If the old saying “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” had any indication on how developers felt than Sony should be extremely thrilled to know that Dante’s Inferno is a very flattering God of War title.  That’s not to say Dante’s Inferno copies God of War exactly down to the tee, but it does borrow heavily in the most important aspect of the game: combat.  Whichever way you see it, Dante’s Inferno still has plenty of neat, original ideas ..read more

It’s been quite a while since we’ve seen a new PixelJunk game from Q-Games, which has mostly been due to terrific support for PixelJunk Monsters and Eden along with the PSP port of Monsters in the past year. PixelJunk Shooter is their latest game in the popular series of PSN game that coincidentally is their take on the shooter genre, particularly in the vein of games like Gravitar and Sub-Terrania. The result is another great PixelJunk game ..read more

This generation has been nice to old games and concepts as there’s a lot of promise for their art styles to reach their full potential in HD. Just Add Water has taken the gameplay of Gravitar and added Geometry Wars-style vector visuals to make Gravity Crash for PSN. The result is a beautiful shooter with more elaborate levels to play around in.

Gravity Crash takes place during a war in space between two factions when all of the forces ..read more

While the folks at EA have tried their hand at an arcade football game for a while now, but it has taken until now that they captured the Blitz style of simplicity. Madden NFL Arcade is a much more simple game overall than recent Maddens have been and that makes for an arcadey experience that can really be a lot of fun in multiplayer.

Madden NFL Arcade does trim down what you expect from the traditional NFL experience that football fans ..read more

When Assassin’s Creed released back in 2007, fans got to taste just a sample of the possibilities that Ubisoft imagined.  With amazing visuals, stunning locations and gameplay that revolutionized how we play and imagine games today, Assassin’s Creed proved to be more popular than anyone imagined.  How exactly would Ubisoft be able to top that monstrous effort?  By making the sequel bigger, bolder and an all-around better game than its predecessor, which is exactly what Assassin’s Creed 2 is.

Assassin’s Creed ..read more

With Peggle’s release on PSN recently, PopCap Games finally dropped the Peggle Nights expansion on both PSN and XBLA to let players add more levels to their games. Peggle Nights features an interesting take on the adventure mode along with more challenges to test your skills even further.

To take a quick detour, the reason this isn’t a review of the PSN version of Peggle is that it’s the same game as the XBLA version. The only new features ..read more

With so many stellar titles already under Sony’s wing on the Playstation it is hard to pick the top tier franchise that defines the Playstation brand and stands out as the ultimate best.  While the likes of Konami, Rockstar, Insomniac and Naughty Dog have all released innovative and popular franchises, Sony’s own God of War is perhaps the best series to have ever graced the Playstation 2, and thanks to a new update fans can now enjoy the adventures of ..read more

Left 4 Dead 2 revives the zombie apocalypse with a breath of fresh air, new excitement and plenty of nonstop action.  Last year’s multiplayer zombie killing bloodfest was plagued with dull level designs, lack of gameplay modes and an affinity for utilizing glitches to achieve victory in Versus mode.  Thankfully Valve has fixed all of those problems, to great effect, and made Left 4 Dead 2 one of the best multiplayer games of the year.

Unlike Left 4 Dead that saw ..read more

It’s about that time of year again. Publishers put their pistols away and pull out the big guns. Now is the time where the wallets stop emptying, and the latest edition of Call of Duty marks of the signaling of the season. Modern Warfare 2 is one of the biggest releases of the season (arguably THE biggest release), and for good reason. Its predecessor was a smash success when it released in 2007, selling millions of copies and still ranking ..read more

Buzz tried to take over your TV last year, but this year he’s kicking it up a notch to take over the world with his latest quiz game on the PS3. Buzz! Quiz World takes the Buzz style of quiz show and adds more customization and control over the kind of game you want to play. Buzz! Quiz World improves greatly in a lot of areas but stumbles in a few others that seemed to be ..read more