Aliens vs Predator
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Rebellion
Genre: First Person Shooter
Release Date: 02/16/2010
Ever since that fateful day when a prop designer stuck an Alien skull on a Predator trophy wall, the idea of a species war between these two classic sci-fi icons has been nailed deep into the psyche of fans. Since then, the franchise has spawned numerous [...]

Dante’s Inferno
Publisher: Visceral Games
Developer: EA Games
Genre: Action
Release Date: 02/09/2010
English professors are probably shaking their heads right now. After decades of difficulty in getting students to read the classics, along comes Beowulf and Dante’s Inferno in a few short years. Suddenly those giant, dusty tomes are flashy movies and video games. Visceral Games and EA have [...]

A few years ago, I read a book called The Terror, by Dan Simmons. The book is a fictionalization of what happened to a pair of exploratory vessels that tried to force the Northwest Passage and sail through the Arctic Ocean in 1845. Bad things happened in no short supply, and the combined horrors of [...]

Four Player Tangerine Fight
Publisher: Dirge Game Studio
Developer:Dirge Game Studio
Genre: Multiplayer Platformer
Release Date:01/26/2010
A while back, we reviewed a little game called Herman. Featuring the story of a cubicle drone seeking to escape, Herman was a fun indie title with some quirky character design and interesting elements. Billing itself as “the best five bucks you’ll spend all [...]

Darksiders
Publisher: THQ
Developer: Vigil Games
Genre: Action
Release Date: 01/05/2010
Well, Holiday 2009 is over and done with, and we can get back to playing all the games that we didn’t have time to fully explore last fall, right? Well…. it turns out you shouldn’t be so hasty. 2010 has a lot of potentially high quality games coming along, [...]

Game Name: Herman
Publisher: Dirge Game Studio
Developer: Dirge Game Studio
Genre: Platformer
Release Date: 12/11/2009
There has been a ton of office related humor in media today. We can probably thank Office Space for really capitalizing on it and kicking it off, although Dilbert surely helped as well. Well, Dirge Game Studio is tossing their hat into the ring, [...]

>Game Name: Vegas Party
Publisher: Storm City Games
Developer: Enjoy Gaming
Genre: Party/Board game
Release Date: 10/27/2009
In the late 1990’s, one video game console established itself as the king of local multiplayer. Amazing games like Goldeneye: 007 and Mario Kart kept players glued to the couches, bean bags, folding chairs, beds, and generally anything else that could be dragged [...]

Worldshift
Publisher: Playlogic International
Developer: Crytek Black Sea
Genre: Real Time Strategy
Release Date: 11/11/2009

Game Name: Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Developer:Media Vision
Genre: Platform/Brawler
Release Date: 10/20/2009
A poll of teenagers in the late nineties on the meaning of the word Kamehameha would turn up some interesting results. Sure, you’d get a handful of kids that could tell you that King Kamehameha was the man who united the Hawaiian [...]

Borderlands
Publisher: 2K Games
Developer: Gearbox Software
Genre:First Person Shooter/Role-Playing Game
Release Date: 10/22/2009

Game Name: Ultimate Duck Hunting
Publisher: Zoo Games
Developer: Mid Carolina Media
Genre: Hunting
Release Date: 10/20/2009
There is a sacred history to the name Duck Hunt. Dating back to the original NES, any gamer who owned that system can remember whiling away hours of their lives aiming a lightgun at a tiny screen while a dog laughed at every [...]

Name: A.I. War: Fleet Command
Genre: Real Time Strategy
Developer: Arcen Games
Publisher: Arcen Games
Release Date: 09/27/2009
When you start to take away all of the graphics and special effects, you can distil most games to one basic theme. With games like Call of Duty or Resistance, it comes down to reflexes. With the very popular Guitar Hero and [...]

We are getting closer to the release of the Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition, which will collect the original game and all of the downloadable content released for it. It’s time to get our take on what the final two expansions were like. We’ve already covered Operation: Anchorage, The Pitt, and Broken Steel. [...]

Halo 3: ODST
Genre: First Person Shooter
Developer: Bungie
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Release Date: 09/22/2009
When the original Xbox came out nearly eight years ago, people laughed it off as a cash-in attempt on the videogame market by M$. Few people realized that Microsoft was quietly developing their own killer app for the giant black box via a company [...]

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Developer: Vicarious Visions
Publisher: Activision
Genre: Action RPG
Release: 09/15/2009
There is no truer fact in comic books than returning to life. Heroes, villains, and lost loves, you can pretty much guarantee that the graveyards have a revolving door. In a similar fashion, anything that the video game industry profits from is sure to return [...]

Name: Darkest of Days
Developer: 8Monkeys
Publisher: Valcon Games (360 version)
Genre: First Person Shooter
Release Date: 09/08/2009
In the realm of Science Fiction, one of the biggest concepts around is time travel. Whether you are hopping in a suped up Delorean to make sure your parents get together or sling-shotting around the sun to get some whales, traveling to [...]

Hey there kiddies! It’s your old pal, Mr. J! Now, I hear there’s rumors of the big, bad Bat having himself a new video game. Well, don’t believe the hype, as I always say! Or is it believe the hypnosis? Anyway, the game comes in two varieties, normal and “Collector’s” editions. I went ahead and [...]

ATV Quad Kings
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Publisher: Zoo Games
Developer: Beyond Reality Games
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 8/11/2009

Mata Hari: Betrayal Is Only A Kiss Away
Developer: DTP Entertainment
Publisher: Viva Media
Genre: Adventure
Release: 7/17/2009

Arkanoid Live!
Genre: Puzzle
Developer: Taito Corporation
Publisher: Microsoft
Release Date: 05/06/2009
Years ago, man would thrust tiny metal symbols into brightly-lit, uncaring machines for his gaming joy. Designed to separate quarters from humans as fast as possible, arcades of that era were home to simplistic graphics, rapid gameplay, and unforgiving difficulty. Into that grinder, Arkanoid was unleashed upon [...]