Release of the Week: Star Trek Online (PC)

Release of the Week: Star Trek Online (PC)

When it comes to video games, Star Wars has always had the upper hand on Trekkies. Star Wars fans have played adventure games, role playing epics, shooters, real time strategies and even space combat simulators. To this day, there have not been very many exciting Star Trek games. That is, until this...

Duel Review: Dragon Age: Origins

Duel Review: Dragon Age: Origins

Every so often, we’re blessed with a couple of staffers who get a copy of a game, and we ask them to politely discuss the pros and cons of said game in a feature we like to call a dual review. This one, however, got ugly. We’re gonna call this the DUEL review, because…well, read it....

Star Trek Online: Now With 100% More Q!! Oh, And Some Other Stuff Too!

Star Trek Online: Now With 100% More Q!! Oh, And Some Other Stuff Too!

Star Trek Online isn’t even out yet, and Cryptic is already planning some significant updates to the game! The updates will include new raid episodes for both Klingon and Federation players, Federation VS Federation PvP, and three high level quests, one of which involves doing a “special...

Toki Tori Now Available on Steam

Toki Tori Now Available on Steam

That adorable little yellow bird, Toki Tori, has traveled a long way across the gaming universe. From his origins on the Game Boy Color to mobile phones to Wii Ware all the way to the iPhone, he’s seen more platforms than you can shake a stick at. I once tried to shake a stick at them all, too....

New Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Trailer

New Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Trailer

We got the brand spankin new trailer for Battlefield: Bad Company 2.  Watch the video and then go snag the demo.  360 owners can grab this demo now.  PC owners can grab the beta with a pre-order.  PS3 owners are once again shafted and have to wait until February 11 to grab the demo (February 4 for those...

Preview: Global Agenda

Preview: Global Agenda

One night Tribes was sitting in a bar feeling sorry for itself because most gamers had moved on to newer, fancier games. As it pounded the drinks down to try and drown it’s sorrow, World of Warcraft sat down next to it, and said “Hey, I remember you – you were AWESOME!” “Oh...

Early Impressions: Achron

Early Impressions: Achron

Everyone has regrets. A bad haircut, a messy breakup, a sloppy unit deployment, or even a bad tattoo. Finally you can solve one of those problems with time travel….. no, not the breakup. Achron is just like any other RTS. There are some tanks, some infantry units, some airborne units… yup,...

Release of the Week: Mass Effect 2 (360, PC)

Release of the Week: Mass Effect 2 (360, PC)

This week features some of the biggest game releases since Christmas. The Playstation 3 sees the release of MAG, an FPS with up to 256 players per match and the Wii gets a high profile sequel in the form of No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle. Both games should do well, but this weeks biggest release is by...

Vitals: Alien Vs Predator (360, PS3, PC)

Vitals: Alien Vs Predator (360, PS3, PC)

Seeing as how I am, and always have been a fan of both the Aliens and Predator movies, Alien Vs. Predator has been on my radar for a while. I am still sad to know that the Aliens RPG is probably never going to be made, but I will take what I can get… I guess. The real question is whether the game...

Preview: Star Trek Online

Preview: Star Trek Online

Space… the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Neverpants. It’s continuing mission: to explore strange new MMO’s. To seek out new quests, and space loot. To boldly go where no gamer has gone before!  Star Trek Online hits retail on February 2nd, but we had the chance to...