With Black Ops II in stores now, I couldn’t help but wonder of all the games I have to yet play before I even break the seal on my copy…not to mention the games that been spinning inside of my Xbox 360 for weeks now. Not that this year was full of must-play titles like Q4 of last year, but for me, the illustrious FPS series has fallen to bottom of the mountain as opposed to the summit where it once stood. I realize that I am a minority in this line of thinking, and that Call of...

If you’re anything like me – and your wallet exactly isn’t bursting at the seams with cash – then you've probably realized that you may not be able to pick up every single one of this season’s AAA releases (thank God for those delays, right). We've been lucky; so far there haven't really been many I would classify as 'must-haves'. Assassin's Creed III is certainly on gamer's Most Wanted lists, and there have definitely been a number of...

With many gamers favoring the diversity of Battlefield 3‘s multiplayer in place of the tiring formula offered by contemporary rival Call of Duty, what can Treyarch do to inject some much needed life into the waning franchise as rumors of Black Ops 2 begin to surface. One can hardly forget the fever pitch surrounding the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the game continued to build on the formidable legacy of its predecessors by shattering worldwide sales records. Activision’s...

Something has always bothered me when it comes to the perception that most people have as far as video games are concerned, I finally feel the need to address it.  The media, at least over here in the United States, follow people who make music for a living, as well as movies; considering them “stars”.  People pile into theaters to witness the next “Blockbuster Motion Picture”, sit in front of their television sets to see the new debut of a show, or just discuss what was on last...

Since Mordern Warfare 2, the precedent set for Call of Duty's DLC has gotten a little out of hand. Activision Blizzard CEO and non-gamer Bobby Kotick loves to wear his company's earning statement on his sleeve—even going so far in recent months to say that one day Activision may have the balls to compile CG cutscenes from, say, Starcraft II, re-package them and sell them to gullible fans as films—so the justification of spending $15 on n a handful of new multiplayer maps for...