Ladies and gentlemen! You join me at a momentous time! 2010 is officially over! I had hoped to get this out near enough to Chinese New Year on 3rd February so as to still give it some sort of validity but even that is now a speck in the distance... But don't fret! The Oscars practically reviews last year's movies and that was only on the other night so here is the last part of my Oscars - part 3 of this spectacular review of 2010 that will finally close the book on my gaming year.

My gaming year based on a January to December affair. Not the Chinese calendar or the Oscar year. I'm just using those to not feel so silly.

Anyways! In the glorious tradition established in part 1 and part 2, stand by for a recount of victories and defeats, highs and lows, sex and violence and rock and roll. Finally, the rock and roll!

So dive right in baby - I'll love ya...

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Hola and welcome to part 2 of my epic recount of my gaming year that was 2010. If you missed part 1 then point your broswer here and fulfil that completionist need that drives us all. I had hoped to have this review of the year done in 2 parts but I played far too many different games to make that possible so gird your loins for the difficult second blog of the trilogy! Let's hope it's more Empire Strikes Back than Too Fast Too Furious...

But, without further ado, let's dive back in to the heady time I like to call 2010.

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Many of our readers will empathise with the dilema I find myself in as I start to write this blog. My memory has gone to shit... What have I been mostly playing this year? Who can know?

Luckily, I don't need to remember! Bill Gates has been spying on me all year but now his snooping can work for me... Courtesy of xbox.com, ladies and gentlemen, I present, for your viewing pleasure...

THIS. YEAR. I. HAVE BEEN. MOSTLY... PLAYING!!

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Link: http://assassinscreed.uk.ubi.com/brotherhood/

Assassins Creed Brotherhood launches shortly and we were lucky enough to go hands on with the title's multiplayer mode at the MCM Expo 2010 in London's Excel.

If you're looking for a bit of background on the game then take a look here to see the excellent story trailer. Otherwise, get comfy and read on!

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Link: http://assassinscreed.uk.ubi.com/brotherhood/

Ah ha! And you all thought I'd forgotten about the mighty To Watch feature, launched right here on Sidekickcast some time ago!

Ladies and gents may I present to you, for your viewing pleasure... the latest story trailer for Assassins Creed Brotherhood.

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Link: http://www.bungie.net/Projects/Reach/default.aspx

To say that Halo: Reach is much anticipated is like saying that the sky is blue, water is wet, that women have secrets or that The Last Boy Scout is the second best buddy movie ever.

So, come 14th September 2010, millions of Halo fans, including this Sidekick right here, will be putting their hands in their pockets for Halo: Reach. Either to get cash out or because there's a hole in it or because it's the middle one with the buttons and/or zipper.

As we have already seen, the Halo marketing machine is pretty impressive and their latest offering has certainly been enough to get me 100% behind Bungie's farewell to the franchise that breathed life into Microsoft's Xbox.

Check out an extended (2 mins 31 seconds!) version of the Deliver Hope trailer...

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Link: http://www.batmanarkhamasylum.com/start

Put your hand up if you would like to be like Batman.

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Link: http://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/m/marvelvscapcom2xboxlivearcade/

No doubt you will have heard me on recent podcasts banging on about this blog that I was going to write when X-Men Second Coming finished.

Well, Second Coming has finished and so here I am. The first post was supposed to be this grand editorial (cue laugh from Marshall) but that could have taken me hours. So, to ensure that I didn't break my word of oak or disappoint the legions of Sidekicks out there, I have opted to launch a new feature, This week I have been mostly playing...

And so, this week I have been mostly playing... Marvel vs Capcom 2: New age of Heroes from the Xbox Live Arcade.

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