Need for Speed: Nitro Review

When you hear “ninja” or “zombie” in relation to a video game, you probably immediately make a subconscious association with cliched plots and overused scenarios. And while it's true that ninjas and zombies as a plot device have been pretty much exhaust...

Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising, as a sequel to a mildly successful game, had to make a good impression on gamers to redeem the mistakes that were made in its predecessor. And for the most part, the developers have succeeded – even though the game...

Racing fans have for long been praising several franchises in the genre – one of which is the all-popular Need for Speed. Need for Speed: Shift is the newest game in the series, and it made some great changes to the gameplay, making the game a lot more ...

When it comes to skating games, there's generally one well-known leader – the Tony Hawk series. Named after one of the most prominent practitioners of the sport, the series has seen great success and popularity among gamers, delivering a unique arcade e...

The name “East India Company” is probably already a pretty good indication of what this game is about to the more history-savvy among you. In case it doesn't ring any bells though, the game is set during the 17th century, while the conquest of the Asian...

Those of us who sometimes crave for the good old days of mowing down mindless hordes of demonic enemies a la Doom were left highly satisfied with the Painkiller series. It encompassed everything gamers loved about the fast-paced action style of the past...

There are some games where you simply have to get over the idea that you're playing something with a weird premise, and need to adjust for a while before you start liking it. Naughty Bear is one of those games, with a style and setting that are somewhat...

You can hardly have an excuse for not having heard of the Resident Evil franchise at least once in your life – it's a hugely popular and successful one, which started out from a series of console games and was later made into a movie with several sequel...

Rayman fans are probably all too familiar with the Rabbids, the primary antagonists in all of the Rayman games. The pesky, insane creatures did their best to make life as hard as possible for your favorite character in his games, and their popularity am...

We don't think anybody expected The Sims to become so popular before the first game came out. And the success it reached can hardly be compared to anything else – since the game series is, literally, the most commercially successful one in the history o...

Metal Drift is a fast-paced combination of racing and shooting action, all set in a competitive online environment. The game features a unique and innovative setting, lots of room for experimentation by the player, and last but not least, captivating st...

Wii shooters seem to be rather hard to get right – most of the results we've seen so far haven't been that impressive, with the exception of some classic titles like Metroid 3 and MoH: Heroes 2. When a shooter for that particular console fails, most tim...

Fight Night Round 4 is the fourth installment in EA's highly successful Fight Night boxing franchise, offering even more captivating gameplay, better graphics, as well as even more licensed real-life boxers than before. Considering all of its qualities ...

Many of us grew up with the exploits of Mario and Luigi, controlling them with a joystick in our hands. The series' popularity is phenomenal, and even non-gamers can easily recognize the characters nowadays. The newest game in the franchise, Super Mario...

First person shooters have been growing in all aspects since the genre first came to be – better graphics, better AI for the enemies, more explosions, etc – but the one thing that has always been slow to progress, has been the limit on player numbers. D...

The MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) games genre has been primarily dominated by fantasy and space themes. Thus, it really sparked our interest when we heard of a new MMO title coming out with a post-apocalyptic theme. Knowing the success of some titl...

Various TV shows have had their own video games, and not all of them have enjoyed great success. Prison Break, being one of the best-known series on television nowadays, was bound to get one sooner or later – and many fans of the show were worried if th...

A while ago, the developers of the Mario series realized they couldn't just keep repeating the same old platformer formula over and over again and hope to keep players interested – so they expanded the franchise into other genres, such as racing games a...

The Rock Band games have been so successful among players, both casual and more hardcore, that many developers have been left pulling out their hairs for not having thought of the idea sooner. The franchise is now moving away from its traditional platfo...

When the first Red Faction came out a few years ago, it made a great impression on the crowds thanks to the capabilities of its Geo-Mod engine – at that time, it was the first ever shooter to offer completely destructible environments. And we're not tal...

MotorStorm: Arctic Edge continues the successful MotorStorm series, though with several changes – most noticeably, it's been developed by a different studio, and is no longer available for the PS3, having come out for the PS2 and PSP instead. Still, thi...

Raven Software, known for some recent successful titles like Wolfenstein and X-Men: Origins, are back with yet another potential hit. Singularity, based in the Cold War period, follows a science fiction alternate storyline for what actually happened at ...

Ninja Gaiden is widely recognized as one of the most difficult games in the history of gaming. The original may be decades old, but it still causes some of the older gamers to remember the endless hours spent trying to pass one single level. Of course, ...

Order of War is a real-time strategy based on World War 2, a popular setting for games lately. That doesn't stop Order of War from being very unique in some of its aspects though, and a lot of players are enjoying it today both for its single player cam...

It's very reassuring to see a quality adventure show up every now and then, especially of the good old point-and-click style. Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis is the sequel to a mildly successful title, which even though didn't bring anything new to the g...

The first Eschalon game came from an unknown developer, Basilisk Games, and it managed to build a good reputation for the small indie company. And now, with the release of the second installment in the series, Eschalon: Book II, they're surely on their ...

When Still Life came out some years ago, it left fans hugely divided in their reactions to the game – on one hand, mostly everyone was impressed with how well the game had been designed; on the other, its ending left many to criticize it and according t...