Release of the Week: Sorcery (PS3)

Release of the Week: Sorcery (PS3)

Sorcery is the latest game from developers The Workshop and SCE Santa Monica Studio. Gamers will play as a young magic user who must employ a variety of spells and potions to combat enemies and solve puzzles! Announced at E3 2010, Sorcery was shown off as the killer app for Sony’s new PlayStation Move...

Release of the Week: Diablo III (PC)

Release of the Week: Diablo III (PC)

Diablo II is one of the most popular and influential games of all time. The game launched back in June 2000, only a few months after the PlayStation 2 launched in Japan, and yet the game is still being sold at retail. The Diablo: Battle Chest was still the 19th best selling PC game in 2008 and was still...

Review: The Walking Dead: Episode 1 (PC)

Review: The Walking Dead: Episode 1 (PC)

The Walking Dead: Episode 1 is the perfect game for fans of The Walking Dead franchise. In other words, this isn’t another game where you run around and shoot zombies with a near endless supply of weaponry. This experience is more about interacting with other characters, building relationships with...

Release of the Week: Starhawk (PS3)

Release of the Week: Starhawk (PS3)

Warhawk was a one of the great early PlayStation 3 games and was Sony’s way to highlight some of the features of their new system. It was the first title shown with the new Sixaxis motion controls at E3 in 2006. It was also the first PlayStation game to be available on both a Blu-ray disc and...

Release of the Week: TERA (PC)

Release of the Week: TERA (PC)

Last week rumor swirled around the gaming industry that South Korean publisher Nexon had placed a bid to purchase Electronic Arts. While it is unlikely that this would happen, it does illustrate just how big Korean MMO’s have become, despite their limited popularity in North America. Though many...

Release of the Week: Prototype 2 (360, PS3)

Release of the Week: Prototype 2 (360, PS3)

Prototype is one of the last non-licensed, non-Call of Duty franchises left in Activision’s arsenal. While the Guitar Heroes, True Crimes and Blurs have gone by the wayside, Prototype is still here. For now, at least. The first Prototype hit during the summer of 2009 and managed to sell over 2...

Release of the Week: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (Enhanced Edition) (360)

Release of the Week: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (Enhanced Edition) (360)

One of the greatest RPG’s of this generation is finally making it’s way to the 360 this week. Polish studio CD Projekt RED has spent the passed year tweaking their dark fantasy epic The Witcher 2: and getting it ready for console gamers. The game is known for it’s fantastic combat...

Release of the Week: Tribes: Ascend (PC)

Release of the Week: Tribes: Ascend (PC)

Tribes was a fairly popular series of Sci-Fi first-person shooters on the PC in the late 1990′s and early 2000′s. It is most notable for implementing jet-packs with the ability to “ski” quickly across open terrain. Though it may be hard to believe, skiing was actually a bug in the...

Release of the Week: Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii)

Release of the Week: Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii)

It isn’t very often that a noteworthy Wii game gets released. It is even rarer that a noteworthy JRPG not named Final Fantasy gets released. This week will see both rarities occur thanks to the North American release of Xenoblade Chronicles. It is actually a small wonder that the game is even coming...

Release of the Week: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 (360, PS3)

Release of the Week: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 (360, PS3)

The year’s second most exciting golf game is finally here! While it’s no Hot Shots, Tiger Woods PGA Tour has made a name for itself with gamers who enjoy cutting edge ball rotation and grass physics. This year’s game will be “better with Kinect” because like Tiger, it’s...