pirates!

Something for the Weekend is Real Game Media's weekly look at something a little different for you to try out this weekend away from the big releases. This weekend, we've chosen the classic game about booty and seafaring - Sid Meier's Pirates. Read on for more.

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Green Man Gaming Launches $1 Bundle for Golden Joystick Awards 2016 Voters

Green Man Gaming has today announced that all voters in the Golden Joystick Awards 2016 will be eligible to claim three PC games for the price of $1 (£1/€1).

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