Category: PC Games
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Review: Elven Legacy: Ranger (PC)
Elven Legacy: Ranger Developer: 1C:Ino-Co Publisher: Paradox Interactive Genre: Turn Based Strategy Release Date: 10/20/2009 Back in March I got to review a nice little turn-based fantasy strategy game called Elven Legacy. It had a few faults, but overall was pretty solid and well put together, especially for the price tag. Here it is coming…
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Review: Heaven (PC)
Heaven Genre: Adventure Developer: GenesisWorks Publisher: GenesisWorks Release Date: 09/15/2009 When I was told I was going to review Heaven, I was told that it was a Christian game. The name kind of gave it away, but this game is really deeply attached to its religious message. While it might be putting some people off,…
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Review: A.I. War: Fleet Command (PC)
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…
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Review: Dungeons and Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited (PC)
Dungeons and Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited Developer: Turbine Publisher: Atari Genre: MMORPG Release Date: 09/09/09 So DDO, as it’s become called by its players and the MMO community, has opened things up and changed its pay model. It’s also overhauled a few things including raising the level cap to Level 20, something more reasonable for…
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Review: Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 3: Lair of the Leviathan (PC)
Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 3: Lair Of The Leviathan Developer: Telltale Games Publisher: Telltale Games/Lucasarts Genre: Adventure Release Date: 9/29/09 The third chapter in Telltale Games adventure series continues the tale of Guybrush Threepwood as he attempts to rid the world of the Pox he unleashed by finding La Esponja Grande (the big sponge)…
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Interview with Martin Cirulis from Kerberos about Fort Zombie
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…
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Review: Majesty 2:The Fantasy Kingdom Sim (PC)
Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim Genre: Strategy Developer: 1C:Ino-Co Publisher: Paradox Interactive Release Date: 9/18/2009 The original Majesty came out nine years ago with its unique take on the whole “overlord” genre. Instead of being an evil overlord such as in Dungeon Keeper, you are a king of the fantasy Kingdom of Ardania and…
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Review: Tales of Monkey Island: The Siege of Spinner Cay (PC)
Tales of Monkey Island: The Siege of Spinner Cay Genre: Adventure Developer: Telltale Games Publisher: Telltale Games Release Date: 08/20/2009 If you were already a PC gamer in the 90’s, then you have heard of Guybrush Threepwood and his series, Monkey Island. Renowned for its offbeat humour and memorable characters, the franchise has been left…
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Review: Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper (PC)
Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper Genre: Adventure Developer: Frogwares Publisher: The Adventure Company Release Date: 05/26/09
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Review: Plants vs. Zombies (PC)
Plants vs. Zombies Developer: Pop Cap Games Publisher: Pop Cap Games Genre: Puzzle/Strategy Release Date: 05/05/2009
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Review: Hearts of Iron III (PC)
Hearts of Iron III Genre: Grand Strategy Developer: Paradox Interactive Publisher: Paradox Interactive Release Date: 7/31/2009
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Review: Trine (PC)
Trine Developer: Frozenbyte Publisher: Nobilis Genre: Action Platformer Release Date: 07/10/09
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Review: Mata Hari: Betrayal is Only a Kiss Away (PC)
Mata Hari: Betrayal Is Only A Kiss Away Developer: DTP Entertainment Publisher: Viva Media Genre: Adventure Release: 7/17/2009
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Review:East India Company (PC)
East India Company Genre: Trading Sim Developer: Nitro Games Publisher: Paradox Interactive Release Date: 7/31/2009 People these days are wary of companies getting anywhere near a monopoly, and for good reason; they usually proceed to act like prats when they do achieve it. But of course, no company has managed to achieve the supreme epitome…
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Review: Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir (PC)
Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir Publisher: WRF Studios Developer: WRF Studios Genre: Adventure Release Date: 07/15/2009 Get It Here: http://www.lasthalfofdarkness.com It’s been a really disappointing year for adventure games. I’ve reviewed six adventure games this year: three god awful ones in The Path, Art of Murder 2 and Cevile, two mediocre ones in…
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Review: Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (PC)
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Developer: Techland Publisher: Ubisoft Genre: First Person Shooter Release Date: 06/30/09 Ahh, First Person Shooters. The game genre that dominated my earliest PC playing games, from Doom through Quake II, few other genres captured my attention. My tastes have changed dramatically over the years, needing more story to keep…
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Screens: decay (PC)
Screens: decay (PC) Developer: Wicked Cinder Publisher: Wicked Cinder Genre: horror adventure Release Date: October 2009 The story centers around a man who recently lost his family in a horrible automobile accident. As he falls deeper into a reclusive life he finds himself trapped in a home that is rotting around him decay is scheduled…
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Review: Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal (PC)
Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal Developer: Telltale Games Publisher: Telltale Games / LucasArts Genre: Adventure Release Date: 07/07/09 The latest in the Monkey Island series, Tales of Monkey Island marks the return of some of its former creators to the game, but does it contain the magic and fun…
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Review: DinerTown Detective Agency (PC)
DinerTown Detective Agency Developer: Absolutist Publisher: Playfirst Genre: Puzzle Release Date: 06/25/09 The Diner Dash series has spawned many a spin-off, such as the Wedding Dash series, Cooking Dash, Fitness Dash, and Dinertown Tycoon, just to name a few. Those games involve some frenzied clicking and the need to keep track of many things at…
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Review: Still Life 2 (PC)
Still Life 2 Publisher: Encore (Microids in Europe) Developer: GameCo Genre: Adventure Release Date: 08/11/2009 Ah Still Life. Such a complicated history. The original Still Life was the second game in the Post-Mortem series by a French/Canadian (as opposed to French-Canadian) development studio called Microids. The first Still Life game was met with rave reviews…