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• Monopoly

  Houses and hotels. Boardwalk, Park Place and Baltic Avenue. Getting sent to jail, and directly to jail, without passing Go, and without collecting $200. These are things all instantly familiar to anyone who's ever played Monopoly.And after over ...

• James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace

  Vicarious Visions has been all over the map lately, as Activision's dev team is currently working on the next Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, is rocking the Wii version of Guitar Hero: World Tour, Guitar Hero: On Tour -- Decades, ...

• WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 Featuring ECW

  We hear you out there in internet land."Hey IGN, way to rock the awesome Smackdown vs. Raw coverage like only you know how, but where's my DS info?"Well, our fellow "internetians," we've got it right here for you.Today ...

• Ghostbusters: The Video Game

  Ever since Slovenian dev house ZootFly's unauthorized Gears of War-style tech demo of a "Ghostbusters" game made the YouTube rounds in early 2007, gamers have clamored for a new chance to get slimed. Enter Red Fly, a newcomer ...

• Guitar Hero: On Tour - Decades

  The original Guitar Hero On Tour was an awesome portable game, at least in my opinion. Even months after the game's July release I still recommend it to those looking for some on-the-go rhythm. With the sequel shipping ...

• Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

  MMO games are never finished. They just show up on store shelves at some point during the development cycle. That's clearly the case with Warhammer Online. As polished as that title was, the developers still have plenty of ...

• BattleForge

  Just as the single player RPG has been somewhat marginalized by the MMO, so too, the current RTS must make room for the online collectible card real-time strategy game. That's the reasoning behind Phenomic's upcoming BattleForge, a real-time ...

• Coraline

  Neil Gaiman's Coraline, a novella about a parentally neglected little girl of the same name who discovers a parallel world where her "other mother" and father seem perfect -- except, of course, for those pesky button eyes -- ...

• Grand Theft Auto IV

  Rockstar's vivid tale of Niko Bellic, an immigrant with convictions powerful enough to rocket him through the crumbling substructures of Liberty City's world of organized crime, is now out on PC. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games ...

• Monopoly

  Houses and hotels. Boardwalk, Park Place and Baltic Avenue. Getting sent to jail, and directly to jail, without passing Go, and without collecting $200. These are things all instantly familiar to anyone who's ever played Monopoly.And after over ...

• Secret Service

  The ever-popular first-person shooter genre is far from stagnant, as releases like Valve's online co-operative title, Left 4 Dead, so clearly prove. Yet along with titles big and small that remind us there's so much more to the ...

• Pro Evolution Soccer 2009

  It's no secret that Pro Evolution Soccer is going through a bit of a rough patch this year. With EA Sports pumping so much money into its perennial footballer, Konami has had a hard time keeping up on ...

• Guitar Hero World Tour

  Where do you even begin to review a massive game like Guitar Hero World Tour? While it carries the popular hit series' name, it could arguably be considered a total reboot for the franchise, adding new instruments and ...

• Scene It? Box Office Smash

  The Scene It? brand has proven that movie buffs just can't get enough of showing off their encyclopedic knowledge of cinema. We've already seen dozens of releases of the DVD-based board game and now Microsoft has published its ...

• The Tale of Despereaux

  Say what you will about The Tale of Despereaux movie, but there's really no getting around the fact that Sensory Sweep's videogame adaptation is basically a disaster. Licensed games often have to battle against the stigma associated with ...

• Gears of War 2

  The original Gears of War was about laying the foundation and setting the stage for a massive struggle between man and monster. It introduced us to a planet named Sera and a band of warriors who will stop ...

• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

  If Command & Conquer's satiric take on virtual war is Jon Stewart from "The Daily Show," then the Red Alert series would be "South Park." GameSpy was recently offered the opportunity to go hands-on with C&C's younger, crazier ...

• Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

  We're entering the third week of playing Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, and if you're wondering where the review is, well, let's just say that like many MMOs this is a massive game. We've invested dozens upon dozens ...

• Tony Hawk’s Motion

  After five Game Boy Advance games and three Nintendo DS sequels, Vicarious Visions is taking a breather with the Tony Hawk series and handing the reigns over to Boston-based Creat Studios to build up abrand new take on ...

• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

  Early last week, we were whisked to the aboveground lair that acts as LucasArts's San Francisco office and bombarded with enough information on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed to choke a tauntaun -- or at least enough info ...

• James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace

  Vicarious Visions has been all over the map lately, as Activision's dev team is currently working on the next Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, is rocking the Wii version of Guitar Hero: World Tour, Guitar Hero: On Tour -- Decades, ...

• Dragon Ball: Origins

  Dragon Ball Origins is an action game that goes all the way back to the fiction's roots. Playing as a young Goku, the game is set up as an action adventure title controlled seemingly entirely with the DS ...

• Ghostbusters: The Video Game

  While the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 version of Ghostbusters: The Video Game have been getting all sorts of love when it comes to screens, videos, and previews, Sierra's been pretty quiet as to what's up with the ...

• Populous DS

  The classic god simulation Populous is being unearthed for the Nintendo DS next month and we've been playing multiplayer battles here in the IGN office (as if we didn't already have a god complex).The timing is right, as ...

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Monopoly

Houses and hotels. Boardwalk, Park Place and Baltic Avenue. Getting sent to jail, and directly to jail, without passing Go, and without collecting $200. These are things all instantly familiar to anyone who's ever played Monopoly.And after over 70 ye

• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
• Secret Service
• Ghostbusters: The Video Game
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
• Sonic Unleashed

Game News

New Resident Evil for Wii

The announcement, made via the pages of Famitsu, puts an end to speculation about a new Resident Evil game for the console, which was earlier rumoured to be a remake of Code Veronica. Subtitled The Darkside Chronicles

Freaky Creatures Video: Samantha vs. Draknar

In Freaky Creatures, which is aimed to launch this year, players will train and customize a variety of beasts to take part in battles against each other. Primarily targeting boys aged eight to 13 plus core gamers

The Taj Mahal Dungeon: Atlantica Online Guidebook #7

According to legend, the magical civilization of Atlantis attained its great prosperity from knowing how to create a material called Oriharukon. Naturally, many other nations asked and even begged for this information to be shared.