The race for the NBA championship is yet again nigh, and accompanying it is the traditional new edition of EA’s longstanding NBA Live franchise. Throughout its history, NBA Live has never been able to fully escape its status as an average basketball simulation, but it’s hard to fault EA for continuously trying. Still, despite its [...]

The idea of extra terrestrial life has been one of the prevailing influences on American culture since the middle of the twentieth century. But whenever any alien actually did attack any part of the Earth—US or not—in films, books and videogames, they were always eventually demolished by either the fierce power of human ingenuity or [...]

In the classic film Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner’s character hears someone whisper in a cornfield, “If you build it, they will come.” Oddly enough, that message can be applied to the quirky little DS title Scribblenauts, with a slight twist. In this case, it’s “If you write it, they will come.” Dogs, doctors, helicopters, [...]

For years now, Microsoft has been riding high on the money-train that is Master Chief’s successful career in gaming. It’s hard to believe that the world-renowned, best-selling first person shooter which revolutionized the world of online console gaming itself was initially planned as an RTS for the PC. Close to a decade following Halo: Combat [...]

When it’s all said and done, WET will meet the standards of any player in search of an experience like no other. However, those that were hoping for a game like no other must continue on their quest.

Fans of the “metroidvania” and 2.5D style of games rejoice! Shadow Complex will fulfill your side-scrolling, item-scouring needs faithfully. Gamers who aren’t familiar with these types of games or just don’t like them, however, may be best suited trying out a demo before purchasing the game

Dashing pirate extraordinaire Guybrush Threepwood returns in the second episode of the (so far) successful Tales of Monkey Island series. Like other Telltale games, Tales of Monkey Island is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game divided into five mini-episodic games, with plans to release one each month. The first, Launch of the Screaming Narwhal, received [...]

Trials HD loves to form an emotional bond. Ready to seduce players for one more go or break their heart with an inevitable crash, it’s Live Arcade’s version of a female playing hard to get. While you control the manliest of bikers, who storms across outrageous courses towards the finish line at heart-thumping speeds, the [...]

With iPhone games getting increasingly more complex by the week, relaxing with 10 Pin Shuffle provides a refreshing burst of simplicity. As Digital Smoke replicate the local bar atmosphere on the excellently suited screen of the iPhone, this challenging title arrives receiving plaudits from the majority of users who’ve decided to give it a go [...]

As the summer’s top sporting events slowly dry up, playing Ashes Cricket 2009 feels like prolonging the death of an immobile old man. Sure, the real series is into the all-important last test, with none of us the wiser as to who will win, but there’s an air of pointlessness about a game that’s been [...]