Tropico 3
Developer: Haemimont
Publisher: Kalypso Media
Genre: City Building
Release Date: 2/16/10
Has winter got you down?  Well, spring has almost sprung.  But if you can’t wait, you can dive into the city simulation, Tropico 3.  City sims are not as common on consoles as they are on PC.  There are very few offerings of this genre on the [...]

Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
Publisher: 2K Games
Developer: Gearbox Software
Genre:First Person Shooter/Role-Playing Game
Release Date: 02/23/2010
Once again we are being brought back to Diehard GameFAN’s pick for best first-person shooter for 2009, Borderlands, with another DLC.  So you tackled the vault?  You shot a bunch of zombies in the head on Zombie Island? You may [...]

Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment
Genre: RPG
Developer: Hijinx Studios, LLC
Publisher: Konami
Release Date: 01/20/2010
RPGs and I have a secret love affair.  I can tolerate more time spent with a good RPG and a bottle of rum than I can with most of my relationships.  That either says I love video games too much or am an alcoholic.  [...]

Slide Colors
Developer: AngelMarcos
Publisher: Microsoft
Genre: Puzzle
Release Date 1/8/2010
Finding a good indie game in the over 700+ indie arcade games available on XBox Live can be challenge in itself.  After all, these games are made by smaller developers, which means smaller budgets or less development time.  The great thing is that gamers can grab a cheap title [...]

Divinity II: Ego Draconis
Developer: Larian
Publisher: cdv Software Entertainment USA
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 01/05/2010
In my opinion, 2009 was a great year opinion for RPGs with games like Borderlands and Dragon Age still consuming a lot of my time now into the new year.  Recently Divinity II: Ego Draconis (Latin for “I, of the Dragon”) became available as [...]

Stoked: Big Air Edition
Developer: Bongfish
Publisher: Destineer
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/03/09
With winter fast arriving, the thought of shoveling out a couple feet of snow from around my car does not sit well with me.  As I type this a winter storm watch is in effect here in Minnesota.  For me, that means a lot of shoveling; for [...]

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Developer: Rockstar North
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Genre: Action
Release Date: 10/29/09
The Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series of games has been the South Park of the video game world.  They always push the levels on violence and vulgarity in video games.  That is what I love about them.  They are mature games made [...]

Zombie Apocalypse
Developer: Nihilistic Software
Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment Inc.
Genre: Run N’ Gun Shooter
Release Date: 9/23/2009
The zombies are coming! The zombies are everywhere!  Ah, how I love this time of year.  Most people spend this time of year wondering what they will be for Halloween.  Not me. I wonder what sort of undead I will [...]

Recently we were given the opportunity to interview the CEO and lead designer at Kerberos, Martin Cirulis, about their upcoming PC game Fort Zombie. Of course, because I love all things zombies, I jumped at the opportunity to shoot them some questions and pick their brains a bit.
Diehard GameFAN: What is your take on the [...]

Defense Grid: The Awakening
Developer: Hidden Path Entertainment LLC
Publisher: Hidden Path Entertainment LLC
Genre: Strategy
Release Date: 9/2/09
Tower Defense games are something I have never really gotten a chance to get into.  The idea of placing towers and letting waves of enemies take something from you didn’t sound appealing to me.  Of course I have played numerous real [...]

Shadow Complex
Developer: Chair
Publisher: Epic / Microsoft Game Studios
Genre: Action
Release Date: 8/19/09

Infernal: Hell’s Vengeance(360)
Developer: Metropolis
Publisher: Playlogic
Genre: 3rd Person Shooter
Release Date: 6/30/2009
Most modern shooters have a robust set of multiplayer modes like Halo 3, Gears of War, and Left 4 Dead.  Without a multiplayer mode, they better have the story and gameplay to back it up.  Games like Bioshock come to mind. Infernal is a port from a 2007 PC shooter [...]

MadBalls in Babo: Invasion
Developer: Playbrains
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Genre: 3rd Person Shooter
Release Date: 7/15/2009
My youth was filled with collecting odd things from Garbage Pail Kids to M.U.S.C.L.E. men.  Another one of those collections included MadBalls.  These squishy little foam balls looked cool but I could never find a purpose for them.  Of course I never thought [...]

Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers
Developer: Wizards of the Coast / Stainless Games
Publisher: XBOX LIVE Arcade
Genre: Strategy & Simulation, Card & Board
Release Date: 06/17/09
Ah nostalgia, you gotta love it. There was a time in my life about 15 years ago when my life was consumed by the addiction of Magic: the Gathering