FIFA 10 Ultimate Team

After last year's success, it's little surprise Ultimate Team returns in FIFA 10, albeit sporting a welcomed overhaul. Although immensely fun, FIFA 09's expansion offered painfully slow menus, lacked any real depth, and was certainly rough round the edges. Despite that, it sold like fizzy cherry pop at a kid's disco, and had all of its buyers screaming manically out of excitement. Offering a more in-depth, sleeker...

The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom

Imagine settling down, looking forward to an evening of playing a civilization building game, not really concerned about the multiplayer, but maybe play a little sandbox game, or continuing the campaign to unlock new technologies, only to be told that you can’t play the single-player element because either your Internet connection is offline, or the servers on the other end are not responding.Frustrating? You ...

FINAL FANTASY XIII

“It’s the end of the road.” “But at least it’s not the end of the line.”The conversation between two wooden characters in Final Fantasy XIII is a fitting description of the Final Fantasy series. Inundated with abysmal storytelling and poorly crafted characters, Final Fantasy XIII is an absolute mess when it comes to the finer things that don’t include graphical beauty.Plagued with horrendous dialogue that will...

Mafia 2

When it comes to open-world gaming, few will argue against the fact that Grand Theft Auto is the bar. Because of this, many write off any game of similar ilk to be a “clone,” something that Mafia II developer 2K Czech hopes to overcome this August when they release a sequel to their 2004 hit. The game, which takes place between 1945 and 1955, was displayed at PAX East, where some sections near the middle of the...

ORDER OF WAR: CHALLENGE

Order of War wasn’t a groundbreaking RTS by any means, but it released to generally favorable reviews. Although Challenge is based off the same engine and mechanics, it is a stand-alone title with purely multiplayer gameplay and no ties to its predecessor. This could be good news for someone looking to score a competitive RTS on a budget, but this option also strips two important elements from the series – missions...