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BBC: Games and toys for girls and boys

BBCNews: John and Zara run through their video game picks for 2008

With Christmas just around the corner and a veritable plethora of games on offer, you are almost spoilt for choice.

But that in itself creates a problem. Just what game should you buy? And even if it is a good game, will it have the same appeal to men and women (or boys and girls)?

With this in mind, we asked John Houlihan, from Computer and Video Games, and Zara Rabinowicz, technology writer for Shiny Media, for their gaming choices for 2008.

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Plunderstorm's Backlash Shows World of Warcraft Fans Don't Want The Game To Evolve

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Plunderstorm Is The World Of Warcraft Battle Royale We’ve Been Waiting For

HG writes: "Blizzard is usually pretty bad at keeping secrets, but the company somehow managed to keep this one under wraps until now. Plunderstorm is a special limited-time event that’s basically World of Warcraft’s take on the Battle Royale genre."

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