Role playing games (RPG’s) generally come in two forms even though it’s quite easy to class all games as “role playing” as gamers jump into the shoes of (insert action hero name here). Well traditional role playing games, usually orientating from Japan normally feature turn based random battles, which means

I think it is safe to say that mech games are an acquired taste and not for everyone. For the uninitiated, mech games usually feature huge hulking mechanised units which are normally bi-pedal although many other varieties are available. The mechs are normally heavily armed and the crux of why

I’ve always been a big fan of the Hitman games ever since I played Hitman 2 on Xbox several years ago. Whilst the game play featured similarities to games such as Metal Gear Solid and Splinter Cell, Hitman games have always had their own flavour of stealth. I think the

I played and reviewed Far Cry Instincts on Xbox last year and despite some niggling flaws the game was an enjoyable rumble in the jungle. When news arrived that Ubisoft were planning on releasing an expansion, naturally I was pleased and like any first person shooter fan couldn’t wait. Well

Dynasty Warriors Empires will no doubt be the first in a number of Dynasty Warriors titles that appear on next generation consoles. The premise behind any Dynasty Warriors game thus far has been to enter large scale battlefields armed with swords and many other period weapons from Chinese history and

Blazing Angels is yet another World War 2 inspired game which ditches the ground troops and guns for airman and aircraft. You play as a fictitious American Pilot as part of a US flight outfit known as the Blazing Angels. There is some artistic licence granted in that Americans weren’t

The old art form of boxing is brought to home consoles once again with Electronic Arts Fight Night Round 3 which opts to take a more realistic approach to the sport rather than providing an all out arcade experience. As the name suggests this is the 3rd iteration of the

Xbox and Xbox 360 have and will be getting a fair number of driving games this year and whilst many gamers have dwelled in the delights of Project Gotham Racing 3 or the arcade thrills of Ridge Racer 6 or NFS: Most Wanted it might seem that another racing game

The mighty flagship fighting game for Xbox has returned again at the beginning of Microsoft’s new consoles life. Dead or Alive 4 (DOA4) narrowly missed being released at launch but appeared on Japanese and American shop shelves up to a month later. Fighting games have never being plentiful on an

You are Matthew Kane a hardened soldier part of a future war against an alien race known as the Strogg. After surviving an incident aboard a space station Kane is thrust into the heat of combat as Earth’s forces launch an attack on the Strogg home world. There seems to