Max Payne 3 (X360, PS3, PC/Rockstar) finds the titular copper trading a cursed life in a dilapidated apartment for an arguably worse one in Brazil, resulting in an obscenely morbid misadventure that’s more John McClane than Philip Marlowe.
Prototype 2 continues to tell a compelling story. This time around it recasts the game’s reluctant hero, the infected, shape-shifting, bodysnatching, hoodie-sporting Alex Mercer, as the solipsistic main foe.
Testosterone-filled wheelie-popping motocross sequel Trials Evolution takes tilting a repeatedly impaled little man and his motorbike to impressive new heights. Evolution is fundamentally the same two-dimensional racing game as 2009 breakout hit Trials HD, except it’s been stuffed silly with new options
Long-suffering Japanese role-playing-game fans are often right to complain that not enough RPGs make it to our shores, although this time their voices were heard and against all odds, Xenoblade Chronicles has arrived.
Let’s face it, Kinect Star Wars is the whole reason Microsoft invented the motion sensor controller in the first place. Come to think of it, had the Kinect been released sooner, indelible Internet memes like Quebec’s own Star Wars Kid could’ve been avoided.
It’s been five years of blood, sweat, tears and pixels, but indie poster child Fez, developed by Montreal’s own Polytron, will finally be hitting XBox Live Arcade this Friday.
Angry Birds Space promises the moon. At the moment, it only comes with 60 levels over two worlds (plus a handful of alternate dimension bonus levels), but that doesn’t take away from understanding Birds’ interstellar ambitions.
It was a wretched season on the slopes this year thanks to the temperate winter, so the surprise return of SSX couldn’t have come at a better time. On these digital mountains the fresh powder is in endless supply.
There are no kills, no guns and no health bars to be found in the sublime and unforgettable Journey . What I found instead was a meditative, metaphysical adventure that took me through the desert, underground ruins and ultimately, up to the summit of a snow-capped mountain to the great white light itself.
Most games tend to pit superhero-types against seemingly insurmountable odds, and we rarely see a game where the everyman faces a more realistic foe or set of obstacles. Oft-delayed post-apocalyptic urban platformer I Am Alive tries to have it both ways, by saddling a talented climber with plausible situations that threaten his survival.
