Where do great games come from? Why, From Software of course. har har! Seriously though, developer From Software is a veteran and very successful Japanese game developer with games like Armored Core, Echo Night: Beyond, Enchanted Arms, and last year's tough and great RPG, Demon's Souls. Today marks the release of their newest title for the North American market, exclusively for the PS3. 3D Dot Gam...[Read More]

In 2008, Sega released Iron Man for the next generation consoles. It suffered from some of the worst controls for a superhero game. Much like if R360 suddenly shifted a non-stop left, Iron Man had you wondering which way was up and which way was down. To put it simply, the controls alone made the game unbearable. Fast forward two years and Sega comes back with the movie inspired Iron Man 2 and the...[Read More]

I recall seeing the first Lost Planet game at E3 and thinking, "Wow, this looks like a blast!" Having played it the excitement soon shifted to disappointment thanks to sluggish controls, a confusing storyline and short gameplay. Fastforward a few years and here we are in 2010. Today Capcom released their sequel to a very lackluster original. Is it good? Is it more of the same? Do we know what the ...[Read More]

Ultra violent tough cop Jack Slate is back in a return to the Dead To Rights franchise that Namco first started in 2002 on the Xbox and PS2. Staying true to the series' roots, players control Jack Slate and now have more control over his loyal dog, Shadow, than ever. Combining hand to hand combat with guns blazing action, Retribution is a must for hardcore action fans and revitalizes a series that...[Read More]

Nier could have been easily dismissed. Developed under the inelegant hands of Cavia, announced to mild intrigue at E3, shown to the media under the guise of a 3rd rate Devil May Cry, and ultimately ignored by the Square-Enix faithful, Nier’s hype began and ended with a resounding thud. It didn’t look great, it didn’t look awful, it didn’t look like anything. Utterly unremar...[Read More]

Earlier this year, EA and Visceral took gamers to Hell with the well received Dante's Inferno. Soon after, the Dark Forest DLC was released that gave players an additional hour of campaign action. Since the game's release in February, another, far more ambitious DLC release has been touted. Known as The Trials of St. Lucia, this newest DLC for Dante's Inferno ushers in new ways to stay entertained...[Read More]

It happened again. A championed “console exclusive” turned out to be a “timed exclusive” and ace we foolishly assumed was forever in Microsoft’s hand has, after a considerable delay, folded and re-dealt to the PlayStation 3. Upon their initial release I found both of Episodes from Liberty City’s campaigns, The Lost and The Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, to be amon...[Read More]

A while back, I wrote up some impressions of Final Fight: Double Impact. Now, I'm back with the review. In the meantime, my opinions haven't changed much, nor have these two games since they were first released many years ago -- and that's a good thing...

Just Cause 2 isn’t concerned with reality. Whereas InFamous, Prototype, and Crackdown have chosen the superhero route as a means of avoiding the frailty and limitations of normal human beings, Just Cause 2’s Rico Rodriguez is basically an inexhaustible badass. The guy can fall a million feet, pull his parachute a second before he hits the ground, and emerge unscathed. He can walk on to...[Read More]

I've been both looking forward to and secretly dreading the release of the newest God of War. With God of War III, I knew I was in for one of the most amazing gaming experiences of my life. But this release also marks the end of the incredible saga -- at least for now. I'm optimistic we'll see more of Kratos and the superb efforts of Sony's Santa Monica Studio, but for now, the road to revenge is ...[Read More]

As the Joker said in the last Batman film.... "Where do I begin?"

It simply wouldn’t be a Final Fantasy unless the entirety of the Internet was crying foul over a few design choices. Complaints over the inclusion of fresh mechanics and the lack of most of the old ones have set the internet ablaze for the last decade or so, but such baseless claims often demonstrate ignorance over understanding. Ever since its inception, Final Fantasy has been defined by it...[Read More]