Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition

PC review by Anthony Karge - Wednesday 16th April 2008

A decent port of a somewhat decent game

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  Zoo Tycoon 2

  PC review by Matt Wadleigh - Monday 7th April 2008

  “Everyone loves animals. At least, everyone should. If you don't, you're probably deranged and I suggest that you talk to a psychiatrist before you end up killing us all. As for the rest of us well-balanced folks, animals are cool and visiting the zoo is always an entertaining experience. Seeing lions, tigers, and bears up close, in person is a fun time for the whole...” Read more »

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  Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

  PC review by Ben Philpott - Sunday 6th April 2008

  “A beautiful heroine, a disappearing boyfriend, a talking crow and an alternate reality like no other. Dreamfall is without a doubt one of the most creative and beautiful adventure games released in years. Sequel to The Longest Journey, one of the last truly great point and click adventure games of the 20th century. The game was released at a time when public interest in adventure...” Read more »

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  Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis

  PC review by Terence Gage - Thursday 3rd April 2008

  “War is a terrible thing, isn’t it? Of course, I’m sure the vast majority of people reading this will thankfully never experience the brutality of war (just watch Apocalypse Now; you can get the general idea), but games insist on ever striving forward and telling us how bad it is and how we should make love not war, whilst somewhat ironically revelling in the source...” Read more »

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  Max Payne

  PC review by Matt Wadleigh - Tuesday 1st April 2008

  “Max Payne might not be a household name, but he is still regarded as a gaming icon. The original Max Payne PC game was revolutionary. Despite the laughable writing and the goofy, constipated expression that Max wore throughout his violent adventure, the video game bearing his name was a unique experience that few other games had matched at the time. The emphasis of the game...” Read more »

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  The Dirty Dozen: a perfect line-up

  PS2 Xbox GC PC feature by Terence Gage - Friday 28th March 2008

  “As the GameCube and Xbox have been laid to rest and the PS2 is in her final hours, we take a look at some of the best games from last generation, and consider how they’ve held up a few years down the line: The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004 - Xbox, PC) Developed by Starbreeze/Tigon Studios Published by Vivendi Who would have expected a...” Read more »

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  io

  PC review by Bart Robson - Tuesday 25th March 2008

  “Billed as one of India's first commercial PC games, io is a bizarre gem. While we tweak our PCs, buying top-end hardware to run the latest and greatest games, smaller projects understandably slip buy - after all, what's the point of spending hundreds of dollars on a system that we're going to only play Bejeweled on? Still, it's a shame when gamers ignore the little...” Read more »

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  Lost: Via Domus

  PC review by Matt Wadleigh - Saturday 22nd March 2008

  “Lost is without a doubt my favorite television show. It's one of the only shows that I make sure to watch weekly, so when Ubisoft revealed that they were developing a game based on the series, I was instantly intrigued. Details were scarce, but I followed the game to release with unbridled excitement and anticipation. I try not to let myself get too caught up...” Read more »

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  City Life 2008

  PC review by James Frazer - Friday 21st March 2008

  “City Life 2008 is a prime example of a game that takes a subject far too seriously, inventing its own rules and ending up devoid of logic, common sense and, most importantly, fun. There also appears to be a secret cult in which you're told what the hell is going on and how to play the game because, despite numerous google searches and readiing the...” Read more »

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  GemSweeper

  PC review by Matt Wadleigh - Thursday 6th March 2008

  “I have a top of the line computer. I can run most games at the highest settings. I’m not trying to brag. Most people would expect me to be taking full advantage of that raw power. I’m not. I’m not sitting here playing through Crysis. Nope, instead, all of my time playing games for the last week has been spent playing this: ...” Read more »

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  Democracy 2

  PC review by Matt Wadleigh - Thursday 6th March 2008

  “It's been difficult for me over the last few weeks to come up with the words that I want to say in regards to the latest game to find its way onto my hard drive, Democracy 2. It isn't that I find the subject matter to be particularly difficult to write about. My problem is that I've already written most of what I want to...” Read more »

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  Shoot From the Lip: Totally PC

  PC opinion by James Frazer - Monday 3rd March 2008

  “Despised isn't the right word, more "pitied", sums up my past feelings regarding PC gamers. Waltzing into game shops to pick up their copy of the latest must-have title for half the price of its console cousins, then proudly proclaiming the mouse and keyboard setup to hump the hind legs off any controller, before disappearing into the nearest news-agent to flick through PC Gay... sorry,...” Read more »

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  Hard to be a God

  PC preview by James Frazer - Monday 3rd March 2008

  “Perhaps the downside to owning a PC is the amount of RPGs you get sent to look at and begged to publicise. Sometimes there's just not enough hours in the day to sit through 3 games all sharing the exact same storyline, trying to level up significantly in each without falling asleep so you can give each a fair review. So it came as a...” Read more »

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  SimCity Societies

  PC review by Matt Wadleigh - Tuesday 26th February 2008

  “I've always been a huge SimCity fan. I can safely say that SimCity 2000 was one of the first games that I ever became hopelessly addicted to. It was incredibly complex but still managed to be reasonably accessible to novice players. And, it goes without saying that it's fun to run your own city and be your own boss, setting laws and taxes and placing...” Read more »

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  Speedball Tournament 2

  PC review by Craig Nye - Monday 25th February 2008

  “Speedball Tournament 2 is like one of those clubhouses from your childhood with a sign on the front door that read something along the lines of “no girls” or “cool kids only”. Not just anyone gets in; you’ve got to meet certain criteria. If Speedball 2 were a clubhouse, it would have a sign outside that read “incredibly patient people only”. You won’t even remotely...” Read more »

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  Pirates of the Burning Sea

  PC review by Bart Robson - Monday 25th February 2008

  “The internet and the ocean are surprisingly similar. The vast spaces consume everything that is poured into them, be it money, time, or work. They also happen to be brimming with pirates! Sony Online Entertainment's new MMORPG, Pirates of the Burning Sea, gives players the opportunity to create their own avatar circa 1720, during the so-called "golden age" of piracy. While World of Warcraft diehards...” Read more »

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