2004

New York based producer, artist and composer Tom Salta is not only a rising star on the music scene, but he’s also making waves in the video game industry. Salta, who’s been involved in the music industry for 15 years, has had his work featured in several titles since crossing over into video games earlier [...]

Tri Synergy has released a one level demo of its 3D real-time strategy game Will of Steel. The 190MB demo will require a pretty decent machine to run as the minimal requirements for the game are pretty demanding for an RTS (1.3GHz processor with 256MB of RAM and a 64MB video card that fully supports [...]

Activision continues to give this holiday season, this time around
lucky owners of Call of Duty: United Offensive for the PC can now
download a series of multiplayer maps for the WWII based first-person
shooter.

Microsoft announced earlier this week that its driving simulator Forza Motorsport will ship in April, which is two months behind its original February release date. Dubbed by many as the “Gran Turismo” killer, the Xbox title wooed many racing enthusiast when it was announced at E3 earlier this year.

The official website to Oddworld’s upcoming first-person shooter
Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath is now open for business. The site includes various sections pertaining to the game’s features and also contains multimedia items such as video clips and screenshots. The site is located at www.oddworld.ea.com.

Rockstar Games has decided to give fans of its “Grand Theft Auto” series an early Christmas gift this year by offering them the opportunity to download the complete version of “Grand Theft Auto 2″ through their website.

Let the modding begin, as the free Softimage XSI Mod Tool for Half-Life 2, which allows modders to create new characters, models and props among other things for the recently released Valve title, is now available for download. According to the press release, the “XSI Mod Tool was specifically developed for the mod community, giving [...]

The folks at Matrix Games and X1 Software have announced that “Case Blue“, the first expansion for Ubisoft’s “IL-2 Sturmovik“, is now available. The new expansion will allow owners of the original title to play as either a German or Russian ace pilot with the opportunity to advance your assault against the Soviets or defend [...]

You might think of Sigma Chess 6.1 as ‘chess on steroids’. Probably not the game of choice for the chess novice such as myself, Sigma Chess is the sort of game that ought to bring back the thrill of the ‘hunt’ for chess enthusiasts and plain ‘ol gamers alike.

The Seattle PI reports that Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal, is without a doubt, the hot game of the week. I would challenge that and say this it could be the hot game of the month.
I’ve played this game many times over at my brothers home. Folks, it is just plain fun. Something cool [...]

If this game was to be described in a word, what would it be? Generic! Yes, this game does not really seem to standout at all. What is it with Xbox games lately? Ever since Halo 2, it is like they figure that the rest of the game selection can safely remain crap and no [...]

I have to tell ya. judging from what I am reading about Katamari Damacy. I believe that it is has to be one of the stranger games out there for the PS2. Oh sure, the game play is pretty good and the plot received more than a fair rating.
Still, the idea of playing a game [...]

If it wasn’t for the folks over at PopCap Games, I would have nothing to do to kill the time of the day where there is nothing much to do but trim my toenails. Now instead of pulling out the old faithful toe nail clippers, I can play a few addictive and fun games. [...]

A puzzle game that is is described as both mentally challenging, yet relaxing at the same time. Hmm, how the heck does that work. Regardless, PRWeb indicates that puzzle game Smart Lines is supposed to be a lot of fun.
Who knows, maybe I will have to give it a try before giving my final thoughts [...]

Could this be the sign of trouble from Microsoft’s gaming sector? I don’t think so. The news about MS selling off Indie Built is more than likely just another way of cutting down on non-productive depts.
Now, I must say that as an Xbox owner, MS needs to desperately get some good original titles as Sony [...]

For kids my eye! This sounds like it might be fun for just about anyone who decides to try it - with kids present of course. Cyberchase is described as a Character-Driven Adventure Game for kids. While it might be a little weird to play this by yourself I suppose, it is the sort of [...]

Plan on doing a little time? Maybe you don’t plan on doing the whole stint, if you get my drift. Warm up on your prison escaping techniques with this Palm game called The Prison.
Fun to play, you will find that free games can often be as entertaining as those we pay through the nose for. [...]

Is a really good war sim enough to prepare our troops for battle? Well, I think that it’s most certainly better than nothing. Having said that though, nothing will truly prepare them for the horror of real combat.
The article written so eloquently at Wired seems to miss that point. While there are times when a [...]

Man, do I ever wish I could find this under the Christmas tree this holiday season! I am a big fan of the Lord of the Rings books and movies. Not such a big fan that I would go to the extremes some have gone to, but I love it all the same. [...]

Now here is a must have for anyone that takes their PC gaming remotely seriously. The Aspyr Updates Game Agent software is designed to make sure you have the hardware you need to enjoy the games you are wanting to play.
It may seem overly simple to some, but trust me. This software can come in [...]