"Red, Blue, Green, Gold, Silver… Watch, I bet they'll even come out with a Black and White version!" Odds are that's something you said in the cafeteria during your lunch in grade school. Some fifteen years later, it actually happened….
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With pitchers and catchers having reported in mid-February, we have baseball video games to help tide us over until the regular MLB season begins. Unfortunately, 2K Sports decided to release a game they should send back down to the minors….
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In 2009 a little PC game called Torchlight was released via various digital distribution outlets. The game had very low system requirements which allowed it to run on almost any PC. It became quite a popular game in the months…
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Q-Games’ follow-up to their acclaimed 2009 shooter adds some new fluids, a light/dark mechanics, and multiplayer to the dynamic fluid action. What’s It About? This will be a spoiler since PixelJunk Shooter 2 begins right where the first game ended,…
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The last time I played a new Contra game was Contra: Shattered Soldier on the PS2. Since then there have been Xbox Live Arcade releases of the original and Super Contra games. What we have not seen though is a…
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For many fans of the epic genre, Japanese role-playing games have all but gone stale. With the exception of Demon's Souls, there hasn't been a single title that has unanimously pushed the genre forward. Even Square's behemoth Final Fantasy XIII…
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The sequel to the acclaimed remake of Bionic Commando finally adds the ability to jump. What’s It About? While Grin’s 3D Bionic Commando may not have done well as Capcom would have liked, their 2.5D remake of the original NES…
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Tales From Space: About A Blob combines Katamari Damacy with 2D platforming in the PlayStation Network debut for Drinkbox Studios. What’s It About? Tales From Space: About A Blob begins as a group of blobs launch themselves off of a…
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EA’s latest downloadable title for XBLA and PSN takes the dual-stick shooter genre to some very tiny places that you haven't seen before. What’s It About? MicroBot begins with the microscopic robot under your control being injected into a subject’s…
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Atomic Games is bringing their expertise with wargames to Xbox Live Arcade with Breach, their new online multiplayer first-person shooter. What’s It About? With multiplayer first-person shooters being all the rage right now, it’s no surprise to see some of…
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Kratos and Ready at Dawn return to the PSP for God of War: Ghost of Sparta, the latest chapter in the Spartan’s story. What’s It About? With God of War III putting a nice little bow on the end of…
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Yes, another Call of Duty game. While Activision is giving gamers more than their fair share of the popular shooter franchise, year after year one thing remains clear: they are always consistently great games with some of the best multiplayer…
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