Let’s face it, Sonic has had a mixed (to put it nicely) library of games. Starting life as a genuine threat to Mario’s title of platformer king, Sonic quickly descended into a disappointing leading franchise for a failing console made by a troubled developer. While there have been ups over the years (Sonic Adventure), there have been equally disappointing moments […]
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In the realm of real-time strategy games, few can hold a candle to Creative Assembly’s Total War series. Imagine combining the legendary Civilization games with an RTS like Age of Empires and you start to scratch the surface of what Total War is all about. The ability to create immense armies that have superb graphic detailing and send them into […]
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the latest installment of the Modern Warfare series produced by Infinity Ward and newcomer Sledgehammer Games. The series seems to have a relatively simple formula for success; provide a fairly entertaining single player game and attach it to a revolutionary multiplayer system that sucks grown men (and women) from their real-life duties for hours/days/months on end. This formula has produced mind boggling results in revenue, and it has done so once again with Modern Warfare 3. However, do we get our money’s worth in entertainment?
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For the sake of entertainment, this review shall be read in the voice of Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson. Ignite. The title of this game pretty much says it all. Produced by Nemesys Games, Ignite brings back certain nostalgia for the uncontrolled speed and recklessness lost on the more popular racing franchises, namely Need for Speed and Forza. It is truly […]
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You know it’s November when the Battlefields and Call of Duty’s are migrating to store shelves around the world. For the past couple of years EA has been making some rather serious attempts to steal some of Call of Duty’s thunder, mostly by trying to emulate Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’s success. There have been some interesting attempts along […]
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The gaming community is still taking in the news of just what exactly happened in GameStop store’s all across the country this week, and the bad press seems to only be building. It appears that Deus Ex: Human Revolution developer Square Enix and digital distributor OnLive made a last minute agreement to include a digital (OnLive) copy of the Deus […]
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In the world of Naval Warfare, you are in control of the Emperean vessel captained by Captain Grey and manned by his loyal crew. In a steampunk-style world were two supreme powers come face-to-face in an unexpected war. Fueled by a mysterious plot, you struggle to survive against uneven odds to protect the world from the forces of evil. Taking […]
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Duke Nukem Forever quickly became one of the most ironic names in video game history. Over the last twelve years the game had been premiered, cancelled, premiered again and shelved more times than many of us can remember. So it was a big surprise when Gearbox announced they had purchased the rights to Duke Nukem from 3D Realms and premiered […]
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Having spawned a total of four games over three consoles, two full length animated films, a full length novel, graphic novels, and a rumored feature length film in production, the Dead Space franchise has done well for itself. In terms of the games, Dead Space and Dead Space Extraction have received largely positive press. Additionally, Dead Space 2 performed better […]
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Holy crapping crap, crapping some bricks! This pretty much sums up my experiences playing The Witcher 2 thus far. This game is absolutely downright amazing all across the board. Frankly I haven’t been this excited about playing an RPG since Lost Odyssey a very long time ago, and I can say that I like it a lot more. From character […]
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