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'Terminal Velocity' is Most Wanted's new playground

Criterion Games is a company known for releasing substantial post-release content for its titles.  This statement is no more apparent than with the studio's last Burnout title, Burnout Paradise, which not only saw substa...   more

'Terminal Velocity' is Most Wanted's new playground photo

Runner2: Still very much the Bit.Trip you know and love

Four years ago, a colorful Pong-like rhythm game came out of nowhere to become something of a surprise hit on Nintendo's precarious WiiWare service. A gem hidden in the most unlikely of places, the title garnered a cult follo...   more

Runner2: Still very much the Bit.Trip you know and love photo

The first DLC for Natural Selection II is Gorgeous

The developers behind Natural Selection II have done 13 maintenance updates ever since launch last October. And in that time, they've been working on the first downloadable content for the real-time strategy meets first-perso...   more

The first DLC for Natural Selection II is Gorgeous photo

Preview: Prison Architect leaves me a broken, guilty man

I've been designing some prisons recently. Well, I can scratch another item of my list of sentences I never expected to utter. I've been running them, too. Actually, facilitating the running of them, more often than not. I su...   more

Preview: Prison Architect leaves me a broken, guilty man photo

Europa Universalis IV: The betrayal of Venice

A wee while ago, I was struggling through blizzards raging across Iceland to cover the Paradox Convention in Reykjavik, hence all the previews I've been drip feeding you over the last week or so. The greatest struggle didn't ...   more

Europa Universalis IV: The betrayal of Venice photo

Preview: The four major gameplay tweaks in GRID 2

Five long years have passed since the original Race Driver: GRID offered racing fans an excellent hybrid racer with edge-of-your seat thrills in a great variety of racing styles. While the DiRT series has branched out a bit i...   more

Preview: The four major gameplay tweaks in GRID 2 photo


Preview: The four major gameplay tweaks in GRID 2 photo
Preview: The four major gameplay tweaks in GRID 2 photo
Preview: The four major gameplay tweaks in GRID 2 photo
Preview: The four major gameplay tweaks in GRID 2 photo
Preview: The four major gameplay tweaks in GRID 2 photo
Preview: The four major gameplay tweaks in GRID 2 photo



Hunting down memories in Remember Me

Originally a PlayStation 3 exclusive known as Adrift, Paris based developer Dontnod Entertainment suddenly found itself without a publisher for their game. With countless hours and manpower already poured into it, they contin...   more

Hunting down memories in Remember Me photo

Hands-on with Resident Evil: Revelations on consoles

Last month, Capcom announced the release of Resident Evil: Revelations for consoles and PC. Originally playable on the Nintendo 3DS, Capcom saw Revelations as a return to the series’ roots, and taking a step back from t...   more

Hands-on with Resident Evil: Revelations on consoles photo

Preview: Leviathan: Warships had me go down with the ship

I'm such a big fan of nautical combat that I continued to play Assassin's Creed III -- a game that bored me beyond belief within the first two hours -- just for the ship missions. So when Leviathan: Warships was announced jus...   more

Preview: Leviathan: Warships had me go down with the ship photo

Impire is Dungeon Keeper with a side of Dawn of War

Impire had been on my radar for a little while before I finally got a chance to play it just over a week ago. The tone, setting, and genre brought back fond memories of Bullfrog's Dungeon Keeper titles, and that's more t...   more

Impire is Dungeon Keeper with a side of Dawn of War photo

The Showdown Effect scratches that '90s multiplayer itch

I was sliding across the floor -- or more precisely, my dapper, gentleman cyborg warrior was sliding across the floor -- though I wasn't sure why exactly. The reasons didn't matter, as sliding is simply fun. I slid right thro...   more

The Showdown Effect scratches that '90s multiplayer itch photo

D&D; MMO Neverwinter plays like a good action-RPG

There are a lot of massively-multiplayer online games on the market today, many of which are still very similar to World of Warcraft. While the graphics, setting, and characters may change, the core gameplay often feels the s...   more

D&D MMO Neverwinter plays like a good action-RPG photo


D&D MMO Neverwinter plays like a good action-RPG photo
D&D MMO Neverwinter plays like a good action-RPG photo
D&D MMO Neverwinter plays like a good action-RPG photo
D&D MMO Neverwinter plays like a good action-RPG photo
D&D MMO Neverwinter plays like a good action-RPG photo
D&D MMO Neverwinter plays like a good action-RPG photo



Backstab your friends in March of the Eagles

I can't say I was particularly sold on March of the Eagles -- Paradox Development Studio's latest grand strategy endeavor -- after playing with the beta build I received a couple of months ago. At first I thought I might rath...   more

Backstab your friends in March of the Eagles photo

CastleStorm crosses tower defense with Angry Birds

CastleStorm is definitely not a game that's easy to draw a frame of reference for. One part Jenga, and one part tower defense, this mash up certainly draws from opposite genres to get its own formula going. Once it's off though, its may surprise with just how tasking, and fun, it can be.   more

CastleStorm crosses tower defense with Angry Birds photo


CastleStorm crosses tower defense with Angry Birds photo
CastleStorm crosses tower defense with Angry Birds photo
CastleStorm crosses tower defense with Angry Birds photo
CastleStorm crosses tower defense with Angry Birds photo
CastleStorm crosses tower defense with Angry Birds photo
CastleStorm crosses tower defense with Angry Birds photo



Next Skylanders lets you swap parts to form new toys

The next Skylanders is the last thing fans were probably expecting as there's three major changes going on with Swap Force, the new entry in the series. For starters, it's not developer Toys for Bob making this one. Vicarious...   more

Next Skylanders lets you swap parts to form new toys photo


Next Skylanders lets you swap parts to form new toys photo
Next Skylanders lets you swap parts to form new toys photo
Next Skylanders lets you swap parts to form new toys photo
Next Skylanders lets you swap parts to form new toys photo
Next Skylanders lets you swap parts to form new toys photo
Next Skylanders lets you swap parts to form new toys photo



Six things you should know about Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Super spy Sam Fisher is back after saving the President in 2010's Conviction. Third Echelon has been dissolved, and in its place is Fourth Echelon. Yes, very original. Sure, not the most creative name change, but there is ind...   more

Six things you should know about Splinter Cell: Blacklist photo


Six things you should know about Splinter Cell: Blacklist photo
Six things you should know about Splinter Cell: Blacklist photo
Six things you should know about Splinter Cell: Blacklist photo
Six things you should know about Splinter Cell: Blacklist photo
Six things you should know about Splinter Cell: Blacklist photo
Six things you should know about Splinter Cell: Blacklist photo






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