Hands-on: Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties

To date, Age of Empires III has sold over 2 million copies, therefore Ensemble Studios and Microsoft Game Studios aren’t batting an eye towards the next installment in the RTS series. Enlisting some help from fellow RTS developer Big Huge… Read More »

"Don’t just rip up the track. Tear it a new one." A pretty fitting tagline for Sega Rally Revo. This game isn’t your typical racer filled with finesse, it’s best described as gritty contact racing. You’ll power slide through every… Read More »

Portal Review

Does the length of a game matter if it provides the user with an enjoyable and thought-provoking experience throughout its entirety? Analogically, is a short film as viable as a piece of that medium as a feature-length film? Most would… Read More »

Team Fortress 2 Review

Since the day the Team Fortress 2 beta went live, I’ve never gotten so into an online FPS before. Sure, the game is extremely fun, but there was another reason why I was attracted to the game. TF2 was an… Read More »

Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Review

Let’s open with this analogy: Halo is to consoles as Half-Life is to PC. While there have been crossover platforms between the two franchises, they’ve both laid solid foundations on their respective platform. With that said, while Half-Life 2 was… Read More »

"Ah crap not snowbound again! Veto! Veto! VETO! Wew, good… aw crap this map again?" Sound familiar? Thank your lucky charms, because Bungie and Microsoft (although recently divorced) didn’t abandon Halo 3. The developer’s blog reported on Friday that they… Read More »

There has been some big news in the game industry recently–namely Bungie and Microsoft separating, and Bioware/Pandemic being bought out by Electronic Arts. We’re all left here to speculate what it all means. Is this a good thing, a bad… Read More »

A huge edge that Xbox Live has always had over the PlayStation Network is its ability to access movies, tv, and other forms of media–effectively making the Xbox an all purpose entertainment system. Naturally, Sony has opted to follow suit and has… Read More »

In the year 1988, I was 4 years old, but I still remember when my brother came home with Bionic Commando. The grappling hook opened up some awesome game play to the old side scroller, and an instant classic was… Read More »

If you’ve been experiencing lag on Xbox Live while playing Team Fortress 2, don’t worry because Valve is working on fixes. Unfortunately, the fixes won’t be released for a few more days; they’re predicting "either sometime this weekend or early… Read More »