Reviews
Reviewed games are given an overall score marked out of 10. While several games have received 9/10, only twelve games in the magazine's history have achieved the ultimate score of 10:
- Metroid Prime
- Burnout 3
- Gears of War
- God of War II
- Bioshock
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Fallout 3
- Demon's Souls
- Mass Effect 2
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- LittleBigPlanet 2
- Dead Space 2
In addition, the online modes of Project Gotham Racing 2, Halo 3, LittleBigPlanet, Monster Hunter Tri and Halo: Reach all scored a 10, although the single-player of each title only received an 8 or 9.
The magazine has also started to review game related hardware on occasion as well as aspects of Xbox Live. These typically include games available for purchase on the Xbox Live Marketplace and various retail games with Live functionality.
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