Sometimes you just have to play a sports game for the pure joy of it and forget about the realistic side of the sport. The FIFA 10 release for the Wii combines some pure arcade elements wrapped around some of the more exciting elements of the sport to give up a game that will certainly not seat itself...

Ride off into the sunset in your new tank. October 28, 2009 – The GTA IV saga closes out with The Ballad of Gay Tony, an over-the-top, explosive $20 downloadable episode. Like the first episode, The Lost and Damned, you’ll need a copy of GTA IV to play the downloadable version of The Ballad...

Hope you saved room for one more plastic instrument. October 26, 2009 – For many, exactly what a DJ does up in that DJ booth at the club is a mystery. But now you can find out with DJ Hero, the latest in the never-ending line of Hero games from Activision. Because this is a new type of music game,...

One of my favorite psychological theories is that we remember and assess the things we experience based on their climaxes and their conclusions. Take videogames, for instance: If, at its peak, a game was utterly terrible — but the ending was pretty good — we might remember it as “just...

September 28, 2009 – Since launching the first PlayStation Portable in 2005, Sony has taken a strictly incremental approach to design variation. It took the company nearly two years to introduce the first redesign with the PSP-2000 or PSP “Slim,” and with it, only trimmed down the size...

Legendary graphics from legendary times Graphics are an important part of a video game, because no matter how good the gameplay is and how deep the storyline is, it’s better if it looks good too. But many of the developers don’t start developing a game by creating their own engine because it takes...

September 15, 2009 – The lineage of the Marvel action RPG is beginning to look a bit like the New Testament. X-Men Legends begat X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse. X-Men Legends II begat Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. And now, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance begets Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. So it is...

I grew up in the ’80s and owned more than a hundred G.I. Joes. I was obsessed for the better part of my childhood with the action figures. Needless to say, I watched the show as if it held the secrets to the universe. So when G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra feature film was announced, naturally I vomited...

GameSpot writes: It’s almost impossible to play Prototype without feeling like Mercer is an overpowered character at some point, but any time you start getting too comfortable, there’s a good chance the game is about to change things up on you. To give specific examples would be to risk spoiling...

June 8, 2009 – Let’s get this out of the way: I’m a Ghostbusters Super-Fan. It’s my favorite movie, I own a jumpsuit, a movie-accurate Proton Pack and I even cried during an episode of Extreme Ghostbusters when Slimer accidentally killed Eduardo… keep in mind that this was...

June 5, 2009 – The Sims 3 Exclusive Review - No, that’s not an official subtitle to one of EA’s most recognizable titles.  Chances are you’ve heard of this life simulation game where you can create your own family and help them grow up well, meeting their needs and finding time...

Cryostasis is anything but another action-heavy FPS, despite its first-person perspective and occasional gunplay. Judged on the technical merits of its combat or design of its puzzles, the game is a brutal failure. However, to do so would utterly miss the point of the game. Cryostasis ably uses its unique...