Dirt Showdown review

No spin-off, Codemaster's latest is as crucial to the series as any of its predecessors.
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No spin-off, Codemaster's latest is as crucial to the series as any of its predecessors.
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A match-three puzzler that’s both familiar and richly surprising.

A musical action-strategy which wastes its strong ideas with sloppy execution.

EA's solid sequel introduces plenty of new ideas, but at the cost of its predecessor's homespun charm.

A rollercoaster of setpieces and measured, varied objectives.

Nintendo adds colour-matching to its spin on the sport.
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Capcom injects a jolt of adrenaline into the Japanese roleplaying game.
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You may think you know Diablo, but you don’t know it with this level of polish.
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Light on personality, but an ambitious, beautifully freeform addition to PS3's multiplayer roster.
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Everplay marries arcade action and RPG systems to engaging effect.

Acne’s sweet-natured iPhone adventure is undermined by tedium.

Rockstar's take on the series is surprisingly conservative.
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A stylish endless runner that doesn't do enough to stand out in an increasingly crowded genre.

Telltale’s episodic comic book adaptation gets off to a solid start.
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Simon Read’s single-player sim effectively evokes the circus of the modern game.

Loqheart’s one-tap puzzler tortures cats as it charms players.

A genuinely atmospheric world in which everything seems designed to frustrate.
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Radiangames’ latest delivers another intense hit of arcade pleasure.

Invention and an enviable learning curve mean that FuturLab’s PS Mini shooter is simply unmissable.
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Rebellion's shooter sequel is all gore and little reward.
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An ingenious Trojan horse that delivers the cult PC MOBA genre with console glamour.