For Honor Beta Showcases Game’s Bloody Uniqueness

For Honor, with its crazy samurai versus knights versus Vikings combat has got a lot of people talking. We dusted off our longswords, katanas and axes to jump into the recent beta and discover how this unique Ubisoft title was coming along.

An Episodic Victory for HITMAN

Now that the episodic HITMAN game is available on a single disk, we thought we would re-release the review we did of the entire series. The final episode concluded with an epic final level in Hokkaido, Japan that seemed like something out of a James Bond movie. But now gamers can pick up all six of them in one swoop. Should they?

Rally the Space Wolves in Warhammer 40K Sanctus Reach

Sanctus Reach

Play as the Space Wolves and battle the Ork armies in Warhammer 40K: Sanctus Reach. Defend and take back Sanctus Reach and Alaric from the Orks with chainsaws, ballistics, flamethrowers, and grenades. Come and rally the troops in this fun and fantastic 3D turn based strategy game.

Stabbing At Greatness From Hell’s Heart

Star Trek: Prey: Book 1: Hell’s Heart begins a Star Trek Next generation trilogy. It’s action-packed and has a great story, making it a must read for Star Trek fans, particularly those partial to Klingons.

Solving a Supernatural Mystery with Desdaemona

Desdaemona is the first entry in a new urban fantasy series. It offers an interesting environment and some scary scenes, but hasn’t yet found a way to break out of an increasingly crowded genre. Then again, perhaps it’s just getting started.

A Sign of Our Times: Beholder’s Tremendous Totalitarianism

Beholder tells the tale of a society whose paranoid government has gone out of control. As an appointed snitch and landlord, you must spy on and report your neighbors for every minor infraction, or find a way to somehow walk a different path.

Exploring Red’s Kingdom

This week out Time Waster is lost in Red’s Kingdom trying to find his missing nuts after they were stolen by an evil king.

Eon Altar RPG Marries Smartphones and PC Gaming

Eon Altar attempts to recreate the old tabletop RPG experience, only instead of gathering around a big table, you can lounge in your living room while everyone experiences the game through their smartphones and tablets. It offers a unique, if slightly odd-at-first, gaming experience.

A Smugglers Paradise in HALO: Smoke and Shadow

HALO: Smoke and Shadow is not so much a typical HALO novel as a fast paced, nova hot novella. Instead of looking at soldiers, this tale is all about interstellar salvagers who go into war zones looking for profit.

Campy Fun with Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood

Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood by Lara Parker is a fun novel that follows the cult-hit TV show from about 40 years ago. Told here with a bit of a modern twist, the tale should prove enjoyable for campy chills and thrills.