Game Reviews

With all of the hype surrounding Gears of War, has Emergence Day been worth the wait? There have been trailers, E3 demos, million dollar ad campaigns, and even an MTV special about Epic Games' newest release, Gears of War. With all of the publicity behind it, Gears of War is the ... [full story]

The Pro Evolution Soccer series is renowned for its realism, and Pro Evolution Soccer 6 is abundant with new gameplay additions. Player AI has been massively upgraded, with players running intelligently into space when not in possession of the ball and pointing where they want the pass placed to continue ... [full story]

Marine Mania is an expansion for Zoo Tycoon 2, but this time you're building and running your own aquarium! You can build your own aquarium from scratch and look after everything - including all the money! But don't worry if you're not good at budgeting as you can just ... [full story]

Sam Fisher is back - and this time he is in high definition, if you are playing on an Xbox 360. Splinter Cell has become one of the most important videogame franchises in recent years and helped redefine third-person stealth titles. The fourth outing is the most radical change yet - ... [full story]

Fifa 07 is the best footbal game ever created. There may be no next-generation version available yet - the Xbox 360 version is out later in the year - but the PlayStation 2 version still looks sprightly despite the ageing hardware. The game engine has been re-designed, the artificial intelligence of the ... [full story]

As one of the first commercially available video games, Pong seems to have an almost academic importance, but not enough credit is given to the simple elegance of its design--two bar-shaped "paddles," one square "ball"--something that was born largely out of technical limitations. There is an obvious correlation between Pong ... [full story]

The Da Vinci Code revolves around secret societies, ancient cover-ups and calculated vengeance in an action-oriented suspense experience. While attempting to solve a murder, Harvard professor Robert Langdon and brilliant French cryptographer Sophie Neveu uncover a 2000-year-old conspiracy through clues encoded in paintings by Leonardo Da Vinci. The Da Vinci ... [full story]

Better known to American as Dragon Warrior 8, Dragon Quest VIII brings the long-running RPG series to the PlayStation 2 for the first time. In it, players are able to capture monsters that inhabit the battlefield. These beasts differ from the creatures you'd normally encounter in battles, as they have ... [full story]

Top Spin is the Xbox Live enabled title which lets players define their tennis playing style, take risks, pull off world-class shots, and work the crowd to develop a unique image on the court. Players can also train with a coach, to master shots and playing surfaces and work your way up ... [full story]

Gaming’s most famous heroine makes her triumphant return in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend! Lara Croft travels the globe in search of an ancient artifact and is pitted against rival forces... With the seventh in the Tomb Raider series, it feels as though the sorry mess of the previous episode, ... [full story]

If you've played the first one, or been following all the news about the upcoming sequel, you'd know that the songs featured in Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero II rank among the best air-guitar tunes in rock history.   The PlayStation 2 game lets you act out your fantasies of ... [full story]