Halo 4 has a tricky task on its hands. In some ways it can’t win. If it changes and innovates too much the faithful will complain, if it sticks with the old formula it won’t attract new players. Somehow 343 Industries escape this trap and find space between these two extremes to offer an experience [...]
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Borderlands 2 (PS3/Xbox 360) is a rental game that presents me with something of a quandary. I’m not a big fan of shooting games, but something about the bigger, badder, better universe of this sequel had me clamouring not only to shoot things but to do so with a certain panache. If you didn’t play [...]
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To celebrate the release of Darksiders II we’ll be giving away a copy of the game to one of our lucky followers! To be in with a chance to win all you need to do is enter our retweet and follow competition. Just follow @boomeranggames and retweet the following message… “For a chance to win a [...]
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Welcome to the third in our series of Game Rental Tips. In this post, we are going to look at Service Options, what they are and how best to use them. We hope to provide you with the information you need to get the most from our service and so make renting games with us [...]
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After the excitement of the summer our thoughts turn to new video game releases. The closing stages of 2012 will see a rich collection of new games and hardware to buy and rent. So that you are all up to speed we’ve taken some time to sift through the good and the bad and come [...]
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Since our last Newsletter we have been busy looking at ways to improve our service even more. We have a big announcement planned in the next month or 2. However, for now, I would like to show you the 2 most recent developments. Top Choice Top Choice gives you an easy way to always receive [...]
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Far Cry is a strange franchise. The games share a name and graphics engine but there the similarity ends. From military cover-ups and cannibals to African malaria, Far Cry has granted itself the freedom to refresh both setting and story with each outing. There is a big focus this time around on the script, and [...]
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The original Darksiders, despite glowing reviews and critical acclaim under performed at retail. Darksiders II aims to set this right as it returns us to the underworld riding as Death rather than War. You see, the game loosely follows the biblical story of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. It’s the same dark action adventure [...]
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Sleeping Dogs on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 promises to work hard to distinguish itself from Grand Theft Auto by injecting elements from other open-world games into the mix. Just Cause 2, Batman Arkham Asylum, Max Payne 3 and even Assassin’s Creed contribute to this Hong Kong style action game. You will play Wei Shen, [...]
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Spec Ops The Line (360, PS3) is a third person shooter, voiced by Nolan North set in a sand-storm swept Dubai. That much I already expected. What I hadn’t anticipated was my conscience being pricked quite so hard. Joseph Conrad’s classic Heart of Darkness, inspiration for the acclaimed Apocalypse Now, is put to work here [...]
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