18 Wheels of Steel: Across America PC
S eries: From trucker to tycoon...You're the owner of your own trucking business and you answer to no one. Bid on jobs
Developer: Sunstorm Interactive, and show 'em you got what it takes to deliver faster than the competition. Manage your money and your
Inc. business to build your empire one delivery at a time.
Publisher: ValuSoft, Inc.
Category: Racing Feel the power of 15 mammoth machines as you rumble down the highway at 80 mph. Haul 30+ types of goods
Classification: Everyone including livestock, chemicals and mobile homes, cross country to bring in the big bucks. Rule the roads as you
drive your mammoth over 1000s of miles of highway across the continuous 48 states. Control each delivery for
maximum payout, but—don’t overload your rigs or damage them during transport. Mistakes cost you money
and future jobs.
2003
18 Wheels of Steel: American Long Haul PC
S eries: North America's open roads await! You ain't working for the Man any more! You're the owner of your own
Developer: SCS Software trucking business and you call the shots. Build your empire one rig at a time to dominate the roadways and
Publisher: ValuSoft, Inc. outbid the competition. Can you handle the pressure? Your American Dream starts behind the wheel of your
Category: Racing own big rig.
Classification: Everyone Bid - May the best man win. Do you take what the company is bidding for a job or do you move on and lose
valuable time? Remember - Profit is King!
Haul - Start behind the wheel transporting 45+ types of cargo–including livestock, chemicals, and mobile
homes–cross country to bring in the big bucks.
Handle - These beasts don't drive themselves! Back up to loading docks, manage your fuel, and maintain
2007 your trucks in peak condition.
Dominate - Move it better and faster than your competition. Build your reputation coast to coast as you long
2006 FIFA World Cup PC
S eries:
Developer: EA Canada Soccer fans can play along with their favorite international stars in this interactive adaptation of the 64-match,
Publisher: EA Sports 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament held in Germany between June and July. Using an enhanced version of the
Category: Sports graphics engine featured in 2005's FIFA Soccer 06, the game includes 125 national teams and all-new modes
Classification: Everyone of play. The main mode focuses on qualifying and advancing through World Cup competition in the country's 12
official stadiums, while Global Challenge lets players re-create 40 historic moments from past World Cup
tournaments.
The game also introduces a context-sensitive shooting system that takes into account multiple variables,
including the athlete's shooting ability, the amount of defensive pressure, and his proximity to the goal.
2006 Animations for players on the pitch have been expanded, with signature-style moves for nearly 100 top-ranked
superstars, from Claudio Reyna to Frank Lampard to Xavi. Throughout each mode, players have the chance to
4x4 EVO PC
S eries:
Developer: Terminal Reality 4x4 EVO offers players the chance to race customizable off-road vehicles through sixteen different tracks.
Publisher: Gathering of Each track has its own music score and is designed to offer racers new and unique challenges. Successful
Developers, Inc racers use their prize money to purchase improvements for their vehicles, such as a higher performance
Category: Racing exhaust system, an improved suspension, or special off-road racing tires.
Classification: Everyone In addition to the PC release, versions of 4x4 Evolution are available for Macintosh systems and for the
Dreamcast. In an innovative development, the game is designed so that players with any version of the game
can compete against one another online, regardless of which platform they use.
2000
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe PC
S eries: Inspired by Daniel Defoe`s classic masterpiece, Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is a story of a man who
Developer: MagicIndie Softworks survives a terrible shipwreck and finds himself cast away on an island in the Caribbean. In this incredible hidden
Publisher: Big Fish Games object adventure that spans over 28 years, help Robinson explore the island, fight with cannibals, visit a lost
Category: Traditional village and construct a new boat to sail back home!
Classification: Everyone
2009
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings PC
S eries:
Developer: Ensemble Studios This text refers to the PC version of this title.As in the original Age of Empires, released in 1997, the ultimate
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios goal in Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings is to develop a civilization from its humble beginnings to the glory
Category: Strategy years of a vast, world dominating empire. This goal can be achieved by various means including domination by
Classification: Teen military might, economic superiority, technological advances through four distinct eras, or diplomacy and trade.
You begin your empire-building task in this real-time strategy game as a small tribe on an unexplored map. By
discovering resources and putting your clan to work harvesting them, your empire steadily develops. As time
passes and your civilization grows, you'll expand your realm through population increases, exploitation of more
resources (food, wood, stone, and gold) and specific work assignments to your villagers such as hunting, fishing,
1999 foraging, farming, lumberjacking, and mining.
As your resources, land acquisition, and knowledge grow, you'll inevitably meet other tribes or civilizations.
Age of Empires III PC
S eries:
Developer: Ensemble Studios Following a well-received break to the realms of ancient mythology, Ensemble Studios returns its real-time
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios strategy sensibilities to the real world with this third edition of the historically themed Age of Empires series.
Category: Strategy After conquering the Continent in earlier editions and expansion packs, the series stakes claim to the New
Classification: Teen World in Age of Empires III. Players choose to guide one of eight Old World powers, and manage their empire
from a European home city, but all of the base-building, battle, and conquest take place across the sprawling
untamed wilderness of the Americas. Each home county is offers different advantages, such as Britain's
economic strength, France's propensity for allegiance with Native American civilizations, or Spain's formidable
colonial presence.
2005 Although Age of Empires III offers the sophisticated style of real-time strategy established earlier in the
franchise, some aspects have been streamlined and others deepened. While settlers are still required to collect
Age of Mythology PC
S eries:
Developer: Ensemble Studios The mountainous pyramid looms over the city as Pharaoh prepares his troops for battle. Slithery wadjets and
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios giant scarabs shuffle restlessly behind the front lines of swords and spears. To the east the enemy waits, a great
Category: Strategy Grecian mob led by godly heroes and bolstered by deadly centaurs and powerful cyclopes. Countless warriors
Classification: Teen watch anxiously, knowing most of them will fall before the end of the day, when yet another army appears on
the horizon. Like a distant thunderstorm coming fast from the north, mystical valkyries and bow-wielding trolls
join a horde of huskarls to follow a great Viking warlord as he leads them towards the battlefield.
Three of the world's most celebrated ancient mythologies come alive for real-time warfare in this strategy game
from the developers of the acclaimed Age of Empires series. Players choose to lead the Egyptians, the Greeks,
2002 or the Norse, each quite different in terms of available units, special powers, and methods of resource collection.
The Greeks offer a balance of good offensive and defensive capabilities. The Norse are aggressive, driven by
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic PC
S eries: Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic takes place a bit after Age of Wonders II finished up. After Merlin (the
Developer: Triumph Studios protagonist from II) won the great war and smote down some bad wizards that were giving all of the other fair
Publisher: Gathering and good wizards a bad name, things were at peace for a bit. And then the rifts started appearing and Shadow
Category: Strategy Demons started pouring through the openings. Of course, all of this was blamed on wizards and their magic.
Classification: Teen Either the wizards actually opened up the gates themselves or the Shadow Demons were attracted to magic... it
makes no difference. The world suddenly wanted nothing to do with the wizards that had been battling each
other for so long. The small folk had lost their faith and kingdoms were on a massive witch... sorry, wizard hunt to
stop all of the demon shenanigans. Too bad for them, that really had nothing to do with it.
2003
Agent Hugo Roborumble PC
S eries: Agent Hugo Roborumble is a racing game that resembles a bit of Wipeout in principle. The player controls
Developer: Program-Ace Hugo, perched on a hoverboard, file at full speed on race tracks littered with enemies and traps. There are three
Publisher: ITE Media different types of races. Their common point is to get Hugo to make several laps, but their purpose varies. In
Category: Action "Race Point", it is to pick a number of energy balls scattered throughout the circuit. In "Time Trial" must loop 3
Classification: Everyone laps in the allotted time. Finally, "Destruction of robots" requires that you knock out a number of robots on the
track. Whatever the type of race, Hugo can not come down from his board, or even go back: all the goals
(including the eradication of enemies) are required when it is launched at full speed in levels filled with traps as
vicious to each other.
2007
Akimbo: Kung-Fu Hero PC
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Developer: Iridon Interactive AB Akimbo players guide the title character on an adventure of platform puzzles and fast action as he quests to
Publisher: Global Star Software rescue the peaceful Turtle Island from the treacherous control of a nasty red dragon called Fang. A shaggy-
Ltd. headed, magna-inspired, martial arts prodigy, Akimbo approaches this daunting task in his usual cheery
Category: Action manner, seeking only to help those in need. Luckily, he'll meet other good-hearted characters along the way
Classification: Everyone and some, like Bobby Bump the giant turtle, will even help him get past some especially difficult obstacles. A
great deal of attention went into the design of the characters and environments in Akimbo: Kung-Fu Hero, to
help create a living world that becomes both fantastic and believable.
2001
Alpha Prime PC
S eries: Alpha Prime is a standard on the rails FPS that does nothing to differentiate itself from the pack. The game
Developer: Black Element itself is not particularly a bad game but it's not really good either. I purchased the European version of this game
Software for around $9.99 and still felt ripped off. The story centers around the asteroid Alpha Prime and its hubbardium
Publisher: Meridian4 mining colony. Hubbardium is basically considered a dangerous element and the asteroid is put under
Category: Shooter quarantine. This is where the main character of Arnie (whom you play) comes in. He's asked by his ex-girlfriend
Classification: Mature Livia to rescue her current lover and Arnie's previous best friend Warren from the company-quarantined
asteroid. Arnold reluctantly accepts which sets the generic story in motion. Throughout the game Arnie meets
a few other characters most of which he's unable to tell whose side they're on. The story itself is so bland that it's
really difficult to care about any of the people he meets. Combine that with the fact that most of their voice-
2007 work while acceptable is terribly annoying. The game really doesn't offer much for surprises and is extremely
predictable. Here my thoughts on Alpha Prime;
American Conquest: Fight Back PC
S eries: Although the design of the retail box makes this look like a patriotic wargame, it actually goes much deeper
Developer: GSC Game World than that, thankfully. American Conquest: Fight Back is an RTS, but with a weighty dose of strategic complexity
Publisher: CDV Software and historical depth. It's also a "stand-alone expansion pack," so it basically uses the same engine--but it adds a
Entertainment AG messload of new content that doesn't require the original American Conquest to play. If you're looking for an
Category: Strategy RTS with more depth than the usual cycle of gathering resources, building structures and throwing armies at the
Classification: Teen enemy, you may want to take a look at Fight Back, but there are a few caveats to be aware of.
2003
Amnesia: The Dark Descent PC
S eries:
Developer: Frictional Games Serving as something of a spiritual successor to Frictional Games' well-regarded Penumbra series, Amnesia:
Publisher: Frictional Games The Dark Descent once again attempts to provide gamers with a frighteningly immersive survival horror
Category: Adventure experience. As in the Penumbra games, Amnesia aims to blur the lines between tangible and imagined horrors
Classification: by saddling the main character with a mental disorder. In this case, gamers assume the role of Daniel, who
suffers from debilitating memory loss and is not entirely sure if the noises he hears in the dank corridors of an old
castle are real or imagined. The game is presented from a first-person perspective, complete with heavy
breathing and a pounding heartbeat, and the traditional point-and-click interface has been jettisoned in favor of
more realistic, physics-based environmental interaction. There are no cut-scenes to break up the action, and
2010 the only means of avoiding danger are running, hiding, or using the environment.
Arcania: Gothic 4 PC
S eries:
Developer: Spellbound The saga of Myrtania continues in Arcania: Gothic 4, an action-heavy third-person 3D RPG in the vein of The
Entertainment AG Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, where a traditional fantasy setting provides the backdrop as players explore a world
Publisher: DreamCatcher torn apart by civil war and constant battles against orcs. King Rhobar III managed to peacefully reunite most of
Interactive, Inc. the land, and he set sail for the Southern Islands in an attempt to finish the job. But during the journey, the king
Category: Role-Playing seemingly descended into madness, sending his close companions Diego, Gorn, Milten, and Lester into exile,
Classification: Teen and creating a power vacuum that once again led to war.
Gamers step into this void as a lone adventurer who returns home to find his village looted and destroyed, with
the culprits sailing off into the distance. Players begin their journey with a heavy dose of revenge in mind, guided
2010 through vast landscapes and wildly changing terrain by a mysterious woman and an ancient artifact. The
combat finds gamers unleashing a combination of attacks using melee weapons, ranged weapons, and sorcery;
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood PC
S eries:
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Ezio Auditore da Firenze's relentless pursuit of the Templar Order continues in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood,
Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment the first game in the series to feature a multiplayer component. To deal a crippling blow to his opposition, Ezio
Category: Action takes the fight to Rome, where corruption and tyranny reign. He'll need help to succeed in his mission, however,
Classification: Mature relying on a brotherhood of assassins to assist him in reclaiming the city. You'll recruit and train a cadre of
killers, sending them off to perform specific missions elsewhere in the city, or having them join you in
completing your own tasks.
As you complete jobs, you'll receive money that can be used to reconstruct the capital city, earning the trust
and loyalty of the people, which will unlock additional factions and missions. Poison darts, hidden guns,
2011 parachutes, and the advanced flying machine are once again at your disposal, along with historical figures
Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Caterina Sforza. In addition to the single-player campaign, which
Back to the Future: About Time PC
S eries: Marty McFly and Doc Brown return in a completely new Back to the Future adventure. Six months after the
Developer: Telltale Games events of the third film, the DeLorean Time Machine mysteriously returns to Hill Valley -- driverless! Marty
Publisher: Telltale Games must go back in time and get aid from a resistant teenage Emmett Brown, or else the space time continuum will
Category: Adventure forever be unraveled!
Classification:
This episodic game series takes you back in time as Marty and Doc embark on a completely new cinematic
time-travel adventure based on the blockbuster movie franchise about a nutty scientist who has invented a
time-traveling DeLorean.
2010
Back to the Future: Get Tannen! PC
S eries:
Developer: Telltale Games The episodic specialists at Telltale Games turn their attention to Universal Studios' playful and iconic time-
Publisher: Telltale Games travelling series in the classically styled point-and-click adventure Back to the Future: The Game. Set six
Category: Adventure months after the conclusion of the original movie storyline, players take control of Marty McFly as he and his
Classification: Teen friend Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown once again navigate the complex minefield that is time travel, all while
trying to maintain personal relationships and fend off the malevolent Tannen family. In Episode 2: "Get Tannen!,
" Marty and the elder Doc Brown travel back to 1931 in an attempt to rescue Marty's grandfather Arthur McFly
and ensure that Jennifer Parker's family isn't erased from existence.
2011
Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus PC
S eries: The evil wizard Wenlock has cast a spell turning everyone in the kingdom to stone. Join Annika, her pet polar
Developer: Blue Monkey Studios bear cub, Shiver, and Brietta, a magnificent winged horse, on a fantastic adventure to search for the magical
Publisher: Vivendi Universal Wand of Light--the only thing that can break the spell! Play fun games and solve challenging puzzles as you
Games, Inc. journey through four enchanting locations in search of clues. It’s up to you to find Wenlock and save the
Category: Action kingdom from his evil spell!
Classification: Everyone
2005
Batman: Arkham Asylum PC
S eries:
Developer: Rocksteady Studios Batman: Arkham Asylum is an original adventure with fast action and large-scale combat sequences, played
Publisher: Eidos Interactive from a close third-person perspective in a dark, survival horror-styled setting. The game begins as Batman
Category: Action delivers the Joker to Arkham Asylum, Gotham City's psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane. The villain
Classification: Teen springs a trap and takes over the institution, with an army of thugs and a host of dangerous inmates to back him
up. The twisted plot plays out in a freely explored re-creation of the asylum and surrounding island. In addition to
prowling the corridors of Arkham, Batman can explore the outdoor areas, using his equipment to reach high
spots and glide safely back down.
Specially suited for the game's one-against-many melee style, the three-button combat control scheme is
2009 intended for free-flowing moves and strings of combo attacks on multiple opponents. Batman also has a belt full
of useful gadgets to help even the odds, with x-ray scanners and chemical tracers that let him see through walls
Batman: Vengeance PC
S eries:
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Ubi Soft brings the Dark Knight to home computers with this release of Batman: Vengeance. Based on the
Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment popular animated series The New Adventures of Batman, the environments, villains, and the Caped Crusader
Category: Action himself take on a stylized Golden Age comic book appearance that communicates attitude and personality
Classification: Teen through deceptively Spartan artwork. This action game is fully three-dimensional, however, and the cartoon-
styled characters interact in a Gotham City rendered with a realistic sense of distance and depth.
2002
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Beach Head 2002 PC
S eries: Beachhead 2002 follows on the success of Beachhead 2000 with ease of use and hard-core, non-stop 3D
Developer: WizardWorks shooting action in a photorealistic and accurate environment. Players will be assigned to an inland defense
Publisher: Infogrames perimeter, protecting a command post to repel an expected airborne assault. It has more depth and game play
Category: Shooter variations, smarter troops and with more weapons to choose from. Engage in continuous day and night fighting
Classification: Teen with searchlights and night flares.
2002
Belle's Beauty Boutique PC
S eries: Belle has aspirations of owning her own salon and "pretty-ing" up the neighborhood. In Belle's Beauty
Developer: Demand Games Boutique, you must run the primping parlor single-handedly. Belle needs your guidance to give all her
Publisher: Independent customers the red carpet treatment they feel they're entitled to. Help Belle shampoo, cut, and color a zany cast
Category: Strategy of characters. Witness the beauty wannabes gossip, flirt, and eventually help Belle fulfill her dream of owning
Classification: Everyone and managing the best beauty salon in town.
2007
BioShock PC
S eries:
Developer: 2K Australia2K Boston In BioShock, you take the role of an isolated crash survivor who discovers a city under the sea. This city, also
Publisher: 2K Games known as Rapture, was once a utopia for scientists, artists, and industrialists. However, by the time your
Category: Shooter character takes his first steps into Rapture, the civilization has ceased to exist, and the place is nearly desolate.
Classification: Mature The signs of life your avatar finds are nothing like he's seen before. Creatures known as little sisters roam the
streets of Rapture with enormous bodyguards called big daddies. Mutated humans drag their warped bodies
around the city and attack you on sight.
The goal of the game is to find your way out of Rapture while uncovering the mysteries behind its existence. As
you explore the open environment, you must defeat big daddies and little sisters to obtain a material known as
2007 Adam. The Adam can enhance your in-game attributes and unlock over 60 genetic skills that come in handy
for all sorts of predicaments. The city of Rapture is almost completely interactive, and you may collect objects
Bus Driver PC
S eries: Bus Driver is all about driving buses.
Developer: SCS Software
Publisher: Meridian4 In Bus Driver, your job is to transport passengers around an attractive and realistic city. You must drive to a
Category: Simulation timetable on a planned route, whilst obeying traffic rules, and taking care not to upset or injure your passengers.
Classification: Everyone This makes Bus Driver unlike any other driving game - the experience of driving a bus is very different from
blazing through a racing circuit.
Bus Driver offers 12 different kinds of buses to drive, an expansive city environment with various districts, and
30 routes with varying weather conditions set at differing times of day.
2008
Call of Duty PC
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Developer: Infinity Ward Developed by several members of the design team responsible for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Activision's
Publisher: Activision, Inc. Call of Duty is a first-person shooter set amidst the chaos and turmoil of World War II. Players begin the game as
Category: Shooter an infantryman armed with a pistol and grenades, with additional weapons in the form of rifles, machine guns,
Classification: Teen and bazookas earned during their tour of duty. A total of 24 missions are available, spread across three separate
campaigns. Players will experience the war through American, British, and Russian points of view, allowing
them to step into the roles of three soldiers on the front lines who must endure three different operations.
Vehicles such as tanks, jeeps, and more can also be commandeered for the war effort.
From the American perspective, players will take part in the events leading to the D-Day Invasion after first
2003 being dropped behind enemy lines. The British campaign involves the assault on Pegasus Bridge, while the
Battle of Stalingrad serves as the backdrop for the Russian storyline. The one constant in each campaign is that
Call of Duty 2 PC
S eries:
Developer: Infinity Ward This Infinity Ward follow-up to 2003's critically acclaimed Call of Duty pushes farther across the European
Publisher: Activision, Inc. Theatre of World War II, with missions spanning the desert fighting in North Africa to the tank assaults on the
Category: Shooter Russian front. The sequel boasts graphical enhancements and significant improvements to artificial intelligence.
Classification: Teen Computer-controlled teammates act and react individually, and the game's contextual "battle chatter" system
lets players know exactly what's on their minds. Enemy squads are likely to have learned a few new tricks as
well. The game's single-player campaign is designed to allow individual players to progress through the missions
in the order they prefer. Multiplayer warfare is supported for Internet-connected soldiers.
2005
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare PC
S eries:
Developer: Infinity Ward Developer Infinity Ward returns with its third full installment in the Call of Duty series (Treyarch having
Publisher: Activision, Inc. developed Call of Duty 3) with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Eschewing the traditional WWII setting that has
Category: Shooter been the hallmark of the series, Call of Duty 4 takes on the more nebulous world of modern warfare. Nazi storm
Classification: Mature troopers and kamikaze pilots have been replaced by a patchwork group of terrorists and insurgents, and
traditional WWII weapons have been jettisoned in favor of more than 70 modern armaments. Though the story
is a departure from the previous games, Call of Duty 4 still features intense mission-based first-person shooter
gameplay that should be familiar to fans.
The plot centers on two megalomaniacal madmen who are fomenting unrest around the world in an attempt to
2007 cement their own power. Imran Zakhaev is a one-armed Russia nationalist who longs to return his country to a
Soviet Union style of government by seizing a stockpile of nuclear weapons. Zakhaev has support from several
Call of Duty: World at War PC
S eries:
Developer: Treyarch Invention, With the World at War, Infinity Ward's veteran military first-person shooter series heeds a call to return to its
LLC WWII roots. Built on the Call of Duty 4 game engine, World at War aims to bring Modern Warfare's state-of-the-
Publisher: Activision, Inc. art graphics, interactive battlefield environments, unflinching "M"-rated presentation, and sophisticated online
Category: Shooter multiplayer options back to the World War II setting in which the series earned its stripes.
Classification: Mature As (at least) the fourth original console and home computer Call of Duty title set during World War II, World at
War offers an expanded selection of era-authentic infantry and vehicle weapons, as well as the tactics that go
with them, such as using flamethrowers to burn away camouflaging cover and expose hidden enemies. For the
first time in the series, co-operative multiplayer gaming is strongly supported, with team-up options for two
2008 players to play through the main campaign in split-screen mode, or for as many as four to play together online.
Call of Duty: World at War is set in the Pacific Theater and in Europe, near the end of the war. In the single-player
Call of Juarez PC
S eries:
Developer: Techland Software Players strap-on their virtual revolvers and step back into America's "Wild West" in Call of Juarez, a first-person
Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment shooter with a gritty cowboy theme. The single-player storyline follows a pair of gunslingers, bound to one
Category: Shooter another by family ties but at odds due to a gruesome misunderstanding. The righteous Reverend Ray has come
Classification: Mature out of retirement to hunt down his own nephew, Billy, for murdering his family. Innocent but framed for the
crime, Billy must seek the true killers while avoiding his uncle's mighty vengeance.
Stages in which players take the role Reverend Ray feature rollicking gunfights, quick-draw showdowns, and
other classic Western action. Billy's story features more adventure-styled gameplay, with exploration,
horseback riding, stealth scenes, and environmental puzzles. Both characters have opportunity to interact in
2007 famous scenes from Old West legend, including a shootout with the notorious Billy the kid. Call of Juarez is built
on a version of Techland's own Chrome game engine, designed to create large open spaces full of realistic Old
Chess 2003 PC
S eries: The successor to Millenium Chess. Play against a human opponent or over a LAN or internet connection. Chess
Developer: Techland Software 2003 includes dozens of chess puzzles to solve plus an innovative editor that enables you to create your own
Publisher: Big City Games puzzles.
Category: Traditional
Classification: Everyone
2003
CivCity: Rome PC
S eries: Civ City: Rome is a real-time strategy game and, like others in the city building genre, has strong resemblances
Developer: FireFly Studios to SimCity. You start your city from scratch, and must build houses, wells, warehouses, goat farms and other
Publisher: 2K Games constructs if you are to achieve what are usually resource-oriented goals.
Category: Simulation
Classification: Everyone Civ City: Rome is predominantly about resource management. There are some military scenarios, but most of
your time will be spent trying to attain a certain level of housing for your citizens, a population requirement, or an
amount of a particular good such as wheat. The developers have done well in including plenty of distinctly
Roman culture and architecture. Julius Caesar, Cleopatra and Spartacus, among others, all make appearances
at some point. Complementing this is the Civlopedia, a historical reference guide to the various aspects of
2006 Roman life included in the game. Players can click the Civlopedia at any time to learn and appreciate the
different elements of Roman culture. This is only in the form of brief facts, however.
Colin McRae Rally 04 PC
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Developer: This text refers to the Xbox version of this title.Colin McRae Rally 4 continues Codemasters' acclaimed off-road
Publisher: Codemasters racing series with a number of new features designed to offer the most complete rally experience available on
Category: Racing Xbox. Players select the racing team, car, and which championships to compete in as they prepare to travel
Classification: across snow, sand, gravel, and mud in eight different countries, including the United States, Finland, Japan,
United Kingdom, and Australia. A total of 48 main events and four shakedown stages are available to tear
through using one of over 20 licensed vehicles from such manufacturers as Ford, Fiat, Mitsubishi, and Subaru.
Each car can be driven in the Open Championship mode during the course of a full season, or players can
compete against specific models in the two- or four-wheel drive championships. Once again players are free to
2005 create their own courses by cutting and pasting various turns, straightaways, hills, and more from existing tracks
before saving them to the hard drive. A number of special test challenges await players in each country as they
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty PC
S eries:
Developer: Pyro Studios Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty is a real time strategy game from Pyro Studios and Eidos Interactive. Set
Publisher: Eidos Interactive in WWII, the game plants teams of Allied commandos in eight mission scenarios against the Nazis.
Category: Strategy Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty is the 1999 sequel to the 1998 hit video game Commandos: Behind
Classification: Teen Enemy Lines. The original six heroes, the Dirty 1/2 Dozen, are back with two new characters from European
underground resistance movements. The heroes include Tiny, a Green Beret; Fins, a Marine; Tread, the driver;
Duke, the sniper; Inferno, the fire and demolitions expert and Spooky, a master spy. The two new Commandos
joining the action are Dragsja Skopje, a Yugoslav military officer, and Natasha Van Der Zand (a.k.a. Lips), a
member of the Dutch Resistance.
1999 It is up to the Commandos to infiltrate Nazi installations and destroy key items like radar towers,
communications equipment and anti-aircraft guns. For each mission, certain Commandos are chosen based
Company of Heroes PC
S eries:
Developer: Relic Entertainment Company of Heroes is a real-time strategy game set amidst the backdrop of World War II Europe. Designed by
Publisher: THQ, Inc. the team behind the acclaimed Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, Company of Heroes features a cinematic
Category: Strategy single-player campaign that incorporates real-time physics and fully destructible environments. Players will
Classification: Mature guide soldiers of the Able Company through the D-Day invasion and beyond, with squad AI designed to take
cover, outflank the enemy, and perform other advanced tactics. Up to eight players can compete over LAN or
via Internet in Axis versus Allied combat.
2006
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Conflict: Global Terror PC
S eries:
Developer: SCi Entertainment After two tours of duty in Desert Storm (2002 and 2003) and battles through the thick jungles in Vietnam
Group (2004), Pivotal Game's Conflict series of military shooters looks to take its fight to the terrorists, with this modern
Publisher: 2K Games warfare adventure. Veteran characters Bradley, Jones, Connors, and Foley have undergone intense counter-
Category: Shooter terrorist training for their missions in diverse, "hot spot" locations around the world, but nothing could fully
Classification: Mature prepare them for the challenges they face as the deadly organization known as March 33 begins to put its plans
in motion. To prevent the terrorist plans from succeeding, single players once again take control of a small
squad of soldiers, making use of each individual's skills as the situations require. Multiplayer modes are
supported for online gamers.
2005
Counter Strike 1.6 PC
S eries: Half-Life: Counter-Strike contains all the elements of the popular online multiplayer game originally built as an
Developer: Valve add-on for Half-Life. The team-based gameplay divides you into terrorist or antiterrorist squads. Each team has
Publisher: Sierra Studios access to different real-world ammunition and equipment, and all players have unique attributes plus the ability
Category: First-Person Shooter to upgrade their gear after completing missions. Can you do it?
Classification: Mature
2000
Counter Strike Source PC
S eries: A remake/update of the original Counter-Strike, running on the Half-Life 2 Source engine. This title was made
Developer: Valve available through Valve's Steam downloading service in October of 2004, with a retail release in the Fall of
Publisher: Valve 2005.
Category: First-Person Shooter
Classification: Mature With a full complement of real world pistols, rifles and shotguns, Counter-Strike's battle of terrorists and counter-
terrorists became the basic blueprint for many modern team-based online shooters. Now enhanced with the
power of the Source engine, the game features drastically improved visuals, enhancements on classic maps,
offline skirmish play with AI bots and more.
2004 The retail version of Counter-Strike: Source also includes Half-Life 2: Deathmatch and Day of Defeat: Source.
Crazy Chicken Tales PC
S eries: Embark on an epic quest for treasure and find the true value of courage and friendship in the run-n-jump
Developer: Phenomedia adventure Crazy Chicken Tales for PC! Join Moorhuhn and his friends on their greatest adventure searching for
Publisher: Phenomedia Publishing the Forsaken Castle of lore. Face deadly traps and cunning fiends as you jump, run or ride on the backs of
Category: Arcade Moorhuhn’s friends through colorful cartoon landscapes of mysterious woods, rocky mountain ranges,
Classification: Teen treacherous ice plains and gloomy dungeons.
2011
Crysis Warhead PC
S eries: Crysis Warhead is the videogame equivalent of a summer action movie, and while it's more action-heavy than
Developer: Crytek Studios its highly acclaimed predecessor, it still retains its brains. Like Crysis, Warhead is a sandbox shooter that gives
Publisher: Electronic Arts you large amounts of freedom as to how you approach each tactical situation. And there are plenty of tactical
Category: Shooter situations, because Warhead seems aimed at those who felt that Crysis was a bit too slow-paced and cerebral at
Classification: Mature times. But while it doesn't quite match the over-the-top insanity of a Call of Duty game, Warhead does prove
that Crytek can deliver an intense action game.
2008
CSI: New York PC
S eries: For the first time in the CSI video game series, CSI: NY allows you to play as actual characters from the hit TV
Developer: Legacy Interactive show. The video game features five new original cases crafted by writers from the CSI: NY television series.
Publisher: Ubisoft
Category: Adventure
Classification: Teen
2008
Dark Sector PC
S eries:
Developer: This text refers to the PlayStation 3 version of this title.Dark Sector is a futuristic shooter starring a character
Publisher: Aspyr Media, Inc. infected by a biological virus, imbuing him with mysterious powers. Black-ops soldier Hayden Tenno contracted
Category: Shooter the disease while on a covert mission to the fictitious Eastern European country of Lasria. Hayden's left arm has
Classification: Mature since mutated into something not quite human. Attached to this abnormal appendage is a three-blade glaive
that can be charged and thrown at enemies or objects like a boomerang. Stunned enemies can then be finished
off with well-aimed gunshots, or sliced open by using the glaive as a melee weapon. As Hayden struggles to find
a way out of his predicament, the virus will gradually take over his body, granting him new abilities along the
way. The action in Dark Sector is viewed from a third-person perspective set behind the lead protagonist's
2008 shoulder, with the screen free from heads-up displays in an attempt to draw players closer into the gritty, violent
world. Online support is also included for ten-player competition over the PlayStation Network.
Demolition Company PC
S eries: In a city where buildings are constructed as rapidly as they are torn down again, you take control of an
Developer: Giants Software GmbH emerging demolition company. A multitude of missions lead you to various demolition sites in different districts
Publisher: Tri Synergy, Inc. of the city.
Category: Simulation
Classification: Everyone Take a seat behind the steering wheel of a variety of detailed construction and demolition machines. Bring old
buildings to the ground with wrecking balls and excavators. Place explosive charges or tear down walls manually
with the jackhammer. Use the wheel loader to transport rubble to the debris crusher where it gets pulverized.
You can invest the earned money in new vehicles which in turn unlock new assignments in the city and tutorials
in your company's practice area.
2010
Deus Ex PC
S eries:
Developer: Ion Storm Deus Ex is a first-person shooter set in a dark, grim, near future. Gameplay is similar to that of Thief, with stealth
Publisher: Eidos Interactive being at least as important as racking up a high body count. There is no multi-player mode in the game -- it's just
Category: Shooter you against the computer.
Classification: Mature Disease ravages the population while the struggle for the much-in demand antidote "Ambrosia" rages on.
Trying to keep order and make some sense of the situation is J.C. Denton, a cybernetically augmented agent of
the United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition (UNATCO) who is up against National Secessionist Forces (NSF), re-
packaged Triads, and the shadowy underground known as Silhouette.
The maps are large and require time to explore, with the first arena being a blown-up Statue of Liberty. Each set
2000 location is highly interactive with door locks to be picked, security cameras to bypass, and computer terminals
for hints and codes. Books and newspapers picked up during exploration provide interesting, moody
Diablo II PC
S eries:
Developer: Blizzard North After the vile demon Diablo was apparently destroyed in Diablo, be prepared for the fight of your life as the
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment hellspawn is back in Diablo II. The warrior who defeated Diablo, thinking he could contain the demon, thrust the
Category: Role-Playing crystal into his own skull. Yet the overwhelming fury of the arch-demon, combined with the warrior's fatigue, was
Classification: Mature more than enough to overpower the helpless man. Diablo immediately twisted the once proud warrior's body
into a walking nightmare--you must now stop this new threat.
By some, the first game in the Diablo series was considered limited, containing only three character classes,
one town, and a single set of dungeons, catacombs, and twisted crypts to explore. Well, even the most jaded
gamers won't find the same problem in Diablo II. Featuring five unique classes, several towns, and dungeons
2000 enough to fill four compact discs, this game is huge. Containing the massive assortment of weapons and armor
used to wage war upon the undead in the first game--and adding loads more--you won't run up against a
Divinity II: Ego Draconis PC
S eries:
Developer: Larian Studios
Publisher: CDV Software Divinity II: Ego Draconis is an action-oriented RPG with a traditional fantasy setting, in which players take the
Entertainment USA role of a dragon slayer who eventually becomes a dragon. Magic and melee combat proceeds in a real-time
Category: Role-Playing flow, but can be paused to allow the player to consider and change commands. Although from a behind-the-
Classification: Mature back perspective in full 3D, instead of an isometric viewpoint, the play of the game is in the target-and-click,
hack-and-slash style of earlier action role-playing games in the series, Divine Divinity and Beyond Divinity.
Combat is won with strategy and tactics, and the game's storyline is determined by many moral choices, both
significant and minor. The player's decisions lead different NPCs to become friends or enemies with the hero,
2009 closing off some possibilities while opening up others, leading to additional choices and consequences.
Although following a tale of classic swords and sorcery, the game features no set class system, instead allowing
Don't Get Angry! 2 PC
S eries: Finally they're back! Here's the sequel of the most successful digital realisation of the popular classic board
Developer: X-Pressive game -this time completely in awesome 3D style! Choose your team and role the dice against up to three
Publisher: Comport Interactive friends or smart computer opponents in a merciless match!
Category: Trivia/Board Game
Classification: Everyone Scurrile characters, funny gimmicks und unique bonus weapons will assure you ultimative gaming pleasure and
effective laughing fits: coil springs, mysterious crates, explosive belts, sleeping pills, vitamin injections and
"Cages of Insanity" will bring sudden turns, good or bad luck. Use the "Pliers of Power", deposit mines, trigger air
strikes or use the mighty power of nasty flatulences to knock out opponent teams!
Many customizable settings, adjustable game speed, four different field layouts, various 3D scenarios,
2006 multiplayer mode, many unique board designs and numerous gags will bring you many diversified games! A
thrilling and funny game for lone warriors, hobby heroes, aunts, uncles and the whole family!
Doom 3 PC
S eries:
Developer: id Software, Inc. Coming nearly ten years after the groundbreaking original, Doom 3 continues id Software's first-person shooter
Publisher: Activision, Inc. series with a true 3D engine featuring bump-map texturing and enhanced lighting and shadow effects. Players
Category: Shooter will revisit the setting introduced in 1993's Doom but with a more involved storyline written by sci-fi scribe
Classification: Mature Matthew Costello (of 7th Guest and The 11th Hour fame).
The result is a more cinematic experience than in games past, with elements of horror interwoven with the
action to create a sense of tension. Shadows sometimes appear a split second before enemies attack, creatures
materialize in the reflections of mirrors, and monsters can break through walls. Certain classic enemies have
also been upgraded, such as the imps, which now stare players down with glaring eyes before pouncing on them.
2004
Dragon Age II PC
S eries:
Developer: BioWare Corp. This sequel to 2009's Dragon Age follows the rise of a penniless refugee named Hawke as he (or she, depending
Publisher: Electronic Arts on the gender you choose when starting the game) gains fame and fortune by undertaking a number of heroic
Category: Role-Playing or potentially ruthless acts over the course of ten years. Scarred by the destruction of his home, Hawke will join
Classification: Mature forces with a number of colorful characters to defeat the darkspawn infesting the land. The storytelling is
notable for adopting a frame narrative structure, with a narrator recounting Hawke's achievements with varying
levels of authenticity.
Your decisions will ultimately help shape Hawke's future, starting with his skills as a mage, rogue, or warrior, and
influence the narrator's story. Hawke can enlist the help of three companions during the game, and as in the
2011 original Dragon Age, characters will converse with each other and some can even be romanced. Additional
combat mechanics have been incorporated into the battle phase, and a new visual style is included to enhance
Dragon Age: Origins PC
S eries:
Developer: BioWare Corp. Created by the development team behind such critically acclaimed role-playing games as Baldur's Gate, Mass
Publisher: Electronic Arts Effect, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Dragon Age: Origins is an original fantasy RPG featuring
Category: Role-Playing real-time combat and content spanning an estimated 80 hours in length. Your custom-created hero is one of
Classification: Mature the few remaining members of the elite Grey Wardens, an ancient order that has sworn to protect the land and
its citizens. The news is dire: a corrupted dragon is leading a powerful army of darkspawn to conquer the
surrounding territories. In your quest to slay the dragon and cleanse the tainted lands, you'll battle numerous
creatures, make critical decisions, and explore dozens of locales.
Shape your hero's personality by initially choosing one of six origin stories, which influences your character's
2009 background and starting area. Recruit others to fight alongside you, engage in branching conversations, and
deal with such issues as murder, jealousy, love, politics, and even genocide. While the third-person combat
Driver PC
S eries:
Developer: Reflections Interactive In Driver, players assume the role of a former stock car racer named Tanner who goes undercover for the
Limited NYPD as a getaway driver to infiltrate a syndicate's criminal activities. You'll race through the streets of 1970s
Publisher: GT Interactive Software Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City, accepting missions you've chosen off of your
Category: Racing answering machine. Once on the road, listen to some funky '70s tunes as you weave your way through other
Classification: Teen cars, dodge pedestrians and evade the cops who want nothing more than to see you in jail. Throughout the
course of each mission, you must also be careful not to damage your car to the extent that it will no longer
function. At the same time, the cops watch your actions closely, keeping track of the number of laws you break.
Your mobility on the road is literally unrestricted, allowing you to drive with the traffic just as easily as you can
1999 against it. And keep your eye on those working traffic lights. Getting T-boned by another car at an intersection
can mean bad news to the status of your vehicle.
Duke Nukem Forever PC
S eries:
Developer: Triptych Games, In the realm where puerile plotlines and locker-room humor meet hardcore shooter action, Duke is king, and
LLC3D Realms after a decade-long hiatus, the king returns in Duke Nukem Forever. With development completed by Gearbox
EntertainmentGearbox Software Software for a 2011 release, the game incorporates many contemporary first-person shooter features, but the
Publisher: 2K Games destructible surroundings, larger-than-life enemies, and high-adventure pacing are in classic Duke Nukem form.
Category: Shooter In a post-apocalyptic Las Vegas setting of crumbling roadways and toppled buildings, mission levels are
Classification: Mature stocked with grizzly pig-cop enemies, monstrous alien bosses, and plenty of hot babes in various states of
undress and need of rescue. As he frags and gibs his way through each gory sequence, Duke rattles off an
arsenal of deadpan one-liners to rival Arnold Schwarzenegger or Bruce Campbell in their action-flick heydays
2011 (as well as some that were probably lifted from their movies in the first place).
Available weapon set-ups include two-fisted pistols and the traditional shotgun, as well as more fantastical
Dungeon Siege III PC
S eries:
Developer: Obsidian Entertainment Classic Isometric-action/role-playing continues, on home computers and for the first time on Xbox 360 and
Publisher: Square Enix, Inc. PlayStation 3. As in the 2002 original and its sequel, players begin Dungeon Siege III by designing their main
Category: Role-Playing hero and choosing a character class. As he moves through the adventure, exploring the world of Ehb and
Classification: Teen accomplishing quests, the hero may be joined by certain NPCs he meets in his travels, to form a player-
controlled party of adventurers. The game can also be played cooperatively, in online multiplayer modes.
Character-specific loot drops help to keep the hack-and-slash action flowing.
As an alternative to the traditional mouse-and-keyboard control scheme, combat in the cross-platform game
can be controlled through battle stances. Different stances prepare a character for different offensive and
2011 defensive situations, with three main abilities available in each stance. Players can switch quickly between
stances to access different attacks and skills. A selection of new abilities becomes available with experience,
Emergency Fire Response PC
S eries: Fire Chief is 3D simulation game that lets you take command of a fire department putting out fires and saving
Developer: Monte Cristo lives across ten missions. Players can fool around in six different types of jobs include fire fighter, paramedic,
Multimedia technical officer, commando (not the kind that totes big guns), and the fire specialist. Finally the game lets you
Publisher: DreamCatcher use all the equipment and vehicles you'd expect to find in a real world fire station including water ladders, rescue
Interactive, Inc. ladders, pumpers and tankers.
Category: Strategy
Classification: Teen
2003
Empire Earth PC
S eries: Empire Earth is a real-time strategy game that spans about a half a million years of human history, the last 200
Developer: Stainless Steel Studios of which take place 200 years from now. So if you're the type who appreciates ambitious game designs, then
Publisher: Sierra Studios you've found one in Stainless Steel Studios' first game, which was conceived by the designer of the original Age
Category: Strategy of Empires. Actually, Empire Earth has a great deal in common with Ensemble Studios' highly successful Age
Classification: Teen of Empires series. Even the games' graphics look similar, though Empire Earth uses a fully 3D engine, unlike
Age of Empires. Similarities aside, Empire Earth is a huge game to say the least--it's much more time-
consuming and involved than the typical real-time strategy game, and its staggering variety of units is as
impressive as it is intimidating. Real-time strategy is sometimes criticized for favoring shallow, action-oriented
gameplay rather than strategic depth--but that's definitely not the case here. In fact, Empire Earth is best
2001 reserved for hard-core real-time strategy players who won't mind the game's less-than-stellar graphics and
sound but will instead relish the ability to relive 14 different epochs of human warfare.
Empire Earth II PC
S eries: Empire Earth II is a really, really big game. Lots of people like to throw the word epic around, but this is certainly
Developer: Mad Doc Software, appropriate. Not only for the many periods of history involved, but for all of the variations of play, hours of
LLC gaming, and tactics that can be used to crush your enemies. Mad Doc has taken the ground works laid down by
Publisher: Sierra Entertainment, Stainless Steeel with the original title and created a truly deep and enjoyable real-time strategy experience on
Inc. all levels. Both single player and multiplayer are a hell of a lot of fun. This is truly an epic game on all levels.
Category: Strategy
Classification: Teen
2005
Empire Total War Special Forces Edition PC
S eries:
Developer: The Creative After conquering feudal Japan, imperial Rome, and Europe's middle ages (twice!), The Creative Assembly's
Assembly veteran strategy series turns its attention to the New World in Empire: Total War. The game is set in the 1700s,
Publisher: Sega of America, Inc. when technological advances and tall ships empower nations to travel the globe. Untold riches await in new
Category: Strategy trade routes to the east, and untouched lands to the west lay ready for colonization. In the style of earlier games
Classification: Teen in the series, Empire: Total War is played on two levels. Overall strategies for the nation's defense and expansion
are planned and executed in a turn-based campaign mode, not unlike Sid Meier's Civilization, in which icons on
a map represent cities and armies. When the military forces of two nations collide, the battle is won and lost in a
flowing, real-time mode, more similar to Age of Empires, in which both the forces under the players command
2009 and those of the enemy move and attack at the same time, across 3D battlefields. Along with new, era-
authentic weapons and fighting styles, Empire: Total War introduces naval combat to the 3D real-time battles.
Euro Truck Simulator [European] PC
S eries: Navigate your way around a realistic depiction of Europe traveling along major trunk routes and visiting famous
Developer: SCS Software places based on real roads and cities. Experience the life of a long distance truck driver as you face the
Publisher: challenge of varying road and traffic conditions and meeting the demands of a heavy schedule.
Category: Simulation
Classification: Haul cargo for various companies, and make money so your business can grow and expand. As you advance
through your career obtain access to new countries, improve your truck and become the master of your
profession.
2008
F.E.A.R. PC
S eries: F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault and Recon) is a first-person close-quarters combat game for the PC. The
Developer: Monolith Productions story begins when a paramilitary force infiltrates a multi-billion dollar aerospace compound, and the
Publisher: Sierra government responds by sending in Special Forces. The group loses contact with the government when an eerie
Category: First-Person Shooter signal interrupts radio communications--and when that interference subsides moments later, the team has been
Classification: Mature destroyed. That's where you come in. As part of a classified strike team created to deal with threats no one else
can handle, your mission is simple: eliminate the intruders at any cost, determine the origin of the signal, and
contain the potential crisis before it gets out of control.
2005
F.E.A.R. 3 PC
S eries:
Developer: Day 1 Studios, LLC The third entry in the supernatural shooting series known as F.E.A.R., short for First Encounter Assault Recon,
Publisher: Warner Bros. features a single-player campaign and two-player cooperative action. In both modes, you will control the
Interactive genetically enhanced soldier from the original game, Point Man, who has the power to alter time. Also available
Category: Shooter in the co-op mode is Point Man's scheming brother, Paxton Fettel, who uses the power of telekinesis to resume
Classification: Mature "life" as an undead spirit.
The story once again centers around Point Man and Paxton's mother, Alma Wade, whose psychic powers have
created an alternate dimension filled with ghastly creatures and other horrors. To combat the paranormal,
2011 players can enter slow-motion combat, utilize 360-degree cover, and more. F.E.A.R. 3 also features a mechanic
called the "generative scare system," which introduces random events designed to keep players on edge.
Fallout 2 PC
S eries:
Developer: Black Isle Studios Once again life looks bleak for the survivors of the nuclear wipe-out of the 21st century. Eighty years ago your
Publisher: Interplay Productions, ancestor braved the unknown post-apocalyptic world after leaving Vault 13 in search of the remnants of a
Inc. society only vaguely remembered. Now it's your turn. You need to find the Garden of Eden Creation Kit
Category: Role-Playing (GECK) in an effort to save your pitiful village from the vicissitudes of a dying world. Mutants, radiation, ruthless
Classification: Mature and deadly gangs of demented wasteland survivors and a landscape full of death and destruction await you in
your search for the way to a better life, or at the very least a reason to even continue this primal existence in this
desolate land.
1998 Fallout 2 is the sequel to the award-winning role-playing original title, Fallout. The game builds on that success
by including a vast number of improvements, enhancements and new features, including more than 100 new
Fallout: New Vegas PC
S eries:
Developer: Obsidian Entertainment Gamers return to the post-apocalyptic frontier for more hardscrabble living and darkly comic violence in
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks Fallout: New Vegas. Developed by Obsidian Entertainment (known primarily for its competent stewardship of
Category: Role-Playing BioWare's Neverwinter Nights and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic franchises), Fallout: New Vegas draws
Classification: Mature inspiration from all of its forebears, offering a Western setting and factions reminiscent of Fallout and Fallout 2,
while retaining the gameplay mechanics and graphics of Fallout 3. And while ostensibly a sequel to Bethesda's
epic action RPG that found gamers exploring the wastelands on a hunt for their altruistic father, Fallout: New
Vegas chooses to spin a classic tale of revenge befitting the "sinful" nature of the town that is its locus.
Players begin their New Vegas saga as a simple courier who is inexplicably shot in the head and
2010 unceremoniously left to die in a shallow Mojave grave. Thanks to the intervention of strange robot and a friendly
doctor, gamers survive this apparent death sentence with nothing more than amnesia and an intense desire for
Far Cry PC
S eries:
Developer: Crytek Studios Far Cry has players controlling freelance mariner Jack Carver, who has recently arrived at a tropical island.
Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment Jack accepted a large sum of money to transport a reporter named Valerie to the island, but when they arrived,
Category: Shooter the boat was fired upon and sunk. Valerie is now missing, and Jack finds himself alone and outgunned against a
Classification: Mature mysterious militia. Shortly after heading into the jungle, Jack finds a militia insider who discloses the group's true
intentions. What was expected to be a relaxing day in paradise has now turned into a fight for the human race.
Far Cry runs on developer Crytek Studios' own CryENGINE, which features unpredictable enemies that use
group tactics to make Carver's job more difficult. Enemy units include scouts, stalkers, snipers, and grenadiers,
each of whom can call for reinforcements to arrive by land, sea, or air. Fortunately for players, Carver will gain
2004 access to a variety of weapons and items, such as motion-sensing binoculars to help in isolating targets from
afar. Fighting, however, isn't always the answer when one is severely outnumbered, and players may choose to
Farm Frenzy 3 PC
S eries: In Farm Frenzy 3 you try to become the president of a worldwide organization of farmers. Sling hay in five
Developer: Alawar Entertainment different countries, experience 90 levels of fun and work with 15 whacky animals.
Publisher: Alawar Entertainment
Category: Strategy
Classification:
2009
Farming Simulator 2009 PC
S eries: Become a farmer and experience the thrill of driving heavy modern farm equipment as you try and feed the
Developer: Giants Software GmbH world! Grow and harvest crops while utilizing a variety of vehicles and implements over the 900+ acre island in
Publisher: Tri Synergy, Inc. your quest for farming greatness.
Category: Simulation
Classification: Everyone
2009
Farming Simulator 2011 PC
S eries: It will not come as a surprise that the idea of Farming Simulator 2011 is to engage in farming related activities.
Developer: Giants Software GmbH The main game comes as a ‘career’ mode where you are given a large farm on a pretty large map. There are
Publisher: Tri Synergy, Inc. enough fields to even keep the most hardcore farmer busy until the late hours. We would even go as far as to
Category: Simulation say that for beginning players, the size of the map is plain overwhelming, and we certainly had no idea where to
Classification: Everyone go or what to do. The tutorials do a fairly decent job at explaining the basics of plowing, seeding, harvesting and
what more – but when you find yourself in your newfound farm you find yourself without guidance or purpose.
2011
Final Fantasy VII PC
S eries: FINAL FANTASY VII has quickly become one of the best-selling Role Playing games of all time. Combining
Developer: Square fully polygonal characters with pre-rendered backgrounds and a stirring musical score by Nobuo Uematsu,
Publisher: Eidos Interactive FINAL FANTASY VII is a worthwhile addition to any RPG collection. The story centers on the young
Category: RPG mercenary Cloud Strife, who is fighting against the evil Shinra, Inc. Along the way, he meets an unforgettable
Classification: Teen cast of characters such as his childhood friend Tifa Lockhart and the grumpy pilot Cid Highwind. All together, it
is an unforgettable and engrossing single-player game that can last for over 60 hours!
1998
FlatOut PC
S eries:
Developer: Bugbear Entertainment Blending high-speed races and dynamic crashes along with a cinematic storyline, FlatOut comes to the PC with
Ltd. a number of features designed to set it apart from previous racing titles. Players can leave their car before
Publisher: Empire Interactive, Inc. entering a race to check out the competition at the pit areas, glean some information at the local bar, perform
Category: Racing tune-ups, and embark on brief missions to further the story. The heart of the game is the racing competition,
Classification: Teen where players hit the pedal to the metal on a variety of outdoor venues. The environment is also interactive, to
the point where cars can smash through wooden barriers, send piles of stacked tires bouncing along the road,
and knock orange cones flying into the distance. A number of jumps are also available, to catch some air.
Real-time damage modeling is another highlight in FlatOut, with details such as engines, transmissions, and the
2005 driver viewable after smashing, crashing, and bashing into rival vehicles. Each part is designed to dent, crumple,
crack, or fly off, and parts hurtling through the air can damage other vehicles as well. A total of 16 cars are
Football Manager 2007 PC
S eries: Football Manager 2007’s greatest achievement - and the most compelling reason to buy it - is the
Developer: Sports Interactive incomparably immersive world it creates. You find yourself ‘ooh’ing at big money transfers between other
Limited clubs, you feel good when one of your players praises you up and you develop personal rivalries with other
Publisher: Sega of Europe managers and clubs, making you actively and emotionally involved in the whole experience. There are very few
Category: Simulation games that can generate that level of involvement and it’s for this reason Football Manager 2007 cannot be
Classification: beat. Just be prepared for a serious lack of social life after it’s installed on your hard drive.
2006
Football Manager 2008 PC
S eries: In Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008, players can enjoy more football fun than ever. The game includes a
Developer: Sports Interactive revamped international management system, a new Match Flow Mode (which creates a more realistic
Limited experience for players), and an improved match engine.
Publisher: Sega of Europe
Category: Simulation
Classification:
2007
Football Manager 2011 PC
S eries: In Football Manager 2011, managers can negotiate contracts with players, access a training area so that
Developer: Sports Interactive managers can give their team specific areas to focus on before a match, interact with players, staff and the
Limited board, enjoy 100 new animations, and much more.
Publisher: Sega of Europe
Category: Simulation
Classification:
2010
Ford Street Racing PC
S eries:
Developer: With a unique team feature, players can race within a team of three, change which car they are driving during
Publisher: Xplosiv the race, and issue commands to gain tactical and positional advantages. Three groups of 18 officially licensed
Category: Racing Ford vehicles include Classics, Performance, and High Performance cars such as the 1968 Mustang GT, 1970
Classification: Teen Capri MK1 RS2600, 1975 Torino Sport, 2000 Ford SVT Cobra R, 2005 Mustang GT, 1985 RS200, 1995 GT90
Concept, and the 2007 Shelby GT500.
Players will race through competitions and leagues to win cash used for upgrading current vehicles, or buying a
higher performance hot rod, that will make necks break, and gearheads go giddy.
2007
Freedom Fighters PC
S eries:
Developer: IO Interactive Freedom Fighters offers a blend of strategy and action as players fight to reclaim New York City from Soviet
Publisher: EA Games invaders. After winning the Cold War, the Soviet Union launched a nuclear missile at Washington, D.C., killing the
Category: Action President. Soldiers then started flooding across Canadian and Mexican borders to establish control in each of
Classification: Teen the largest U.S. cities.
Cast in the role of a New Yorker whose brother was kidnapped by the Red Army, players must solicit and then
lead a group of ragtag freedom fighters to accomplish various objectives. From an underground base in the
sewers, players plan out their missions using a turn-based system. Once on the streets, the action takes place in
real-time as players fight using such weapons as machine guns, grenades, and Molotov Cocktails.
2003 As players capture key military installations and rescue prisoners, their character's charisma rating will
increase, thereby helping the recruiting process. Yet as players send fighters into battle and experience
Freelancer PC
S eries: With the 30th century creeping imminently closer, humanity must overcome the loss of Earth and its
Developer: Digital Anvil surrounding planets by exploring new frontiers in space. The Four Houses struggle against one another for the
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios new territory, trying to eliminate each other and take total control of human life. Choose your faction and join
Category: Simulation the struggle!
Classification: Teen
Experience a vast, open-ended universe filled with an infinite number of adventures. You are the freelancer
Edison Trent, an intergalactic jack-of-all-trades. Your mission: whatever you want. Become a smuggler or a
ruthless space thug, a naval hero or a trader. Dodge through asteroid fields while piloting elite spacecraft. The
action is endless as you make your way through 48 known star systems. Greed, morality, compassion, anger ...
2003 whatever motivates you, the dynamic universe will respond. Take the first step. The universe is waiting.
From Dust PC
S eries:
Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier Helmed by designer Eric Chahi (Out of This World), From Dust is a classically styled "God game" in which
Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment players manipulate stone, earth, water, and lava to help a tribe advance and recover ancestral artifacts. The
Category: Adventure core of the action stems from the constantly changing landscape: earth erodes as years pass in mere seconds;
Classification: Everyone water eats away at stone; and lava destroys all in its path, but creates new land. Challenges break down into a
series of increasingly difficult tests in which gamers use one elemental force to combat another when natural
disasters threaten the safety of the tribe.
2011
Gangsters 2 PC
S eries: Gangsters 2 brings to life the organized crime world of Prohibition America, a time when violence and greed
Developer: Hothouse Creations ruled in the race to become the boss of bosses. Use your skills and cunning to build a team of mobsters including
Publisher: Eidos Interactive specialists such as Card-Sharps, Hit-Men, Arsonists, and Safe-Crackers in the attempt to dominate the cities of
Category: Strategy the state of Temperance.
Classification: Teen
Command your trusted Lieutenants to bribe officials, carry out hits, execute drive-by-shootings and ambushes
on enemy gangs. Run illegal businesses to fund your organization; if you are successful then pretty soon you will
have riches, a bullet proof car and a team strong enough to run the state and help you face off against your
arch-enemy... But only one of you will survive the vendetta?
2001
Gothic 3 PC
S eries: With invading Orcs enslaving the human kingdom, only a handful of rebels remain hiding in the forests and
Developer: Piranha Bytes GmbH mountains of Midland. Choose between joining the rebellion or serve the Orcish Usurpers, but you will ultimately
Publisher: Aspyr Media, Inc. tip the scales and decide the outcome of the last war to save humanity.
Category: Role-Playing
Classification: Teen Gothic III provides a living world where the players can freely choose the way they want to play; whether
exploring the world and enjoying its rich and enchanted atmosphere or following a darker path, and even
ultimately destroying it. Every choice and action the player makes will directly echo and affect the world of
Gothic, creating a life-like environment and allowing for complex character interaction.
2006
Grand Theft Auto III PC
S eries:
Developer: DMA Design Ltd. Rockstar Games once again invites players to "explore their inner criminal" with the release of Grand Theft
Publisher: Rockstar Games Auto III for Windows-based home computers. This violent, mission-based driving game has the player resuming
Category: Action the role of a cold-hearted street thug making his way up the ladder of underworld gangs and organized crime.
Classification: Mature With over 50 different types of vehicles on the busy city streets, sports cars to SUVs, taxi cabs to 18-wheelers,
and even ambulances and cop cars all there for the taking, a wide variety of outlaw adventures awaits.
The setting of Liberty City is made up of three districts and in all, Grand Theft Auto III offers over 80 different
missions that need not be solved in any particular order. As the player completes jobs available to him in one
part of the city, other areas open up to him. Along with this purposeful design of a non-linear story, many other
2002 features made popular in earlier versions of Grand Theft Auto return in this release as well, including a diverse
variety of deadly weapons, busy streets full of self-involved pedestrians, and different radio station soundtracks
Grand Theft Auto IV PC
S eries:
Developer: Rockstar North The most anticipated game of 2008 expands the open-world action introduced in the groundbreaking Grand
Publisher: Rockstar Games Theft Auto III to a new level of detail. The next-gen debut of the unapologetically violent series stars new
Category: Action protagonist Niko Bellic, a criminal looking for a fresh start and perhaps a shot at redemption. Niko is lured to the
Classification: Mature bustling Liberty City from Europe by his reckless cousin Roman, who sells him on a life of luxury with quick cash,
fast cars, and faster women. Roman has considerably overstated his wealth, however. The cousin is indebted to
the type of people who don't take "no" for an answer, and he desperately needs Niko's help.
So begins Grand Theft Auto IV, which returns players to a revamped Liberty City teeming with pedestrians,
vehicles, and criminal activity. The game's tongue-in-cheek version of the Big Apple features replicas of four
2008 boroughs as well as a portion of New Jersey. While the environment is smaller than the area found in 2004's
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the setting is more densely packed, offering a greater amount of things to see
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City PC
S eries:
Developer: Rockstar Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City is a compilation that bundles together the two downloadable
NorthRockstar Games expansions to Grand Theft Auto IV on a single game disc. The package includes the two-wheel gangland
Publisher: Rockstar Games adventures of Johnny Klebitz in Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, and the more glitzy nightclub
Category: Compilation escapades of Luis Lopez in Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony.
Classification: Mature
2010 Features
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City PC
S eries:
Developer: Rockstar North Grand Theft Auto returns to the computer platform with a new city, theme, and an assortment of enhanced
Publisher: Rockstar Games features. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City offers the same go-anywhere style of play as its violent, M-rated
Category: Action predecessor but with an area twice as large as Liberty City to explore in a completely different setting.
Classification: Mature Inspired by the look portrayed on television's stylish crime drama Miami Vice, the game takes place in the
1980s with criminals wearing pastel-colored suits, bikini-clad babes relaxing on sandy beaches, and palm tree-
lined streets bustling with motorcycles, cars modeled after Ferrari Testarossas, and more. Players can now enter
buildings like hotels or discos and walk through hallways to visit rooms.
Players can embark on a series of missions to build a reputation or simply explore the city, hijacking one of 120
2003 vehicles (including motorcycles) and wreaking havoc on foot with an arsenal of 40 different weapons. The
targeting mode has been refined once players leave their vehicle, with the camera taking a fixed position
Gun PC
S eries:
Developer: Neversoft Designed to present grown-up gamers with a well-rounded cowboy adventure, Gun tells a classic Western story
Entertainment of revenge and rugged individualism, with the player in the starring role. Colton White was robbed of his heritage
Publisher: Activision, Inc. by a lifetime of lies; now he aims to take charge of his destiny and become his own man. The game's open-
Category: Action ended mission structure and expansive environments allow players to explore the frontier as they choose.
Classification: Mature Missions offer a variety of gameplay styles, including stealth action, precision shooting, and horseback riding.
Players can develop Colton White to be an upstanding, classic hero, who protects the innocent and follows a
code of righteousness, or a vengeful loner, who best serves the frontier community by serving himself first. The
game's story progresses through a series of major missions, but many side-quests allow the hero to develop
2005 skills and earn scratch. Money and other crucial resources can be gained by collecting bounties, winning at the
poker table, or by less civically upstanding means.
Half-Life PC
S eries: You are Gordon Freeman, a young research associate in the Anomalous Materials Laboratory. You have
Developer: Valve Software limited security clearance and no real idea of just how dangerous your job has become, until the morning you
Publisher: Sierra On-Line, Inc. are sent alone into the Test Chamber to analyze a strange crystalline specimen. A routine analysis, they tell
Category: Shooter you. Until something goes wrong. In this legendary FPS, players enlist the help of traumatized scientists and
Classification: Mature trigger-happy security guards to get through high-security zones, sneaking and fighting your way through ruined
missile silos and Cold War cafeterias, through darkened airducts and subterranean railways. When you finally
come in sight of the surface, you realize that the inhuman monsters aren't your only enemies-for the
government has sent in ruthless troops and stealthy assassins. Their orders seem to be that when it comes to the
Black Mesa, nothing gets out alive... and especially not you.
1998
Half-Life 2 PC
S eries:
Developer: Valve Software Half-Life 2 continues the story of Gordon Freeman, the scientist-turned-marine who managed to escape from
Publisher: Sierra Entertainment, the Black Mesa Research Facility in Half-Life. In Half-Life 2, Gordon has accepted the G-Man's "offer" and
Inc. become a government agent on Earth. However, the Xen aliens, Combine soldiers, headcrabs, "ant lions," and
Category: Shooter other enemies threaten everything.
Classification: Mature Gordon begins his quest in City 17 and, with the help of Eli and Alyx Vance, begins to unravel the mysteries
behind the rapid changes on Earth. Freeman also encounters gigantic spider-like monstrosities that tower over
buildings, impale humans on sharp spindly legs, and emit devastating blasts from their bodies -- "striders."
All the voice actors from Half-Life have returned to voice their characters in Half-Life 2. The physics engine has
2004 been updated to include all objects within the game world; players will be able to shoot chairs to pieces,
manipulate futuristic "gravity" guns, and interact with objects in complicated ways. Several vehicles will be
Half-Life 2: Episode One PC
S eries:
Developer: Valve Software Half-Life 2: Episode One continues the single-player story from the critically acclaimed Half-Life 2. Players slip
Publisher: Valve Software on the battered spectacles of Dr. Gordon Freeman to engage in more alien and mutant battles from within the
Category: Shooter decaying walls of City 17. The expansion pack also focuses on freedom fighter Alyx Vance and her robotic
Classification: Mature companion, Dog, as they team up with Freeman to defeat the oppressive alien race known as the Combine.
Though the add-on's length is shorter than the campaign found in Half-Life 2, offering an estimated four to six
hours of play, the narrative addresses lingering questions and fleshes out the storylines of the principal
characters in greater detail. In addition, the game introduces new ways to interact with the environment and
includes a number of other surprises.
2006
Half-Life 2: Episode Two PC
S eries: Half-Life 2 was an amazing game and still one of our favorites ever made on the PC. Episode One wasn't as
Developer: Valve Software sweet, but still had some wonderful moments and helped develop Alyx Vance further as a character and tie her
Publisher: Valve Software even more into the storyline. The newest, Episode Two, combines the excitement, variety, and spectacular level
Category: Shooter design of the original with the character and story development of Episode One creating an amazing package
Classification: Mature that anybody who played Half-Life 2 should gobble up as soon as possible whether that be alone or in the
Orange Box.
2007
Halo: Combat Evolved PC
S eries:
Developer: Gearbox Software In the most obvious sense, the "Halo" is a space station built in the shape of an enormous rotating wheel. As the
Publisher: Microsoft Corporation wheel spins, it creates centrifugal force that mimics gravity on its inner rim. An entire world exists inside this
Category: Shooter wheel, with huge developed structures and vast, open landscapes. But something else exists in the Halo as well -
Classification: Mature something mysterious and powerful. All that is really known is that a force of alien invaders is desperate to find it
and they are leaving death and destruction in the wake of their search. This mystery of Halo must be solved and
the aliens must be vanquished, before they find what they are looking for and destroy us all.
The action in Halo is squad-based. While gamers have lots of options when making decisions about the
individual characters they will play, many missions are best accomplished through teamwork and certain
2003 multiplayer capabilities are supported with this in mind. The 3D engine's default view switches between first-
person and third person, depending on the situation. Much of the action takes place in the wide open spaces
Hard Truck: Apocalypse PC
S eries: This third person action/RPG is set in the post-apocalyptic environment full of menacing mysteries and
Developer: Buka Entertainment unfriendly inhabitants. Explore the new world using your heavy truck. Your heavy truck is the only hope. You
Publisher: CDV Software will need it to travel, earn your lining and fight your way through the perilous areas. It’s crucial that you
Entertainment USA continuously upgrade your truck. Your ability to equip smartly your "iron buddy" will make or break the success
Category: Shooter of your journey. So, go to towns and villages, trade with them, help them and you are sure to raise the cash
Classification: Teen required for powerful weapon and new gadgets.
2006
Harley Davidson Race Across America PC
S eries: Get on your hog and cruise the United States in HARLEY DAVIDSON: Race Across America. You can
Developer: G2M Games choose from four different Harley Davidson motorcycles, each rated in acceleration, top speed, and handling.
Publisher: WizardWorks When you are ready to ride there are four tracks to race on: Arizona Desert, Deep South, Florida Everglades,
Category: Racing and California Coast. So slip into your riding leathers and be an easy rider with HARLEY DAVIDSON: Race
Classification: Everyone Across America.
1999
Hoyle Card Games PC
S eries: If you like to play cards, then you should get a copy of HOYLE CARD GAMES. There is a total of 14 different
Developer: Sierra Entertainment, games to play including six variations of solitaire (Four Free, Golf Par 6 and Par 7, Klondike draw 1 and draw 3,
Inc. and Pyramid), Crazy Eights, Cribbage, Gin, Go Fish, Hearts, Old Maid, Spades, and War. When you play, you can
Publisher: Encore Software, Inc. choose from 14 different personas like a balding professor, a crocodile, and a teddy bear. You can also play
Category: Simulation against a friend using the same system or via a link cable. Now you don't have to worry about finding a full deck
Classification: Teen of cards when you want to play, thanks to HOYLE CARD GAMES for the Game Boy Color.
2007
Hugo Gold PC
S eries: In most of the games, the wicked witch Scylla (Hexana or Afskylia in some countries), the scourge of the troll
Developer: Silverrock Productions woods, caught and locked up Hugo, the troll's wife Hugoline, and the three children Rit, Rat, and Rut; because
Publisher: ITE Media she needs them for her magic beauty treatment. Hugo must rescue them and bring peace to the woods, but
Category: Action because of evil Scylla there are many various obstacles in his path.
Classification: Everyone
1998
Hunting Unlimited 2010 PC
S eries: Experience fast-paced hunting action in pursuit of the biggest trophy bucks throughout North America, Canada
Developer: and Now the Bavarian Forest. Choose from 32+ weapons and accessories. Compound Bows, Shotguns and
Publisher: ValuSoft, Inc. Rifles, Decoys, Blinds, Bait, and more -- everything you'll need for your choice of prey. Take aim at the Target
Category: Sports Range before heading out into the wilderness. Then take on 110+ hunting missions that span the most remote
Classification: Teen and challenging habitats hunted today. Design and customize the most realistic and perfect hunt using the
Mission Editor -- even replay your favorite missions.
2010
Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile PC
S eries:
Developer: Tilted Mill The spiritual successor to classics like Caesar and Pharaoh, Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile is a city-
Entertainment, Inc. building strategy game that casts players as Pharaoh and challenges them to construct a mighty empire in
Publisher: Myelin Media ancient Egypt. Players begin thousands of years ago, when the Valley of the Nile was populated by simple
Category: Simulation gatherers and fishermen. With guidance and direction, these primitive people can be lead to amazing
Classification: Everyone accomplishments, and ultimately, to create Earth's first great civilization.
Unlike the entertaining but fairly robotic citizens of the fondly remembered xImpressions Games, Immortal
Cities' "Children of the Nile" are designed to behave as individuals, with their own unique wants, needs, and
relationships to one another. They organize themselves by household, and the player is given multifaceted
2004 access to information about each family's particular deficits and desires. While Children of the Nile is more
heavily dependant on the individual personalities of the populace than most earlier city-building games, the
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game PC
S eries:
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Set on the fantastical sci-fi planet of Pandora, James Cameron's Avatar: The Game is a third-person adventure
Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment with RPG-style character development, featuring predominant shooting and melee combat action. The game's
Category: Action story poses challenges to the player's moral perspectives, as well. A prequel to the movie, set two years earlier,
Classification: Teen Avatar: The Game follows its own original storyline. Humans have come to the planet to harvest valuable
minerals. They find themselves at war with the dominant native species, the Na'vi, a humanoid race of great size
and strength but only stone age technological development. The futuristic humans have developed a method
by which they can remotely take control of a mindless, genetically engineered Na'vi body, and experience
existence through this avatar.
2009 Players take the role of a character named Able Ryder, who is a signals specialist soldier with the human
Resource Development Agency, or "RDA." From mission to mission, the game moves from Ryder's
John Deere: American Farmer PC
S eries: Create and manage your own successful farm with John Deere American Farmer. You'll decide what crops to
Developer: Gabriel Entertainment plant, livestock to raise, employees to hire, equipment to purchase and structures to build. Plagues, weather,
Publisher: Bold Games market trends, employee skill level and much more will play a role as you make decisions that will determine the
Category: Simulation ultimate success of your farm. The game features 10 diverse scenarios, each with three levels of difficulty.
Classification: Everyone Overcome bug infestations, unpredictable weather and disgruntled employees. Purchase and control authentic
John Deere branded equipment -- tractors, combines, planters, cultivators and more -- to plan, build and
manage a successful farm. Also includes a built-in Map Editor to create your own unique scenarios.
2005
Juiced PC
Juiced
S eries: Designed to combine elements of both simulation- and arcade-style play, Juiced features more than 50
Developer: Juice Games, Ltd. licensed vehicles, including import legends such as the Toyota Supra and Honda CRX Si. Racing decals,
Publisher: THQ, Inc. graphics, and wild paint jobs make an artist out of the gamer, though beauty is only skin-deep and winning races
Category: Racing is what it takes to earn respect in this virtual circuit. To help with winning races are after-market parts from
Classification: Teen leading manufacturers such as A'PEXi, AEM, Bridgestone, Ferodo, Konig, Alpine, and HKS, all of which are
available to the crew chief for use in tuning and tweaking the car. An innovative aspect of Juiced is its "Crew
Based" team-racing feature. Players can go online not only to race head-to-head against other gamers, but to
build custom racing crews and recruit drivers. It takes real teamwork to win races in this mode of play.
2005
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights PC
Juiced 2
S eries: THQ sets its Juiced series loose on the city streets once again, for this sequel run of underground racing and
Developer: Juice Games, Ltd. over-the-top turns. The second game in the series offers players a wide selection of authentically modeled
Publisher: THQ, Inc. automobiles from enthusiast brands such as Ascari, Aston Martin, and Saleen, as well as more familiar
Category: Racing manufacturers such as GM, Ford, and Dodge, with favorites from the likes of Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, and VW
Classification: Teen rounding out the "Hot Imports" roster. All autos can be custom-tuned to the player's specification, and tweaked
with a number of different paint jobs, decals, and other cosmetic modifications.
Hot Import Nights puts priority on the drift racing technique, and special in-game meters monitor drift
performance and challenge racers to slide their rides to the limit. The game also introduces an enduring "Driver
2008 DNA" model, which brings personality to computer-controlled opponents and encourages the development of
rivalries over the course of a circuit. Players can design their own custom opponents in the game's "Driver DNA
Just Cause PC
S eries:
Developer: Avalanche Studios Swedish developer Avalanche Studios' first in-house development project is a 3D action-adventure starring a U.
Publisher: Eidos Interactive S. operative named Rico Rodriguez. Just Cause has Rodriguez attempting to overthrow a fictitious South
Category: Action American island's regime by instigating a revolution. Players will accomplish this by working with citizens,
Classification: Mature political factions, rebels, and even drug cartels in a series of explosive operations. In the tradition of games like
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Just Cause features a free form world with an estimated 250,000 acres of
territory to traverse by plane, car, boat, or in some cases, parachute. Since the island of San Esperito is filled with
cities, towns, resorts, jungles, and mountains, players can acquire more than 100 vehicles throughout their
tumultuous stay. The main storyline includes over 20 missions with objectives that can be accomplished by any
2006 number of means. Hundreds of side and bonus missions are also available for fun or profit, with stunt challenges
like parasailing, vehicle leaping, or skydiving part of the itinerary for tropical thrill-seekers.
King Arthur: The Role-playing Wargame PC
S eries: King Arthur is an empire-building strategy game set in a medieval, mystical Britain where you will play the role
Developer: NeocoreGames Ltd. of legendary Arthur, the Once and Future King. You build Camelot, enlist the Knights of the Round Table, unite
Publisher: Paradox Interactive, the country and ultimately challenge the powers threatening the essence of all their previous endeavors. You
Inc. choose their own path, be it the way of virtuous glory, the might of the Sidhe or your wish to succumb to the dark
Category: Strategy powers.
Classification: Teen
2009
King's Bounty: The Legend PC
S eries: King's Bounty: The Legend is an adventure game with tactical turn-based battles and role-playing elements. In
Developer: Katauri Interactive a fairy tale fantasy world of fearless knights, evil mages, wise kings and beautiful princesses the player controls
Publisher: 1C Company a hero. Leading their character through the game world, exploring it, commanding armies in battle and
Category: Role-Playing accomplishing various quests can mean great reward or huge defeats.
Classification: Teen
Gameplay is divided into two major sections: adventure mode and battle mode. While playing in adventure
mode the gamer controls their character in real-time. With several classes available at the start of a new game,
the player moves through the adventure map seeking various treasures, fighting monsters and accomplishing
quests tasked to him by the local stewards. Once in battle mode the gamer assumes the role of a war chief,
2008 leading his troops in tactical turn-based combat. Battles take place on land or sea, in dungeons or castles or
even in some items! The hero himself doesn't participate in the combat, but can assist his troops by casting
Lazy Town Champions PC
S eries: Its Sports Day in Lazy Town and youre invited to take part! Join
Developer: Avanquest Software Sportacus, Stephanie and the rest of your Lazy Town friends and find out
Publisher: Avanquest Software what makes a great athlete. Rise up to the challenge, compete, take your
Category: Puzzle skills to the next level and youll become a true Lazy Town Champion!
Classification: Everyone
Features:
- Personalized experience - multilevel play
- Variety of motivating and energizing games
2009 - Many hours of active fun!
- Special Bonus - Exciting video clips from the TV series!
Left 4 Dead PC
S eries:
Developer: Turtle Rock Living up to the multi-faceted meaning of the title, Left 4 Dead features four playable human characters, who
StudiosValve Software have been left behind to survive in a city with a rapidly growing population of people-eating undead. The
Publisher: Valve Software characters are identical in the way they play, although outwardly they appear largely dissimilar and unlikely to
Category: Shooter get along well at first. They'll need to trust one another and work together, as it takes teamwork to survive in
Classification: Mature streets overrun with rampaging zombies. Computer-controlled companions are available for solo players, but
online multiplayer co-op games are a main thrust of play. In a standard game, players begin each level in a safe
room area, where they can stock up on supplies and agree on a general strategy before moving out into the
zombie-flooded city streets.
2008 No place is safe for too long in this game, however, and once the zombies start coming, they keep coming, no
matter where the players run or hide -- until the heroes make it to the next safe room, to end the level. The exact
Left 4 Dead 2 PC
S eries:
Developer: Valve Software Four weary humans work together in an apocalyptic world overrun by grotesque zombies, collectively known as
Publisher: Valve Software the "infected," in this sequel to 2008's third-person shooter, Left 4 Dead. In addition to the new protagonists and
Category: Shooter five new campaigns, the game offers more enemy types to battle and adds a slew of weapons to improve your
Classification: Mature chance of survival. Joining the hunters, tanks, smokers, and boomers from the first game are jockeys, chargers,
and spitters. Jockeys are short creatures that leap on the backs of characters and steer them toward dangers.
Chargers are hulking brutes that run quickly toward characters and use their powerful arms to slam victims to
the ground. Spitters spew out projectile acid that can also form deadly pools on the ground.
Each campaign area, ranging from a Coney Island-style amusement park to a Louisiana bayou, also contains
2009 distinct enemies to face. The "Dark Carnival" campaign, for example, features zombies wearing clown makeup,
while "Swamp Fever" features creatures known as mudmen. New weapons and tools include a katana, baseball
Machinarium PC
S eries: Machinarium is an indie game project created and released by Amanita Design. A puzzle / adventure game,
Developer: Amanita Design this game focuses on a little robot who's been thrown out to the scrap yard behind the city who must return and
Publisher: Amanita Design confront the Black Cap Brotherhood and save his robot-girl friend.
Category: Adventure
Classification: Everyone
2009
Mafia PC
S eries:
Developer: Illusion Softworks Mafia takes place in the fictional 1930s city of Lost Heaven. The player takes the role of a relatively innocent
Publisher: Take 2 Interactive, Inc. cabdriver who becomes involved in the underworld of organized crime through a random accident. While
Category: Action between fares one night, the hero is suddenly approached by two shady characters in urgent need of a ride.
Classification: Mature Fearing a quick shot to the head if he refuses, he accepts the passengers and, thanks to his excellent driving
abilities, is able to help them escape the rival gang members that had been chasing them. Quick thinking and
good driving skills save the day for the thankful mobsters, who make it a point to remember the main character.
When he finds himself out of work a short while later, the hero is graciously welcomed to "the Family."
The third-person adventure in Mafia has the player moving about a 12-square-mile city, designed from
2002 authentic photographs and architectural plans from the 1930s. The player will have almost complete freedom to
move about the city, exploring and interacting as he sees fit. Each building is unique, providing a sense of
Magic Farm Ultimate Flower PC
S eries: Magic Farm is the heartwarming and entertaining story of a young florist and her cute little dragon helper. The
Developer: Alawar Games young girl wishes to save her beloved parents, who got lost in the jungle. She needs to supply various people with
Publisher: Meridian93, Inc. funds, so she puts her florist skills to the test. You will help the girl to grow and sell various flowers and fruit. Both
Category: Arcade gardening and business activities are essential to achieve your goal.
Classification: Everyone
2009
Manhunt PC
S eries:
Developer: Rockstar North Rockstar North's first game after Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is billed as an "urban horror" title that has players
Publisher: Rockstar Games being hunted for the sole entertainment of a wealthy madman. Following a storyline that draws similarities from
Category: Action such films as The Warriors, Hard Target, and The Running Man, Manhunt casts players in the role of James Earl
Classification: Mature Cash, a man unwittingly snatched from death row to participate in a twisted game of survival. As in the
developer's previous two releases, players find themselves exploring a seedy, dark city from a third-person
perspective, but that's where the similarities end. The locales, which include sewers, a prison, shopping mall,
factory, junkyard, and more, are all abandoned and in various states of decay.
Gangs with such names as The Smileys, The Hoods, The Skins, and The Innocents are being paid to rub out
2004 James Earl Cash, preferably in as gruesome a manner as possible, while being filmed from a series of hidden
closed-circuit cameras littered throughout each locale. In order to stay alive, Cash must carefully stay out of
Max Payne PC
S eries:
Developer: Remedy Entertainment Over four years in the making, the highly anticipated Max Payne adds a new aspect of stylistic storytelling to
Ltd the action-based 3D shooter. The game was developed solely as a single-player adventure and the designers at
Publisher: Rockstar Games Finland's Remedy Entertainment focused on creating an experience that would make players care at least as
Category: Shooter much about the main character as they would about finish times or frag counts. Tried and true devices of pulp
Classification: Mature fiction and film noir are employed in this computer game, drawing the player into the dark story through gripping
motivations of revenge and self-preservation.
Technically, Max Payne offers its own brand of state-of-the-art graphics and sound. Detailed, high-resolution
environments are deformable, as walls become riddled with bullet holes of various sizes and shreds of paper,
2001 plastic, plaster, and tile fall to the ground, each in their own distinctly realistic manners. Admittedly inspired by
the cinematic works of John Woo and Sam Peckinpah, the game applies stylistic techniques borrowed from
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne PC
S eries:
Developer: Remedy Entertainment Finnish developer Remedy Entertainment's embittered vigilante cop has put his troubled past behind him and is
Ltd ready to begin a new chapter in his life with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. The stylized third-person
Publisher: Rockstar Games shooter, which initially turned heads with its combination of gritty environments, film noir style, and use of bullet-
Category: Shooter time effects for dramatic shootouts, returns with an enhanced graphic engine and completely new storyline. The
Classification: Mature Fall of Max Payne chronicles the title character's romance with a sultry siren named Mona Sax. Things are
never easy for Payne, however, as Sax just so happens to be a murder suspect who leads him down a dark path
from which he may be unable to walk away from.
The new graphic engine allows for motion-captured movement, facial animation from a cast of professional
2003 actors, lip-synching, new lighting techniques, a rag doll physics model using the licensed Havok development
kit, and redesigned 3D characters. Players will walk through cities as rain splashes down onto the streets with
Men of War: Vietnam PC
S eries: Another addition in the critically acclaimed strategy series, Men Of War: Vietnam features two new story-driven
Developer: 1C Company campaigns let you taste the explosive mix of the jungle, Hueys and rock-n-roll in 1968.
Publisher: 1C Company
Category: Strategy Two single-player campaigns cover both sides of the conflict. The US campaign focuses on a team of elite
Classification: Teen special ops soldiers, and each one of them has a personality. This unit includes Sergeant John Merrill,
machinegunner Jim Walsh, sniper Sonny Armstrong, grenade launcher operator Carl Dillan and combat
engineer Bill Kirby. In some missions they can count only on themselves, while in the others they act together
with regular US and South-Vietnamese troops. Missions range from special operations (rescuing a shot-down
pilot, escorting a reporter, etc.) to full scale battles.
2011
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 PC
S eries: Drawing on 20 years of experience developing award-winning software, the Microsoft Flight Simulator team
Developer: Microsoft Corporation commemorates both the centennial and its own aviation milestone with the release of Microsoft Flight
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight.
Category: Simulation
Classification: Everyone
2003
Microsoft Train Simulator PC
S eries:
Developer: Kuju Entertainment Microsoft Train Simulator is intended to provide the same kind of engrossing and authentic experience for
Ltd. railroad aficionados that the successful line of Microsoft Flight Simulators has created for aviation enthusiasts.
Publisher: Microsoft Corporation Gamers can choose to take the role of engineer on one of several finely detailed recreations of actual trains
Category: Simulation from the past and present. Speed steadily ahead, working to complete challenging scenario objectives or simply
Classification: Everyone appreciating the sense of control over hundreds of tons of steel moving at speeds of 60 miles per hour.
There's also the option to take the more casual role of a sightseeing passenger, enjoying the faithfully recreated
scenery along one of six internationally famous routes like the modern U.S. Northeast Corridor, the busy urban
Odakyu Electric Railway, or the intriguing Orient Express of the 1930s. In addition to the realistic scenery, the
2001 game also features authentic engine and railway sounds to provide a more complete sensory experience.
The Microsoft Train Simulator is designed to present a relatively hard-core simulation of the true function, feel,
Midnight Outlaw: Illegal Street Drag -- Nitro Edition PC
S eries: This is a high stakes world where nothing matters but speed. Let the roar of supercharged engines ad the hiss of
Developer: Canopy Games nitrous oxide propel the night into a high octane fury. You?re racing for more than the money, you?re racing for
Publisher: ValuSoft, Inc. respect and rule of the streets.
Category: Racing
Classification: Everyone Reap the rewards of a well run race?use your winnings to upgrade and trick out your car with engine
enhancements, ground effects, paint job and stereos.
2003
Monopoly PC
S eries: Houses and hotels. Boardwalk, Park Place and Baltic Avenue. Getting sent to jail, and directly to jail, without
Developer: Artech Studios passing Go, and without collecting $200. These are things all instantly familiar to anyone who's ever played
Publisher: Infogrames Interactive, Monopoly.
Inc.
Category: Simulation
Classification: Everyone
2002
Moto GP PC
S eries: The secret to Moto GP 2 is that you are allowed to customize essentially every part of your racing experience to
Developer: fit your desires. If you want simulation racing, play the career Grand Prix mode. Are you more comfortable with
Publisher: THQ Limited arcade action? You can compete in stunt mode where you move through the ranks by knocking other riders off
Category: Racing their bikes, performing wheelies, endos (wheelie on the front wheel), burnouts, and powerslides.
Classification:
For singleplayer racing, you have the option of six different modes. The standard Quick Race allows you to
choose between the first three tracks from the Championship circuit and any you have managed to unlock
during Stunt or Championship modes. Stunt Mode lets you rack up points through both stunts and clearing track
sections under predetermined times. High scores will unlock other tracks and highlight videos from the 2002
2003 Moto GP.
Moto Racer 3: Gold Edition PC
S eries:
Developer: This text refers to the PC version of this title.Building on the success of earlier PC games as well as the
Publisher: Sold Out Software PlayStation's contemporary Moto Racer: World Tour, Delphine Software International's Moto Racer 3 offers six
Category: Racing racing styles and 15 diversified venues featuring Grand Prix, touring, indoor and outdoor tracks. Familiar modes
Classification: of street, supercross, motocross, freestyle, and trial racing are joined by the new traffic mode, which lets you run
the streets of downtown Paris, France.
Race 32 new bikes on courses based on actual tracks in France, Germany, Japan and Australia with special
controls for trial bikes, traffic mode, SX/MX, and freestyle racing. Race types include practice, time attack,
competition, and "friendly" runs with adjustable settings (speed, AI, time outs, and so forth). Three difficulty
2001 levels (easy, medium, and hard) are geared to each of the racing styles and allow for customization by both
novices and veteran moto-racers.
Mount & Blade: Warband PC
S eries: In Mount & Blade: Warband, you play as an adventurer in the medieval land of Calradia, a fictional land devoid
Developer: TaleWorlds of magic and high fantasy, instead bearing many similarities to our world in the Middle Ages.
Publisher: Paradox Interactive, The game offers you a great deal of freedom in this world. You may roam around the map visiting towns and
Inc. villages, trading, pursuing various quests, taking part in tournaments, or trying out a myriad of other activities.
Category: Role-Playing You will soon notice that the world itself is dynamic. Caravans travel between towns, sometimes being waylaid
Classification: Teen by bandits; villagers take their goods to markets; armies assemble to move across the land, besieging towns or
castles and raiding settlements. Instead of giving you a fixed path to follow...
2010
Mr Bean PC
S eries: Mr Bean is on his wackiest adventure yet – and he’s inviting you along for the ride. Teddy’s been kidnapped by
Developer: Blast! Entertainment a mysterious villain, and Mr Bean needs your help to find the ransom 1,000 cat biscuits! This action-packed
Ltd comedy game is based on the smash hit animated TV series and stars all Mr Bean’s famous friends and foes,
Publisher: Blast! Entertainment Ltd including his beloved Irma Gobb and Scrapper, the mischievous moggy!
Category: Adventure
Classification: Everyone * 12 fun-packed levels full of cunning puzzles, crazy traps and wacky enemies.
* Two players can play against each other in over 20 mini-games.
* Unlock exclusive clips from the hilarious animated TV show!
2007
MTX: Mototrax PC
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Developer: Beenox ShiftLeft Field Two-time Summer X-Games champion Travis Pastrana headlines this 3D motocross game, which represents
Productions the sixth title under Activision's O2 extreme sports label. In addition to Pastrana, players will be able to ride as
Publisher: Aspyr Media, Inc. or against professionals Mike Brown, Tommy Clowers, Ernesto Fonseca, and Carey Hart. MTX features both
Category: Racing head-to-head racing and a freestyle competition, where players attempt to earn as many points as possible by
Classification: Everyone performing a variety of stunts like the nac nac, heel clicker, and fender kiss.
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NBA Live 08 PC
S eries:
Developer: HB Studios NBA Live 08 on PC adds an assortment of new features to the core graphics engine and play modes featured in
Publisher: EA Sports NBA Live 07. One of the key components in the next-gen versions, "go-to moves," is included to help further
Category: Sports distinguish star players from the typical NBA athlete. Kobe Bryant's spin and fadeaway, Tony Parker's
Classification: Everyone hesitation and quick acceleration, and Dwayne Wade's step-back jumper are just some of the moves available.
The inclusion of color-coded "hot spots" will help players quickly identify the most effective shooting areas on
the court based on an athlete's real-life tendencies. Other key features include a more streamlined control
scheme, improved rebounding logic, a new player fatigue system, and team-specific play styles. In addition to
the standard dynasty, season, and exhibition matches, players can compete in the FIBA World Championship
2007 as one of eight international teams or as any of the 30 NBA squads.
Need for Speed Shift 2 Unleashed PC
S eries: Need For Speed Shift 2 Unleashed builds on the true driving experience that the NFS franchise is renown for by
Developer: Slightly Mad Studios introducing the driver's battle, an even more authentic and primal feeling of power and speed which elevates
Publisher: Electronic Arts the fundamental competitive race into a struggle for supremacy against other drivers and even the track itself.
Category: Racing In Shift 2 Unleashed, players' hands sweat and ache as they clutch onto the controller, their pulse races from
Classification: Everyone the break-neck speeds experienced through the first-person cockpit view.
Shift 2 Unleashed features an all-new rendering engine with a massive graphics overhaul that puts the player in
the heart of the racing action. With an innovative helmet camera view simulating the physical experience of
driving at 200mph, the thrilling experience of night racing and authentic degradation of tracks and cars, this is
2011 tomorrow's sim for today’s adrenaline fueled racer. Shift 2 Unleashed also incorporates the next generation of
Need for Speed Autolog -- the groundbreaking network that connects friends for epic head-to-head races and
Need for Speed: Carbon [European] PC
S eries:
Developer: This text refers to the Xbox 360 version of this title.Need For Speed: Carbon is ready to take you to the heart of
Publisher: underground racing. Set in the outskirts of the city, you begin by declaring a class allegiance, picking your crew,
Category: Racing and finally, deciding which of the 50 tunable cars you want to make your own. Select a tuner, American muscle,
Classification: or exotic car, and then begin your ride to the top. You may also use the "Autosculpt" feature to create a
completely customized car if no existing car suits your needs. Selecting your crew is important because each
member has a special skill that can help you make it to the finish line first. For example, a scout can find hidden
short cuts, and a blocker can create a distraction.
Despite being forced by police to race in Carbon Canyon, the rivalry is just as fierce and the stakes are at an all-
2007 time high. The game features four areas of urban and rural pavement, and each environment is broken into sub-
zones of drift, street, and duel racing for a total of 80 tracks. As you begin winning races, you will also earn
Need for Speed: Most Wanted PC
S eries:
Developer: EA Canada The long-running Need for Speed series races into new territory with this cross-platform, cross-generational
Publisher: Electronic Arts release. Most Wanted is built upon many of the fan-favorite features and modes from previous games in the
Category: Racing series, including a forgiving yet credible physics engine, vehicles of real-life makes and models, and state-of-
Classification: Teen the-art graphics. As with the previous Need for Speed: Underground, much of the game is styled around the
illicit street racing scene, and as in earlier games such as Need for Speed III and Hot Pursuit 2, many of the
Most Wanted's challenges involve not only getting from one place to another in the fastest time, but avoiding
ambitious law enforcement officers (in souped-up vehicles of their own) all along the way.
2005
Need for Speed: Underground PC
S eries:
Developer: Black Box Games Ltd.
Publisher: EA Games EA GAMES' vaunted Need for Speed series, which first hit the gas in 1995 on the 3DO platform, continues with
Category: Racing the multi-platform release of Need for Speed: Underground. As the title suggests, players are embroiled in the
Classification: Everyone shadowy world of illicit street racing. Players will enlist in various underground events held on city streets at
dusk. While battling rivals in drag races or more conventional pursuits, players can earn cash used to purchase
an assortment of vehicle modifications. Over 20 licensed cars are available to tweak and customize from such
manufacturers as Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Suburu, among others. Developed by the same team responsible for
2002's Hot Pursuit 2, the game also features official parts from Bilstein, Audiobahn, Dazz Motorsport, and other
2003 providers.
Need for Speed: Underground 2 PC
S eries:
Developer: EA Canada The Need for Speed goes back underground, to add more customization and role-playing-styled challenges to
Publisher: EA Games the long-running racing series. This follow-up steers players though the main drags and back-alleys of an
Category: Racing interactive city, which is divided into five different neighborhoods. By seeking out street races and earning a
Classification: Everyone reputation, players will be able to acquire faster, more powerful automobiles and extensive customization
options. The game is designed to represent the "tuner lifestyle," and the main mode of play has virtual street
racers exploring the city on their own, to find pick-up races and learn of the best places to get new parts. Need
for Speed Underground 2 is hosted by Brooke Burke, known for her role on the E! Entertainment television
network's Wild On series. The game features licensed automobiles from a number of manufacturers, including
2004 Ford, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota, and Volkswagen.
Ninja Blade PC
S eries: High atop the towering skyscrapers of modern-day Tokyo, Ken Ogawa and his team of skilled ninjas are
Developer: FromSoftware deployed to destroy the infected monster horde and stem the spreading disease as humanity hangs in the
Publisher: ND Games balance. Matters quickly take a turn for the worse as Ogawa and his team are betrayed from within their own
Category: Action ranks. After narrowly escaping death, Ogawa is left to fight the daunting battle alone while also attempting to
Classification: Mature understand the motivations behind his father's betrayal.
Armed with an extensive arsenal of specialized ninja weapons, tools and skills including the powerful forces of
Ninja Vision and Todomé Attack, players must fight insurmountable odds, and once again bring peace and
order to Tokyo.
2009
Overlord PC
S eries:
Developer: Triumph Studios In the sardonic spirit of Dungeon Keeper comes Overlord, where being "bad" is not only blindly accepted, it's
Publisher: Codemasters Software, gleefully encouraged. Overlord is a fantasy action title viewed from a third-person perspective behind your
Inc. Sauron-inspired character, who is imbued with the dark power to command up to 50 mischievous minions to do
Category: Role-Playing his bidding. How they go about their baneful business is largely up to you, as part of the attraction in Overlord is
Classification: Teen how your actions influence and shape the tongue-in-cheek world around you. Players bent on obliterating towns
instead of liberating them, for example, will witness groveling villagers instead of cheering ones.
The overall objective is to defeat the kingdom's seven rival rulers, all while growing in power and stature by
learning spells, forging new weapons, and acquiring different items. The imp-like minions possess one of four
2007 roles (warrior, mage, assassin, and healer), each offering distinct strengths to help would-be overlords
accomplish their goals. As players gain more control of the land, they can improve their alter ego's base of
Overlord II PC
S eries:
Developer: Triumph Studios Mean-streaked tacticians are called upon to fling more minions and raise more hell In Overlord II. Retaining
Publisher: Codemasters Software, the play style of its predecessor, the game combines the third-person squad management of the GameCube
Inc. masterpiece, Pikmin, with the wry, good-to-be evil sensibilities of the home computer classic, Dungeon Keeper.
Category: Role-Playing The story of Overlord II continues from the first game, as the player assumes the role of the original Overlord's
Classification: Teen son. Again, the enemy is a civilization known as the Glorious Empire, a great Roman-inspired kingdom that
seeks to banish all magic and superstition from the world. Players can choose a path of Domination, ruling
mercilessly over the farms and villages of the land and plundering their resources at will, or a path of
Destruction, leaving nothing but death and scorched earth in their wakes. Of course, it's actually the Overlord's
2009 minions that do all the dirty work....
The sequel expands play with more skilled minions that can perform more tasks, and can work together to
Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse PC
S eries: Patrician III is a real-time trading simulation featuring elements of construction and the historical background
Developer: of maritime trade in Northern Europe during the 1300's. As a resident of a medieval town, your goal is to rise
Publisher: Global Software from the status of a simple, insignificant trader to that of a Patrician and perhaps even become the head of the
Publishing Hanseatic League. You can raise your standing through town improvement and diplomacy or fill your coffers
Category: Strategy through piracy and smuggling.
Classification: Everyone
2003
Penumbra Overture: Episode One PC
S eries: Obsession can be dangerous. Its consuming nature causes otherwise rational people to spiral headlong into
Developer: some bad situations. Take Phillip, the main character in Penumbra: Overature. After receiving a note from his
Publisher: long lost father -- 30 years lost actually -- telling him specifically not to come find him, his slide into obsession
Category: Adventure over the occurrences surrounding his patriarch's disappearance takes him down a one way track to despair and
Classification: dementia in the depths of a mine in Greenland. While the story presentation can be clumsy, along with some of
the game's controls, what's here is a pretty good effort from a small developer creating the first episode in an
adventure series that has a lot of potential for future creepouts.
2007
Pink Panther Pinkadelic Pursuit PC
S eries: Just when you thought the PINK PANTHER couldn't get into any more trouble! While happily fishing out at sea
Developer: Wanadoo FTG on a lazy Sunday afternoon, the Pink Panther is suddenly launched into outer space on a misguided rocket! Join
Publisher: Wanadoo FTG the Pink Panther on an adventure through time and space and find your way back home to planet Earth.
Category: Action
Classification: Everyone
2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End PC
S eries:
Developer: Eurocom As the third installment in the series and based on the 2007 film, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End offers
Entertainment Software gamers an adventure that includes puzzle solving, exploration, and combat. Players must navigate characters
Publisher: Disney Interactive from previous games through a variety of environments including The Flying Dutchmen.
Studios, Inc.
Category: Action
Classification: Teen
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2007
Portal PC
S eries:
Developer: Valve Software Portal is a 3D puzzle game played from a first-person perspective. The object is to advance through a series of
Publisher: Valve Software rooms by using a gun to create a means of escape. Instead of lasers or bullets, the gun fires one of two opposing
Category: Puzzle portal types: orange and red. One could be used as an entrance, while the other used as an exit. Portals can be
Classification: Teen fired on most surfaces, and the gun can also be used to pick up and toss objects. Storage and weighted
"companion" cubes found within rooms are creatively used to activate switches, knock out security droids, and
more. Turret guns, toxic liquid, crushing walls, and other hazards must also be avoided throughout play. A
sarcastic, female-voiced computer will monitor your performance and serves as a droll guide for each area. In
addition to the main game, players can unlock both a challenge and an advanced mode for more deviously
2008 designed puzzles and goals.
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands PC
S eries:
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal A true icon of classic computer gaming, the Prince of Persia returns in The Forgotten Sands, an original 3D
Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment adventure of platform puzzles and free-flowing combat, set in the period between The Sands of Time and The
Category: Action Warrior Within. The game builds on the play style of these predecessors, with acrobatic exploration and scimitar-
Classification: Teen swinging melee, while adding new powers over the forces of nature and the flow of time, useful both in battle and
on the move. Similarly, the storyline fits squarely in the Sands of Time saga, while adding new characters,
conflicts, and plot elements. Following his epic conflict with the Vizier in Azad, the Prince visits the kingdom of
his brother, to find the palace besieged by an army of unmatchable might and ferocity. Seeing no other option,
he uses his power over the Sand to save the kingdom from complete annihilation. As before, the unleashing of
2010 these mystical forces has great and far-reaching consequences, to which the noble hero must attend, in order to
preserve the truth of existence and prove himself still worthy of the powers he commands. Prince of Persia: The
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time PC
S eries:
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal One of computer gaming's biggest titles makes its return with the release of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment The classic story, which had players guiding a young prince through a trap-filled palace to save his beloved from
Category: Action marrying an evil vizier, has been updated with 3D graphics and new traps and puzzles. The story begins with the
Classification: Teen titular prince tricked by a vizier into using a mystical dagger to release the Sands of Time from an hourglass.
With the help of an ally, players must right this wrong by recapturing the Sands of Time before the deceitful vizier
can harness its power.
As players explore each room, from an ornate reception hall to an underground foundry, they will be able to
perform a number of acrobatic moves to protect them from harm. As in previous games, cinematic cut-scenes
2003 help tell the story as the prince overcomes a number of deadly traps and enemies lurking inside the Persian
palace. Developer Ubi Soft Montreal, best known for its work on Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, has worked closely
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones PC
S eries:
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal The third title in the Prince of Persia series' 128-bit generation revival, The Two Thrones offers action gamers a
Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment chance to play two different personifications of the noble young Babylonian. In the role of the good Prince,
Category: Action familiar from recent adventures, players will use agility, speed, and cunning to outfight and outwit enemies
Classification: Mature across the expansive, freely roamed city. Through the great struggles he has faced, however, a more vicious,
unforgiving side of the Prince has developed from deep within his psyche, and it may no longer be contained.
Players will also control this "Dark Prince," a bitter warrior of deadly efficiency, with a completely different set of
fighting moves and abilities.
Set after the events of Warrior Within, the game begins as the Prince returns home from his trying ordeal on the
2005 Island of Time, accompanied by his love, Kaileena. When the two arrive in their homeland they find it in turmoil,
devastated by an ongoing war. The kingdom no longer looks to the Prince as its ruler. To the contrary, the
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within PC
S eries:
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal This 3D action sequel features the multi-talented title character of the previous year's Prince of Persia: Sands of
Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment Time, who is now imbued with even more skills and abilities, and faces an even greater threat. Pursued by an
Category: Action incarnation of his own deadly fate, the acrobatic Prince must platform-jump, puzzle-solve, and swordfight
Classification: Mature through a quest that leads him to the surreal island home of terrible monsters that represent humankind's
greatest fears. One major enhancement to this sequel is in the fighting mechanics, which are designed to allow
the Prince to string together jabs and slashes into customized combination attacks. Developing these skills will
be crucial, as the hero faces even more combat in this adventure than in his last. Supernatural abilities will also
play an important role, and the Prince can employ his influence over the "Ravages of Time" to give himself a
2004 fighting chance against otherwise overwhelming odds.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 PC
S eries:
Developer: Konami's critically acclaimed soccer series continues on the PC platform with Pro Evolution Soccer 2008. The
Publisher: Konami Digital development team's primary focus was improving the artificial intelligence found in the previous installment, so
Entertainment, Inc. (KDEI) it created a "Teamvision" system for more dynamic opponents that adapt to a player's strategies or tendencies.
Category: Sports Defenses, for example, will alter formations based on your attacking patterns, goalkeepers will do a better job at
Classification: Everyone holding the ball close, and teammates will more aggressively get open on offense. Animations have been
refined in an attempt to make passing, dribbling, and shooting more responsive, while greater detail has been
added to the 3D player models.
The single-player Master League mode includes 20 teams, weekly reports, highlights on the main menu screen,
2008 and other embellishments. Player negotiations are influenced by a club's popularity rating, adding a layer of
depth to the transfer system. The PC version includes 15 stadiums, commentary from John Champion and Mark
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 PC
S eries:
Developer: Winning Eleven Konami's best-selling soccer series returns with updated features designed around consumer feedback. The
Productions analog controls now allow for full 360° movement, the AI for both referees and goalkeepers has been
Publisher: Konami Digital adjusted, and there are more feints and special moves available on the pitch. Over 300 moves have been added
Entertainment, Inc. (KDEI) in total, with new animations for dribbling, turning, and kicking. Other refinements include more expressive
Category: Sports player faces, dynamic lighting, enhanced stadium details, and new crowd chants and cheers. The franchise-
Classification: Everyone style Master League mode adds depth with new fiscal responsibilities, corporate sponsorships, and youth team
coaching. Online play is once again supported with a two-on-two option as well as an assortment of new
competitions to enter.
2009
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 PC
S eries:
Developer: Winning Eleven Konami's celebrated soccer series returns to the PC platform with an emphasis on improved control and
Productions strategy on the pitch. Revamped animations and physics are designed to offer more lifelike results, from
Publisher: Konami Digital acceleration and tackling to jostling and blocking. The presentation features over 1000 new animations in total,
Entertainment, Inc. (KDEI) taken from more than 100 hours of motion-captured recordings of athletes. Other changes include
Category: Sports improvements to defender artificial intelligence, so that they better hold their positions, and an enhanced
Classification: Everyone passing system. A new shot and stamina meter lets you see each athlete's current level of fitness at a glance,
which is important since sprinting now has a detrimental effect on player performance and abilities over time.
Perhaps the biggest addition for series veterans is the option to play the franchise-like "Master League" mode
2010 online against players from around the world.
Pro Evolution Soccer 3 [European] PC
S eries:
Developer: This text refers to the PlayStation 2 version of this title.First scoring on North American consoles in 2003 with its
Publisher: sixth edition, Konami's critically acclaimed soccer simulation series returns to the U.S. and Canada in World
Category: Sports Soccer Winning Eleven 7 International. This version of the game ups the number of available club teams to 64
Classification: and retains its count of 56 national teams. Once again, though the game does not feature any licensed "real-
life" club teams, rosters are customizable. League management possibilities are expanded as well, and players
should have an easier time sorting through the daunting number of available athletes. Winning Eleven 7 runs on
a new graphics engine, supporting additional animations and an overall upgrade to the look of the game.
2003
Quake 4 PC
S eries:
Developer: Raven Softwareid The forces of Earth take the offensive in Quake 4, in an effort to eliminate the Strogg menace at its source,
Software, Inc. once and for all. The fourth edition of id's popular first-person shooter returns to its roots, to offer single-players
Publisher: Activision, Inc. an extensive adventure in the role of a soldier named Matthew Kane. Ultimately, Kane may be called upon to
Category: Shooter sacrifice a bit of his humanness, for the sake of humanity's ultimate victory.
Classification: Mature While boasting substantial graphical and audio improvements as well, significant refinements to the A.I., the
single-player portion of Quake 4 holds true to the originals, and the story picks up where Quake II left off. The
online multiplayer modes of Quake 4 should feel much more reminiscent of Quake III, with their large weapon
selection, diverse battle arenas, and intense, kill-or-be-killed gunplay.
2005
Quake III Arena PC
S eries:
Developer: id Software, Inc. The Arena Eternal was constructed by the mysterious Vadrigar, the enigmatic Arena Masters, far in the past.
Publisher: Activision, Inc. The arena was designed to satisfy the Vadrigar's insatiable hunger for carnage and battle. Now you, as a
Category: Shooter gladiator, must enter battle against the most powerful warriors in history who populate the Arena Eternal. More
Classification: Mature than 30 types of opponents, each with but a single thought -- survival -- awaits your appearance!
Within the arena, there is only one rule: kill or be killed. Fortunately, the Vadrigar, unwilling to accept death as a
way out of combat, ensure that anyone who dies is immediately resurrected and thrust back into the fray. You
must climb the ranks, winning your battles against increasingly powerful foes.
During gameplay, you have a wide variety of weapons from which to choose including several types of guns
1999 (machinegun, shotgun, plasma, lightning, rail and BFG), rocket and grenade launchers and bladed weapons.
Three kinds of armor can be utilized, each uniquely affecting your armor rating, while more than a half-dozen
Red Faction PC
S eries:
Developer: Volition, Inc. Red Faction players take on the role of an alienated mine worker, slaving away in the endless tunnels and shafts
Publisher: THQ, Inc. deep beneath the surface of a futuristic Mars. As the proletariat mine workers are continuously pushed harder
Category: Shooter and further by the heartless corporation that owns the mines, a deep resentment grows. When a strange malady
Classification: Mature known as "the Plague" breaks out in the mines, the workers finally begin to revolt. As the game's hero Parker, it
is the player's first objective to simply survive the violent coup. This is the unusual premise for the first-person
shooter, developed for both the PlayStation 2 and IBM Compatible PC platforms. In support of the game's
storyline Red Faction also features some strong aspects of role-playing and adventure, as the character must
often think and talk his way through situations instead of mindlessly plowing ahead with a finger wrapped around
2001 the trigger.
The designers at Volition are known for developing the successful FreeSpace series of space combat sims,
Resident Evil 5 PC
S eries:
Developer: Capcom Production Arising from the same unholy concoction as its immediate predecessor in the series, Resident Evil 5 looks like a
Studio 4 third-person shooter, plays like a first-person shooter, and feels like a survival-horror game. As in the acclaimed
Publisher: Capcom USA, Inc. Resident Evil 4, an up-close, over-the-shoulder perspective allows players to see the heroes in action.
Category: Adventure Accessible aiming controls and fluid graphics make for quick, intuitive weapon use. Creepy settings, un-human
Classification: Mature enemies, and keen pacing create experiences of tense exploration, startling surprise, and overwhelmingly
outnumbered desperation. The game presents its horrors in high-definition, built on a custom-enhanced version
of Capcom's MT Framework game engine, and PC gamers can experience stereoscopic 3D effects (with the
proper eyewear).
2009 The story takes place in Africa, in the fictional desert country of Kijuju. The game is set about a ten years after
the events of the original Resident Evil, and features the original game's character Chris Redfield in the lead
Return to Castle Wolfenstein PC
S eries:
Developer: Gray Matter Coming a full 20 years after the original Castle Wolfenstein and nearly a decade after the first groundbreaking
Interactive Studios 3D sequel, Return to Castle Wolfenstein updates a computer gaming landmark for a new generation of players.
Publisher: Activision, Inc. In this release, Nazi-bane B.J. Blazkowicz makes his return to a Castle Wolfenstein that is rendered in full 3D
Category: Shooter with state-of-the-art graphical effects, created by a special version of the Quake III Arena engine.
Classification: Mature As in earlier editions in the series, this first-person shooter is set during World War II and takes place deep in the
heart of a remote castle that serves as a Nazi stronghold. In the role of B.J., the player becomes involved in a
violent adventure of deadly warfare and forbidden occult practices. Utilizing many of the technological
advances developed since the release of earlier Wolfenstein games, this sequel is designed to create
2001 environments that are as engagingly interactive as possible.
rFactor PC
S eries: rFactor's focus is providing an accurate simulation of racing physics for both open-wheel and sedan racers.
Developer: Image Space, Inc. Initially, ISI lacked the licensing rights to include authentic vehicle manufacturers and real-world tracks. Since
Publisher: Image Space, Inc. its initial release, however, rFactor has slowly incorporated a handful of real tracks under pseudonyms (such as
Category: Racing Nuerburg for the famous German Nürburg track) and one bona-fide licensed vehicle (a BMW Formula One
Classification: Everyone make). One of the hallmarks of rFactor is its openness - the racing experience can be modified in nearly every
respect, from user-made tracks and vehicles to custom physics models. Thanks to an SDK, the amount of
quality third-party content is staggering, and the dedication of the online community is second to none. Many
familiar vehicle makes and models are available in the form of freely downloadable mods, fleshing out the
rFactor experience.
2005
Risen PC
S eries:
Developer: Piranha Bytes GmbH A volcanic Mediterranean island is the setting for this original role-playing game created by the designers of the
Publisher: Deep Silver Gothic series. Divided into four chapters, Risen's storyline follows two factions: a rebel group and the "inquisition,
Category: Role-Playing " one of which you'll decide to join early in the game. Explore lush jungles, dank caverns, ancient temples, and a
Classification: Mature volcano stronghold while interacting with various non-player characters through multiple dialogue choices. Cast
powerful spells, fire arrows, or swing mighty swords, axes, and other weapons to defeat ogres, rotting worms,
skeletons, wolves, ghouls, and similar monsters. Battles take place in real time, with action-oriented combos
possible as well as opportunities for stealth. Over 250 quests are available to undertake as either faction, each
contributing to your overall reputation among the people and groups you encounter.
2009
Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood PC
S eries: England, late 12th century. King Richard the Lion-Hearted, back from the Crusades, has been taken prisoner at
Developer: Spellbound Durensteien Castle in Austria. His chances of escaping are slim; his ransom, exorbitant. In his absence, his
Entertainment AG brother, Prince John, has taken over the throne with the help of some powerful Norman barons.
Publisher: Strategy First, Inc.
Category: Strategy Extortion, racketeering, taxation of all sorts, and the proclamation of unjust laws have become par for the
Classification: Teen course. The people of England are bending to the will of these unscrupulous individuals. But North of
Nottingham, in the heart of Sherwood Forest, one man refuses to give in to the Normans. This rebel, an
outstanding archer, calls himself Robin Hood.
2002 Robin has sworn to return the throne to King Richard, but to do this, he must collect enough gold to pay the
King?s ransom and chase Prince John from the kingdom.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat PC
S eries: To get the timeline all straightened out, Call of Pripyat is the second title to follow Shadow of Chernobyl and
Developer: GSC Game World takes place after the events of the first. The game is set in the Zone, a tract of land surrounding the Chernobyl
Publisher: bitComposer Nuclear Power Plant in which all life has been corrupted and twisted into hideous and deadly forms. Frightening
GamesViva Media and powerful creatures dwell in isolated underground testing labs and caverns, the landscape is full of dangerous
Category: Shooter traps that spout fire from the ground and trigger damaging windstorms, and every once in a while an emission
Classification: Mature blasts across the land wiping out anything silly enough to neglect shelter. Despite the fact that this land sounds
entirely inhospitable, it draws fortune seekers in search of curios called artifacts that tend to spawn right in the
middle of the anomalous traps. As a result, groups of these stalkers bunch together in whatever safe areas they
can find, such as in rusted husks of beached ships, abandoned train stations, and the crumbling remains of
2010 Pripyat. The mysterious ...
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky PC
S eries: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is a survival FPS game for PC based on a 'what-if' scenario of the second Chernobyl
Developer: GSC Game World Nuclear Power Plant accident. The game is created as a warning to mankind against mindless play with
Publisher: Deep Silver technologies. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is the official prequel to the renowned S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game by the
Category: Shooter Ukraine-based GSC Game World studio. The game is set in 2011 and brings forth the events to have preceded
Classification: Mature the third campaign of Strelok to the Zone center. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky introduces an alternative look onto
the events of the original game and offers the player to try himself out as a mercenary s.t.a.l.k.e.r. in search of
his own path in the world of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
2008
Santa Claus In Trouble ... Again! PC
S eries: Santa Claus in Trouble is an excellent 3D platform game with great graphics.
Developer: CDV Software
Publisher: CDV Software You play as Santa and must go retrieve all the lost presents in order to save Christmas.
Category: Arcade Along the way you will have to use your skills to kill many creatures and jump from platform to platform without
Classification: Everyone falling. Some of these creatures include trolls, snowmen and many more.
There are checkpoints along the way, so if you die you will start at the last checkpoint you reached.
There are 10 great levels to play.
2004
SAS: Secure Tomorrow PC
S eries: In SAS, you're asked to become one of a group of three special ops fighters sent on a mid-1990s mission to
Developer: City Interactive S.A. uncover a pair of recently reunited master criminals who are most assuredly bent on creating as much mayhem
Publisher: City Interactive USA, as possible. We won't get too deep into the storyline, though we can say the game is rife with cutscenes and
Inc. informative verbal narratives. The real shock, considering SAS's foreign origin and low price point, is just how
Category: Shooter credible that dialogue is. Even when we knew we needn't listen to every last word, we stuck around anyway
Classification: Mature simply for the drama, the comedy, and the profanity.
2008
Secret Files: Tunguska PC
S eries:
Developer: Fusionshpere Systems Secret Files: Tunguska is a point-and-click adventure game in which players follow the story of Nina Kalenkov,
Publisher: The Adventure daughter of a famous scientist. The tale begins with the scientist's unexplained disappearance, following the
Company "Great Siberian Explosion" that took place near Russia's remote Lake Baikal on the morning of June 30, 1908.
Category: Adventure Believed by many to have been the result of a comet or meteorite that blew up in mid-air -- in part due to
Classification: Teen eyewitness accounts of a column of light that preceded the estimated 15-megaton blast -- much mystery yet
surrounds the cataclysmic event (even 100 years later). Some have speculated that the explosion instead was
related to a radioactive volcano near the devastated region, while others have pondered such causes as
miniature black holes, antimatter bombardment, and even alien visitors from outer space. In the role of Nina,
2006 adventure gamers have an opportunity to investigate for themselves.
Serious Sam: The First Encounter PC
S eries:
Developer: Croteam, LLC The year is 2104 and despite Earth's valiant resistance, alien invaders from another dimension push humanity
Publisher: GodGames back to Mother Earth from Alpha Centauri. Sam "Serious" Stone, Earth's greatest hero, is called upon as
Category: Shooter humanity's last hope and chance for survival. Serious Sam must travel back through time to retrieve an ancient
Classification: Mature Egyptian artifact that will tip the scales in favor of humanity once and for all.
Serious Sam: The First Encounter follows our hero through 13 levels of Egyptian tombs, temples and towns.
Armed with ten weapons, he faces hordes of monsters composed of 19 types of creatures with the sole intent of
stopping him. Five levels of difficulty ranging from beginner's Tourist Mode to the expert Serious Mode are
available. The single-player version offers in-game quick saves for breaks from the continuous action.
2001 Three styles of multiplayer action include Cooperative, Fragmatch and Scorematch. The first option teams
players together to combine forces against the monsters and maps from the single-player game and the
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter PC
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Developer: Croteam, LLC The upstart Croatian game design studio Croteam proved itself to the world with the 2001 release of Serious
Publisher: GodGames Sam: The First Encounter, a first-person shooter that bucked contemporary trends of complex mission
Category: Shooter objectives and intricate storylines to offer traditional, straight-forward, hard-core action. This appropriately-titled
Classification: Mature second release offers more of the same.
After successfully defeating the aliens in ancient Egypt, Sam "Serious" Stone shanghaied their spaceship and
headed for their home planet. While our hero didn't quite make it that far -- instead crash-landing back to Earth,
into a South American mountain range -- he did gain the attention of additional alien forces. Now he faces a
new onslaught of baddies; wave after wave of evil enemies in need of fast, furious fragging.
2002
Shrek 2 PC
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Developer: KnowWonder Digital The green ogre is back, this time in a 3D platform game inspired by the 2004 computer animated film starring
Mediaworks the voices of Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, and Eddie Murphy. Unlike the console versions of the title, being
Publisher: Activision, Inc. developed by Luxoflux, this KnowWonder Digital Mediaworks-designed PC adventure is aimed at a slightly
Category: Action younger audience and features different levels from its console counterparts. Once Shrek and Princess Fiona
Classification: Everyone return from their honeymoon, they are surprised to find a note from Fiona's parents inviting them to visit their
home in Far Far Away. The only problem is Fiona's parents are expecting Prince Charming instead of an ogre,
causing some turmoil in the newlyweds' life. Players will guide Shrek, Donkey, and an assortment of Far Far
Away residents as they complete a number of objectives to set things right again. The game introduces new
2004 environments, characters, and story twists that help expand on the movie and bring the enchanted land of Far
Far Away to life.
Sid Meier's Civilization III PC
S eries:
Developer: Firaxis Games The Civilization series returns to familiar ground with new flair in Sid Meier's Civilization III. Since the release of
Publisher: Infogrames Interactive, the first Sid Meier's Civilization in 1991, each title in this popular series of turn-based strategy games has
Inc. received praise and respect from the critics, the gaming industry, and (most importantly) the gamers
Category: Strategy themselves. Both the first game and its sequel, Sid Meier's Civilization II, were produced by Microprose. The
Classification: Everyone sequel was created under the direction of master game designers Sid Meier and Brian Reynolds. Sid Meier's
Alpha Centauri, a sort of "science fiction Civilization" was also produced under the guidance of Meier and
Reynolds and was the first major game released by their new development company, Firaxis.
Building on the thorough success of these first three games, Firaxis returns to the Earthly confines of the two
2001 original releases to produce Sid Meier's Civilization III. As before, the player guides his tribe from humble,
stone-age beginnings, through the ages to a future still beyond our 21st century horizons. As in the previous
Sid Meier's Civilization V PC
S eries:
Developer: Firaxis Games The fifth original release in the quintessential computer game series, Sid Meier's Civilization V introduces new
Publisher: 2K Games concepts and conditions to the classic turn-based strategy play, along with presentational and computational
Category: Strategy refinements to take advantage of contemporary PC capabilities. The most prominent change is that maps are
Classification: Everyone broken down on a hexagonal grid, instead of the square tiles of earlier editions. Multiple military units no longer
stack on a single tile. The hex grid allows for more natural flow of terrain, and armies maneuver realistically
across it. With significance beyond their size or stature, the new "City States" affect play as well, by influencing
diplomacy and other interactions between larger nations. Civ V also brings back the series' panel of interactive
advisors, available to provide user help as well as departmentally informed opinions on all in-game decisions.
2010 For interaction with actual human players, a built-in "Community Hub" allows internet-connected gamers to
trade scenarios, compare achievements, and set up multiplayer bouts.
Ski Challenge 2008 PC
S eries: The new Ski Challenge 2008 features a couple improvements over the 2007 version, the most important one for
Developer: Greentube AG non German speakers being English menus and English documentation.
Publisher:
Category: Sports The game uses real 3D data of World Cup downhill tracks like Groeden, Bormio, Wengen and Kitzbühel, which
Classification: Everyone contributes to its high level of realism. Besides, if you register a username your time is listed in the central online
ranking.
Ski Challenge is highly addictive, because it is fast and easy to play. Have fun!
2008
Smack Down vs Raw 2011 PC
S eries: WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 empowers players more than ever to to define their gameplay experiences in a
Developer: Yuke's Media dynamic and ever-changing WWE. Along the way, gameplay scenarios change based on player decisions,
Creations allowing for more spontaneous WWE action in and out of the ring. Players can also enjoy a greater level of
Publisher: THQ interactivity and have increased control of their destinies in the game’s popular Road to WrestleMania story-
Category: Wrestling driven mode.
Classification: Teen
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 has more creative tools than ever to customize their Superstars, finishing moves
and story designs. In addition, searching and sharing content are greatly simplified with improvements to the
highly regarded WWE Community Creations feature, which generated nearly 10 million downloads, including
2010 more than 7.5 million Created Superstars, 500,000 story designs and 500,000 finishing moves in its franchise
debut.
Sniper: Ghost Warrior PC
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Developer: City Interactive S.A. Sniper: Ghost Warrior is a high-definition first-person shooter, with a modern military theme and realistic
Publisher: City Interactive USA, presentation. The game focuses exclusively on the role of a long-range sniper, in various battle situations. A
Inc. sophisticated physics model accounts for ballistic factors such as falloff over long distances and the effects of
Category: Shooter wind speed and direction. Players also manage their shooter's positioning and breathing, to squeeze off the
Classification: Mature perfect shot at the right time. An up-close "bullet cam" allows gamers to follow their shot to its target. They work
with a small squad of spotters and other snipers, in some scenarios.
As the story goes, commandos in an elite squad have been sent to a South American island. This small country
has been taken over by a military dictator. Missions have players supporting a rebel movement set on
2010 overthrowing the oppressive government and restoring democracy. Missions are set in thick, tropical, South
American jungles.
Spider-Man PC
S eries:
Developer: Gray Matter Studios, This is a port of Activision's 2000 PlayStation title, converted to a PC format by the same Gray Matter studio
Inc. that brought Neversoft's Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 to home computers a year earlier. While the PC version of the
Publisher: Activision, Inc. game enjoys higher resolution and some minor platform-specific interface adjustments, the basic storyline
Category: Action gameplay are the same as those of the popular PS version of Spider-Man. Players guide the web-slinger through
Classification: Everyone 3D rendered cityscapes, making use of his spider sense, superhuman strength, and uncanny agility to capture
bad guys and unravel a deep plot of evil and corruption.
2001
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Spider-Man 2 PC
S eries: Spider-Man game, loosely based on Sam Raimi's second movie. Thought sporting the same name, the PC
Developer: Fizz Factor version of Spider-Man 2 is a very different title from the console games. Targeted at a younger audience of 8
Publisher: Activision years, Spider-Man 2 servers up a storyline exclusive to the PC. Featuring the ability to go from street level to
Category: Third-Person Action rooftops for the very first time in a PC Spidey title, the game features a simplified point-and-click control
Classification: Teen scheme allowing for true mouse and keyboard gameplay. Spider-Man can use advanced and highly realistic
web swinging abilities to make his way through 18 missions set in six distinct environments. His opponents
include classic Marvel villains like Doc Ock and Puma.
2004
Spider-Man 3 PC
S eries: Spider-Man 3 allows players to experience the actions of heroic red-suited Spider-Man and, for the first time
Developer: Beenox / Treyarch ever, his darker, more mysterious black-suited persona. Set in a larger, dynamic, free-roaming New York City,
Publisher: Activision the game gives players the freedom to choose their own gameplay experience through multiple movie-based
Category: Third-Person Action and original storylines, fully integrated city missions and performance rewards including improved speed,
Classification: Teen combat maneuvers and agility. In Spider-Man 3, players draw upon Spider-Man's completely revamped
combat abilities as they protect the city and defeat nemeses using expanded aerial fighting, finishing moves
and dynamic webbing during missions and epic boss battles.
2007
Spore Galactic Adventures PC
S eries: Gamers will experience deeper Space stage gameplay with the first Spore level expansion pack. For the first
Developer: time, players' space faring creatures will be able to beam down from their spaceships to explore new planets and
Publisher: Electronic Arts earn rewards for completing challenging missions.This add-on allows players to beam down to planets, play
Category: Simulation mission-based adventures and even create their own customized adventures for the first time. Each adventure
Classification: Everyone has a unique reward to upgrade a space creature with special accessories -- from an Energy Blade and Stunning
Charm to a Jump Jet and more. Players can fight their way to victory as a Warrior, dance with new friends as a
Bard, and much more. A new Adventure Creator will allow players to build and share online their own custom
missions, providing almost endless gameplay possibilities.
2009
Stronghold PC
S eries:
Developer: FireFly Studios Creative city management meets the strategies of real-time warfare in Stronghold. Beginning on a remote
Publisher: GodGames piece of land with only a small grove and minor fortifications, players must develop their castles to become
Category: Strategy centers of cultural and economic prosperity, always balancing additions and advancements with the
Classification: Teen maintenance of a stable, productive foundation. The player must also build an able military, to defend the castle
walls and seek out new conquests.
Some aspects of play may seem similar to those of games like Dungeon Keeper or Majesty, in that desired
results are effected by adding new buildings and city features that encourage new units and technologies. Other
aspects of Stronghold are more similar to those of conventional strategy games like WarCraft or Age of
2001 Empires, coordinating the attacks and defenses of a diverse army in real-time. Management decisions can
have interdependent consequences. Displaying the decapitated heads of fallen enemies on wooden spires may
Supermarket Mania PC
S eries:
Developer: G5 Entertainment AB Supermarket Mania is a Diner Dash-style "time management" game in which players take control of Nikki, a
Publisher: Alawar Entertainment young woman working her way back up the grocery store chain after being fired from a supermarket run by
Category: Action robots. Gamers must keep the shelves stocked, clean up spills and trash, and help customers through 50 levels,
Classification: all the while earning money to purchase better food items and larger supply carts.
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2008
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror PC
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Developer: Kamehan Studios Despite the title, players in Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror can join either a Special Forces elite team to combat
Publisher: MicroProse Software, terrorism or become a member of the terrorist cell intent on wreaking havoc and destruction. Mission goals for
Inc. Special Forces include saving hostages, killing terrorists, disarming bombs, protecting secrets, leading escapes,
Category: Shooter and more, while the terrorists usually have opposing goals like stealing prototypes, planting bombs, sabotage,
Classification: Mature infiltration and so forth. A single-player campaign offers players a chance to gain experience before joining
teams online via a LAN or the Internet.
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror ships with 33 maps offering diverse locations around the world such as
mountains, train stations, the Antarctica, and remote locales with many more consumer designed mods
2002 available via download at the official site. Combatants can use money earned by winning scenarios (losers
receive less) to purchase upgrades and new weapons, equipment and accessories. In addition to an arsenal
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion PC
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Developer: Bethesda Softworks Like earlier games in The Elder Scrolls line, Oblivion is designed to present a living fantasy world that gamers
Publisher: 2K Games experience on their own terms. The game is populated with over 1,000 NPCs, each leading a full life, following
Category: Compilation regular schedules according to their individual wants, needs, and positions. Players are encouraged to interact in
Classification: Mature the world as they choose, as noble heroes, greedy villains, or anything in between. The game's main story is
designed to conform to characters of any moral bent, and plenty of side-missions provide extra adventuring for
all.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion -- Game of the Year Edition includes the original version of The Elder Scrolls IV as
well as the Shivering Isles expansion and the Knights of the Nine expansion.
2007
The Hobbit PC
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Developer: KnowWonder Digital J.R.R. Tolkien's first published novel is the subject of this home computer release, which follows the adventures
Mediaworks of Bilbo Baggins as he stumbles upon The One Ring. The action takes place from a third-person perspective as
Publisher: Sierra Entertainment, players guide Baggins around a 3D-modeled Middle Earth. The Hobbit is Texas-based developer Inevitable
Inc. Entertainment's second announced game, with the first being Tribes 2 on the PlayStation 2.
Category: Action
Classification: Everyone
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2003
The Incredible Hulk PC
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Developer: Edge of Reality Inc. Marvel's gamma-grown, green gargantuan crashes onto PC with Sega's The Incredible Hulk. You control the
Publisher: Sega of America, Inc. stalwart superhero through a free-roaming Manhattan as he battles the U.S. military, the scientist-led Enclave,
Category: Action and the supervillain group known as the U-Foes. The action takes place from a third-person perspective as the
Classification: Teen Hulk bashes and smashes enemies with his fists or with items found within the environment. Hulk can pick up
and throw streetlights, manhole covers, cars, and even the concrete rubble caused by his forceful jumps.
Wanton destruction increases the Hulk's rage, granting him access to powerful new moves and abilities once the
meter is filled. Entire buildings can be climbed and destroyed, with the resulting damage persisting throughout
your adrenaline-fueled adventure. The story combines elements from 2008's feature film as well as events and
2008 characters from Marvel's classic comic book series. Boss characters include the Abomination and Bi-Beast,
while various mini-games and sub-quests can be discovered while rampaging through the Big Apple.
The Sims PC
S eries:
Developer: Maxis The Sims is a life-building simulation with emphasis on intimate details of individual characters rather than
Publisher: Electronic Arts expansion of an entire society or civilization. You are in control of nearly every aspect of the lives of the
Category: Simulation individuals who make up your chosen population in the neighborhood. Characters are developed from the
Classification: Teen ground up and you infuse and mold them with personalities, looks, desires, moods, urges, living arrangements,
career and personal choices, life styles, and reactions. Five personality traits are rated from zero to ten and
include basic areas of sloppy to neat, shy to outgoing, lazy to active, serious to playful, and grouchy to nice.
Management in The Sims revolves around decision-making. From physical environmental layouts (homes,
rooms, paint, tiles, floors, walls, window placement), to mental outlook (personalities, motives, needs), emotional
2000 makeup (jealousy, marriage, having kids) and skills (cooking and mechanical abilities, charisma, mental and
physical levels of development) of your Sims, you'll be immersed in their daily lives. Activities include buying
The Sims 2 PC
S eries:
Developer: Maxis The world's most successful "people simulator" gets a new lease on life in The Sims 2, the first full sequel to
Publisher: EA Games Maxis best-selling original. This 2004 release updates nearly every aspect of the Sims experience, from opening
Category: Simulation presentations to deep-down gameplay. The sequel features full 3D graphics, extensive new building and
Classification: Teen decorating options, and characters who are far more realistically complex than those of the first game. The
original Sims earned unprecedented success by encouraging players to be creative and set their own goals,
instead of asking them to follow a script or work towards some ultimate conquest. Most Sims fans eventually
created entire neighborhoods full of unique little virtual people -- not to "win" the game, but simply for the fun in
doing so. Above all else, this sequel is designed to encourage players to create their characters, houses, and
2004 neighborhoods with even more imagination, and in greater detail than ever before.
The Thing PC
S eries:
Developer: Computer Artworks Taking place after the events in John Carpenter's 1982 film, The Thing is a survival horror game set in an
Ltd. abandoned base somewhere in the Antarctic. As part of the team sent to investigate what happened, players
Publisher: Black Label Games are pitted against a powerful monster that can morph into the people it preys upon. The game offers elements of
Category: Adventure action, puzzle solving, and exploration as players learn more about the creature that's hunting them down.
Classification: Mature Various characters can be interacted with as the game progresses, and their reaction may depend on how well
players respond to their tension. Weapons such as flamethrowers and machine guns can be used on enemies, or
players can build their own weapons from parts found throughout the base. Encountered puzzles can be solved
using more than one method, setting this game apart from others in the genre.
2002
The Witcher PC
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Developer: CD Projekt Red Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski's short story collection is brought to digital life in The Witcher, a single-player
Publisher: Atari, Inc. action RPG starring a monster hunter named Geralt. Players control the silver-haired Geralt in a fantasy world
Category: Role-Playing where dwarves, elves, and humans live in bitter seclusion and monsters roam freely. To defeat these creatures,
Classification: Mature Geralt can perform a variety of sword-swinging attacks from one of three switchable stances: fast, heavy, and
group. Geralt can also use magic by conjuring up one of five mystical "signs," allowing him to blind, paralyze, or
even incinerate foes. A total of 250 skills are available, allowing players to create distinct character builds for
specific combat styles.
Geralt can supplement his attacks by creating potions, oils, and bombs with varying effects. Acquired recipes
2007 are used to create most concoctions, but players can also experiment by mixing ingredients at the risk of
poisoning Geralt. In a twist from typical games in the genre, combat employs a timing-based system, where
Thief: Deadly Shadows PC
S eries:
Developer: Ion Storm Thief: Deadly Shadows has players slipping into the leather boots of Garrett, a thief who earns his living by
Publisher: Eidos Interactive slinking into the homes of aristocrats and pilfering their valuables. Played primarily from a first-person
Category: Action perspective, players must navigate the City, a sprawling medieval landscape filled with castles, mansions,
Classification: Mature cathedrals, dungeons, museums, and more. The goal is to sneak into these buildings without being detected,
which means hiding in the shadows, snuffing out candles with well-aimed arrows, picking locks, and blinding foes
with flash bombs. Garrett can also scale walls using special climbing gloves, which can be viewed onscreen at all
times. The development team at Ion Storm (Deus Ex, Anachronox) refers to this inclusion as "body awareness,
" allowing players to see hands and feet while climbing, peeking around corners, and picking locks to suggest a
2004 sense of placement within the 3D world. It is also possible to switch to a third-person perspective at nearly any
time, for an immediate sense of the character's place in his surroundings. Awareness within the gothic
TMNT Mutant Melee PC
S eries:
Developer: Konami Computer Turtles count it off one more time on 128-bit generation consoles, in this combat-oriented adventure based on
Entertainment Hawaii, Inc. the second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated television series. Featuring a variety of mini-games and
Publisher: Konami Digital more than 20 playable characters from the long-running franchise, the game is designed to let up to four TMNT
Entertainment America fans enter the fray together, as teammates or rivals. The game's "Adventure" mode is well-suited for single
Category: Action players, offering a series of melee challenges tied together by an original narrative.
Classification: Teen
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory PC
S eries:
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Players resume the tension-heavy role of NSA operative Sam Fisher for this third game in the Tom Clancy
Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment stealth-action spin-off series, Splinter Cell. A new kind of war is being fought in 2008, and information is the
Category: Action weapon. Enemies of the free world can now orchestrate devastation from afar, through such means as power
Classification: Mature outages and financial sabotage. The only way to stop them is with the same weapon they've chosen to use:
information. Players must infiltrate enemy operations to recover secret data that can be used to prevent the
enemies' attacks and leave them defenseless.
Chaos Theory boasts more fluid combat and stealth moves than its predecessors, bringing a new athleticism to
the grim Sam Fisher and allowing quick, hand-to-hand stealth kills. As with earlier Splinter Cell games, Chaos
2005 Theory is also designed to push the technical limits of the consoles on which it appears, in terms of its physics
model and graphics. Levels were built to offer more possible paths to their objectives -- and more opposition as
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent PC
S eries:
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Splinter Cell: Double Agent takes the stealth-based series in a new direction after three successful covert
Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment operations on multiple platforms. After learning his teenage daughter was killed in a car crash, a despondent
Category: Action Sam Fisher is unable to complete his duties for the NSA's splinter cell, Third Echelon, and is reassigned as a
Classification: Mature NOC, a non-official cover agent who operates from within dangerous organizations. His mission is to infiltrate a
domestic terrorist group called the John Brown's Army. For the first time in the series, Fisher cannot rely solely
on his gadgets or the direct support of the NSA. He must instead fall back on his keen instincts to survive while
working deep undercover.
Instead of advancing through linear missions across a series of international locales, players will experience a
2006 branching storyline with multiple endings, where decisions made at one juncture will influence subsequent
events as the game progresses. Fisher must initially earn the trust of the John Brown's Army to become a card-
Tomb Raider Anniversary PC
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Developer: Nixxes Software BV The female equivalent of Indiana Jones returns for a special encore performance in this enhanced update of
Publisher: Eidos Interactive 1996's Tomb Raider, which made Lara Croft a household name and the object of affection for prepubescent
Category: Action boys across the globe. To commemorate Croft's ten-plus years as an influential video game heroine, this
Classification: Teen anniversary edition of Tomb Raider features all of the levels, enemies, and puzzles from the award-winning
original, but with the advanced graphics engine introduced in 2006's Tomb Raider: Legend. The play mechanics
have also changed to a degree, as the lovely Lara can use a grappling gun to help traverse some of the more
precarious ledges, statues, and caverns found throughout the exotic locales of Peru, Greece, Egypt, and
Atlantis. Familiar enemies such as crocodiles, wolves, and bears now feature improved artificial intelligence and
2007 behavior routines, offering a new challenge to pistol-packing pathfinders. Also included are a number of
unlockable extras, ranging from alternate costumes to a commentary track by Tomb Raider's lead designer,
Torchlight PC
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Developer: Runic Games, Inc. An action RPG cast in the mold of Diablo, Torchlight finds gamers battling, looting, and leveling up as they
Publisher: Encore Software, Inc. uncover the mysteries of the titular mining town. Players choose from the burly Destroyer class, the ranged
Category: Role-Playing attacks of the Vanquisher class, or the magical summoning skills of the Alchemist class, and then set off on a
Classification: Teen variety of missions and sidequests to level up and earn skill points. The land of Torchlight is built over vast veins
of the magical ore Ember, but other civilizations have thrived and died in the same location, and the deeper
players delve into the ancient ruins and randomly generated dungeons, the more unspeakable the evil they
encounter becomes. An ancient villain imbues the Ember with darkness, and only gamers can end the cycle of
destruction by venturing deep underground and destroying the villain himself. Players have the option of
2010 choosing a cat or dog companion to join them on quests, or they can take a break from the dungeon crawling to
go fishing. Torchlight also includes an editor so creative gamers can design their own content.
Tortuga: Pirates of the New World PC
S eries: Experience the huge world of Tortuga with its 16 unique scenarios, either as a buccaneer in the service of his
Developer: Ascaron Entertainment majesty the King, or as a feared and loathsome pirate. Riches will increase beyond players' wildest dreams
Publisher: Cinemaware Marquee through successful missions, looting, theft of ships, and plundering of towns. In this game, much more than
Category: Strategy ruthlessness is needed to succeed - treachery and mutiny can reduce all efforts to nothing, or even worse a
Classification: Everyone shameful and early death!
2003
Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico PC
S eries:
Developer: Deadline Games This Grand Theft Auto-inspired game of violence and vengeance begins deep in Maya jungle, where a man
Publisher: Eidos Interactive named Ernesto Cruz was lost in 1989. The official explanation for his disappearance was fatal overdose, but this
Category: Action is not enough for Ernesto's twin sons, Ram and Tommy. They embark on a quest for truth, though the Mexican
Classification: Mature wilderness and underworld urban environments inhabited by gangs, drug lords, and dangerous women. Players
can explore the large areas on foot, or commandeer any vehicle they choose. Total Overdose features a
fighting game-styled combo system, and smart, skilled shooting unlocks new equipment and abilities. A
"Rewind" system allows players to repeat a sequence to nail a perfect combo, or even to turn back the clock
and avoid a fatal mistake.
2005
Transformers: The Game PC
S eries:
Developer: Traveller's Tales Based on the 2007 film, Transformers invites gamers into a world of mechanized shape-shifters called the
Publisher: Activision, Inc. Autobots and the Decepticons. By selecting an alliance, gamers will work their way through one of two
Category: Action campaigns and ultimately decide to defend Earth or watch it burn. As a robot, players experience combat in
Classification: Teen seven fully destructible environments as they attempt to complete objectives and missions including destroying
drones. When gamers are in car form, they can compete in a variety of point-to-point races. Optimus Prime,
Megatron, Starscream, and Ironhide make a return in the game, and players can shift from vehicle to robot on
the fly.
2007
UEFA Euro 2008 [European] PC
S eries:
Developer: HB Studios This text refers to the Xbox 360 version of this title.The only licensed game of the UEFA European Soccer
Publisher: EA Sports Championship, UEFA Euro 2008 follows the 16-team tournament held in Austria and Switzerland throughout the
Category: Sports month of June. As in the real-life competition, 16 qualifying teams are equally divided among four groups. New
Classification: for 2008 is a knockout stage that separates groups A and B from groups C and D until the finals. In the
quarterfinals, the winner of each group will compete against the runner-up from the second group. Match
winners then advance to the semifinals to determine which two teams vie for the championship.
UEFA Euro 2008 uses EA Canada's FIFA engine for its 3D presentation. Included are more than 50 European
national teams, with realistically modeled players and stadiums. Notable play modes include "Captain Your
2008 Country" and "Battle of Nations." The former involves trying to lead a country to victory by calling the shots on
the pitch. The latter is an online mode that has players across the globe competing against one another. Other
Unreal Tournament PC
S eries:
Developer: Digital ExtremesEpic Unreal Tournament offers an experience that is complete and enhanced for online gaming, while maintaining a
Games solid single player mode. Over 30 unique levels, from speeding trains and floating castles to pirate ships await
Publisher: GT Interactive Software the fan longing for team-based, first person action.
Category: Shooter A combination of new and old (from the original game) weapons are ready for wielding and unmerciful
Classification: Mature gameplay. The Impact Hammer, for example, mushes opponents into a fine paste, while the Redeemer nukes
anything foolish enough to stand in its path.
Single player action requires players to guide their team against hardened criminal scum, some of the worst
known to mankind, or offers an introduction to multi-player action. Novices at Unreal Tournament have the
1999 opportunity to train and learn skills in a non-intimidating environment and increase the skill level commensurate
with their progress. With the capability to play up to 15 Bots (AI controlled players) simultaneously, Unreal
Virtual Farm 2 PC
S eries: Yee-haw. Slip into the tractor seat and turn a small farm into a booming business. Choose your Virtual Farm
Developer: Big Fish Games crops, then till your ground and water your fields. Harvest your produce and take your goods to market. Once
Publisher: Big Fish Games there, set the prices and keep a close eye on demand. With tons of upgrades to earn, you`ve got plenty of
Category: Simulation customers to satisfy in this hillbilly Time Management game. Virtual Farm will have your entire family squealing
Classification: Everyone like, well, pigs.
2011
Virtual Pool 3 PC
S eries:
Developer: This text refers to the PC version of this title.Women's Professional Billiard Association's star sensation Jeanette
Publisher: Lee teams up with developer Celeris, Inc. to create the third installation of the Virtual Pool series by publisher
Category: Sports Interplay. Featuring a new single player mode and online gaming capabilities to accommodate multiplayer
Classification: action over a LAN or a modem, Virtual Pool 3 Featuring Jeanette Lee continues the tradition that made
previous installments a commercial success.
The game offers numerous game modes from which to choose, including a career mode that allows you to
begin as a local player and move up through six stages on the proverbial success ladder. You can also play
head-to-head against Jeanette Lee (aka "Black Widow"), adjust camera angles, set up shots, play in a
2001 tournament with 4, 8, 16 or 32 players and choose from 9-ball, 8-ball, straight pool and several other game
configurations.
WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne PC
S eries: Warcraft 3 expansion pack, detailing more of the story as new factions arise, and old heroes are transformed.
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Players return to war-ravaged Azeroth months after the defeat of the Burning Legion, to face a new threat.
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment / Each race features an added hero with new abilities and spells. New shops, which the player can build for
Vivendi Games specific races, keep units supplied with items. Multiplayer modes have been extended to include new clan and
Category: Strategy tournament support, among other new games. Neutral Heroes can be persuaded to join in the fight and add new
Classification: Teen abilities and magic spells to the player's arsenal.
2003
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War -- Dark Crusade PC
S eries: The second expansion to Dawn of War includes all-new, explosive Dawn of War single-player action play, new
Developer: Relic Entertainment multiplayer content, and two new playable races including the technologically devastating Tau. In addition to
Publisher: THQ, Inc. the two new playable races, Dark Crusade will feature an all-new single player campaign centering on the
Category: Strategy conquest of a "meta-map," with each territory captured giving tangible rewards to the occupying force. Also
Classification: Mature featured is a greatly expanded multiplayer component and a completely unique economy model for the
Necrons.
Warhammer 40K: Dark Crusade is also a stand-alone expansion -- it adds bonus content to Dawn of War and
Winter Assault, but it can also be played on its own without needing a copy of the original game.
2006
Wolfenstein PC
S eries:
Developer: Raven Software Picking up where 2001's Return to Castle Wolfenstein left off, Wolfenstein continues the alternate-history World
Publisher: Activision, Inc. War II storyline starring the heroic BJ Blazkowicz. The Nazis' depraved and twisted experiments in the occult
Category: Shooter have succeeded. Using portals to a dark dimension known as the Veil, the Nazis now have the capacity to
Classification: Mature construct a world-altering weapon. As the grizzled Blazkowicz, you must go behind enemy lines to stop the
Nazis' terrifying technology. Battle a ghastly mix of human soldiers and supernatural creatures while using
authentic weapons of the era, or wield more fantastical inventions like tesla guns and particle cannons.
Blazkowicz can also channel four mystical powers once he acquires an amulet from the Veil. These powers will
grant you the temporary ability to slow time, enhance your vision, absorb bullets, and more. Discover hidden
2009 gold, intelligence, and tomes to trade for weapon upgrades such as silencers or enhancements to your Veil
powers. Wolfenstein also includes optional side missions from the multiple cities you'll visit throughout the
World War 2 Prisoner of War PC
S eries: You're a U.S. Special Ops soldier during World War II, and you've been captured by the Axis. Now you and the
Developer: Wide Games other POWs have got to figure out a way to escape your prison camp. Of course, it won't be easy. It'll involve
Publisher: Codemasters scouting the camp while avoiding suspicion, communicating with your fellow prisoners to determine if they have
Category: Action Adventure any special skills, as well as gauging your guards and figuring out who to bribe. Along the way, you may pick up
Classification: Teen some useful intelligence on the Axis that will prove useful to Allied forces, if you can make it out alive. The are
multiple prison camps and scenarios based on real-world places and events. As the mission-based plot unfolds,
you may find yourself returning to earlier camps for additional information.
2002
World War II Sniper: Call to Victory PC
S eries: You are a US Airborne Sniper, a soldier gifted with a deadly shot. Dropped behind enemy lines, you are
Developer: Jarhead Games outmanned and outgunned. Your squad, now depleted, is tired and hungry. As a sniper, you are trained to fight
Publisher: Groove Publishing from a distance and hide in the shadows. But as a soldier on Europe's toughest battlefront, you will have to use
Category: Shooter every weapon available to ensure victory. Your role is critical in turning the tide of war - you are the allies'
Classification: Mature deadliest weapon and best hope.
2004
Worms 4: Mayhem PC
S eries:
Developer: Team17 Software, Ltd. Team 17's aggressive, anarchistic, adorable annelids return to the front lines, in this 2005 edition in the Worms
Publisher: Majesco series, brought Stateside by Majesco. Like the immediately previous Worms game, this fittingly titled Mayhem
Category: Strategy is in 3D, bringing another dimension of uncertainty to a game known for its massively destructive ballistics and
Classification: Teen acutely imprecise, on-the-fly aiming. Players can customize their own six-worm teams, and make use of new
weapons such as the poison arrow, sniper rifle, and tail nail, as they continue in the series' endearing, enduring
quest to blow up the other guy's worms before they accidentally blow up all of their own.
2005
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