With movies like The Godfather, Goodfellas, and Casino, the world of the La Costra Nostra is something that is well known. However, in the game world the selections for the fictional Mafia experience are quite sparse. The only notable series of note is EA’s The Godfather series, and the various...

Huge cult following graphic novel (check), huge end of summer action/romance film, huge video game to follow suit of book and movie. This week, the world belongs to Scott Pilgrim and the universe surrounding him. Between the movie and animated short on [adult swim] tonight, Scott Pilgrim fans are amerced...

The Xbox Live Arcade summer list is drawing to a close. The summer started off with side scrolling action with Limbo and Castelvania: Harmony of Despair and brought an arcade racing classic to the console with Hydro Thunder. Uber Entertainment is introducing a multiplayer focused third person shooter...

Every year, there is one game franchise that has fans foaming at the mouths waiting for it’s release. For those of you who don’t follow what I am hinting at well I am talking about Madden NFL Football. This year is no different with the release of Madden NFL 11 with the well deserving Drew...

There have been many Star Wars games. Some are good and some are bad. Star Wars’ first venture into the world of MMOs wasn’t too bad, but didn’t have the force to keep the game moving. We know that The Old Republic is coming soon, but what about a light hearted Star Wars MMO based...

Konami attempts to bring a nostolgic but multiplayer heavy Castlevania to Xbox Live Arcade. Following the footsteps of Capcom, Konami puts out a retro revamp of one of their fan favorite titles that is not Metal Gear. The multiplayer Castlevania brings character options, minor RPG elements, and the...

Back in the day when arcades were alive, there was only 2 racing games I played. One was San Francisco Rush 2049 and the other was the boat racing madness of Hydro Thunder. The fast pace racing and crazy tracks in Hydro Thunder kept eating up my quarters all day. Well, the boat racer is back for the...

BlazBlue came out about a year ago and it was met with great reviews from 2D fighting fans. Now, Aksys has released its continuation of the BlazBlue franchise with Continuum Shift. This game has added 3 new fighters, new modes, and tweaked their fighting system a little bit. Will that make this game...

When I was little, one of the first games I loved was Contra. Even though it was hard as hell, it was fun to play and being a Rambo-type character was always badass. Well, it seems like Konami is trying to resurrect some old memories with Hard Corps: Uprising, a Contra-like run-and-gun side-scroller...

“How low can you go?” is usually a question that comes to mind when the word “limbo” is brought to someone’s attention. Sweet Caribbean rhythms are played as ungraceful cocktail sipping vacationers attempt to contort their way under bamboo poles. Fun is had by all… this is not that...