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There are not many games out there that have the “WOW! Must buy” factor for me these days, I’m not one to rush out and spend £50 (or up to $60 if you’re in the US) and…

If you haven’t noticed by now Monkey Island has come back withvengeance,  whether it’s the special edition or the tales of MonkeyIsland you have been playing - I’m sure,…

You may recall I recently previewed Dissidia: Final Fantasy a few weeks back, for those of you who do not; Dissidia: Final Fantasy is Square-Enix’s latest original offering (as…

The Wednesday before this year's San Diego Comic Con, I'd stopped in my regular comic book shop to pick up the books of interest that week.  I got to talking to the owner of…

WET, the new third-person action title from Artificial Mind and Movement, is as subtle as stabbing someone in the crotch with a sword. Mixing twin-fisted shooting, limb-severing…

The Conduit, developed by High Voltage Software, is being seen as a saving grace of sorts for the Wii - giving hardcore gamers a first person shooter worthy of praise. Call of…

It is quite common in the gaming industry for a series to continue and continue. Once a company has had a success with a game, you can count on a sequel being planned…

MapleStory is a free to play Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG for short) made by Nexon, the brains behind Counter Strike Online. They have just bought…

Simple idea? Check. Addictive gameplay? Check. Infuriating levels, thatyou know you can beat but find yourself repeating over and over untilyou finally get past it? Check. You…

It's hard to put your finger on just what Star Trek: DAC was trying toachieve as a game, as it could quite simply be any generic spaceshooter. This one simply had the blessing of…

There are few superheroes to have such an impact as Batman. Having spawned several iterations of comic books, films and games, it is obvious that we're never going to be fully…

Firstly, I’m a big darts fan. I love watching it on TV, and I love playing it. Whether that’s in the pub, on a console, or on a computer. So it was with eager anticipation…

Since October, Fallout 3 has provided some seriously memorable gaming moments. Setting fire to a gigantic radioactive scorpion, blowing apart a demented hillbilly's head…

So here I am with another offering from 1C Company in the form of 7.62 High Calibre, essentially the sequel to Brigade E5; a tactical strategy game akin to titles such as…

In essence, Shatter takes an existing gameplay design - one that has seen many a remake - and adds a fun little spin to it. A downloadable game off the PlayStation Store, Shatter…

The Nintendo Wii - one of the best selling consoles of all time, the most original console of all time and the console that surprises us with game releases month after month.…

Earlier this year, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) banned advertisements for video games rated M or AO on its trains, buses, and stations.

If you're looking at Battlefield 1943 and expecting it to have the same level of depth of gameplay as its PC based predecessors, then stop right now as it doesn't. But that is…

Resurrecting a much-loved series of games is a difficult and controversial task. The Monkey Island games are indisputably some of the best point-and-click titles ever created,…