Rise & Fall Civilizations at War Preview - PC

“Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War”… Is this yet another Civilization/Age of Empires clone? Heck, it even looks almost identical to Rome: Total War. Complain all you want, but this game has a few things going for it that just might separate it from the rest. The game was being developed by Stainless Steel Studios, the guys behind Empire Earth, a strategy game that spans over 500,000+ years! It was also considered one of the best strategy games released at the time. Now for the bad news first. Publisher Midway Games stopped funding and Stainless Steel had to stop production and quietly... (more...)

Reservoir Dogs Preview

There is an adage called better late than never. The year 1992 saw the release of a movie named Reservoir Dogs, which told the story of 6 criminals and a jewellery heist gone horribly wrong. The film went on to become a major hit and started to be counted as one of the classic films. Fourteen years later the movie is being converted into a third-person shooter game by Eidos. The game was unveiled at E3 this year where 2 levels of the game were demonstrated and shown to public. According to reports the game tries to stick closely to the original story. The film starring Harvey Keitel and Tim Roth... (more...)

Quake 4 Preview

…Tremors… This E3, the earth trembled with the shockwaves of what could be the next big bang. Videos and screens of the latest in the quake series were released to a much anticipating audience hungry for anything that comes with Id stamped on the back. Quake 4 will be the latest in the exemplary franchise that changed the FPS genre forever. Although quake did not usher in the multiplayer wave, it was the definitive tide that provided the push for many a game to crest high. Quake 4 will be based on the doom3 engine, giving it extremely high ornamental value for any gamer. This will be... (more...)

Prince of Persia 3 Preview

The Prince of Persia franchise is still alive and kicking at the house of Ubisoft. After reaping the success of The Sands of Time, they made Prince of Persia : Warrior Within which was a massive hit as well. Now, Ubisoft have announced Prince of Persia 3 (working title) as a continuation to the third person action series. It seems like the Prince has not messed enough with time itself. Trouble still follows in his wake, even after evading the Dahaka. The game begins with the Prince coming back victorious with his babe Kaileena, only to find his great city of Babylon in ruin. What’s worse... (more...)

Prey Preview

After being in development for several years, Human Head Studio’s first person shooter titled Prey is nearing its completion moving through various changes during its progress. Prey is a based on the Doom 3 engine and has been supervised by 3D Realms during its development. While most of the first-person shooters mainly focus on you running through corridors from a first-person view and blasting everything that comes in your way, Prey attempts to change this typical shooter focus upside down. Another Alien Escapade You’ll take on the role of the game’s main character Tommy Hawk,... (more...)

ParaWorld Preview

With the huge success of RTS games in the current year, more and more game developers are launching RTS games, with better graphics, gameplay and other additions. ParaWorld which stands for Parallel World is one of the awaited RTS by Sunflowers and SEK. The major thing that makes it different is Dinosaurs, which one gets to control in the game, making it quite interesting. The Story The story of ParaWorld begins in the 19th-century, where a team of scientists, led by Dr. Jarvis Babbet, are doing research on existence of parallel worlds. After years of work the team discovers a parallel world and... (more...)

Pacific Storm Preview

Imagine flying an A6M1 Zero over the Pacific. Suddenly you spot a fleet of American fighter aircrafts zooming towards you. Immediately you veer towards the arrogant mosquitoes and swat them with your missiles. Welcome to Pacific Storm, a rare WWII RTS game developed by Lesta Studio. RARE because it completely focuses on the Pacific region of WWII with no place for the European theatres unlike other WWII games. Pacific Storm is a top-down simulation of the WWII between Japan and the United States over the Pacific Ocean. The player can choose to be either American or Japanese and lead your nation... (more...)

Neverwinter Nights 2 Preview

The original Neverwinter Nights was a great fantasy game which explored new dimensions for the Diablo fans like me. Those who love to cast spells and magic or fight their way through hoards of monsters and dark creatures loved it and it sold millions of copies worldwide. The original NWN was a BioWare production, whereas the sequel Neverwinter Nights 2 is going to be published by Atari. The sequel to NWN was rumoured to come out for years but it finally entered in production stage in July 2004 when the Californian Obsidian Entertainment started developing it (Obsidian Entertainment has been founded... (more...)

Need For Speed Most Wanted Preview

I have been a regular follower of the Need For Speed series. Each series came out with something new, either stunningly new graphics or new cars or new game modes. Of late the Need For Speed series have all been about customizing the cars and racing them in different types of races like drag and drift races other than the circuit races which was the standard type, and sprint races which was made popular by NFS: Porsche. Another thing that has been the selling point of the new games are freestyle driving across the city and picking up races in any order you may like and also racing with other competitors... (more...)

Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks Preview

Flawless Victory Midway will release the next version of Mortal Kombat for the XBOX and PS very soon. This version will continue along the lines of the last release Mortal Kombat: Deception. Midway presents you with their latest release Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. After Liu Kang defeated Shang Tsung and saved the earth from his evil plans during the first Mortal Kombat tournament, Shang Tsung has been plotting his return with more evil plots. Shang Tsung escaped through a portal which opened up during a mysterious earthquake. Now after an attempt by Baraka to take over the earth by force the... (more...)

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