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Impressions: Civilization V or 'I Wanna Hex You Up'

We already told you that Sid Meier's Civilization IV was finally getting a sequel with Civilization V later this year, and then we showed you the trailer that contained absolutely no gameplay. But now we've actually seen an early build of the...

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Hands-on: Mafia II

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GDC 10: EA Sports Fine Tuning Design Based on User Data

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Former Baltimore mayor's telltale Xbox 360 now on eBay

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Will Wright on the Wii's toy-like sensibilities

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Impressions: True Crime

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BFG - Top 25 Games

01

Brutal Legend

Death metal adventure.
02

Madden NFL 2010

More pigskin than you can handle.
03

The Sims 3

Control other people's lives.
04

Starcraft II

LANtacular 2010.
05

Wii Sports Resort

Like a real resort, without the sunburn.
06

Assassin's Creed 2

Leonardo daVinci is your buddy.
07

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Co...

Deadly like a Snake.
08

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Needs more Lara Croft.
09

Left 4 Dead 2

There's a zombie in your swamp.
10

Modern Warfare 2

Post-modern warfare.
11

BioShock 2

These Big Sisters don't volunteer.
12

God of War 3

Kratos is mad.
13

Halo 3: ODST

Where's Chiefy?
14

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Four player co-op, but only one Mario.
15

Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad ...

No life like the night life.
16

Star Wars: The Old Republic

Aren't all galaxies far away?
17

Mass Effect 2

Spoiler: Shepard isn't dead.
18

The Beatles: Rock Band

We already know how this one ends.
19

Guitar Hero 5

You're right, there wasn't a GH4.

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