This action game teaches a valuable lesson: Avoid poor film tie-ins.

Score: 4.0 / poor

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Illegal street racers make for good cops in this DS action game from Ubisoft.

In Ubisoft’s upcoming third-person action game, C.O.P The Recruit, you play as a Dan Miles, a former street racer turned crime fighter in the Criminal Overturn Program, or C.O.P. for short. That might be the worst code-name for a fictional law enforcement division in the history of the world, but C.O.P. The Recruit has plenty to be excited about, including a big city to explore, some interesting controls, and some of the best 3D graphics we’ve seen on the handheld to date. We recently had a chance to play a limited demo of the game, which is due for release late this year.

Shoot first, ask questions later in Ubisoft’s upcoming third-person action game, C.O.P. The Recruit for DS.

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We get painting with a hands-on brush look at Drawn to Life’s DS sequel.

Ever wanted to be Spider-Man? We have, and then we did it. Well, technically I guess it’s not the same thing, but we did create ourselves in Drawn to Life’s upcoming sequel and then added an extra pair of arms. The team at developer 5th Cell and the guys behind the first version of the DS game are back with crazy new ways to draw your own fun.

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We traverse Middle-earth once more and find out just what makes Aragorn’s Quest a fun new way to experience a legendary adventure.

While the Lord of the Rings movies have come and gone from theaters and have already spawned a number of video games, it seems there’s always room for one more. We headed over to the Warner Bros. booth on the E3 show floor to take a look at Aragorn’s Quest, a new spin on the epic adventure that is targeted at younger gamers.

Who’s Making This Game:

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has acquired the rights to make games based on New Line Cinema’s Lord of the Rings movies. That means the game features the likenesses of Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn, Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf, John Rhys-Davies as Gimli, and so on (though most of these likenesses only appear as cartoon thumbnails).

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First-person shooters singled out for potential therapeutic benefits.

Video games have racked up their fair share of negative controversy over the years, with some saying that they desensitize people to violence to others claiming they warrant their own health warning labels to others labeling them a public health threat.

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