King of Fighters XII (2009) System: Xbox-360, PlayStation 3, Arcade Scores: Graphics: 90, Sound: 80, Gameplay: 70, Overall: 80 Review: The King of Fighters XII is the latest addition to the series of King of Fighters games by SDK Playmore. King of Fighters XII is definitely not your run-of-the-mill fighting game. You don’t have to be a fighting guru to enjoy King of Fighters, the combos are relatively simple and every character is pretty well matched. What I was quite impressive with was the graphics and gameplay. The only thing really lacking about the game is the $60 price tag and the extremely laggy online match fighting, which I’m sure…

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra – The Game (2009) System: Xbox-360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii, PlayStation Portable, Wireless, Nintendo DS Scores: Graphics: 60, Sound: 80, Gameplay: 80, Overall: 74 ESRB Rating: T for Fantasy Violence Review: I’ve been a G.I. Joe fan for most of my life, having grown up with the action figures and Saturday morning cartoon. I never really believed that they could make a halfway decent live action film from this cartoon action hero. I was wrong, the film was actually quite decent! So, when I got my copy of EA’s video game based on the film, I thought… this might be good? I was…

Terminator Salvation (2009) System: Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC Game Description: Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins focuses on the exploits of now 30-year-old John Connor in a world on the road to the extinction of humanity. The game offers players the chance to assume the role of John, battling for survival against the far superior forces of Skynet. Played in a third-person action game, Terminator Salvation features concentrated armed combat against all of the Skynet enemies from the film as well as new enemies specifically designed for the game. Score: Graphics: 9, Sound: 9, Gameplay: 7, Multiplayer: 5, Overall: 7.5 of 10 Review: Based on the worst Terminator movie…

Game Description: From Namco’s acclaimed weapon-based fighting series comes the fourth chapter in the series (and first for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3). Delivering new gameplay modes, characters and enhanced features with unprecedented 3D modeling and animation, Soulcalibur IV aims to be a definitive fighting game experience. Set to finally reveal the origins of the Soulcalibur saga, the game features both new and familiar faces from across the galaxy who seeks the rival swords for their own goals. Continuing the tradition of breaking new boundaries, legendary Star Wars icons Darth Vader and Yoda invade the Soulcalibur universe to add a new layer of depth, challenge, and mystery. Also for the…

Game Description: The world of the future has fought devastating wars. Massive companies struggle to become more powerful using handfuls of hand-picked mercenaries. Solid Snake, now older and even tougher, is one of those mercenaries. Solid Snake has now been charged with infiltrating a number of targets around the world, including in the Middle East and South America. Many characters from the series are returning, including Meryl Silverburgh, Raiden, and the famous adversary, Vamp. An original, all-new script has been penned for the game, and the voice actors who have brought the characters into the spotlight have returned to make the new game have a old fell. Score: Graphics: 10,…

If a picture is worth a thousand words then a picture of Peter Molyneux would be filled with thousands of phrases like “Gamer God” and “Computer Programming Genius”. Creating such games like “Black & White”, “Populous”, “Theme Park”, “Fable” and many more. If you’re a PC gamer then you’ve played his games and now you’re waiting on his next great creation “Fable 2″. At last years “2007″ GDC Peter Molyneux talked about Fable 2 with the world in a Press Demo. As Peter Molyneux has in all his interviews since he stressed on how he has changed the combat feature so that new players will find it easy and old…