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Halo 3: ODST went from being purely a scope add-on for a silencer to an all-new weapon for extra grunt. It’s difficult to determine whether or not that’s really a good thing after having played through the ODST single-player campaign, but one thing is for certain, and that is that it still maintains the Bungie accessibility and enjoyment that has made the Halo franchise what it is today. While ODST is far from perfect, it still holds up in the wake of its predecessor, offering a fun (albeit horrendously short) single-player campaign, some new multiplayer maps and the new Firefight online mode.

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Professor Layton is back in his second western release Professor Layton & Pandora’s Box. Fans of The Curious Village have no doubt been highly anticipating the chance to have another crack at the professor’s brainteasers for the past year and a half. While the series has been an overwhelming success in Japan, it is still trying to find a break in the English speaking markets. For those who didn’t play the first game, it is essentially a series of puzzles that’ll have you racking your brain using maths and linguistic skills, along with intuition and logic to find the solution.

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Producing instant "classics" with the likes of 'Finding Nemo' and 'Cars', Pixar can scarcely put a foot wrong in the movie business and the same can be said about their most recent animated film 'Up'. As with most of the high profile Disney/Pixar films the licensing juggernaut will always guarantee a corresponding console game tie-in and in this case it is (of course) Up for the Wii.

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The Need for Speed franchise has lost plenty of drive over the past few years. After two mediocre entries in Pro Street and Undercover condemned the brand below the likes of Midnight Club and Forza, EA decided it was about time to wipe the slate clean and start anew. After setting a standard with the great Underground titles (which took advantage of the then super-popular The Fast and The Furious movie), it seemed that each new street racing title went down a notch in quality. So it’s great that we’re seeing an all-new direction for the franchise in SHIFT, easily the best Need for Speed in years.

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After a successful appearance on the DS, Drawn to Life is finally coming to the Wii. Questions were asked as to why a version wasn’t originally made for the console considering its control waggling abilities and gamer demographic. The idea seemed like a match made in heaven, and when Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter was announced, it was met with plenty of excitement and hype.

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If you like to play online games like Team Fortress 2, Call of Duty 4, Counter Strike etc and want to have organized private games without the interruptions of randomly joining people. Then booking a private server is the way to go, not only do you have an uninterrupted game you also have the ability to adjust some basic settings though RCON commands. Map select, time limits, voice options, password locking and more are adjustable when you have booked a server yourself. Some of these options can even be set while making the actual booking. This guide will show you how to get started with booking a private server using GameArena. It's a free service that anyone can use even if you are not a Big Pond client.

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Sony Computer Entertainment Australia has today announced a range of 250GB PS3 Slim bundles. The bundle will include the new slim PS3, complete with a 250GB HDD, and your choice of one of the following games (once they are released): SingStar Motown, award-winning action adventure, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time and EyePet.

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Poor Luigi Tribute Medal Open!

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To get this animated Luigi medal etched onto your profile page let us know which game featuring Mario did you prefer to play as Luigi? and then post your answer in this thread. An example would be Mario strikers where both Mario and Luigi are playable characters

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MyWii's Favourite N64 Game

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This medal is very easy to obtain, all you have to do is send a SpeedyG to me, answering the question: What was the greatest Nintendo 64 game and why? The information will be collated and and article will count down to MyWii's favourite N64 game!

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Guitar Hero 5 Medal Open!

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Well the "Hero" series has been a successful one with Guitar Hero being the most noted. There's a Band Hero out and a DJ Hero coming out soon and that's where you guys come in. To get this medal I want you to come up with your own "Hero" game. Be creative and come up with a title as well as a description on how it will work. Once done just post you submission in this thread.

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Perth GO3 Medal - Attention Western Members!

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On the 3rd of October in the afternoon, MyFrag Admins DoYL and Doles284 will be representing MyMedia at this year's GO3 expo. They will be wearing their MyMedia tags and handing out stickers, so go up and say Hi! Your username will be noted along with the site you wish your medal to be issued on.

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Astro Boy Movie Competition

The worlds most spectacular boy is coming to theaters this October!!! To celebrate the release of Astro Boy in Australia on October 15, we're giving you the chance to win a spectacular Astro Boy prize pack!!!.

We have five amazing packs to give away, which each include:

1 x inseason double pass to see Astro Boy at any Hoyts Cinema

1 x official Astro Boy poster

1 x Astro Boy keyring

Each prize pack is worth $65 with the entire prize pool totalling $325!

To be in the running, all you have to do is visit the Astro Boy Hoyts page and answer the questions here

MyFrag are serious about their games nights. Every weekend they sit down for some hardcore gaming action, and want you to join in! Currently we're playing Team Fortress 2, CSS and Left 4 Dead. Head on over to the link below to discuss the MyFrag Games Nights!

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The Reviewer of the Month Badge & Prizes

To recognise the most contributive critics, or user review writer, from our MyMedia communities we're offering a special new badge that only one person will have at a time!

It's similar to the news champ badge. The reviewer of the month will get to wear this exclusive badge for the following month, and will also receive free PWNAGE for that month.

Prizes!

If you win the reviewer of the month badge twice on one MyMedia site we'll give you a $30 JB H-Fi Voucher!

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Reviews

Ashes Cricket 2009 review on MyPS3 & My360
Tales of Monkey Island Episode 3 review on MyWii and MyFrag
Surrogates review on MyMovie
Scribblenauts review on MyDS
DiRT 2 review on MyPS3, My360 and MyWii
Deal or No Deal review on MyDS
1 vs 100 review on MyDS

Articles

Uncharted 2 co-op hands-on preview on MyPS3

Medals

Shades of Boo on MyWii

Welcome to the latest intalment in Around the Network, "Pointless but interesting fact of the week". As it's the first week we have not one, but 3 whole facts for you. These will just be swiped from random places around the internet, so no guarantee they are 100% accurate (after all we want interesting and pointless, not stuff we already know). Enjoy!

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog,"uses every letter in the alphabet.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

Its impossible to lick your elbow you probably already knew that but 50%-70% of people who read that just tried to lick their elbow.

Past Around the Network Articles

Click here to check out all of the past instalments in Around the Network!

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