I’m a little ashamed to admit it, but I have a strange fondness for Japanese cute-em-ups. In fact, the console port of Konami’s original Otomedius is one of the reasons I bought a Japanese Xbox 360.  With 2D side-scrolling shooters not as popular as they once were, it is indeed a rare event...

Majesco Entertainment has become synonymous in recent years with its localizations of the popular Cooking Mama franchise for the Western market.  Their lineup this year is impressively diverse, ranging from casual titles such as a new 3DS iteration of the aforementioned Cooking Mama franchise and a Hulk...

I want to be forward with you. Declaring Duke Nukem: Forever this week’s “Release of the Week” is in no way an endorsement telling you to run out and buy the game. In reality this is more of a warning that if you are planning a trip to hell any time soon, I would pack some snow shoes....

New York will never be the same again after what happened to Alex Mercer. A virus spread through the city, warping and twisting it while mutating its populace. In the first Prototype you played Alex Mercer as he tried to find out what happened to him, even as his body mutated to give you the weapons and...

The Hitman series featured some of the best stealth based gameplay of the last generation. Agent 47 was a genetically engineered super killer working for the International Contract Agency, also known simply as “The Agency.” Each stage was a different hit you had to carry out, some times on more...

Final Fantasy XIII was one of those games that you either loved or hated. There never seemed to be a middle ground. With its upcoming sequel, Square Enix  seemed to hear and take into consideration a great number of complaints from the first game, and at the same time, kept many things exactly as they were...

Love is not over. Catherine is, without a doubt, a very difficult game to describe. It is also, without a doubt, one of the most intriguing games I’ve come across at E3Expo this year. Atlus’s adventure-puzzle-horror hybrid has turned more than a few heads this year, and likely perplexed just...

Paradox Interactive is a publisher known for its PC-based strategy games from developers all over the world. We got a chance to sit down with them at E3 and get some hands on demonstrations of their upcoming line-up. King Arthur II King Arthur II is a PC role-playing wargame from Neocore Games. You play as...

If you have ever wanted to shape your own hero in the X-Men universe, this is your opportunity. Coming this fall, X-Men Destiny is set after the death of Professor Xavier and will allow you to shape a new mutant as they come to terms with their new found power. There are three brand new mutants to choose...

When it comes to must-see games at this year’s E3, Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was very obviously near, if not at the top of the list. The successor to the insanely popular Oblivion has some dramatically huge shoes to fill, but if what we saw in today’s demo was any indication, it is very up...