A couple of years back, I was cruising the video game section of Blockbuster and came upon a game with such cool box art that I had to pick the game up and see what it was about.
That game, Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit, was a brilliant mix of thriller, choose your own adventure and RPG all wrapped up in a beautiful visual package.
I played the hell out of that game and loved it even as it introduced odd side stories, and still loved it even as the ending left me going, “WTF?!”. It was one of those games that you play and …read more

I’ve made no secret of the fact that Assassin’s Creed is my favorite game of all time. So naturally, getting my eyes on Assassin’s Creed II was my top priority at E3 2009. I’m happy to report that I succeeded, but I’m afraid there’s not much new I can tell you about the game that hasn’t already been reported elsewhere.
Instead, just feast your eyes on these incredible screenshots and that awesome pre-rendered trailer. They tell you pretty much everything you need to know about Assassin’s Creed II, which is coming this holiday season.

If you thought the story of Mass Effect was over, think again. In the wake of the events of the first game, humans have begun disappearing all over the galaxy, and Shepherd and his crew have signed on with a black ops agency known as Cerberus to find out what’s happening — and discover the new evil power behind it. BioWare calls Mass Effect 2 a “brutal descent into the darkest parts of the Mass Effect Universe,” and from what I saw, that could be an understatement.

I got to play through the opening level of Batman: Arkham Asylum at E3 2009, and I can report that it really does play out every bit as much fun as it looks!

Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest is a game built for kids, using the conceit that an older Samwise Gamgee (voiced by the movies’ Sean Astin) is telling the story of Aragorn to a group of young Hobbits in the form of a fairytale. As such, the design is more cartoonish, the story a bit tamed-down, and the gameplay simplistic enough to be done with basic button mashing and swinging the Wii Remote.

Gearbox Software has been working for years on Borderlands, its next big thing. Borderlands is a massive, open world RPG, set on a remote planet that doesn’t take itself entirely seriously. It’s been described as Mad Max meets Fallout 3, and the description isn’t far off.
Much has been said about the game’s controversial switch to cel-shaded graphics, but the only question that really matters is, Is it any fun?

Eliza Dushku lends her vocal talents to Wet, a stylish new shooter from Bethesda Softworks, the people who brought you Fallout 3.

If you can’t get enough of the dark, gory, intense platforming action of the God of War series, then EA Games has just the thing: Dante’s Inferno. Based on the first part of the poet Dante’s classic tale, The Divine Comedy, Dante’s Inferno recasts Dante himself as a warrior hardened by the Crusades on a quest into Hell to find his love, who was abducted by Satan himself.
Ultimately, it’s hard to say whether or not the story will really matter, because at the end of the day, Dante’s Inferno looks like an incredibly well-made God of War clone. See for …read more

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves picks up where the first game left off, only this time, the focus is on developing the main character by piling as many intense situations onto him as possible. This makes for an edge-of-your-seat roller coaster ride of a game, full of thrills and spills, and cinematic-quality storytelling.
If all of that was too much hyperbole, let me boil it down for you: I don’t own a PS3, but after seeing Uncharted 2 in action, I’ve never wanted to own one more.

The original hack-and-shoot on the Wii game is back. Red Steel II features a new protagonist, a new story, a new art style, and the Wii Motion Plus for greater accuracy. Check it: