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Wall-E - hands-on (Wall-E)

Apr 4, 2008

With curious binocular-like eyes and a metallically high-pitched voice, Wall-E stars as an adorable trash-compacter in this summer’s Pixar film of the same name. Plot details are scarce, but from what we can discern, Wall-E is the last surviving trash cleaner on a long-since abandoned Earth. One day, a recon spaceship arrives with the sleek iPod-looking Eve, Wall-E’s romantic interest. When she has to leave, Wall-E hops on board ...

Wall-E - hands-on (Wall-E)

Apr 4, 2008

War Front: Turning Point - hands on (War Front: Turning Point)

Dec 22, 2006

Originally posted on December 22, 2006 There is no shortage of World War II based games these days but developer, Digital Reality manages to bring something new to this stale setting as it sacrifices historical accuracy for style by injecting a bit of sci-fi technology and lots of fast-paced action into their latest real-time strategy, War Front: Turning Point. Set in an alternate reality where the assassination of Hitler succeeded, War Front takes a look at what might have happened if the ...

War Front: Turning Point (War Front: Turning Point)

Jul 26, 2006

Even the History Channel is guilty of a little "what-if" once in a while. The upcoming RTS War Front: Turning Point takes a turn at putting World War II onto its alternative history head. Hitler is put out of his misery early, but despite his assassination, the Wehrmacht maintains its momentum. Germany rolls into London with the Eastern Front and the non-aggression treaty with Russia fully intact. The conflict dies down, but the frenetic pace of secret, super-powerful weapons development ...

War Front: Turning Point (War Front: Turning Point)

Apr 27, 2006

The pre-nuclear, pre-terrorist age of warfare may not be as explosive and unpredictable as today's modern conflicts, but add in the rare and secret weapons of World War II, and we're interested. Give us full control of this experimental arsenal, and we're ...

War Leaders: Clash of Nations (War Leaders: Clash of Nations)

May 1, 2006

Care for some diplomacy with your strategy sandwich, sir? Check out War Leaders: Clash of Nations, a historical strategy game where you'll assume the role of the diplomat and battlefield general. Like the immensely popular Total War series, War Leaders is split into two important parts: strategy and tactics. You'll have an opportunity to show your smarts in the intricate, turn-based management and diplomacy half of the game. Failing that, settle your differences and expand your empire by taking ...

War Rock (War Rock)

Nov 22, 2006

If you've never played a team-based war game before, War Rock could be your gateway drug. Join a team, pick a class (scout, engineer, medic, combat, or heavy weapons trooper) and jump head first into an all-out war with up to 63 other players. It's a poor man's Battlefield 2, to be sure, but its lack of top-notch graphics and polish is offset greatly by the fact that it's one hundred percent free to download and play. Between that and it's relatively modest system requirements, War Rock could ...

The Ward (The Ward)

May 7, 2007

This creepy survival horror game marks the debut of a new development studio, Renegade Kid. Their ambitious first effort promises plenty of gory frights served up with impressive graphics, as players roam a derelict hospital and uncover some unnervingly grotesque surgical experiments. It has real-time lighting, which is probably a first on DS, allowing for the use of a convincing flashlight to illuminate the gloomy corridors of the hospital. The lead character is a man who wakes up to find ...

The Tyranids have landed (Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2)

Aug 20, 2008

There’s a splash of dust as our drop pod dents the planet’s surface, but not the kind we like. It isn’t the sort of sod we’d club out of the ground in a round of golf with an Imperial Guard Commissar. It’s less familiar, less fertile. It’s soil on steroids: populated by mutated palms and wild bushes that not only look like they could have teeth, but poor dental plans. ...

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 (Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2)

Jun 6, 2008

In the year 40,000, the Human Empire is in decline. No longer great conquerers, mankind struggles simply to survive and hold on to its corner of the galaxy - which is easier said than done when a numberless horde of bloodthirsty space-faring Orks constantly pushes in on your borders, killing and pillaging for the sheer thrill of it. ...

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 (Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2)

Apr 17, 2008

“Our mantra is that things can only go in if they’re f---ing amazing,” says Relic’s Jonny Ebbert, the lead designer for Dawn of War 2. “It has to have massive visual impact.” Behind him loom giant images from Games Workshop’s overwrought military-gothic science fiction, and on the presentation screen an image of explosive bloodletting from the original Dawn of War. That game is four years old and ...

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade hands-on (Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade)

Sep 20, 2006

Whatever excuses you might have for not entering to the real-time strategy cataclysm Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War, they are wearing dangerously thin. The series' second expansion, Dark Crusade, rolls out next month, shortly after the recent release of the extremely compelling "Game of the Year" version of the hit original Dawn of War bundled with the Winter Assault expansion for under $30. This comes on top of developer Relic's strategy triumph Company of Heroes this month - shaping up to be ...

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade (Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade)

Aug 3, 2006

How high do you set your goals? In creating its second expansion pack for its Space Marine-clobbering strategy game Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, developer Relic says its goal is to make Dark Crusade "the best expansion for any game, ever." How? First by sheer weight of numbers. There are two new races - the Necrons and the Tau. The former are built for players who like to slowly suffocate their opponents. They're creepy, skull-faced robots on a monster land-grab: their rate of production is ...

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade (Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade)

Aug 3, 2006

Thursday 3 August 2006 Relic is getting good at this. This is the developer's second stab at producing an expansion pack for its Space Marine-clobbering strategy game Dawn of War, and its ambitions are starting to match its experience. In the words of one of the developer, the goal is to produce "the best expansion for any game, ever". How? First: by sheer weight of numbers. There are two new races - Necrons and the Tau. The former are built for players who like to slowly suffocate their ...

E3 06: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade (Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade)

May 12, 2006

Adding new races is a great way to breathe new life into a strategy game, so that's exactly what Relic is doing for its second expansion pack to the original RTS, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (the first expansion pack was Winter Assault). Due out later this year, Dark Crusade introduces the protective Tau and the destructive Necrons, bringing the total number of playable races to seven. Diametrically opposed, the two new races promise to change the way Dawn of War veterans think about ...

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm (Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm)

Feb 11, 2008

Kinky is not something you expect from an RTS. But kinky is where the latest Dawn of War expandalone is going, though - fetish battle-nuns and S&M elves. Dirty, dirty Warhammer 40,000.There’s been a bit of grumbling about the choice of new factions in Soulstorm. Some people really, really wanted Tyranids, the most alien of 40K races and the major omission to date. The Sisters of Battle (those fetish battle-nuns) and Dark Eldar ...

Dawn of War: Soulstorm - hands-on (Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm)

Jan 11, 2008

Jan 11, 2008 When Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War debuted, it broke the unspoken rule that any videogame based on a Games Workshop property is required to completely suck. Since then, the franchise has carved a nice space for itself, gaining an army of faithful RTS fans over the years with two great follow-up expansions: Winter Assault and Dark Crusade. Now a new stand-alone expansion is just around the corner. Scheduled for an early March release, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm ...

Dawn of War Winter Assault (Warhammer 40K Dawn of War)

Jul 4, 2005

Dawn of War: if ever a game was built for expansion packs, it's this one. Relic's characterful Warhammer 40,000-inspired RTS (PCG 140, 90%) may have featured a generous four armies to play with, but there are plenty more in the 40K universe that would - and inevitably will - lend themselves wonderfully to the PC treatment.Enter Winter Assault. The well-trained eyes out there will immediately recognise the forces of the Imperial Guard in action: the very backbone of humanity's future fighting ...

Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War (Warhammer 40K Dawn of War)

Aug 17, 2004

It seems like every time we see this game of far-future, apocalyptic warfare in action, a new colour has been added to the palette of treats. That's why, this time, we thought we'd throw two of the game's most vibrant elements into sharp relief: super-units and battlefield tactics. Every tech-tree in every RTS has its high branches, and usually lurking at the top is a piece of uber kit so powerful that Donald Rumsfeld has sweaty dreams of owning it. Dawn of War is no exception. But the main ...

Warhammer: Battle March - first impressions (Warhammer: Battle March)

Apr 16, 2008

Screw futuristic alien armies and lame realistic combat skirmishes. Warhammer: Battle March brings real time strategy back to where it all began: fantasy. Slamming into your Xbox 360 this fall, Battle March enables you to jump straight into beating the crap out of opposing armies, without having to wade through boring resource management. We had a chance to check out an unfinished build of Battle March and came away impressed at what was ...