Age of Zombies is a PSP/PS3 Mini developed by Halfbrick Studios in which the player embarks on an adventure through time as Barry Steakfries. (more...)

Interactive storytelling was the goal developer Quantic Dream sought to create, and Heavy Rain is the product they and Sony have pushed oh so hard to make. Surprisingly, they fail in so many ways, while still making a unique and noteworthy title that many will undoubtedly enjoy, and many will definitely hate. (more...)

Combining more modes of play than all of our reviewed titles of February, Aliens vs Predator is all about the embodiment of the franchise, doing it justice in the videogame realm. Does it succeed, or does it blunder as many pundits have expected? (more...)

The blue bomber returns to his element once again in Capcom's retro throwback title Mega Man 10, the second game modeled after the series original 8-bit roots. Mega Man 10 offers some new features to the formula including an easy mode to make the game more accessible to the easily frustrated and the ability to play through the game as Proto Man from the start, but does this manage to keep the game fresh or is the nostalgia starting to wear thin?

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Such a game is difficult to review, especially when it is crucial it contains no spoilers but I must get across just how great this game really is. As the fifth installment of possibly my favorite franchise on the Nintendo DS, the Ace Attorney series, you play as Miles Edgeworth. To get this out of the way first, this game is different to the previous installments as obvious as it seems, for one you play as a prosecutor for the very first time, as well as the title says, is all about the investigating.

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When it comes to puzzle games, this generation revolves around space and time, especially the latter. Time is a puzzle our brains really need to bend around to understand. Physicists have strived to beat it, poets and writers romanticize about it, and game developers strive to perfect it. Then came along two USC graduates. (more...)

The tower-defense genre seems to be vastly under-represented within gaming. The only titles that immediately come to mind are Plants vs. Zombies and Defense Grid: The Awakening. I was recently given the opportunity to try out a new entry in the genre from Mana Bomb Games Studio, Colony Defense. While PopCap’s quirky tower-defense game seems like a far cry from Colony Defense, both in art style and gameplay (and budget), the two games do share one thing in common: they are both unique.

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Lost in Nightmares is the first of two single-player focused downloadable content for Resident Evil 5, and it serves primarily as a prequel to the events of the game’s narrative. You’ll be playing as Chris Redfield who, alongside his faithful partner Jill Valentine, infiltrates the cryptic estate of Umbrella’s founder, Ozwell E. Spencer. Of course, anyone who’s played through the base game knows how this scenario is going to end, but in the case of this piece of DLC, it’s all about reaching that resolution.
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Single Player - Tyler Treat

BioShock 2 is a tough game to review. It’s fighting an uphill battle against an absolutely stunning game. It’s got big shoes to fill, shoes, many argue, didn’t need filling at all. With that in mind, it’s difficult to review without comparing it to the greatness of its predecessor. BioShock 2 retains many of the gameplay elements that made the first title so enjoyable, but it ultimately falls short of greatness thanks to weak characters and even weaker storytelling.

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And she’s buying a stairwell to hell

Turning to one of the greatest pieces of literature was a bold move by EA and Visceral Games, the developers that brought us Dead Space. Choosing Dante’s Inferno, according to the developers, was a no brainer: the poem lays out in plain English all of the levels, bosses, and characters. All that really needed to be done was some story tweaking, a combat solution, and creating the world.

Does Dante’s Inferno do the poem justice? (more...)