Category: PC Games

Genre: Real-Time Strategy Platform: PC ESRB Rating: Teen Developer: Enlight Software Publisher: Dreamcatcher Release Date: 3/11/08

Sherlock Holmes Nemesis Developer: Frogwares Publisher: The Adventure Company Genre: Adventure/Mystery Release Date: April 14, 2008

Space Force Captains Genre: Turn-Based Strategy/RPG Developer: Dreamatrix Publisher: Dreamcatcher Release Date: 02/12/08

Genre: Strategy Platform: PC ESRB Rating: E10+ Developer/Publisher: Paradox Interactive Release Date: 4/15/08 Try It! Buy It!

Riddle of the Tomb Publisher: The Adventure Company Developer: Kheops Studio Genre: Adventure Release Date: 3/31/2008

Penumbra: Black Plague Genre: FPS/Horror Developer: Frictional Games Publisher: Paradox Interactive Release Date: 02/13/08 Minimum System Requirements: OS: Windows 2000/XP, Processor: 1Ghz or better, Memory: 256MB or more, Video Card: Radeon 8500/GeForce 3 (GeForce4MX not supported). Buy it Here: Gamer’s Gate

Arctic Stud Poker Run Review Publisher: Got Game Entertainment Developer: Game Refuge Genre: Vehicular Combat Release Date: 03/03/2008 It’s funny how life works sometimes. A few weeks ago I was playing Cel Damage, as I’m wont to do, and I thought to myself “What this game really needs is poker-style card collecting and gambling!”

The Lost Crown Publisher: Got Game Entertainment Developer: Darkling Room Genre: Adventure Release Date: 03/03/08 It’s taken nearly two years for this game to come stateside, but it’s finally here. I’m not sure why there was such a delay in bringing this to the US, but American gamers can now take part in the fourth…

The Experiment Genre: Adventure Developer: Lexis Numerique Publisher: The Adventure Company Release Date: 02/05/08 Gaming has a habit of recycling game ideas, whether they be successful or otherwise, in hopes that money can be made with some changes. You’ve seen it a billion times and will see it a billion more; Alone in the Dark…

One day, a Microsoft intern by the name of Wes Cherry was in a deadlock with other Microsoft programmers and designers. Mr. Cherry, who had been an avid fan of things like “logic” and “compensation,” was commissioned to create a game that would be marketed along Minesweeper and a promising new game called Microsoft Excel.…

Sliverfall Genre: Action RPG/Dungeon Hack Developer: Monte Cristo Publisher: Atari Release Date: 3/27/07 The hack and slash. The dungeon hack. The action RPG. The “Diablo” game. The “Rogue” game. All are descriptions that are applied to the 3/4 isometric view action RPG genre, and all are wholly appropriate. Since the critical and financial success of…

The Sacred Rings Developer: Streko Graphics Publisher: The Adventure Company Genre: Adventure Release Date 03/07/2007 I know, I’m supposed to be retired. And I am. It’s just TAC sent me these two Adventure games back to back and it’s not like we have anyone else on staff doing reviews. Broken Sword IV was poor and…

Broken Sword: Secrets of the Ark Publisher: The Adventure Company Developer: Revolution Software Genre: Adventure Release Date: 2/13/2007 Yes ladies and gentlemen, this is the Sub-Cultural Icon writing a review. Three months to do the day he last wrote a review. Three months to the day he supposedly retired from Inside Pulse. So what, you…

GAME: Massive Assault Network 2 DEVELOPER/PUBLISHER: Wargaming.net PLATFORMS: Windows 2000 or higher GENRE: Turn Based Strategy RELEASE DATE: November 17th, 2006 COMPANY WEBSITE: http://www.massiveassaultnetwork.com As the former administrator on the Internet’s largest English based Fire Emblem community, and a noted fan of games like Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre and Dynasty Tactics, it’s easy to…

Murder on the Orient Express Publisher: Dreamcatcher Developer: Awe Games Genre: Adventure Release Date: 11/22/2006 Murder on the Orient Express is one of the most famous murder mysteries ever written and is arguably Dame Agatha Christie’s most famous work. It features her most famous character Hercule Poirot, a stout Belgian detective with a well maintained…

Note: This is a review of Football Manager 2007. North American gamers that don’t import their games should look for Worldwide Soccer Manager 2007. Game: Football Manager 2007 (Europe)/Worldwide Soccer Manager 2007 (North America) Developer: Sports Interactive Publisher: Sega of Europe/Sega of America Genre: Tradional Sports Stat-Based Simulator Release Date: October 18, 2006 (Europe)/November 1,…

Evidence: The Last Ritual Developer: Lexis Numerique Publisher: The Adventure Company Genre: Adventure Release Date: 10/17/06 Letâ┚¬â”žÂ¢s get one thing straight people before we start this review. Adventure games that are meant to be played with a straight face really arenâ┚¬â”žÂ¢t my cup of tea. The Monkey Island games, Sam and Max, and more recently…

Secret Files Tunguska Developer: Fusionsphere Systems/Animation Arts Publisher: The Adventure Company Genre: Adventure Release Date: 11/01/2006 Dr. Raymond Stantz once referred to the the Tunguska Incident as the biggest interdimensional cross rip up until the time the Gozhr the Gozharian tried to destroy all of humanity by taking the form of the Stay Puff Marshmallow…

Wildlife Zoo Genre: Strategy/Building Simulation Developer: Dreamcatcher Interactive Publisher: Dreamcatcher Interactive Release Date: 10/2/06 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Windows 2000/XP, 2 GHz Pentium 4 or Equivalent Processor, 512 MB RAM, 16X Speed CD/DVD ROM, 64 MB DirectX 8.1 Compliant Video Card, DirectX 8.1 Compatible Sound Card, 1.5 GB Free HDD Space RECOMMENDED: Windows 2000/XP, 3 GHz Pentium…

Keepsake Developer: Wicked Studios Publisher: The Adventure Company Genre: Adventure Release Date: 3/31/2006 Every so often this happens. I’m talking with a publisher lining up games for our staff to review when I’ll notice one, ask about it and be told, “That came out six months ago.” Oops. Such is the case here with TAC’s…