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RPG’s are somewhat neglected on the Xbox 360 in my eyes. The console is dominated by FPS and action games so when I heard that Risen was hitting the Xbox, I got pretty excited.…

With recent racers GRID and DiRT, Codemasters have managed to show us two things. One; they have a penchant for irregular upper case letting. And two; they've shown us…

The sci-fi shooter has been done a number of times in a number of ways - and arguably there are an abundance of new possibilities within the sci-fi genre that will continue to…

Red Faction: Guerrilla, Volition's newest title has been out for some time already on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. It's been a while, but it's finally arrived on the PC,…

The King of Fighters is a long standing series spawning many sequels and remakes, I recently played the ported versions of the games on the PSP and thoroughly enjoyed them, so I…

It's not often that a gaming title leaves you bewildered yet at the same time intrigued about the content held within the confines of a shiny disc. The prospect of tossing tuna…

After getting my appetite whet from a hands-on experience of Shift back in August while attending GamesCom, I was all too eager to lay my grubby paws on the finished product to…

Anyone who's ever played an RTS game will know the feeling - you'veinstructed your units to move or attack, but yet they appear to haveother ideas and decide to sit around…

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…