Vanguard: Saga of Heroes seeks to define a new age in the massively multiplayer role-playing genre. Under the direction of veteran game designer (and EverQuest co-daddy) Brad McQuaid, developer Sigil has set out to design what they're calling a "third-generation MMO": a next step in evolution beyond first-gen EverQuest and second-gen World of
Rome: Total War - Alexander is the latest expansion pack for Creative Assembly and Sega's hit real-time-strategy franchise Total War, and will be available exclusively for download this June.
Alexander will challenge gamers to follow in the footsteps of ancient civilization's greatest general - Alexander the Great - a Macedonian who conquered most of the world known to the Ancient Greeks at the young age of 33, before his untimely
Can a smarter program make a better poker video game? That's what Stacked hopes to answer - and our hands-on impressions from the PC and PS2 versions make us believers so far.
Stacked's artificial intelligence has been in development for 10 years independently as a pure research project; the game creators simply wrapped it up in an attractive Texas Hold 'Em shell. Of course, this also means that this game has been practicing for 10 years, just to kick your ass. You won't see a lot of reckless
Look sharp: a tasty platoon of brand new Battlefield 2142 screens has just dropped into view. The fanatically followed, team-based military shooter franchise is taking the fight into the next century, where an ice age throws the world into a massive conflict over the last habitable land in the banana belt.
Following the massive strategic upgrades that Battlefield 2's squad system introduced (where players benefited by sticking with their squad leader), BF2142 seems like a tactically-centric
Tuesday 2 May 2006
Despite the original Runaway selling over 600,000 copies in Europe, chances are that you've never even heard of - let alone played - this award winning point 'n' click adventure, as it was never released in the UK. Thankfully, publisher Ascaron is making sure that we don't miss out on the sequel, Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle, which is shaping up to be an absolute treat.
While Runaway's developer, Pendulo Studios, is keeping schtum about the game's plot, it's pretty
Taking World War II action to the Pacific Theater, Pacific Storm ambitiously crams three genres into one: real-time and turn-based strategy with a side of action-arcade. Jump from admiral-on-the-bridge to pilot-in-the-skies in a bid to control the largest theater of war in history. Presenting us with simulator elements (like joystick control for aircraft) and the promise of multiplayer battles, Pacific Storm could be an incredible sleeper hit for history, action and strategy fans
Explore the reaches of deep space - and a deeper storyline - in the epic adventure game DarkStar One. DSO's early good looks and promise of story-driven space action have us ready to go into the outer reaches of the universe. The DarkStar One is your ship, your fully customizable and upgradeable home that will grow and expand as you follow the mystery of your father's death. You'll have the freedom to travel as a pirate, trader, mercenary - or anything in between - in an open-ended universe
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
Ghost Recon games obsess over reproducing reality, so graphics and animation play a pivotal role. In the past, only PC gamers got to gloat about fresh lighting and molecular detail...but oh how times have changed.
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter shotguns realism directly into your retinas. The supple, reactive shadows play across the streets of Mexico City with dazzling accuracy while you're fed a constant diet of military authorities barking critical orders and hailstorms of bullets and
Poking our heads around each corner in Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher is a meaningful, heart-tightening and calculated risk. Twice before, the Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (...that's the Mexican Special Forces) were there in force, waiting to give it to us between the eyes. Leading our co-op squad as leader Scott Mitchell is a thankless task. The entire team of four will need to reload the level from scratch and start from the beginning if he gets killed. Thanks to that,
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