STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl Preview

Killer in the Dark Lets turn the clock all the way back to E3 2004 for a few moments. Games like Doom 3, Half-Life 2, Splinter Cell 3 and Black & White 2 fought for the limelight. In a corner, publisher THQ stood under the shadows but still optimistic about the future of their new game which they called ‘S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Shadow of Chernobyl’. It’s been over a year since then and even E3 2005 has gone by but the developers at GSC Game World are still working hard on it. Slated for an October release this year after much delay already, the game will have a hard time competing... (more...)

Splinter Cell Chaos Theory Preview

Back with a flashbang Sam Fisher returns as the no nonsense, highly flexible, multiple lung endowed, pistol wielding hero. The third offering from the creators of such global hits like Splinter cell and Pandora Tomorrow return with their butterfly wing flapping wreaking havoc in Texas inspired title Chaos Theory. Releasing soon in India for the PC, Xbox and PS2, Chaos theory comes packed with a horde of new features and tech updates from its predecessor, Pandora Tomorrow. Splinter Cell Chaos Theory demo starts off with the crouched silhouette of Sam, night vision gogs pecked above his head,... (more...)

SiN Episodes Emergence Preview - PC

Ritual Entertainment showed off an alpha version of Emergence at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. This will be the first episode in the SiN Episodes series slated for a first quarter release this year. As promised, the game will be published through Steam and will cost under $20. The complete SiN Episodes series will span a total of nine episodes. Emergence will have around four to six hours of gameplay. SiN Episodes Emergence is set in the futuristic Freeport City, five years after the events of the first SiN game (released in 1998). Gamers once again assume the role of Colonel... (more...)

SiN Episodes Preview

For all have sinned. I remember back in 1998, I was shopping for games and I found a copy of SiN and bought it simply because it had a cool character and logo on the box. I remember reading the synopsis on the back and realizing that this FPS actually had a cool storyline. I remember going back home and installing the game and I clearly remember the game taking twelve minutes to load. I also clearly remember the game crashing almost a dozen times each time I played it. But most of all I remember that I loved this game. It was fresh. It was cool. It had everything I wanted in an FPS – a good... (more...)

Sid Meiers Railroad Preview

They say that an old man never forgets his roots no matter where life takes him. Sid Meier seems to have caught this bug pretty badly. A year after re-designing his 1987 classic, Pirates! and releasing it on PC and Xbox in a span of 8 months, Firaxis and 2K Games bring out yet another pioneer game of the “God”, Sid Meier’s Railroads! As you can guess this game is a modern take on the all time classic Railroad Tycoon, developed by Sid Meier when he was with Microprose in 1990. The game saw players playing a role of railroad tycoon (what else!!) who had to lay tracks, buy locomotives and... (more...)

Shadowgrounds Preview - PC

Overview: Amidst the crowded action shooter market, Shadowgrounds comes on as a breath of fresh air, with its unique top-down perspective, realistic lighting and a good storyline. Frozenbyte from Finland develops this shooter. The game has already garnered good reviews from the countries it was released in, namely Finland, Germany, to name a few. It’s expected to be released in other parts of the world by March 2006. Published by Meridian4, Shadowgrounds costs only 29$. Story: The story takes place on Jupiter’s moon Ganymede in the 2090’s. We have successfully made the moon inhabitable and... (more...)

Serious Sam II

Uncle Sam wants you Nearly everyone played Serious Sam: The First Encounter developed by Croatia, and loved the graphics, the sounds and the gameplay. It proved to be a top selling game, giving gamers what everyone secretly itches for, a game with little thinking, lot of weapons and a world to blow up. When The Second Encounter was released, they pumped up the adrenaline by adding bigger guns, beautiful environments and wave after wave of enemies making a splash with a sweet humorous aftertaste. But after the release of the Second encounter which ended with a big sign saying “TO BE CONTINUED”... (more...)

Scarface The World Is Yours Preview

Healing the Scars Tony Montana loves his empire, coke and women. Unfortunately, a lot of people dont love him, which is why he died a horrible death in the classic 1983 film Scarface. VU games has translated the epic hit into a game that starts off where the blood dried. In Scarface: The world is yours, Tony Montana returns as the gun wielding greedy drug lord. The game begins in the same mansion where Tony was pumped with pellets in the back. Instead, this time around Tony whirls around, dishes out meat to the would be assailant and begins the ardous journey out of the mansion filled with his... (more...)

Rome Total War Alexander Preview

Strategy gamers were in for a pleasant surprise when it was revealed that Sega would be releasing another expansion pack for Rome: Total War series. Creative Assembly, currently working on the next game in the Total War series called Medieval 2:Total War, has completed rendering the finishing touches to Rome: Total War Alexander. As the name suggests, the game follows the short but the exciting life of Alexander the Great spanning from 336 and 323 BC. Soon after ascending the throne, Alexander embarked on an ambitious campaign to conquer the whole world and in just 12 years was the master of almost... (more...)

Rise of Nations Rise of Legends Preview

Rise and shine Travel to the land of Aio, a world embroiled in an epic battle between the forces of Magic and Technology. Fight through towering cities, flame-swept deserts and brutal ice plains in battles filled with mystic creatures, impossible machines, and stunning acts of magic. Rise of legends is the next step in the warmly accepted Rise of Nations franchise. Being developed by Big Huge Games and published by Microsoft, ROL has a much wider scope, tastier eye candy and juicier gameplay than its predecessor. The Da vinci code The storys protagonist is a young inventor named Giacomo, who after... (more...)

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