Showing posts with label system requirements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label system requirements. Show all posts

Monday, April 15, 2013

Crysis 3


Crysis 3 game logo
PC, Xbox 360, PS3
By Electronic Arts
Release Date: February 2013 
Content Rating (ESRB): Mature 17+

Crysis 3 is a First-Person Shooter (FPS) set within a frightening future New York City. The game is a sequel to the 2011 release, Crysis 2, continuing an unfolding adventure revolving around the symbiotic relationship between the wearer of the game's iconic nanosuit, the current protagonist, and the memories of an earlier protagonist stored within the suit. Game features include sandbox shooter gameplay that allows players to choose their path, an upgradable nanosuit, expanded multiplayer options, an explosive arsenal of weapons,

Monday, March 25, 2013

Bioshock Infinite - Coming Tomorrow, March 26, 2013


PC, Xbox 360, Playstation 3
By 2K Games
Release Date March 26, 2013
Content Rating (ESRB): Mature 17+


BioShock Infinite game logoBioShock Infinite is a first-person shooter like you’ve never seen. Set in 1912, players assume the role of former Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt, sent to the flying city of Columbia on a rescue mission. His target? Elizabeth, imprisoned since childhood. During their daring escape, Booker and Elizabeth form a powerful bond -- one that lets Booker augment his own abilities with her world-altering control over the environment. Together, they fight from high-speed Sky-Lines, in the streets and houses of Columbia, on giant zeppelins, and in the clouds, all while learning to harness an expanding arsenal of weapons and abilities, and immersing players in a story

Grim Fandango - The greatest game of all time

PC
Lucas Arts
Release date: Nov 2, 1998
Content Rating (ESRB): Teen 13+


"Ask just about anyone who has played Grim Fandango, and he or she will agree that it's one of the greatest games of all time."

Meet Mannuel (Manny) Calavera, travel agent at the Department of Death (The DOD). He sells luxury packages to souls on their four year journey to eternal rest. Uncover together a conspiracy to keep new additions to the underworld from buying a safe passage through the world of the dead. Grim Fandango combines a unique story line and complicated puzzles to create an adventure different from any you have experienced before. Follow Manny through four years of mystery on his quest for true love and eternal salvation. 


The Plot

The game is divided into four acts, each taking place on November 2 on four consecutive years. Manuel "Manny" Calavera is a travel agent at the Department of Death in the city of El Marrow, forced into his job to work off a debt "to the powers that be". Manny is frustrated with being assigned clients that must take the four-year journey and is threatened to be fired by his boss, Don Copal, if he does not come up with better clients. Manny steals a client, Mercedes "Meche" Colomar,

Saturday, March 23, 2013

The Sims 3 - University Life

PC & Mac
By Electronic Arts
* Content Rating (ESRB): Teen 13+ 


Are your Sims ready for the time of their lives? Heading off to university opens up new opportunities, from social connections to career growth. From class activities to major-specific objects, your Sim will find new ways to learn! And university isn’t just about hitting the books. Join a protest, flirt at a bonfire party—there’s a lot to explore outside of lectures at the student union. With new locations like the bowling alley and SimBurger to visit, and new activities like juice pong and spray painting murals to enjoy, your Sims are sure to have

Friday, March 22, 2013

Darkfall by Aventurine SA

Online Game. PC, Mac
By Aventurine SA
Content Rating (Suggested): Mature 17+

Darkfall is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game(MMORPG) developed by Aventurine SA that combines real-time action and strategy in a fantasy setting. The game features unrestricted PvP, full looting, a large, dynamic game world, and a player-skill dependent combat system free of the class and level systems that typify most MMORPGs. Darkfall

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2



PC, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii U, Playstation 3
By Activition
Content Rating (ESRB): Mature 17+
Call of Duty: Black Ops II game logo


Call of Duty®: Black Ops II is a First-Person Shooter (FPS) that revolves around unique gameplay that propels the Call of Duty® franchise into a world of future warfare, and back again to the modern era. The game is a sequel to the 2010 release, Call of Duty®: Black Ops, and features returning Black Ops characters Sgt. Frank Woods and Agent Alex Mason, joined by a wealth of new characters. Additional features include: two distinct yet linked playable time periods, advanced weaponry, branching storylines created by player choices in Strike Force

Monday, March 18, 2013

Resident Evil 6, coming on March 22, 2013

PC, XBox 360, Playstation 3
By Capcom
Content Rating (ESRB): Mature 17+

Resident Evil 6 is a Survival-Horror game that continues the struggle against the series' signature zombie inducing bio-terror, while raising the bar with all new game functionality. Players enjoy a diverse play experience, highlighted by the ability to select between three scenarios featuring multiple characters and intertwined storylines. Within these scenarios both stories and action cross paths. Additional features include zombies as well as new enemies, upgradable firepower and characters, vehicle based options, the mini-game based

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist Coming on August 23, 2013

PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U
Ubisoft
Content Rating (ESRB): Rating Pending

Sam Fisher in the open with gun drawn in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist is a third-person oriented Action-Adventure Stealth game, which represents the seventh installment in the best-selling Splinter Cell series. The game is focused around the return of Sam Fisher, serving as the leader of a new, more clandestine and untainted Echelon unit, and the unit's task to stop a countdown of terrorists events aimed at American assets around the world. Game features include multiplayer and co-op game support, the fluid tag-based "Killing in Motion" game mechanic, the option to complete missions by stealth, and

Sunday, March 17, 2013

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim by Bethesda Game Studios

PC, Xbox 360, Playstation 3
Bethesda Game Studios
Content Rating (ESRB): Mature 17+

The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose. 

Story:
The Empire of Tamriel is on the edge. The High King of Skyrim has been murdered. Alliances form as claims to the throne are made. In the midst of this conflict, a far more dangerous, ancient evil is awakened. Dragons, long lost to the passages of the Elder Scrolls, have returned to Tamriel. The future of Skyrim, even the Empire itself, hangs in the balance as they wait for the prophesized

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Warcraft III - Reign of Chaos & The Frozen Throne




Platform: PC & Mac
Blizzard Entertainment
Content Rating (ESRB): Teen 13+


Warcraft III - Reign of Chaos Description
by Blizzard Entertainment

It has been nearly 15 years since the war between the orcs and humans ended. An uneasy peace settled over the land while, for years, the drums of war were silent. Yet the kingdoms of men grew complacent in their victory--and slowly, the defeated orcish clans regrouped under the banner of a new visionary leader.
Now a darker shadow has fallen over the world, threatening to extinguish all life--all hope. The drums of war play upon the winds once again--rising urgently toward the inevitable hour when the skies will rain fire--and the world will tremble before the coming of the Burning Legion.
WarCraft III returns players to the war-torn world of Azeroth. Developer Blizzard Entertainment combines the lessons learned from its bestselling StarCraft, the famous WarCraft lineage, and all-new 3-D technology to create an all-new, vibrant strategy game sure to become a classic.
Wage war in a fully interactive 3-D world that incorporates nonplayer characters, wandering monsters, neutral towns, strongholds, temples, and environmental effects. Four mighty playable races--humans, orcs, night elves, and undead--compete in a finely balanced dance of conquest. Upgradable

Assassin's Creed 4 by Ubisoft - Coming on December 31, 2013




PC, Playstation 3,Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii U
Ubisoft
Content Rating (ESRB): Adults Only 18+


Release date on December 31, 2013.


It is 1715. Pirates rule the Caribbean and have established a lawless pirate republic. Among these outlaws is a fearsome young captain named Edward Kenway. His exploits earn the respect of pirate legends like Blackbeard, but draw him into an ancient war that may destroy everything the pirates have built.

Key Features:
  • A BRASH REBEL ASSASSIN – Become Edward Kenway, a charismatic yet brutal pirate captain, trained by Assassins. Edward can effortlessly switch between the Hidden Blade of the Assassin’s Order and all new weaponry including four flintock pistols and dual cutlass swords.
  • EXPLORE AN OPEN WORLD FILLED WITH OPPORTUNITIES – Discover the most diverse Assassin’s Creed world ever created. From Kingston to Nassau, explore 50 unique locations where you can live the life of a pirate including:

Lucius, by Lace Mamba Digital

Platform:PC
by Lace Mamba Digital
Content Rating (ESRB): Adults Only 18+

His childish innocence wasn’t meant to last long, oh no… When little Lucius was born on the meaningful date of June 6th, 1966, nobody expected him to be anything other than a normal little boy. His childhood, spent in a luxurious manor was as normal as every kid’s young years - well, except for the extreme wealth of his parents, as Lucius grew up with everything he desired, including several maids, the family’s own butcher and a private teacher.
Everything changed, though, when Lucius turned 6. His real father, the Devil, appeared in his dreams the night before his birthday, revealing that Lucius was his son.
The Beast , through Lucius, managed to bring a descendant back to the earth - and so it is Lucius’ task now to accomplish the missions of the Devil and gain control over the world. But firstly, Lucius must get rid of all his family members and the service staff in the manor to be able to make their wealth and powers his.
Equipped with supernatural powers, Lucius starts off on a bloodflooding tour of horror through his house, using hell’s powers of telekinesis and mind control to orchestrate deadly accidents that will minimize the population of the manor one by one by one. However, this he must carry out without suspicion and so begins what looks like

The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct On March 19, 2013

Playstation 3,Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii U, PC
Content Rating (ESRB): Adults Only 18+


March 19, 2013 Release date.

Description

The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct is a first-person action survival game that brings to life the authentic, heart-stopping horrors of the AMC hit TV series The Walking Dead. In the game, players assume the role of the mysterious, crossbow-wielding survivor Daryl Dixon, brought to life by TV series star Norman Reedus, alongside his overbearing brother Merle, voiced by Michael Rooker.

Key Features:
  • Experience firsthand the terror, drama and action of the Emmy award-winning AMC show as it invades your living room in this first-person action game developed by Terminal Reality
  • Trek across zombie-ridden, post-apocalyptic Georgia countryside in desperate bid to reach the supposed safety of Atlanta
  • Face perpetual, life-or-death threats of zombie attacks tread carefully and assess each situation to avoid being detected by your sight, sound or smell
  • Play as the mysterious, crossbow-wielding survivor, Daryl Dixon, alongside his overbearing brother, Merle

Tomb Raider Survival, by Square Enix

PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360
By Square Enix
Content Rating (ESRB): Mature 17+

Tomb Raider is an Action-Adventure game that introduces players to the origin of one of the most identifiable video games icons of all-time, Lara Croft. The game features a blend of survival, stealth, melee and ranged combat, and exploration gameplay as a young Lara Croft is forced to push herself past her know limits to survive and unravel the dark history of a forgotten island. In the process she will unlock the adventurer within her. Additional game features include: weapons both familiar and new, upgradable items, a variety of play environments, and human and animal enemies.

Experience the origins of Lara Croft's adventurer's spirit in a reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise.

A Survivor is Born

When the first ever Tomb Raider game launched in 1996 it was a revolution. Outstanding in terms of graphics, gameplay, and storyline, it changed the way that video games were played and developed forever. Fronting the games assault on the world was the central character, Lara Croft. Lara was also to have an incredible impact, quickly becoming the most recognized and celebrated female action heroine and an icon for the video games industry.
This newest rendition of Tomb Raider explores the intense and gritty origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a frightened young woman to the hardened survivor that she would become known as. Armed only with raw instincts and the ability to push beyond the limits of human endurance, Lara must fight to unravel the dark history of a forgotten island to escape its relentless hold.

Friday, March 15, 2013

Dishonored

PC, Xbox 360, Playstation 3
PUBLISHER: Bethesda Softworks 
DEVELOPER: Arkane StudiosContent Rating (ESRB): Adults only 18+


Dishonored - Overview
Story:
Dishonored is set in Dunwall, an industrial whaling city where strange steampunk- inspired technology and otherworldly forces coexist in the shadows. You are the once-trusted bodyguard of the beloved Empress. Framed for her murder, you become an infamous assassin, known only by the disturbing mask that has become your calling card. The truth behind your betrayal is as murky as the waters surrounding the city, and the life you once had is gone forever.

Assassin's Creed III by Ubisoft

PC, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii U
By Ubisoft
Content Rating (ESRB): Adults Only 18+

Ignite the American Revolution


The American Colonies, 1775. It’s a time of civil unrest and political upheaval in the Americas. As a Native American assassin fights to protect his land and his people, he will ignite the flames of a young nation’s revolution.
Assassin’s Creed III takes you back to the American Revolutionary War, but not the one you’ve read about in history books.

Key Game Features

  • As a Native American assassin, eliminate your enemies with guns, bows, tomahawks, and more!

  • From bustling city streets to the chaotic battlefields, play a critical role in the most legendary events of the American Revolution including the Battle of Bunker Hill and Great Fire of New York.

The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings

Xbox 360 & PC
Content Rating (ESRB): Mature 17+ 
The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings is a single player Role Playing Game (RPG), and sequel to the critically acclaimed 2007 PC game, The Witcher. Based on the short stories and novels of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, Assassins Of Kings continues the adventures of the Medieval monster hunter for hire, Geralt of Rivia. It is also the first game in The Witcher franchise to be released on Xbox 360. Game features include: hack n' slash and magical combat, a mature storyline, game development based on choices made during mission play and dialog chains, weapons variety, and graphics quality and control functionality on par with the PC release.
In addition, the Enhanced Edition of The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings contains a variety of bonus items. See a complete list of these below.
The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings Enhanced Edition game logo

The Adventures of the White Wolf Continue

After helping to stop the rebellion orchestrated by the Grand Master of the Order of the Flaming Rose, and saving King Foltest's life, Geralt, the most prominent of the genetically enhanced, monster hunting mercenaries known as witchers, has become one of the central figures of political turmoil in the Kingdom of Temeria. Geralt continues to protect the King in the monarch's mission to bring peace to his state. The last bastions of the Order of the Flaming Rose yielded to the royal army, with

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm expansion

PC & Mac
Content Rating (ESRB): Teen 13+


StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is the first expansion to the 2010 release of the heralded Real-Time strategy game, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.* Heart of the Swarm features a new campaign continuing the epic story of Sarah Kerrigan, Queen of Blades, as she gathers the remnants of the Zerg Swarm and plots her revenge against the treacherous dictator of the Koprulu sector, Arcturus Mengsk. It also introduces several new multiplayer units and features that enhance the acclaimed StarCraft II online experience.
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm game logo

Continue the Story Where Wings of Liberty Left Off

Heart of the Swarm picks up the story of StarCraft II where the 2010 release, Wings of Liberty, left off, focusing on Kerrigan's quest to reunite the Swarm and exact revenge on Arcturus Mengsk. Over the course of 20 campaign missions, players will follow Kerrigan as she sweeps across the galaxy, incorporating a variety of distinctive zerg species into her brood. Kerrigan will grow in strength from mission to mission, and players will be able to customize her with powerful new abilities, as well as evolve various zerg strains into fearsome new