Top Cow’s gritty comic-book series returns to the gaming world in The Darkness 2, a sequel to 2007’s supernatural first person shooter. With a new developer, a new look, and quad wielding does The Darkness reign supreme?
Now is a critical time in the lifespan of the Nintendo 3DS. After stumbling through an anemic launch, the handheld has just begun to rebound thanks to a substantial price drop and the arrival of some good games. With the PS Vita release imminent and mobile gaming eroding their market, Nintendo needs to make a convincing argument these days to sell a $40 handheld game. Capcom makes their case by delivering a full-featured exclusive entry in their survival horror series Resident Evil to the 3DS. Is it worth taking a ride on the Queen Zenobia?
2010’s award-winning Shank was a rebirth of sorts for the 2D side-scrolling beat ‘em up. It took the button-mashing gameplay of yesteryear’s arcade classics and merged it with a modern comic-book artsyle and gritty story. As great as it was, it wasn’t without it’s faults. In developing the sequel, Klei Entertainment have set out to address some of the common complaints of the original, namely the repetitiveness and soul-crushing difficulty spikes. How did they fare?
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Sam & Max Beyond Time & Space is an iOS port of 2007’s point-and-click adventure series from the masters of the genre Telltale Games, makers of Back to the Future, Monkey Island, and Puzzle Agent. Did the twosome successfully make the transition to your iDevice? Let’s find out.
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Gorilla Gondola is an action-puzzle game that comes to us from Electric Pixel Factory, an independent U.K. developer composed of a handful of guys. The premise behind their debut mobile game is certainly one-of-a-kind.
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As interesting as the concept of Puddle is, the story behind it’s creation is even better.
Originally developed by six college students in France as their class project, Puddle won a Student Showcase prize at the Independent Gaming Festival at GDC 2010. This brought the game to the attention of Konami who picked it up and are publishing it as a downloadable title for Xbox Live Arcade, PSN and the PS Vita. Those students are now a part of Neko Entertainment and their tale is an excellent reminder for aspiring young indie developers.
Puddle is a physics-based puzzle platformer based around liquid and momentum.
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Nuts! ($0.99) is an action arcade game for the iOS that comes to us from Limbic Software, developers of two other iOS titles: TowerMadness and Zombie Gunship.
The premise behind Nuts! is rather cute. Two squirrels, Jake and Miranda, are enjoying a romantic picnic lunch when a raven swoops down and steals their picnic basket. To make matters worse, the basket held a surprise engagement ring for Miranda. Now it’s up to Jake to get his stuff back.
When I moved to Southern California 14 years ago one of the first things I was struck by was the abundance of car chases on television. For a variety of reasons this state has more than it’s share of crazy chases involving some lunatic and the police. For awhile it was regular Friday night programming, you could make dinner, grab a drink and wait for the car chase, inevitably ending with the driver face down on the pavement. Smash Cops by London’s Hutch Games aims to bring that vehicular chaos to mobile devices.
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The easiest way for me to describe Puzzlejuice is to say it’s one part Tetris and one part Wordtris, with a dash of chaos mixed in. Both are classic games but imagine playing them simultaneously and you have something that resembles Puzzlejuice. Having spent countless hours playing Tetris since the original Nintendo Gameboy I immediately felt at home. Or so i thought . . . .
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Don't ever get between a mother kangaroo and her baby joey.
Run Roo Run is a new iOS game developed by 5th Cell, the makers of the Nintendo DS and iOS classic Scribblenauts. It features 420 levels, Game Center support, and weekly downloadable content. Each of the game's 20 Chapters introduces a new obstacle to master.
Check out my video review of the iPad version of Run Roo Run HD below.
