Serious Sam BFE Review

By Michael DiMauro on

Get out your stone washed jeans and ask Guy Fieri if you can borrow his sunglasses–Serious Sam is back. Serious Sam BFE seems like it was cryogenically frozen in the early 90s and has just been thawed out. The Serious Engine 3.5 does give it a new coat of paint, but doesn’t do anything to …

A Valley Without Wind Preview

By Nick on

A Valley without Wind by Arcen Games is what happens when you try to make a Super Nintendo game today. A super polished limitless 2D metroidVania adventure game. Everything in A Valley Without Wind is procedurally generated. The game pulls from known assets to create vast continents to explore. Each continent is made up of variety of …

THQ Downloadable Games on Sale at Amazon

By Michael DiMauro on

This week’s downloadable PC game deal is a vast assortment of THQ properties and downloadable content. There are some fantastic games here at absolutely silly prices. Check out our favorites below. Click here to get this deal. Darksiders – $4.99 Metro 2033 – $4.99 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – $9.99 Saints Row: The Third – $24.99 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow …

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Review: Losing the War Against the Tua-Blah

By Tim Lanning on

Very few games deserve to be trimmed of content as much as Reckoning. The inevitable plot twist only mustered an “Oh neat” out of me after so many hours of mediocre gameplay and story. There is a fun game to be found within Reckoning, but without a guide you would have no idea which quests you should spend your time on. It isn’t that Reckoning is terrible; it is more that it falls short of most of its peers and what goals it sets for itself.

The Darkness II Review – Worth the Wait

By Michael DiMauro on

The Darkness II is brutal, crass and probably not everyone’s cup of tea. It is also gorgeous, smart and a big improvement over the original in terms of game play. The narrative is constructed in a very interesting way that will keep you guessing right up to the end. This game takes what was interesting about the original, and builds upon it while also streamlining the experience.