The Roller Coaster Tycoon 3: Soaked! Expansion pack brings the excitement of a waterpark to your PC. This new expansion to the hugely popular franchise brings a lot to the table, including several new types of thrill rides, scenery options, and terrain tools in addition to being able to build custom pools and waterslides. Read More.
In the world of strategy games, there have been many noteworthy titles developed over the years, most popular examples being the Age of Empires series, Civilization, Empire Earth, and one of the originals of the genre, Starcraft. And, each year there are ever more titles being developed, some of which will gain recognition among this list (which is far from complete) of classic games, and others will fall into obscurity. Read More.
In a perfect world, you'd simply take your PS2 disk, pop it into your PSP and be on your merry way. Your 8 MB memory card saves would be completely transferable and you'd never miss a beat. Unfortunately, things aren't always that perfect. And when it comes to sports games, handhelds have usually featured watered-down skeletons of console versions with minimal modes, unintuitive gameplay, backward mechanics and lackluster polish. Read More.
Well made games generally spawn good, solid sequels. And, as a rule, every well-made sequel should add one or two gameplay elements or feature to a series to further it along. But, in the process, previous iterations are rendered dull and obsolete. Case in point; While many believe that the yearly outing of the Madden series only updates rosters and adds more polygons to each character, I challenge you to play a previous version after spending time with the latest and greatest version. Read More.
The stories of conspiracies, alien cover-ups and secret government projects have always been a part of the rumours surrounding Area 51. Although, it is perhaps unintentional, the Area 51 stories have therefore become part of an excellent staging platform for video games. Read More.
Have you ever been on that perfect first date where everything seems new and wonderful and the future seems filled with dreamy possibilities? The date ends at just the right moment and leaves you invigorated and thinking of that person long after the fact. That night you have the best sleep of your life and the next day the birds are out in full force chirping away and everything in the world seems right and fine and good… And then you have a second date and you wonder what new bread of creature spawned this thing and how you can send it back to its maker pronto? Read More.
Zoo Tycoon 2 is the sequel to Microsoft's 2001 release, and another entry into the "tycoon" family of games, serving up similar plots and goals. In the early 2000's, the "tycoon" franchises took off, RollerCoaster Tycoon, Railroad Tycoon, you name it, it has likely been made into a "tycoon" game. Read More.
Have you ever been on that perfect first date where everything seems new and wonderful and the future seems filled with dreamy possibilities? The date ends at just the right moment and leaves you invigorated and thinking of that person long after the fact. That night you have the best sleep of your life and the next day the birds are out in full force chirping away and everything in the world seems right and fine and good… And then you have a second date and you wonder what new bread of creature spawned this thing and how you can send it back to its maker pronto? Read More.
Supreme Ruler 2010 is the first PC game developed by Battlegoat Studios, and it is obviously targeting the gamers who live and breathe for in-depth strategy games. Micromanagement. The word describes the game in its entirety. But, if you are a gamer looking for a Warcraft-like experience, you had better start looking somewhere else. Read More.
No matter how you look at it, video games, much like the big screen, were invented for superheroes. Where else are you expected to jump, shoot, punch and kick your way to victory time and time again. Even World War 2 shooters have a little superhero in them; one man against the world, saving the day with an inhuman show of courage and athletic feats. Read More.
Much like Namco's Ridge Racer series, it seems that the Twisted Metal series has always gone hand-in-hand with Sony's various console outings, always there to pave the way and set the trend for things to come. The original Twisted Metal, released in the mid-90s helped usher in the PS1 and along with its sequel sold tons of copies. Read More.
World Tour Soccer 2006 is a new soccer game produced in-house by SCEE's London Studio. There have been previous attempts in the series, some successful while others fell short. Having said that, World Tour Soccer 2006 tries to improve upon its predecessors but just doesn't seem to get the job done properly and feels like a very cheap game overall. Read More.
The gaming industry is constantly evolving. The games that are the most successful are the ones that give us something totally new, or the ones that take what we already love and make it better. Unfortunately, many releases attempt to do the latter without much success. Read More.
Although Canadian game developers have grown in number and attracted quite a following in the last few years due to well developed and intelligent games, few of those same big-budget companies (Alberta's BioWare, Ubisoft Montreal, divisions of EA Sports, Microids, etc) have ever put out a "truly" Canadian content title. Read More.
With reviews for both the PlayStation 2 and Xbox editions of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, there really isn't a whole lot more to say about the game itself. It's expansive, varied, vulgar, defining, addictive and able to impress even the harshest of critics. What Rockstar has been able to do with this series, time and time again, it's simply mind-boggling. Read More.
