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Formerly known as Trenched, Double Fine's mech game finally gets a European release. We hunker down to see how it fares.

Is Xbox's crown jewel still worthy of its subtitle?

A practised improvement to an already eye-catching routine.

Forza might be getting familiar, but it's still a more exciting drive than Gran Turismo 5.

Epic's personality-rich shooter delivers the definitive Unreal experience.

Kinect goes to the old west on Twisted Pixel's on-rails shooter.

Can Gas Powered Games' free-to-play take on the classic strategy series live up to its heritage?

Can this Metroid-style XBLA adventure live up to its sparkling art, or indeed, its inspiration?

Halfbrick Studios' take on the block puzzler is both charming and original, but crowded by too many ideas.

Catalyst for a new era in gaming, or a 32X for 2010? On the evidence of its launch, Kinect inclines to the former.

The third journey to Albion may not live up to Lionhead's loftier promises, but there's enough charm here to offset its failings.

Dark Energy Digital's thirdperson shooter impresses with its realistic water, but overly dilutes its gameplay in the process.

Bungie's last hoo-rah and the end of a decade of Halo - are Reach's last days a fitting swansong?

Vector Unit's debut retains all the raucous attitude of the original game, but is there enough content here to quench players' thirst?

Ruffian Games' debut offers more freedom than ever, but how much freedom is too much?

Never before has a videogame been so confidently, so loudly touted as an event.

For all the excellence on show this is a game that does everything that was asked of it, but nothing more.

One of the most accessibly intense and outstanding racing experiences ever to be had, and felt.