The Longest Journey is one of the greatest adventure games to ever grace the PC. Period. This is hard to argue, even for the most dedicated of doubters and it’s important to understand why in order to fully grasp the significance of what Red Thread Games is currently up to. With the release of Dreamfall in 2006 came an unrealized promise of a continuation; until now that is. It may have been a frustrating wait but perhaps it was all for the best. It’s always wise to strike while the iron...

Auto Club Revolution is not just a browser based MMO racing game; it’s an experience. That’s what developer Eutechnyx hoped the general feeling of their massively multiplayer online racing title would inspire, and in terms of the components that comprise this title are concerned it’s a pretty spot on expectation. Social gaming can be a very fickle subject for many people; the majority of images that come to mind when hearing the term used are those friendly facebook games like Farmville...

When I wrote my hands-on impressions of Nail'd earlier this year, Deep Silver's ambitious off-road racer was only in its alpha stages of development: The visual effects hadn't been implemented.  The courses were noticeably buggy.  And the soundtrack was simply a placeholder.  But despite all of these essential pieces missing from this arcade racer, it didn't prevent Nail'd from being one of the most satisfying demos I had played in recent memory. Now that the final...

Call of Duty: Black Ops certainly had a daunting task ahead of itself in more ways than one. Firstly, it is the follow up to the fastest selling game in history and must continue the supremacy of arguably the number one first person shooter franchise of the last five years. Secondly, it must overcome the scrutiny of the Activision/Infinity Ward fallout that had cast doubt within a lot of loyalists that COD could shine without the now dubbed Respawn Studios at the helm. On the flipside, Treyarch...

  The United Arab Emirates has banned yet another game, adding to its every growing list of titles that are too violent and suggestive for the region to handle.  Joining the ranks of God of War 3, Dragon Age, Mass Effect 2 and Heavy Rain, is Mafia II.  While it isn't clear why 2K Games' latest title was banned from the UAE, one would imagine that the intense violence, blood, nudity, sexual content, and use of drugs and alcohol might have something to do with it. In...