Sophia Tong
If you just can't get enough of that loveable green ogre, here's an opportunity to have all your favorite characters from the Shrek movies in one puzzle game. Movie related games aren't usually considered the best of the batch and Shrek-n-Roll is no exception. Granted, this is an Xbox Live Arcade game that costs around ten dollars, but even then, I want my ten dollars worth. Read More.
Her Interactive manages to keep themselves busy by churning out two adventure games a year. The surprising thing is that their recent Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull is a noticeable improvement over the last game, Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek. Read More.
Agatha Christie fans can now play as the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, in Evil Under the Sun, The Adventure Company's third installment in the series. Rather than coming up with an entirely new character for players to control, this time the player can control Poirot to unravel the mystery on Seadrift Island. Read More.
From the creator of Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov, comes another addictive puzzle game called Hexic 2, an upgraded version of Hexic HD that shipped with the Xbox 360. This game strangely looks like Bejeweled, the latest puzzle game phenomenon, but Hexic 2 requires you to rotate clusters of hexagons, rather than swapping jewels in a square grid. Read More.
The popular cartoon series and toy line from the '80s finally made its way to the big screen this summer in Michael Bay's Transformers. It just wouldn't be a blockbuster without a video game of the same name. Thanks to Activision, we have Transformers: The Game, which allows you to run around as an Autobot or a Decepticon, depending on which side you prefer to grow bored with first. Read More.
Nancy Drew, the young detective has been recruited to the Canadian Rockies in Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek. This is the sixteenth installment of the Nancy Drew series by developer Her Interactive. While the publisher is mainly known for creating engaging and interactive games for young girls, this time around they not only appeal to the target audience, as well adults can find this game enjoyable to play. Read More.
Amidst all the racing simulation games that have been coming out in recent years, French developer Nadeo brings us TrackMania United, a not-so-realistic racing game, and the latest entry to the TrackMania series. Available in the United States via Steam download, this arcade-style game takes you back to the days where racing games were less about the cars and more about the actual racing. Read More.
