Nobody does long-running sports series like EA. Not only do they manage to win over new gamers every year, but their core audience keeps coming back for more. The reason is simple: they keep improving titles like Madden, FIFA and, yes, Tiger Woods.
The big changes this time around with Tiger… are based

Set a decade after the original Crackdown…, this sequel sees your special agent back on the streets of Pacific City, which is being over-run every night by gangs of mutated Freaks, along with the mysterious vigilante organisation known simply as Cell. No ordinary agent, you’re clothed in a specially designed carbon-fibre suit which allows

1. Biffy Clyro (Main Stage, Saturday)…
The Scottish three-piece have become one of the most popular draws on the live circuit since the release of their fourth album, Puzzle, in 2007 and last year’s Only Revolutions. It’s not hard to see why. Combining the powerhouse drumming of Ben Johnston with memorable melodies, three-part vocals and

Vampire Weekend (Main Stage, Friday)…
The highlight of Oxegen 2008, these New Yorkers are the ultimate festival band. As tight as a fish’s bottom and as much fun as you can have in public with your clothes on, Vampire Weekend cordially invite you to jump up and
down like you haven’t done since you used

Billed as something of an alt. country supergroup, Tired Pony are the brainchild of Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody, whose line-up includes various members of his main band, along with the likes of Iain Archer, Belle & Sebastian’s Richard Colburn, producer du jour Jacknife Lee, Tom Smith from Editors, She & Him’s M. Ward and Zooey…

Stereophonics (Main Stage, Friday)…
While there are one or two exceptions in their back catalogue (-Local Boy In The Photograph’ and -Dakota’), for the most part, Stereophonics are the most ordinary of British guitar bands. There’s nothing to truly hate about their
Oasis-lite, inoffensive daytime dad-rock, but there’s certainly nothing to get excited about. Not

Best Ofs are curious beasts. Seeking to sum up an artist’s career with one CD can be tricky at the best of times, even moreso when the artist in question is eclectic Belfast DJ/musician David Holmes, a man who crosses genres like other musicians change strings. That said, the 16-track The Dogs Are Parading… does

Describing Night Train as a full album is more than a little ambitious – indeed, Keane could have a case to answer in terms of trade descriptions. Ostensibly an eight-track collection, the opener, -House Lights’, is one minute and 23 seconds of filler, while of the other seven, written and recorded during the Perfect Symmetry …

The Prince Of Persia franchise may have expanded into the realm of Hollywood, with the big budget movie, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, currently in the cinema, but the latest chapter in the un-named Prince’s adventures goes back to basics for an enjoyable action platformer. While 2008′s Prince Of Persia… introduced a wealth of new gaming elements

Long-time Josh Ritter aficionados could be forgiven for thinking that somebody else’s CD got stuck in the sleeve of his fifth album by mistake, such is the quantum leap away from the folksy, confessional singer-songwriter material of his past. OK, the themes are still worthy and wordy, steeped in antiquity, laden with metaphor and as…

Plaid-shirt wearing beardies Band Of Horses have gone all cinematic for their third opus, and in the process, they’ve lost some of the darker edginess that made us love them in the first place.
There’s not a whole lot wrong with Infinite Arms…. From sweeping album opener, -Factory’, it’s clear that they’ve opened their

The Mod of the title isn’t a Quadrophenia-aping Weller wannabe, but rather refers to the ability to modify practically anything, moving or stationary, in this fun kart racing title. Like Sony’s answer to Super Mario Kart, ModNation Racers… puts you in a funky go-kart and sends you off to race around a myriad

Coming on like a Street Fighter-esque blast from the past, BlazBlue Calamity Trigger… is a 2D fighter that scores high on the nostalgia factor but is bound to leave many modern gamers scratching their heads.
Anyone who’s been gaming since before the PlayStation generation will have a soft spot for the old two-dimensional fighter,

Creepy in all the right places, Alan Wake… is a supernatural chiller that combines action and suspense in equal measure for a nightmarish battle with some seriously nasty backwoodsmen in the American northwest.
When best-selling horror writer Alan Wake and his wife Alice go on holiday to the would-be idyllic town of Bright Falls, things