By Shiva Stella
Posted Jan 20, 2009 6:41 pm PT
Second Evolution is an engaging action role-playing game that’s just as enjoyable as its PlayStation forebear.
Star Ocean: Second Evolution is an enhanced remake of developer Tri-Ace’s Star Ocean: The Second Story, a popular PlayStation role-playing game. It shares much with First Departure, a recent remake of the [...]
By Tom Mc Shea
Posted Jan 7, 2009 5:30 pm PT
Lots of variety and funny cutscenes make the second Madagascar game a good reason to escape to Africa.
While licensed video games have a dubious history, those targeting the younger set have been particularly uninspired. It is a pleasant surprise, then, that Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa not [...]
By Justin Calvert
Posted Dec 10, 2008 6:11 pm PT
This collection of 10 pinball tables offers more than enough variety to justify the price that you pay for infinite credits.
The glory days of pinball are back, at least according to the packaging for Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection. That’s not true, no matter how [...]
By Anthony Perez
Posted Dec 9, 2008 5:45 pm PT
DBZ: Infinite World fails to live up to the standard set by previous DBZ games on the PS2.
Dragon Ball Z games have run the quality gamut from terrible to very good. Infinite World lands somewhere in between. There are only three main modes in Infinite World: Dragon [...]
By Luke Anderson
Posted Dec 8, 2008 5:45 pm PT
SingStar Abba is a good addition to the series and a heap of fun to play, provided you like singing as a female Swede.
SingStar is back for a fourth instalment on the PlayStation 3, and the series gets its first artist-exclusive title in the form of SingStar [...]
By Kevin VanOrd
Posted Nov 25, 2008 6:24 pm PT
A boldly refreshing strategy RPG that is both beautiful to look at and fun to play.
You haven’t played anything quite like Valkyria Chronicles. At first, you might think this is due to its striking visual design, but this is a case when beauty isn’t just skin deep. [...]
By Carolyn Petit
Posted Sep 3, 2008 7:20 pm PT
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor has all the right elements, yet it still manages to do everything wrong.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor for the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 2 has all the ingredients of a successful third-person adventure game. And at first glance, [...]
By Carolyn Petit
Posted Aug 27, 2008 5:39 pm PT
An improved control scheme and online campaign support aren’t enough to save Monster Madness from mediocrity.
Released last year for the PC and Xbox 360, Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia tried to dress up the fun of classic top-down arcade games such as Gauntlet in the [...]
By Randolph Ramsay
Posted Aug 27, 2008 5:46 pm PT
Exciting for Ferrari fans, but take away the licence and you’re left with a competent racer with only average looks, poor AI opponents, and not enough variety.
A racing game focused entirely on one car manufacturer seems like a bit of an anachronism nowadays, and System [...]
By Don Francis
Posted Aug 26, 2008 6:54 pm PT
The addictive gameplay and stylish design of N+ fit almost perfectly into the tight confines of today’s handhelds.
Not too long ago, an aspiring designer created a series of death traps for ninjas. These traps were not merely cunning mazes or killing-machine-filled rooms, but also a downloadable [...]
