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Welcome to the back-to-school edition of Month in Review. While parents and students gear up with new notebooks, school clothes, calculators, and pencils, our newest Month in Review feature will advise you on which games you should be stuffing into your backpack. So pay close attention, class, and take careful note of the top games of August. The releases are going to come fast and furious from here until the end of the year. And there will be a final exam.
In contrast to the slow release schedules of the earlier part of summer, August saw a number of high-profile releases across a wide range of platforms. Madden NFL 2005 won the Editors' Choice award on both the PlayStation 2 and Xbox platforms, in part because of new Xbox Live functionality. Another big-name sequel, Pikmin 2, garnered an Editors' Choice award on the GameCube platform, while a licensed game, Astro Boy: Omega Factor, earned our highest rating for a Game Boy Advance game thus far in 2004. Trumping all of these in terms of hype was another hotly anticipated sequel, Doom 3 for the PC, which garnered a great score and set the pace for all PC releases this month. Again, keep in mind that our picks for game of the month are not predicated entirely on review score. We carefully weigh all worthy candidates and discuss which game is truly deserving of the game of the month award.
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