Seen it all with Black Ops multiplayer? Come February 1, you’ll have four new multiplayer maps and a new Zombies mode map to run around in. First Strike, hitting for an undisclosed exclusive period on Xbox 360, might be a steep 1200 Microsoft Points, but also features all original maps. No retreads of old maps [...]
Even a decade after its release, it’s difficult for hardcore Nintendo fans to talk about Ocarina Of Time without shedding a nostalgic tear of joy. One of the most hyped games in console history, Ocarina lived up to all its promises and proved that, even though the Johnny-come-lately PlayStation had the sexiest and most mature [...]
The game that kick-started the first-person shooting genre (We don’t count Wolfenstein 3D), Doom remains one of the most influential and notorious games ever unleashed. Casting players as a lone soldier battling legions of demons when the gates to Hell are opened on Mars, Doom’s ultraviolent action and relentless gunplay have shaped every classic blaster [...]
Beat-em-ups are big business these days, but every fighting game currently on the market owes its existence to Street Fighter II. Taking a genre made enjoyable by the simple charms of Yie Ar Kung Fu or IK+ and adding a whole new dimension of gameplay, Capcom’s sequel elevated the 2D fighter to the realm of [...]
It’s testament to the core values of Civ that, even though Sid Meier’s original was released back in 1991, the gameplay has remained broadly unchanged ever since. The formula’s been tweaked (Spearmen are now far less likely to fight off Sherman Tanks, for example) but the basic premise, which allows you to build a civilization [...]
Breaking with the franchise’s WWII tradition, COD4 sought to bring the action into the 21st century and developer Infinity Ward nailed it dead on. The flawless single-player campaign is worth the price alone (the Ghillies In The Mist sniping mission being a standout), but the game truly shines as the apotheosis of online multiplayer action. [...]
An unparalleled gaming phenomenon – with 12 million players worldwide -WoW (as the initiated call it) is now the daddy of the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game genre. And there’s no end in sight: last year’s second expansion, Wrath Of The Lich King, peddled ‘Warcrack’ to a fresh audience of eager addicts, drawing them into [...]
The odds-on favourite makes it to number two on our list, missing the top spot by a mere handful of votes but lauded just the same. By far the most popular in Square’s epic JRPG series, FFVII is the game credited with truly bringing that particular genre to the Western masses. Coming on four discs, [...]
The game that launched the Super NES and went on to sell over 20 million copies worldwide, Super Mario World is still Nintendo’s greatest triumph. Taking the basic platform-hopping template of the 8-bit Super Mario Bros and polishing it to within an inch of its life, SMW introduced secret worlds, new powers and lizard superstar [...]