Review: Saint's Row: The Third

Saint's Row: The Third

PS3 (reviewed), Xbox 360, PC

Publisher: THQ

Developer: Volition, INC

Release Date: 15 November 2011

Do you remember when Grand Theft Auto first went into the 3D space? The games were parodies of popular culture and famous mafia movies. The series got more crazy with Vice City and the send-up of the excesses of the 1980s. And finally, the over-the-top look at 'gangstas' in San Andres. The games were all about the crazy, sociopath main characters inciting violence across town in tanks and skydiving into gun fights. Then it got serious. Volition, INC, makers of the Saint's Row series, started off imitating, but then realized that one of the major draws to open-world crime games is the overblown action. This brings us to their crowning achievement: Saint's Row: The Third.

The Third Street Saints in all their glory

News Roundup: 20 November 2011

Happy Thanksgiving (Americans)!  The end of the Holiday Rush of Great Games (tm) is finally here!  The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword came out today, and with that, the march to Black Friday begins.  A few interesting stories after the jump!

News Roundup: 30 October 2011

The news stories of the week that caught my eye.  Read more after the jump!  Links to the original articles are in the titles.

News Roundup: 23 October 2011

Well, here's a brief news roundup for the week ending 23 October 2011 after the jump.

Review: Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

PS3, Xbox 360, PC

Publisher: Square Enix

Developer: Eidos Montreal

Release Date: 23 August 2011

Blade Runner fans, rejoice! The cyber-punk genre finally gets it's due in an action-packed, choice-laden package that not only pays homage to the PC Game of the Year (2000) that spawned the franchise, but adds modern gaming conventions and accessibility for fans new and returning. It's a game that not only balances its roots with the advances made in the last 10 years, but it also carves out its own identity.

Heng Sha is so pretty!