Region-locking: truly a two-way street that goes nowhere. Last year, I spent two months studying abroad at the Yamasa Institute in Okazaki, Japan.  One of the people I met there working for the school was a US expat and Japanese history buff who was extremely excited about The Creative Assembly’s...

It’s that time of year again. Just as sure as Thanksgiving will be celebrated at the end of November, you can bet that the second Tuesday will bring about another Call of Duty game. The series is the premier shooter franchise in gaming and is a huge reason for the success of its publisher, Activision....

If there was one thing that StarCraft 2 proved when it launched this summer, it was that there is a market out there for strategy games on the PC. A fairly large market. Civilization V will hope to capitalize on that market when it hits store shelves this week. Whereas StarCraft’s bread and butter has...

After launching their GTA styled MMO on June 29th of this year, Realtime Worlds are pulling the plug on APB. A troubled game from the onset and issues with management in the organization spelled an epic ending to a promising new development house. For some time now, APB’s head honcho had been trying...

Game: Worms Reloaded (PC) Publisher: Team 17 Developer: Team 17 Genre: Turn-Based Strategy Price: $19.99 Verdict: Fun at first, but can quickly become frustrating Pros: Beautiful HD environments and fun new weapons in classic 2D Worms glory. Cons: Frustrating learning curve. Frame rate and sound issues at...

Well, ALMOST half: Of the 44.8 million PC games sold in the US last year, 21.3 million of them, that’s 48%, were digital downloads. Physical unit sales only just managed to top that figure with 23.5 million, despite a year-on-year decline in physical game sales, notes the NPD report. That’s a...

Game: ARMA II: Combined Operations Publisher: Meridan4 Developer: Bohemia Interactive Genre: Tactical First Person Shooter Price: $49.99 (Review copy provided by publisher) Verdict: There is fun to be had for the dedicated view Pros: Realistic gun physics; Great multiplayer experience. Cons: Extremely...

Game: APB: All Points Bulletin Publisher: Electronic Arts Developer: Realtime Worlds Genre: Action MMO Price: $49.99 + subscription (see below; Review copy provided by developer) Verdict: A great game for fans of third person shooters despite some frustrating moments. Pros: Flexible subscription model,...

“Oh, it’s you. It’s been a long time. How have you been? I’ve been really busy being dead… after you murdered me!” GLaDOS has rebuilt herself and is prepared to begin testing you again in Valve’s highly anticipated Portal 2. I managed to get a screening of Portal 2 in Valve’s private meeting...

Game: Plain Sight Platform: PC/Steam Publisher: Beatnik Games Developer: Beatnik Games Genre: Action Price: $9.99 Pros: Exploding ninja robots are awesome Cons: Everything else about the game Review Copy Provided By Publisher Any game about tiny ninja robots that fight each other to the death should be a...