What began as a simple Halo 3 expansion evolved into it’s own, full-length project.  Sans Master Chief, ODST is definitely a unique game that is worth your time.
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When I first heard about Batman: Arkham Asylum a year or so ago, I was actually a little worried.  I’m a rather huge comic nerd, and Batman has always been one of my top favorites.  The world of Batman is rather unique with an inherent darkness not found in many other mainstream comics.  On top of that, the game is set in Arkham, a place filled with some of the worst villains ever pondered.  Seriously, the Joker beat one of the previous Robins to death.  So needless to say, I was rather concerned that the game would not live up to standards set by the comics.  However, I have one main point to make about Arkham Asylum: boy, did it ever deliver. Read the full story

World War II is an oft-visited setting in video games, most extensively the Call of Duty and Medal of Honor series.  The Wolfenstein series has been around for a while, going all the way back to 1981 with the release of Castle Wolfenstein.  The Wolfenstein franchise, however, offers a different WWII experience by incorporating the Nazi interest in the occult and paranormal.  By combining the standard killing of Nazis with mutants and paranormal, futuristic weapons, Wolfenstein makes for a unique and satisfying first person shooter. Read the full story

The Bionic Commando name started all the way back in 1987 with a Capcom arcade game called Bionic Commandos. After the arcade game’s popularity, an updated version called Bionic Commando was released for the NES was released in 1988. Since then, there have been two games for GameBoy and in 2008, a revamped version of the original game, Bionic Commando: Rearmed, was released for XBLA, PSN and Windows. This newest installment is a direct sequel to the original NES game, including several of the original characters. Though this game conjures up a great deal of nostalgia for many of us who remember the NES game, it struggles in places and fails to become another classic in the Bionic Commando series. Read the full story

Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard is the latest contribution from third party developers Vicious Cycle. Unlike the name suggests, this game is not a sequel to, well, anything, and makes fun of almost everything in video game history.  A decent effort is given to the third person shooter aspect of the game, but it is obvious that most of the work went into making this game really funny.  While a lot of the dialogue is pretty funny, sadly, both the gameplay and the comedy fall short of the standards set by other comedy games in the past. Read the full story

If there is any one particular genre of games in which the Xbox 360 is lacking, it is the family game department. In an attempt to fill that void, Hasbro Family Game Night has been added to Xbox Live Arcade.  The entire compilation can be downloaded for free and includes the basic versions of Connect Four, Battleship, Yahtzee, Boggle, Sorry! and Sorry! Sliders, with the expanded versions of each available for purchase.  Yahtzee is a classic game that almost everyone has played, and has been well-translated into an electronic version. Read the full story

People have always enjoyed shooting people or aliens or what have you in video games, but with the release of Gears of War in 2006, gamers were given something new to play with: the chainsaw bayonet.  Now, instead of just beating enemies to death with the butt of your gun, you can chainsaw them in half in a shower of blood and gore.  Awesome.  Like it’s predecessor, Gears of War 2 is a good example of what a great shooter should be, and connoisseurs of the genre will not be disappointed by what it has to offer.  Read the full story

Fable 2 is the sequel to the tremendously popular Xbox game of the same name, made by Lionhead Studios. Read the full story

Now available today on Xbox Live and PC is the DLC pack Operation: Anchorage for Fallout 3. Read the full story

Fallout 3 is the latest installment of the tremendously popular series of role-playing games previously published by Black Isle Studios. Read the full story