If I told you Trine was a side-scrolling puzzle platformer you’d probably think, ‘wow another one’. It feels like there is a new side-scrolling downloadable game every week, but I assure you, Trine is able to stand out as one of the best side-scrollers still on the market today. Trine was developed by the Finnish company Frozenbyte, known for [...]
Since the days of banana peels and red shells, car combat games have been a huge subgenre of the racing flag. Easily the best part about any racing game is the push and shove of eight cars jockeying for first place, and strapping guns, explosives and power-ups to your car only serves to make the cut-throat fight for first all [...]
PC gamers were lucky enough to get an amazing port of the original Alan Wake at the beginning of the year. Simultaneously, Xbox 360 owners were treated to an XBLA title entitled Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, which was not a sequel but a follow-up. Gamers were happy with the port of the original Alan Wake on PC, but when it appeared for [...]
Going into Ghost Recon Future Soldier you would not be alone fearing that the game will strip away the essence of the franchise, in order to follow in the footsteps of the behemoths that are Call of Duty and Battlefield. Unfortunately, if this was your fear, then prepare to be scared because it does exactly that. The inevitability of the [...]
In June 2008, Blizzard Entertainment announced their third installment of the Diablo series. It has been twelve years after the release of Diablo 2 and four years of anticipation and finally, Diablo 3 has been reborn. The battle between the high heavens and the burning hells rages forward. However, can it live up to the mass amount of hype the game has been given or does [...]
Ever dream of running a restaurant exclusively for monsters? Well if this happens to be an aspiration of yours, let me introduce you to the latest offering from , entitled Dead Hungry Diner. A dangerously addicting time-management PC game aimed at the casual market. Dead Hungry Diner puts you in the shoes of one of two characters, tasked with running a restaurant for various monsters such [...]
One of the most anticipated games of the year has finally been delivered. Max Payne 3 by Rockstar Games has made a triumphant entry into consoles everywhere, taking the beloved series to new heights. If you’ve been looking for “the new game” to occupy your gaming time, this is the game to do it. Featuring a new campaign with a [...]
Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land has some interesting game mechanics, but like the big tentacled one himself, there are some things about it that may very well drive you to the brink of madness. A fantastic premise, stellar use of the Cthulhu mythos, great integration of the pen and paper version of Call of Cthulhu and a very satisfactory turn based squad strategy system are, [...]
There’s something incredible about nostalgia. It’s powerful stuff. Even with today’s polygons and bloom lighting, nostalgia can make a game, that looks like it was built on a NES, into a top seller. Despite the move towards user friendly games, nostalgia can make a hardcore, unforgiving platformer a critically acclaimed gem. With Legend of Grimrock, Almost Human hopes to capture [...]
The racing genre is almost as tough to gain success in as the stagnating FPS genre, so when an indie team takes the risk to create another racing game they need something special up their sleeves. There are plenty of great, well-crafted racers out there, hundreds, but many of them never get the praise they deserve due to the crowded [...]
