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PC Preview - 'FreeStyle Street Basketball'

by Thomas Wilde on April 26, 2006 @ 3:11 a.m. PDT | Filed under Previews

FreeStyle Street Basketball is a fast-paced online basketball game where players meet on virtual courts to challenge each other in a dynamic pick-up game environment, featuring cutting-edge music, fashions and gravity defying basketball moves.

PS2/Xbox/PC Preview - 'FlatOut 2'

by Alicia on April 25, 2006 @ 1:07 a.m. PDT | Filed under Previews

The sequel to the destruction racer is set to accelerate its way onto the PS2, Xbox, and PC in the nitrous charged form of FlatOut 2 this June, courtesy of Bugbear Entertainment and Empire Interactive, while Vivendi Universal Games will distribute the title in the U.S.

NGC/PS2/Xbox Preview - 'The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning'

by Thomas Wilde on April 24, 2006 @ 1:22 a.m. PDT | Filed under Previews

Discover the true origin of Spyro as he evolves into a living, breathing weapon of explosive destruction! In The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, Spyro embarks on an epic quest to uncover his roots and realize his destiny.

PC Preview - 'Joint Task Force'

by Thomas Wilde on April 23, 2006 @ 2:59 a.m. PDT | Filed under Previews

Joint Task Force is a story of modern war where players match superior tactics and military technology against dangerous unconventional forces around the globe. The game’s exacting attention to detail – from buildings that dynamically collapse to military vehicles modeled down to the last rivet – will create a new benchmark for modern-day RTS games.

PSP Preview - 'Miami Vice: The Game'

by Alicia on April 22, 2006 @ 12:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under Previews

Miami Vice The Game is a third-person action shooter inspired by the Universal Pictures crime drama, Miami Vice. Set in present-day Miami, players will go deep undercover as narcotic officers Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs in the rich, glamorous and decadent world of Miami Vice, a place where badges don't count.

PC Preview - 'Seed'

by Keith Durocher on April 21, 2006 @ 1:12 a.m. PDT | Filed under Previews

Seed is a new and genre-shattering massively multiplayer game featuring advanced AI, interactive story, no combat, no dungeons, no elves, and a truly mutable world.

PC Preview - 'Caesar IV'

by Alicia on April 21, 2006 @ 12:41 a.m. PDT | Filed under Previews

Caesar IV takes the city-building genre into the 21st century, with new gameplay and features, and a cutting edge 3D graphics engine developed specifically for the title.

PS2/Xbox/PC Preview - 'Scarface: The World is Yours'

by Alicia on April 20, 2006 @ 4:24 a.m. PDT | Filed under Previews

Scarface is a third-person action shooter now coming for the first time to game consoles & PC worldwide. In a complex world filled with excess and greed, players can take the role of Tony Montana, one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film.

PC Preview - 'Paradise'

by Judy on April 19, 2006 @ 3:42 a.m. PDT | Filed under Previews

Paradise, developed by Benoit Sokal's White Birds Productions, is an adventure game which immerses the player in the heart of Africa, at once eternal and terribly contemporary. A young woman, the daughter of a fierce dictator, crosses the continent in the company of a leopard, to take him to the place of his birth, the peaks of Kilimanjaro.

PSP Preview - '50 Cent: Bulletproof'

by Thomas Wilde on April 19, 2006 @ 3:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under Previews

In Bulletproof, 50 gets caught in a web of corruption, double-crosses and shady deals that lead him on a bloody path through New York's drug underworld. Working with the unlikeliest of allies, the streets heat up as 50 Cent takes on the most dangerous crime families in the city, uncovering an international conspiracy with devastating implications.

PSP/PC Preview - 'Stacked with Daniel Negreanu'

by Mark Crump on April 18, 2006 @ 1:13 a.m. PDT | Filed under Previews

A Texas Hold 'em game that captures the spirit of the professional poker tour, Stacked utilizes an advanced learning artificial intelligence system that adapts to each player's style of play and a detailed tutorial mode to deliver a thrilling and realistic poker experience.

Xbox 360 Preview - 'X-Men: The Official Game'

by Rainier on April 14, 2006 @ 2:48 a.m. PDT | Filed under Previews

X-Men: The Official Game ties in with the upcoming movie X-Men: The Last Stand and provides the backstory. The new X-Men game, written by screenwriter Zak Penn and comic book writer Chris Claremont, lets you play as either Wolverine, Nightcrawler, or Iceman.

PSP Preview - 'Lemmings'

by Reldan on April 11, 2006 @ 2:01 a.m. PDT | Filed under Previews

Controlling an army of lemmings, the aim is to get as many of these cute characters as you can from the entrance point to the exit point of a level within a time limit. Easy to learn, difficult to master; Lemmings is a test of strategy and fast thinking as you make 'on the spot', life or death decisions for your band of trusting little creatures.

NGC/PS2/Xbox/PC Preview - 'Over the Hedge'

by Judy on April 10, 2006 @ 2:37 a.m. PDT | Filed under Previews

Players assume the roles of RJ the raccoon, Verne the turtle, Hammy the squirrel and Stella the skunk and turn a suburban neighborhood loaded with dangerous obstacles and traps into their personal playground.

Xbox/PC Preview - 'Dreamfall: The Longest Journey'

by Kenny Bartlett on April 5, 2006 @ 2:50 a.m. PDT | Filed under Previews

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey is an action-packed thriller set in a large and varied game world mixing gritty reality with imaginative fantasy. The game features three worlds, three distinctly different playable characters, and exciting action-adventure gameplay wrapped in a mature, exhilarating, and innovative storyline.

PC Preview - 'Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning'

by Tony "OUberLord" Mitera on April 4, 2006 @ 1:14 a.m. PDT | Filed under Previews

After two years of development Climax's Warhammer Online was cancelled after which Games Workshop granted its license to Mythic Entertainment. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is an MMO game for PC and console set in the fantasy world of Warhammer.

PSP Preview - 'Gradius Collection'

by Alicia on April 3, 2006 @ 1:06 a.m. PDT | Filed under Previews

The Collection includes ports of the arcade shoot 'em up versions of the original four Gradius titles along with a port of the PlayStation's Gradius Gaiden. The port is enhanced with a new save feature and 16:9 display modes for the original two Gradius titles.

X360 Preview - 'Tomb Raider: Legend'

by Rainier on April 1, 2006 @ 2:03 a.m. PST | Filed under Previews

In Tomb Raider: Legend, Lara comes alive with intricately animated expressions, moves and abilities. An arsenal of modern equipment, such as a magnetic grappling device, binoculars, frag grenades, personal lighting device and communications equipment.

PC Preview - 'Liquidator: Welcome to Hell'

by Keith Durocher on March 31, 2006 @ 12:57 a.m. PST | Filed under Previews

Liquidator is action packed and appeals to gamers that enjoy first person shooters, as well as those that enjoy action adventure games with RPG elements. The game features massive shooting sequences and action elements.

X360 Preview - 'Battlefield 2: Modern Combat'

by Alicia on March 30, 2006 @ 4:37 a.m. PST | Filed under Previews

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat will drop players into the heat of battle on the high tech frontlines, entering a new modern era of combat with more firepower and new expansive environments.