Bastion is the first title in this year’s Summer of Arcade and it is a great way to start out the five week promotion. In Bastion you play the role of “The Kid” and you awake to a world that has been destroyed by the Calamity. You have no idea what happened or who was…
Cole McGrath has returned to the Playstation 3 with Sucker Punch’s anticipated sequel, inFamous 2. InFamous 2 picks up right where the original left off in Empire City. As Cole you are trying to make sense of the events that have just taken place, however, you need to act quickly as another threat has shown…
Twisted Pixel has returned to Xbox Live with Ms. Splosion Man. Splosion Man has been captured and during the celebration some wine spilled and caused a power surge, thus creating Ms. Splosion Man. It has been approximately two years since the original title and if you thought the original Splosion Man was hard, you haven’t…
The day American McGee fans have been waiting for arrived recently when Alice Madness Returns was finally released. Alice Madness Returns is the sequel to American McGee’s Alice which was released in late 2000. Madness Returns features a destroyed Wonderland which is a metaphor for the condition that Alice is in. Throughout your journey you…
UFC Personal Trainer is now available in stores and it is one of the best fitness games available for Kinect. The team over at Heavy Iron Studios has done a really great job incorporating the UFC into this game as well as the fighters and trainers that everyone loves to watch. To help with the…
Duke Nukem is back but is he relevant? After more than 12 years in development Duke has returned to claim his throne, however, he turns out to be more of a court jester instead of a king. The problem Duke now faces is that he hasn’t changed with the times and a lot happened over…
Zipper Interactive is back with their latest iteration of the Socom franchise, Socom 4: U.S. Navy Seals. Socom 4 is a bit of a mixed bag for me. In terms of graphics the game is absolutely beautiful. There were a couple of instances where I would take a moment to simply rotate the camera and…
Motorstorm Apocalypse has arrived and with it comes an apocalyptic racing event that is a whole lot of fun. In this game you will race through San Francisco (titled “The City” in the game) as it suffers violent earthquakes and other disasters. The city has been evacuated which means it is the perfect place to…
Life on Mars has to be pretty hard. As Darius Mason you want to be left alone to live your own life, however, Adam Hale has other plans for you. After a series of events the surface of Mars becomes uninhabitable and you find yourself underground fighting against an enemy you never knew existed. That…
When Grand Theft Auto III hit store shelves it became a revolutionary title. We can look back at that game as the start of the “sand box” genre. As soon as GTA III exploded in popularity a genre was born and not only did the GTA series flourish but we saw the introduction of many…
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