A story-driven, first-person adventure delivering over-the-top action, tense subterfuge, outrageous villains, and wry humor in the tradition of the great 's spy films and TV shows.
High-flyin', hard hittin', intense powerplay hockey is back with EA Sports' NHL , bringing gamers out of the stands and onto the ice. User Score: 6. The game that incorporates RPG, action, adventure, and 1st-person shooter genres into a chaotic blend of real-world conspiracies, cliffhangers, and plot twists.
A richly simulated world of unparalleled interactivity, engineered to react logically to your every action. The decisions and consequences are yours. Sacrifice provides a truly fresh approach in the 3-D RTS genre, allowing players to act as both commander and combatant over huge, real-time, generated landscapes in single or multiplayer modes.
Wizards will not be disappointed as Sacrifice serves up over 50 spells and creatures. Homeworld: Cataclysm boasts 18 all-new ships, 25 new technologies, 17 single-player missions, and fantastic multiplay, while improving on the interface and technology that earned Homeworld 's highest accolades.
Descent 2 ended with you drifting helplessly in deep space. Just as your life support begins to fail, you are miraculously rescued by a group of renegade researchers.
Soon after, the researchers confide that a Dr. Swietzer has been secretly developing the deadly robot virus you've encountered in the mines.
Upon agreeing to help the researchers locate Swietzer, you learn that Dravis, the corporate executive who contracted you, not only is working with Swietzer, but intentionally sabotaged your warp drive, leaving you stranded in the depths of space. Rejuvenated with a desire for revenge, you focus your search for Swietzer, and eagerly await your next meeting with Dravis.
The gut-wrenching Descent saga continues with more pulse-pounding action than ever before. Dive into massive subterranean strongholds and experience a whole new degree of freedom powered by the all-new Fusion engine.
Test your piloting skills against an army of assault-bots using an extensive arsenal of firepower. User Score: 7. Superbike delivers authentic Superbike racing from Superpole qualifying to the championship rounds. With the all new Training mode, novice riders are smoothly brought up to speed, while real telemetry and enhanced race management options give sim racing fans even more authenticity.
Counter-Strike modifies the multiplayer aspects of "Half-Life" to bring to it a more team-oriented gameplay. Counter-Strike provides the player with an experience that a trained counter-terrorist unit or terrorist unit experiences. In Diablo II, return to a world of dark fantasy. As one of five distinct character types, explore the world of Diablo II -- journey across distant lands, fight new villains, discover new treasures, and uncover ancient mysteries, all in the quest to stop the Lord Of Terror, once and for all.
MechWarrior 4: Vengeance weaves heart-pounding BattleMech action with the continuing drama and unfolding storyline of the perpetual BattleTech universe, now in its 16th year.
On the streets and rooftops of a darkened city, where the forces of a corrupt sheriff loom, it takes someone with a soft touch and even softer step to stay ahead of the law. For a master thief like Garrett, the choices are clear: profit or perish. Thief II: The Metal Age expands on the smash-hit "first-person sneaker", Thief: The Dark Project, demanding a whole new level of stealth, strategy, and skill to survive. New spells, equipment, and abilities provide a higher level of gameplay.
Recreate your favorite legends from Greek mythology as you build and rule beautiful city-states. You'll make friends in high places, get involved in the affairs of immortals, and even meet Zeus himself. Here's your chance to fly two of the deadliest next-gen attack helicopters -- the U.
More than just another modern tank simulation. This design effort goes further than any before it to accurately model real-world conditions and tactics -- but in a way as to not overwhelm the novice, would-be tanker with a zillion key combinations and an overwhelming interface.
As Lt. Tuvok, you'll leap into action to defend the Voyager from assault, battle through derelict spacecraft, infiltrate a Borg cube, and take on the ultimate colonization force -- all while facing annihilation at every turn.
No one said being a hero was easy. An entire world with its own diverse species, economic systems, alliances, and politics awaits you. Choose from a variety of races and classes, and begin your quest in any number of cities or villages throughout several continents.
From there, equip yourself for adventure, seek allies and knowledge, and head out into a rich world of dungeons, towers, crypts, evil abbeys -- anything conceivable -- even planes and realities beyond your imagination. Learn skills, earn experience, acquire treasure and equipment, meet friends and encounter enemies. A multitude of quests and adventures await, but you choose your role, you define your destiny.
A scurvy-inducing new chapter in the legendary Monkey Island adventure series unfolds in rollicking 3-D. Allegiance, the multiplayer space-combat game from the minds of Microsoft Research, combines the challenges of tactical squadron-based combat, intense one-on-one space dogfights, and amazing graphical and sound effects into a space-action experience like nothing you've seen before. A frenzied action game in which players battle each other with one of three distinct races: The Meccs, the Sea Reapers, or the giant named Kabuto.
These three species are highly incompatible with one another, and are all battling for supremacy over the islands on which they inhabit. FIFA 's environment is alive -- this is not just a simulation: sidelines bustle with activity from spectators, coaches, and teammates as the weather and lighting change. When Alice answers a summons to return to Wonderland, she barely recognizes the place. From the fungal rot of the Mushroom Forest to the chemistry of the Mad Hatter's Domain, Wonderland festers to its core.
Undaunted by the diseased ambiance and mortal danger that surround her, Alice must undo the chaos. Wielding strange new technologies and hungering for revenge, the Soviet Empire invades America. New York City and Washington are overwhelmed. Allied forces, unprepared for the surprise attack, are decimated. Will freedom be crushed under the heels of Communist aggression? Japan, The land is in turmoil. The last Shogunate has collapsed, leaving the nation divided into seven warring factions.
Out of this chaos will emerge one warlord who will master the Art Of War. Kurt Hectic is back to save the universe. This time, he is teamed with the genius Dr. Hawkins and the six-legged, gun-totin' robotic dog Max. Save the world with unique gadgets and weaponry, like the Black Hole Grenade and the Sniper shield. Takes you back in time with authentic aircraft, detailed cockpits, and spectacular scenery. Moving canopies, folding wings, battle-scarred paint, realistic aircraft damage, and last-second bailouts immerse you in a new level of combat flight simulation.
It's Air pirates roam the skies over a shattered America. You are Nathan Zachery -- dashing air pirate. Lead a squadron of privateers in thrilling ground-level missions. And romance a bevy of dangerous femme fatales, but be warned -- they can turn on you faster than a Fairchild in a terminal tail spin.
You are snake, a government agent on a mission to regain control of a secret nuclear weapons base from terrorist hands. Now the international best-selling Playstation game comes to the PC with better graphic, added features and new game play modes! Paving the way for both other flight sims like Microsoft Flight Simulator and the simulation genre in general, FS1 and its early approach set a new standard for the way games presented real-life activities.
Dragon Quest 8: Journey of the Cursed King brought the series into 3D, allowing for a more fully realized Dragon Quest world for players to explore, as well as making battles more visually impressive. These changes were popular enough that many fans cite the game as the best in the series. Whenever I see a Defender machine, I swoon slightly. Not because it takes me back to my teenage years, but because it throws me forward into the next five or 10 minutes, in which I'll be catapulted into an alien world of speed and movement, of pure reactions.
The deep boom of the opening audio ushers in a simple, two-dimensional tableau of pixel spaceships. My ship zooms sideways, back and forth. I shoot. Occasionally, I detonate a powerful bomb. I pick up pods dropped by slain enemies. I set them safely, on a fake moonscape at the bottom of the screen.
Sooner or later, I'll be overwhelmed by my enemies, by the relentless variety and precise balance of the greatest arcade game ever made. Defender is ageless and perfect. Considered one of Eugene Jarvis' best games, and his most difficult, Defender was one of the all-time greats from the heyday of arcade gaming.
Defender helped create the horizontal shoot-'em-up genre, as well as establishing games as challenges to overcome through skill and reflex.
In fact, most critics were surprised that such a low budget game shipped with the quality it did. Tasking players with running a successful dynasty and appointing an heir, Crusader Kings 2 stood out in a genre largely populated by simulations of mundane tasks.
It gave players power while expecting them to work with the rules of the simulation. The best game in the turn-based strategy series, Civilization 4 introduced refined AI systems, presenting harder challenges for players. It was also just a better package. With completely new visuals and enhancements to single-player and multiplayer, Civilization 4 further cemented Civilization as the premier series of its kind.
Its title song was also the first game track to win a Grammy, so that's cool. Widely compared to that of Symphony of the Night, Aria of Sorrow's gameplay was simple enough to jump into but deep enough to stand among its console brethren. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons conveyed its message through gameplay. Telling the story of two brothers, each controlled with one of the two thumbsticks, the game's unique set-up tested the bonds of family.
Lauded for its emotional story driven by this mechanic, A Tale of Two Sons was about learning to work together, all the while growing closer.
By , branching narratives were old hat. But the masterfulness in which 80 Days told its story of world travel, and the nuances and complexities in which the story is dissected by player choice, was one of the finer examples storytelling in video games. An impressive follow-up to the well-received but disappointing first Assassin's Creed game, Assassin's Creed 2 improved upon nearly everything the first game did wrong. Mixing intuitive stealth gameplay with a lighthearted, emotional tale of revenge, Assassin's Creed 2 was a great example of how a sequel can be made.
Taking the traditional gameplay of Pac-Man, but adding new mechanics like increased speed, score boosts and new ghost types, Championship Edition became one of the most addictive games ever released, even rivaling, you guessed it, Pac-Man.
Disguised as a simple twin-stick shooter, Geometry Wars felt overwhelming due to waves of enemies that exploded into bright, colorful particles. Geometry Wars added a modern sheen to a classic genre. The Walking Dead changed everything we knew about game writing. Focusing on the impact of every decision, it presented numerous heart-stopping experiences.
The Walking Dead asked a near-impossible question: How far will you go to save someone's life? The first Metroid game to be in first-person, Metroid Prime still retained everything that makes the series great.
Prime's perspective made it one of the more engulfing games in the series, incentivizing further exploration and leading players around every corner.
Soulcalibur 2's character roster stands out even today. Settling arguments some might have about who would win in a fight, it let players pit Spawn against Astaroth, or Link against Taki. Though not the first game to feature crossover characters, its use of big names stood out from the pack. Expanding on Animal Crossing's accessible life-sim gameplay, New Leaf gave players a host of new customization options and ways to interact with the world.
With the series already easy to get lost in, these improvements and the game's handheld nature made it one of the most addictive Animal Crossings. Super Mario 3D World was a shapeshifter. Best played with four players, it constantly bounced between genres but never suffered an identity crisis because of it. As Polygon's Justin McElroy put it , "Even at its most unrecognizable, it's one of the most joyous multiplayer experiences we've ever been a part of.
Wolfenstein 3D started it all. Id's groundbreaking first-person shooter often hides behind the shadow of Doom, but without Wolfenstein 3D there would have been no Doom. Without Doom, well, you know the rest. Every virtual trigger pulled and every bullet shot in games owes a great deal to Wolfenstein's revolutionary take on the first-person genre. After Mortal Kombat shocked half the world with its gratuitous displays of violence, Mortal Kombat 2 embraced the controversy like a badge of pride.
Continuing the tradition of bloody arcade fighting and pissing people off, Mortal Kombat 2 added more of pretty much everything. Team Fortress 2 featured a cast of unique, funny characters, a different approach at a moment in time when many games featured voiceless killing apparatuses. Team Fortress 2's lighthearted approach helped pave the way for an influx of hero shooters. Its full Zelda adventure, depth and made for an incredible feat when the game launched in Though now the series is well-established on handhelds, Link's Awakening was the first to make us feel those feelings on the go.
Quickly cementing itself as one of the best online first-person shooters, Unreal Tournament featured some of the best gameplay, visuals and level design seen at the time. Online only, Unreal Tournament was awash with thousands of players trying to prove their skills.
A mix between a first-person shooter and a stealth game, No One Lives Forever was more stylish than almost any game released before or after. The game's '60s chic, hilarious script and gadgets would make a Bond blush.
Super Smash Bros. Starring a who's-who of classic Nintendo characters, the game distilled down to knocking each other off each map. EverQuest " obliterated " the bar for online gaming when it released in , according to GamePro. Unprecedented its size, the game set forth conventions and designs that'd define the genre going forward. Take on mythological beasts, master the legendary powers of the gods, and defeat Typhon, the deadliest Titan in Greek mythology, in an epic fight for the ages.
Pirates Outlaws is an easy-to-play roguelike card game. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate. Humanity's future rests on your shoulders. An unusual mix of adventure and idle game. In utter loneliness deep below the surface, it's your task to wait for the awakening of your king Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses.
Work your way to the truth Part one of the Mafia crime saga - s, Lost Heaven, IL Re-made from the ground up, rise through the ranks of the Mafia during the Prohibition era of organized crime.
After a run-in with the mob, cab driver Tommy Angelo is thrust into a deadly underworld. Initially uneasy about falling in with the Salieri crime family, Tommy soon finds that the rewards are too big to ignore. Play a Mob Movie: Live the life of a Prohibition-era gangster and rise through the ranks of the Mafia. Lost Heaven, IL: Recreated 's cityscape, filled with interwar architecture, cars and culture to see, hear and interact with. Re-Made Classic: Faithfully recreated, with expanded story, gameplay and original score.
This is the Mafia you remembered and much more. Decades have passed and the Actress, Ella, returns to the abandoned theatre to uncover a preserved collection of extraordinary performances. Explore a variety of magical, hand-painted worlds as you collect the lost pieces of the past.
Fury Unleashed is a combo-driven roguelite action platformer - each kill you score increases your combo. Hit certain thresholds and your damage resistance and healing powers will kick in! It's a game you can even beat in one, ultimate combo. Are you up for the task? Master the elements in this stealth game where everything burns.
Start fires, freeze water, and move earth itself to outsmart superstitious enemies who fear your power. Rescue captive villagers and reclaim your home by turning the environment against the army sent to hunt you down. Learn about the tragic turn of events that lead to the grim world of Frostpunk in the prequel expansion, The Last Autumn. Vastly expanding upon the Frostpunk universe by introducing a brand new scenario, the expansion content also introduces game-changing new mechanics, unique architecture, and broaden's the game's deep lore and narrative.
Spellbreak is an epic fantasy action spellcasting game where players choose a class, weave spectacular spell combinations and fight other players to become an all-powerful battlemage. Even the smallest person can make a big difference.
Join Alba, as she sets out to save her beautiful island and its wildlife. And possibly start a revolution. While The Division was working to secure Washington, D. Aaron Keener - one of The Division's original antagonists, as well as the first Division Agent to go rogue - has brought the factions of New York City under his control, and used them to conquer Lower Manhattan.
With other rogue Agents and a lethal new viral strain at his command, Keener is poised to eradicate what little has been rebuilt since the catastrophic Black Friday pandemic.
The battle to restore order continues, but now The Division has a new mission: Stop Keener at any cost. User Score: 0. Moving Out is a ridiculous physics-based moving simulator that brings new meaning to "couch co-op"!
Are you ready for an exciting career in furniture? Smooth Moves may not be the biggest moving company, but there's no task too dangerous or strange for this busy team of go-getters. Grow your business to brave new heights, recruit colourful customizable characters, and save your town from furniture peril!
Othercide is a horror-themed turn-based strategy game where the lore and game mechanics are tightly intertwined to deliver a twisted, dark and challenging experience. Enter a brutal world under assault from terrifying creatures from another dimension, hold back the tide with limited resources and endure brutal conditions in visually stunning world. Experience dynamic turn-based combat and a new way to anticipate enemy movements to perform a flawless tactical plan.
Using the Initiative Sequence System and unique set of skills, you will be able to interrupt an enemy attack, plan a delayed action that will be triggered later on in the timeline and use reaction skill to respond to any threat. Prepare to suffer and face close calls in our terrifying and ruthless universe. With roguelite features, deadly missions, limited resources and permanent death, there is no room for errors.
Level up, unlock new skills and collect memories from the death of your enemies. A limited number of these bonuses can be implemented to your skills to boost their stats. But choose wisely as once implemented, you can't take them back, unless Make dramatic choices and endure with your Daughters traumatic experiences which will make them stronger or weaker. Othercide invites you in a ethereal monochromatic dimension with only dashes of crimson red where your worst nightmares come to life.
Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse. Still outnumbered, still outgunned. Enemies swirl around you in a storm of slow motion violence. The British Institute of Archaeology, London, The disappearance of an esteemed Egyptologist prompts a Police investigation into the unknown.
Explore cryptic locations, examine fantastic gadgets and uncover an otherworldly discovery which blurs the line between reality and illusion. Designed from the ground up for the unique capabilities of virtual reality, players can inhabit the spine-tingling world of The Room and interact with its strange contraptions in this compelling new chapter.
Pilfer from pirates, conspire with cardinals and perform miracles with an incompetent magician. The Procession to Calvary is a Pythonesque adventure game made from Renaissance paintings, and a spiritual successor to the critically acclaimed Four Last Things. Enter the latest installment in the Chronos Series. Become Lieutenant Chloe, pilot of the massive battle robot Makhia as you face off against the Meteoras, colossal enemies of humanity in a story that takes place years in the future.
Make choices and decisions with the guidance of the Decision Support System. Pilot the meter-tall Makhia in blood-pumping action sequences. Be amazed by the concerts of an electronic idol. The future awaits beyond your screen. Overcome emotional struggles across a touching narrative filled with twists and surprises. Embark on a dream-like journey, with breathtaking artistic direction and the enthralling voice of Hannah Murray Game of Thrones, Skins. A traumatic event has shaken the balance of the world.
Human life has been almost wiped out by the evil A. Robots roam free across the earth. You take control of Tabby, a killer robot infused with the soul of an ancient warrior. Start out with nothing, progress and increase in strength by killing enemy robots to unlock abilities, weapons and ninja tricks.
Explore a world filled with secrets, hidden passages and mysterious characters. KUNAI is all about movement and agility. Use your ninja mobility to reach places where no normal robot could ever go. In a brand-new continuation of the Remnant: From the Ashes story, meet unexpected allies, traverse unfamiliar zones and dimensions, and overcome new threats to save your world.
Complete new quests and conquer unique bosses to acquire additional gear, increasing your chances of surviving the rugged wilderness of Earth and beyond, as you aim to put an end to the Root and restore humanity. When the world was shrouded in darkness, the Goddess of Mana drew forth the Sword of Mana to smite the eight Benevodons, monsters of destruction. She sealed the horrors inside the eight Mana Stones, bringing the realm back from the brink.
Weakened from rebuilding the world, the Goddess changed herself into a tree and fell into a deep sleep for many years. However, the forces of evil soon sought to free the Benevodons to gain control of the world. They started a terrible war to further their plot and destabilize the kingdoms.
Peace was at an end. Mana itself began to disappear from the world and the Mana Tree started to wither A weird tale of otherworldly mystery. Call of the Sea is a first-person adventure puzzle game set in the s that tells the story of Norah, a woman on the trail of her missing husband's expedition.
The search takes place on a strange but beautiful island in the South Pacific, filled with secrets waiting to be unearthed. It is an otherworldly tale of mystery, adventure, and self-discovery. Coming Soon. Essential Links. Highs and Lows. Highest of the Month. Lowest of the Month. Metascore: 93 User Score: 9. Hades Platform: PC September 17, Defy the god of death as you hack and slash your way out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion and Transistor.
Metascore: 93 User Score: 8. Microsoft Flight Simulator Platform: PC August 18, From light planes to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and accurate aircraft in the next generation of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Metascore: 91 User Score: 7. Metascore: 91 User Score: 8. Spelunky 2 Platform: PC September 29, Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new.
Metascore: 91 User Score: 6. Factorio Platform: PC August 14, Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Metascore: 90 User Score: 9. Metascore: 89 User Score: 8. Metascore: 88 User Score: 7. Metascore: 88 User Score: 8. Legends of Runeterra Platform: PC April 29, Face off in dynamic, alternating combat full of opportunities to adapt and outplay.
Metascore: 87 User Score: 6. Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne Platform: PC January 9, Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is the highly anticipated massive expansion to Monster Hunter: World, the best-selling Capcom title of all time with more than 12 million units shipped worldwide adding to the series total of more than 53 million units to date.
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Metascore: 85 User Score: 8. Wasteland 3 Platform: PC August 28, In Wasteland 3 you take command of a squad of Desert Rangers, lawmen and women in a post-nuclear world, trying to rebuild society from the ashes. Metascore: 85 User Score: 7. Metascore: 85 User Score: 6. Metascore: 84 User Score: 7. Metascore: 84 User Score: 6. Metascore: 84 User Score: 8. Metascore: 84 User Score: 4. Metascore: 83 User Score: 7.
Metascore: 83 User Score: 3. Metascore: 83 User Score: 8. Crown Trick Platform: PC October 16, Enter a labyrinth that moves as you move, where mastering the elements is key to defeating enemies and uncovering the mysteries of this underground world.
Metascore: 82 User Score: 8. Metascore: 82 User Score: 5. SnowRunner Platform: PC April 28, SnowRunner puts you in the driver's seat of powerful vehicles as you conquer extreme open environments with the most advanced terrain simulation ever.
Metascore: 82 User Score: 6. One Step From Eden Platform: PC March 26, Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden. Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials Platform: PC October 15, Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor.
Filament Platform: PC April 23, An abandoned spaceship, missing crew and a lone mysterious voice. Metascore: 82 User Score: 7. Metascore: 81 User Score: 8. Continuing the legacy of fast paced action synonymous with the series, Devil May Cry 4 pushes the envelope of excellence even further with the inclusion of a new combat system that incorporates Nero's "Devil Bringer".
This new feature has players delivering overwhelming damage to enemies with non-stop combos, while gaining new power for Nero's right arm. Good things come to those who wait as PC owners will benefit from having more modes and more visual customization options to help enhance their demon-slaying action.
Turbo mode turns-up the action to insane speeds, while Legendary Dark Knight Mode harnesses advanced PC processing power and fill the screen with an unbelievable number of enemies for extra difficulty. Moreover, familiar enemies from the console versions will show-up in new locations in the PC version. Penumbra: Black Plague is a creepy and dark psychological horror experience featuring the adventures of Philip as he sets of in search of his dead father.
Trapped in a shadowy, underground complex, intrepid explorer Philip is determined to discover the truth behind his father's disappearance. Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
Can Philip master his fear and finally uncover the truth behind a mystery that has haunted him for a lifetime? Only you can decide. Get set for a vivid sensory rush as you spin and match explosive gems for shockwaves of fun. Rotate jewels freely to set up electrifying combos, outwit obstacles, and blast high-voltage gems. Rev up with a strategic challenge or just relax in the gem-spinning zone.
Any way you play, you'll find endless ways to win! The gameplay engine features year-on-year improvements, delivering the detail demanded by football fans. FIFA 09 also features new customizable mouse and keyboard controls that deliver deeper, more intuitive command over your squad for more fluid football action. Now utilize the mouse as a point-and-click tool to send teammates on runs, make pin-point accurate passes, and blast powerful shots on target. Plus, you have the tools to draw up trick moves using the mouse or perform one of 32 skill moves in your arsenal, including new scoop turns, rainbow flicks, heel-to-heel knocks and ball rolls just like Ronaldinho.
More than 17 customizable actions in all enable you to design the game to suit your style of play. Star players are featured in photorealistic quality with remodeled likenesses that show off skin tones and muscles in greater detail for ultra-realistic action. FIFA 09 also features customizable widgets that can now integrated into the menu system to connect you to the FIFA community and real-world football so you stay connected while playing.
The story is told through a new set of high-definition live action video sequences starring a celebrity cast. Kane's Wrath also features a new strategic layer to gameplay that allows players to establish bases, build customized armies, and attack their enemies on a global scale — and then dive into the frenzied tactical combat where their skills as a commander makes the difference in battle.
The game introduces six new sub-factions and a wealth of new units, structures, and powers to the armies of the Global Defense Initiative, the Brotherhood of Nod, and the enigmatic alien Scrin.
The Xbox version features a revolutionary new radial interface designed specifically for console gamers. Taking RTS controls to a whole new level, players utilize the command stick to build, deploy, and attack. Set in the s, the game places the familiar Penny Arcade protagonists in an alternate pulp horror setting reminiscent of the works of H.
Set against the backdrop of the New World of the 18th Century, players can choose one of three nations — England, France or Spain — or choose the role of a Pirate and battle it out for glory and power.
The sun has set at the Peggle Institute, but the bouncy delight has just begun! Join the Peggle Masters on a dreamtime adventure of alter egos and peg-tastic action. Stay up late to aim, shoot and clear orange pegs from over 60 levels, and bask in Extreme Fever glory. Then, take on 60 Challenges for even more rebounding joy. Long ago a computer scientist called Dr Sepulveda created a beautiful digital world existing entirely within a computer network of his own invention.
This world was called Darwinia and it was inhabited by a peaceful, law-abiding digital life-form called the Darwinians. As the years wore on however the Darwinians became ever more aggressive and autonomous. Far and wide, they became known as the Multiwinians. Welcome to Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest - the ultimate retro-arcade multiplayer experience. Choose from a selection of six hilariously fun, action-packed game modes, set in one of the most beautiful game environs you will ever set eyes on.
The story of S. A group of stalkers has for the first time reached the very heart of the Zone - Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and brings about a cataclysm on the brink of a catastrophe. An immense blow-out of anomalous energy changes the Zone. There are no more reliable and relatively safe roads. The entire levels vanish in the outbursts of anomalies.
Stalkers and even expeditions die or end up sealed on the lost territories. New areas, which remained unknown since the time of the Zone emergence, appear on the Zone map. The Zone continues to shake with blowouts. The Zone is unstable. The anomalous activity is at its maximum.
Changes of the Zone map known to stalkers shake the fragile balance of forces in the Zone. Among the groupings, there flare up hostilities for the new territories, artefact fields and spheres of influence. There are no more old enemies or friends - now everyone is for himself.
The Factions War has started between the groupings. This expansion pack for The Sims 2 takes your Sims out of the suburbs and into a brand new busy apartment building. Adventure, fun, and drama await them as they explore their new neighborhood, mingle in coffee shops, visit a playground, meet new friends, and much more. Because there is now the ability to control multiple households in The Sims 2 Apartment Life, your Sims can live in happy harmony, or comical conflict.
New social networks and character types, including artsy bohemians, sports jocks, gadget-loving techies, and edgy gearheads spice up your Sims life. And, with a new reputation meter, your Sims can build up the respect they deserve from other Sims to be the most admired — or least-desired — Sim in the neighborhood.
The better the reputation, the easier for your Sims to find the right friends to help them achieve their goals. Five new building types that range from converted lofts to roomy and posh studios or luxury apartments with their own butler add to the creative and customized adventure. Enjoy a myriad of new decor options, including spiral staircases and lofty, high ceilings. Your Sims will get a whole new kind of experience through the drama of close quarters living!
From the same core team that conceptualized and created Savage, Savage 2: A Tortured Soul transports PC gamers to the next level in multiplayer gaming. Gameplay is greatly superior as well due to a vastly improved melee system, an enhanced, officer-based battle grouping system, 20 unit class based system, FPS fast action paced gameplay for certain types of characters, third person RPG slower paced gameplay for others, better items with more RPG elements, and an improved spell casting system.
Something stirs in the darkness. A hot earthy smell wafts up from the dank depths. Nails scratch against limestone, dripping water echoes off cavern walls, ancient chains rattle in stagnant air.
What lies in the eerie depths below? As a brave hero, you'll explore dangerous dungeons, battle ferocious monsters and discover incredible weapons, artifacts and loot. Choose to play as Fighter, Mage or Ranger in a realm of terror, magic and adventure. Unlock powerful new skills as you gain experience on your journey into the unknown.
Whether fighting evil hordes as a lone warrior or teaming up with online friends to carve a path of destruction through your foe, Dungeon Runners will quench your deepest dungeon-crawling thirst.
Puzzlegeddon features an inventive mix of puzzle, action and strategy. Select your island of choice and puzzle for resources to defend yourself and to defeat opponents throughout the many galaxies, game modes and challenges which awaits you in Puzzlegeddon.
Join the battles online in multiplayer games for up to 6 players. Fight evil robots or puzzle for survival on a poisonous planet in the game's challenging and addictive single player modes. Puzzlegeddon is a game for all tastes and play styles which challenges players both to think hard, play smart and act fast. Sims can follow their individual interests, whether it's immersing themselves in books, becoming an award-winning foodie, flying a remote-controlled helicopter or playing the violin. Gifted mechanics can repair and then drive their newly-renovated sports cars.
Sims can rake in oodles of Simoelons with skillfully crafted pottery or by writing a mesmerizing novel. Cool careers bring happiness and fulfillment to your Sims and your storytelling opportunities expand.
New cool career options await, including oceanography, architecture, and entertainment. Now by honing their talents, your Sims can unlock a secondary aspiration making them even more unique. These new hobbies can strengthen friendships and uncover secret lots.
New Lifetime Aspiration Meter. Your Sims can measure the progress of their aspirations over a lifetime and unlock special rewards and interactions! Oceanographers can earn a koi pond, entertainers can get their own star of fame, architects can use their own drafting table, dancers can receive a ballet barre and intelligence agents can use an audio augmenter earpiece. All New Objects and Outfits.
The Sims 2 FreeTime introduces brand new items, including a basketball hoop, pottery wheel, toddler activity table, modular synthesizer, hobby train table and much more. Europa Universalis: Rome will cover the time period from the first Punic War to the start of the true Empire. Players will have thousand of gameplay choices ranging from country, culture, provincial and character options to name but a few, making each and every game infinitely customizable and truly unique.
Fully 3D map with integrated graphics and detailed topography. Start at any date between B. Watch your characters develop new traits through political intrigue and various interactions with thousands of other characters. Trade, negotiate or fight with your neighbours and advance your technologies to unite the Mediterranean World.
Robust multiplayer allows you to challenge up to 32 players either competitively or in co-op mode. When Strong Bad's plans to beat the snot out of Homestar backfire, he ends up with an unwanted houseguest cramping his style. Now he needs to get life back to normal, by any means possible. This time your Sims have washed up on a tropical island!
Help them make a new life in an unexplored paradise in this easy-to-play, laptop-friendly version of The Sims. The Sims Castaway Stories features two great ways to play. In the new and engaging directed Story mode, explore the island, build a shelter, learn to find food, and make your Sims' lives as fun and comfortable as possible. You even unlock rewards along the way as you achieve set goals. In open-ended Classic mode, you create your Sims and determine how they'll evolve on their new island home.
In an environment where anything-or anyone-can wash up on the beach, you decide how their stories unfold. The Political Machine is a strategy game that takes the real world mechanics of political campaigning and uses it to create an award-winning strategy game.
Raise money, hire spin-doctors, win the endorsements of important groups, go on TV interviews, take out ads, fight off smear merchants and much more in your quest to win the electoral votes you need to get into the white house. Not too far in the future, the global natural resources are on the brink of depletion. As our economies and our way of life tumble into chaos, the superpowers clash to gain control. Set in a fictional future based upon the headlines of today, F.
As society succumbs to a worldwide energy crisis, a new global depression takes hold. Amidst this desperate backdrop, two superpower alliances emerge. Join the battle on the frontlines of tomorrow as the Western Coalition U.
Tomorrow's weapons, today: As depicted in F. This includes remote controlled drones, gun cams, and next-generation counter-measures systems, all of which are player-controllable. Use high-tech combat systems to collect and relay recon, targeting, and threat information between team mates.
Target acquisition and sharing between vehicle occupants is just one example of F. The customization system allows players to grow their soldier to fit their play style by choosing a weapons loadout, as well as a technical specialization role. As the game progresses each role will upgrade, providing advanced equipment and abilities. Frontline combat system: The main game mechanic featured in F. This front expands across large portions of a mission and will require a strategy to achieve the contextual objectives in order to move this front forward.
Not only does this system keep the battle centric and players in the midst of the action, it gives a unique sense of advancement as your Division is rewarded with territory for their victories.
Choose your path to victory: Within the front, players can take advantage of a sandbox of destructible elements and various weapons of war to create their own unique paths and strategies.
Instead of failing and re-playing the same sequence of events, players can 'chip-away' with varied approaches, allowing diverse missions with high replay value. Soulstorm is a complete standalone title and features two all-new armies, including the malicious Dark Eldar, for an unprecedented total of nine playable races. In addition to new units across each of the seven existing races, Warhammer 40, Dawn of War — Soulstorm incorporates air units for the first time and introduce multiplayer medals, adding a whole new level of depth to online battles.
The revolutionary meta-game introduced in Warhammer 40, Dawn of War — Dark Crusade is further expanded to an interplanetary scale in Warhammer 40, Dawn of War — Soulstorm, allowing players to battle across an entire star system. Use skills like Spot and Survival while on the Overland Map to avoid ambushes and even find hidden locales and lost artifacts.
Create your own full party of adventurers. Devastate your foes with a squad of fireball-flinging Sorcerers, form a solid wall of steel with a party of Fighters, or strike the perfect balance in your party by spreading out the classes you choose for your characters. Improved party gameplay including streamlined party conversations, a new Teamwork Benefit System, and powerful party feats. The world's economy reacts to your adventures and choices.
And, through trading and quests, you can expand your merchant company into a massive trading empire. It is the culmination of the X trilogy, with a grand finale that takes us all the way back to Earth's own solar system. Gamers can take on the roles of different characters in the X universe, or of a Terran military pilot, and experience a multitude of stories in the largest X universe ever featured — for X3: Terran Conflict will offer more missions than any other X game before.
Meanwhile, X3: Terran Conflict will pose questions such as: How has Earth changed in all these years? And how will relations between Earth and its counterparts in the X universe develop?
Bully: Scholarship Edition takes place in the fictional New England boarding school of Bullworth Academy and tells the story of year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he experiences the highs and lows of adjusting to a new school. Capturing the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence perfectly, Bully: Scholarship Edition pulls the player into its cinematic and engrossing world.
Calradia is a land at war, a land offering great riches and even greater dangers to the adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With unerring courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Raise a band of hardened soldiers, become the lord of several towns and castles, and perhaps one day you may wield the power to depose kings and crown new ones at a whim.
Free-form sandbox gameplay. You are free to go anywhere and do anything you choose in a world that has more than a hundred unique locations, including villages, castles and towns.
Unique horseback combat. Highly advanced, sophisticated and intuitive sword-fighting system. Fight on horseback and on foot using an expansive variety of medieval weapons, each with their own unique characteristics, strengths and weaknesses.
Be anything from a lonesome adventurer to a commander of armies or an owner of villages, castles or towns. Sophisticated AI that will provide a challenge both in combat and in the strategic realm. Freedom to interact with hundreds of characters, including kings, lords, ladies, commoners as well as heroes you can take on as companions, each with their own personality.
Create your own daring experiments with Crazy Machines II! How will a toaster handle two whoopie cushions? How to watch TV with a steam engine? Build up insane chain reactions and pray that everything works or explodes with a big bang. Extreme detailed and living 3D graphics with new effects like heat haze, motion blur and much more. Completely new game elements, e. Revised common game elements with a lot more possibilities. A new game physics model with destroyable and deformable objects. Ageia PhysX hardware support.
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