King of Fighters is a household name when it comes to fighting games. It'd have to be, if this is the thirteenth one. While I'm not a fighting game grognard or whatever the term is, I do know what I enjoy in fighting games – and as they go, this game will serve as your old-school beat-em-up fun. The...

Variety is generally a good thing in games. Despite popular jokes about MMOS, people generally don't enjoy doing the same thing over and over again. However, there are also cases where you have a variety of things to do – and none of them, except one, are actually fun. Air Conflicts: Secret Wars is such a case. The game...

If you have ever wanted to jump behind the wheel of an expensive car, drive cross-country, and race against the best drivers in the world for a shot at millions, then on paper Need for Speed: The Run sounds like the perfect game for you. Regrettably, this is not the case. The game feels horribly inconsistent, and the overall racing experience suffers from it. There are some great set-piece...

Forza 4 starts with a tease. Jeremy Clarkson, well known from the hit series Top Gear, narrates that in this world there are very few places where people can indulge in speed, performance and beauty. Before the game starts in earnest, the player is treated to a quick one-lap race in the Alps. It's a well-hidden tutorial, but it also accentuates Forza's prime virtues. It is a game of...

There's a certain preconceived notion of what an id game is that I carried with me on my first trip through Rage. This was the company that made the first person shooter genre. It is responsible for most of what gaming is today (for better or for worse) and for popularizing what would later become multiplayer. They have a rich legacy. When I think of what they've created recently,...

We've come to the end: Gears of War 3, the ending of an era (That is, until a spinoff sequel/prequel is announced). It's hard to think of the gaming landscape without it, so great is its impact. It's not a spectacular send off, to be truthful, but it's a good, solid end to a franchise that launched a thousand-cover shooter. Two years have passed since Delta Squad...

The initial reaction to Rock of Ages is “Huh...that looks weird.” It's true, of course, it does look weird. Not many games cast you as a giant rock. Fewer still cast you as a giant rock who's been battling with historical figures since the dawn of time. The art is even curbed from these periods, making this one of the more visually eclectic titles of the...

The narrator of Bastion tells us that stories usually start at the beginning, but that this time it's different. It's a tease, of course, but a well constructed one. Bastion, the new xbox live arcade from Supergiant Games is all about the slow reveal, from aesthetics to story to mechanics, everything, it's all about the gradual building of something powerful. You control the Kid, one of...

The God Game Returns It’s been years since players were put in the position of a deity responsible for the welfare of a people. For the most part, Peter Molyneux has dominated that landscape, first with the genre defining Populous and then much later with Black & White one of the last of the big, commercial “God Games” to hit the shelves. But leave it to the...

I do not have high expectations based on movie licenses games, Especially in terms of depth. So It Was a pleasant surprise When 2 Cars started off with a tutorial telling me how to drift and trick to fill up the turbo gauge. Avalanche Used in Tried and true recipe to make a kart racer with weapons Good, short-cuts, turbo boosts, and well-rounded multiplayer. While the game Is...

The Game. The Legend. The 12 Year Production Cycle.There’s really not much to say about the infamous Duke Nukem Forever at this point. Originally conceived by 3D Realms in 1997, the game has passed through the hands of at least two complete engine changes, and three separate developers. An astounding 14 years and immeasurable amounts of angst, hype and scepticism later, the game is finally out on shelves for...

BRINK, developed by Splash Damage and Bethesda Software, is a derivative first-person shooter with an emphasis on multiplayer. What was promised is far from what was received. We were fed lines about how BRINK was going to revolutionize the way gamers played online and offline, how it would be a streamlined experience built upon revolutionary technology. The game, I will admit, looks...

Atmospheric drop-in manoeuvres are by far the most intense part of Section 8: Prejudice. Watching the ground move closer and closer, dropping in behind enemy lines, taking down enemies before running out using an Overdrive boost. It’s a hell of a lot of fun, yet when you rinse and repeat the formula with an insubstantial story, derivative gameplay and a general lack of anything revolutionary you find yourself playing...

In late 2009, Capybara Games released Critter Crunch, a much talked about gem of puzzle gem games, which not only showed an imaginative force in the small studio but also that the old genre still had a lot of kick for the imaginative. Within the same gasp of time they also gave us Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes, which altogether signed off that perhaps Capy had a secret...

Beyond Standard DefinitionWhile PS3 owners will have to wait for some point specified only as “later in the year,” Xbox 360 owners can enjoy the high definition revisit to Beyond Good & Evil right now. It’s a game with a lot of history and a small but loyal fanbase that claims that its 2003 release didn’t get the reception the game deserved. Now, eight years later, it returns to...

Knight’s Contract is a generic third person action game with one unique idea and that gets buried beneath repetitive gameplay, muddy graphics, and atrocious design decisions, and that’s as irritating as it sounds. The game has a few decent moments and some interesting gameplay twists, but it’s not worth the cumulative aggravation.In Knight’s Contract, you play as Heinrich, an immortal knight with the gait, demeanor, and complexion of a...

Before I start this review, a confession: after over 100 matches, I still suck at Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. This isn't to say I've lost every match – my win ratio hovers somewhere around 30 per cent. I wish I could say it was the hardware, but I went out and purchased myself a Hori EX2 Fight Stick in preparation for some killer combos. And while I can definitely...

Since the release of Contra on the Nintendo Entertainment System, the many developers behind the series – starting with Konami and since branching off to Appaloosa Interactive, WayForward Technologies, M2 and Arc System Works – have released countless sequels, prequels and re-imaginings of this challenging, yet addicting run and gun shoot-‘em-up series. The newest title in the series, Hard Corps: Uprising, may be the first game without the Contra...

The trivia genre hasn’t always had the easiest time getting a foothold in the gaming industry. Titles like Buzz! and Scene It? have come and gone with mild fanfare, leaving no lasting impression. When if first released in 1995, You Don’t Know Jack changed the way a lot of people thought about trivia video games. Rather than emulating existing shows it sought to be its own beast with a...

Swingin’ Cyberntic Style Again Has it really been close to three years since Bionic Commando Rearmed hit the downloadable game scene? The first game, a loving remake of the 1988 original, caught contemporary gamers by surprise with its loyal adherence to difficulty levels not seen in years. It was a labour of love that showed a fondness for the source material with knowing winks to the retro...