Where did Sega get the bright idea of migrating its stable of characters, those better known for dancing, flying and speed, to a more confined 78 by 36 foot court? Wii Sports, no doubt. Apparently, Nintendo’s tech demo got everybody and their mother thinking they too can make a tennis game. Well, 2K Sports's Top Spin is returning this summer with its third iteration to tell the copycats: No. No you can’t.
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While most tennis games are content to be arcadey and accessible, the Top Spin series has always gone deeper and more sim-like – for better or worse. The “worse” was arguably Top Spin 3, whose controls were so “realistically” complex that only die-hards could survive on the court. The “better” looks to be Top Spin 4. The entire play interface has been overhauled, returning it to the simple one-button-press gameplay of its contemporaries. Don’t think this a step backward, though: the goal this time around was to make something of a fighting game masquerading as a tennis sim...
If you’re an Xbox 360 player and haven’t heard of Torchlight prepare to get some quick education about the game that may soon be breaking XBLA sales records. After selling over 800,000 downloadable copies (and raking in a cool bit of cash with it), the developers at Runic Games made the seemingly logical choice to port their Diablo-style action RPG over to the Xbox 360 and introduce another horde of gamers to its dungeon delving delights...
Runic Games' dungeon crawler sequel is less than a week away from launch. Our hands-on demo highlights new outdoor environments, co-op gameplay, and exciting new classes with which to slay hordes of loot-laden monsters…
Usually, when the world needs saving, it calls on something boring like a young farmhand who hasn’t realized his destiny. Yawn. Tornado goes in a unique direction and uses a group of super cats who can turn into tornados to save the Earth.
The next installment in the revered Total War series is at least a year off - but already it's looking spectacular. With an emphasis on giving individual units personality and gravity, you'll be experiencing this RTS in a whole new way...
After spending way too much time playing a pre-beta build of Total War: Shogun 2, it seems that Creative Assembly’s latest entry in the Total War series is shaping up to be the best one yet. Part real-time, part turn-based, Shogun 2 continues to carry the torch of the series’ hybrid gameplay, walking the line between both genres with gorgeous visuals and epic battles...
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