Imagine the future, driving in a world where vehicles fly through the air with six degrees of freedom, the ability to move up and down through three-dimensional space. Now, imagine dealing with several "layers" of traffic above and below your vehicle with the constant threat of the police chasing you down, and you'll finally begin to realize at this is not a traditional racing simulation. Read More.
Tennis isn't one of those mainstream sports that come to mind when thinking of games, at least that's true in this part of the world. Tennis is generally not one of the multitude of mainstream sports games that are constantly developed and released into the gaming world each year. Read More.
Without the sun, the city of Arx has been frozen over, its inhabitants forced to move underground to the old, abandoned dwarf mines. You find yourself captured by a Goblin and imprisoned, unable to remember who you are. At this point, your sole goal is to escape this dungeon, somehow realize that you are the special guardian who is to defeat Akbaa, the Lord of Destruction, and save the city of Arx. Read More.
Welcome to the gladiatorial arena, you are Major Greg Callahan, an ex-soldier launched into space to investigate a suspicious black hole. In an instant, you are sucked into this vortex and fall unconscious. Upon waking, you find yourself on a mysterious alien planet, forced to fight against reigning champion Maximix in a gladiatorial arena to survive. Read More.
Ever since the late 1980's when Papyrus made their debut onto the PC gaming scene with Indianapolis 500, they have gone above and beyond; assisted in bringing the genre to what it is today. Starting with the release of NASCAR Racing back in 1994, and following it up with NASCAR Racing 2 and 3 in 1996 and 1999 respectively, the series has been a hugely successful investment for Sierra. Read More.
Post Mortem, a term used to describe the process of examining a deceased body in an attempt to ascertain the cause of death. Step back in time to Paris in the 1920's; you are MacPherson, a retired American detective working as an artist. A brutal murder has taken place, a double beheading in a spiritualistic way with no known suspects or motive behind the murder. Read More.
First person shooters are some of the most popular titles on the market today; online shooters are even more common. Some of the most played games are those developed several years ago, Soldier of Fortune II, not to forget the massive modification to Half-Life, Counterstrike. Read More.
Take a trip back to Germany during the Second World War, a time where some of the most hideous and bloodlust battles were fought in human history. Valiant soldiers lost their lives; others were taken captive by enemy forces. Placed in camps, these soldiers were known as prisoners or war and were treated horribly; most do not want to be reminded of the sacrifices made by these men. Read More.
Gotham Games is a relatively new company, a subsidiary of Take Two Interactive formed earlier this year. Conflict: Desert Storm is their first major title, published for both the PC and next generation consoles. With the financial backing of Take Two Interactive, Gotham Games has the ability to make superb titles for all of these platforms; unfortunately this isn't one of them. Read More.
JoWood Productions seems to be one of only a small handful of publishers producing business simulations; Trevor Chan's Capitalism II is the first to come to mind. Although the genre is not overly popular on it's own, business models are commonly added to any management simulations such as RollerCoaster Tycoon or Sim City, although on a much lesser scale. Read More.
It has been longer than I can remember since the last extraordinary adventure game was released, a very rare incidence as the popularity of adventure titles has dropped drastically over the last several years. Microids have stepped up to the plate and nobody could have expected the results they would produce. Read More.
It seems like an eternity ago that Warcraft III was officially announced, Blizzard had once again shocked the world and their legion of dedicated and loyal supporters. Another Warcraft game seemed like a brilliant idea at the time, and this has sure proven true for Blizzard. Read More.
There is little doubt that World War II Online was released before it was complete last June, missing and incomplete features, limited vehicles and unit support, and horribly laggy and resource intensive gameplay were just the start of the list of problems. Anyone who has followed World War II Online as it has developed over the last year undoubtedly knows the amount of work that Cornered Rat Software has done to improve the title, those who haven't may just be in for a surprise. Read More.
Operation Flashpoint was one of the most successful and realistic action titles released last year, it has won numerous awards including several of our own. Last winter, Codemasters' released the first of what would be several upgrades and additions to the title in the expansion pack entitled Red Hammer. Read More.
The hugely popular simulation genre has really taken off in the last several years primarily thanks to such titles as RollerCoaster Tycoon and The Sims. Since then, nearly every type of Tycoon title has been released, everything except a hotel oriented tycoon game. Read More.
