Mirror’s Edge Review

Attempting to successfully deliver brand new gaming concepts in an industry filled with me-too copycats, sequels, and tired gameplay mechanics is always risky business for developers. Thankfully, EA Digital Illusions CE (DICE) has taken that leap of faith and crafted… Read More »

Multiwinia Review

Darwinia was a surprise success in 2005. Developed by Introversion Software, the game came on the scene during the height of the “graphics=better!” debate, and promptly shut up many supporters. The game was the cliché but startlingly sad tale of… Read More »

Dead Space Review

Dead Space sure had a quiet release, didn’t it? While other blockbuster, console-creator-published titles are now coming out and getting TV spots left and right, one of the most anticipated games of the year quietly came out and got beaten… Read More »

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia Review

There are few certainties in the gaming world, but if you’re betting on a classic two-dimensional action series to remain fun and satisfying with each new release, then Konami’s Castlevania series is always one to consider. This holds true with… Read More »

There has been a lot of positive buzz surrounding independent physics-based puzzle game World of Goo. And no surprise, as it combines a nearly flawlessly executed simple and solid concept with a boundlessly charming look and feel. The basic concept… Read More »

Point and click. These basic gameplay mechanics are at the core of the Wii hardware, built directly into its input and operating systems. It makes sense, then, that popular point-and-click PC adventures should eventually find their way onto Nintendo’s humble… Read More »

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Review

When The Witcher came out last year, it was largely heralded as a sleeper hit with a myriad of problems. Several bugs, incomplete dialogue, horrendous load times, and buggy sound effects. In short, the problems in the game served to… Read More »

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Review

Ah, Warhammer Online. For untold time I looked forward to your release! (Actually, it was probably something like a year and a half.) Taking the best of several successful MMORPGs, and tossing in what seemed to be the greatest PVP… Read More »

Blitz: The League II is the second in Midway’s anti-NFL football franchise, designed to highlight and glamorize the less wholesome aspects of the game. With no NFL license the developers have gone the extra mile to keep things interesting via… Read More »

Coming into this sixth installment in the Silent Hill series, expectations were low, but hopes were high. The second consecutive outsourcing of the franchise–this time to Double Helix Games, a development studio famous for nothing–was sure to eclipse Climax Studios’… Read More »