Microsoft already released their Xbox 360 to the masses and is recieving favourable reviews especially for they xbox live service. Nintendo was the shining star of the last E3 with their revolutionary Wii system and Sony has still the largest fan base of all system makers but is apparently strugling with their playstation 3.

This game takes browser games into the next level. The deathmatch maps that are currently playable feel and play a lot like quake 2. You always play against a handful of bots using well known weapons like the rocket launcher or the minigun. You can pick up health packs and med packs, this is fun. Phosphor demands the newest shockwave plugin, you will be redirected to the download site if you don´t have it already. Take a look at the screens and head right to their website.

Bust a Move or Puzzle Bobble is a nice little game that has made it´s way to almost every console system that has been released in the last ten years. You task is to clear a stage that consists of colored bubbles on the top of every screen and two little dragons at the bottom who shot colored bubbles at the ceiling. If three or more bubbles of the same color come into contact they disappear. The screen gets smaller from time to time means you will have to hurry to get rid of all the bubbles before the screen reaches your little dragons at the bottom.

Some of you probably remember the 1991 classic Another World which was released on the Amiga system among others. I loved the game, it had fantastic animation and graphics for the time and it played just fine. Was pretty hard as well but I probably was not that good at playing games at that time. The game was using vector graphics and someone decided that it would be a nice idea to scale the vectors to offer a high res version of the game. You can see and download the results at the another world fanpage. Downloads are only available for pc but that should not be a problem for most. (with the amiga system being nearly dead and all)

If you are into games Sudoku might be worth a try. You probably have not heard about it so here is an explanation of Sudoku: Each Sudoku has a unique solution that can be reached logically without guessing. A game consists of a big 9×9 square that is divided into 9 3×3 squares. Every row and every column must have every number from 1 to 9 listed once as must every 3×3 square.

Linux has a bad image when it comes to gaming. Most games are developed for windows, sometimes a linux version will be released as well but most of the time this is not the case. The site games for linux lists many games that are available for free for a linux operating system. Every game has a screenshot and some basic information like size and website of the maker included. Every game is rated by its users which should give you a first impression of the quality of the game. Unfortunatly no hint is given on how many users have voted for the game. Nevertheless it´s great as a first indicator for the game.

So, you are sick of World of Warcraft, of Battlefield 2 and Counterstrike Source ? You want to experience something new ? You´ve come to the right place my friend. I found a site that contains an extensive, and I mean extensive, list of many, and I mean many (hrhr) games that are free to play and concentrate on multiplayer experience. I don´t think it´s possible to test them all but you might just test all games that look interesting and fit the category of games that you like most.

I always loved playing Heroes of Might and Magic games and I currently wait for the fifth installment of the series which is developed by a new team. Ubisoft created a minigame for the fifth version of Heroes of Might and Magic which is available at the website www.heroesmini.com. The game is a simple browsergame in which you chose a faction (all factions from the heroes game are available, like Haven and Dungeon) and buy armies. You have access to three army slots and can purchase all units of that faction. You pay the army with gold starting with 5000 gold which means you can only purchase a few relativly weak units at the beginning.

Gnome posted a nice list of freeware games over at his lair and I suggest you pay his site a visit if you are looking for new games. Some have been mentioned already in similar toplists but some are new or at least unknown to me. It looks like 20 hand picked games and reference links to more sources for additional games.

1up.com released a list of 101 great freeware games all sorted in categories like Arcade, Strategy and Shooters. Every game has a short description about its content and a link to the homepage of the producers. Everything is free to download and play of course, you will need a full priced game like halflife 2 for some mods.

The c-64 was my first computer. I had an atari 2600 before and it seemed like a quantum leep at that time. The C-64 had many classic games that I enjoyed playing: Archon, Boulder Dash and Pirates for instance. You know have the chance to play some of the alltime classics of that era in your browser. The website c64s.com is the Eldorado for everyone who wants to play that classic games again or take a look at games of a time long forgotten.

Cororo the maze is a nice little flash game. Your task is to move the ball in a maze by turning the maze around and collect all stars that are in the maze. The game features a practice mode and three additional difficulties: beginners, middle class and advanced.

There have been lots of great freeware games in 2005 and I decided to present you the five best ones. The games include strategy games, action games, ego shooters and adventures. Should be something for every taste. The freeware scene has developed in the last years producing bigger and better looking games that can sometimes even be compared to commercial products that have been released this year.

I found an article written by Henry Jenkins, the director of comparative studies at MIT, that counters public perception of video games with scientific research. Everyone has read stories that connect violence in computer games to violence in the real world. “He shoot them because of Doom”, “The drive by shooting was caused by playing GTA” and similar stories made it to the frontline news in most parts of the world.

It´s been a time that I reviewed a game at ghacks. Mono is a freeware game that deserves to be mentioned here. It has a nice gameplay, great music and the most important part, it is fun to play.

It can be described as a arcade shooter. Your goal is to change the color of the background from white to black / black to white by shooting at colored circles that leave traces of their color on the background and part into two smaller circles of the same color.

Now, this is a great demo of what todays shockwave and flash gurus can create. The game land of the dead looks incredible. Its an ego-shooter, you always start in a van and your objective is to collect items that are hidden in a supermarket.

After all those long winded texts I gave you I thought its time for a change. I found a game made in flash that I loved to play on my Super Nintendo way back. Its called Street Fighter 2.

I still remember my first arcade video game, it was xevious, a vertical scrolling shoot em up game with great graphics and playability. I spend most of my money on that game and had some trouble with my parents because of this.

I loved playing Quake and Quake II, it was a great game that was lots of fun. I enjoyed playing the game with my friends using serial connections back then. To my great suprise someone is porting Quake II to todays graphics standards, the gfx already look extremely good.

It´s cold and dark outside, you won´t find a better opportunity to stay inside in your warm appartement, have a nice cup of coffee or tea and play a game of Castelvania. The game, created by Konami, made its debut on many systems including gameboy and playstation 2. The flash version seems to be a close port of a super nintendo version.

Its saturday, most of us are not working today so I thought I begin it with a link to one of the coolest games ever. I used to play it alot on my old C-64 and Amiga home computers. Defender of the Crown is a strategic game that takes place in England after the death of Richard the Lionheart. You are a saxon prince trying to conquer England from the evil Normans.

Take a look at this beautiful free flash adventure game that reminds me of the old lucasarts classics like Monkey Islands and Indiana Jones. Great graphics, nice sound and from what I could read an interesting story, can´t wish for much more in an adventure game.

Ever played Sonic on a Sega console ? Its the same game only in flash on a pc screen. Looks great, plays great, enough said, go to freeworldgroup.com to play it.

Maybe some of you still know the game Rick Dangerous, its likely if you ever owned an Amiga or Atari Computer back in the 90´s. The game is an addictive jump and run type of game where you steer Rick, who has some similarities with Indiana Jones, through a temple. Its small and fun, look for yourself. Oh, it needs flash to run.

Could not believe it when I first heard about it. Someone ported the board game Risk to Google maps. When you start the game you see a worldmap and some lines drawn that are the borders. They look exactly like the risk game layout.

The BBC claimed yesterday that Sonys Playstation 3 console system would be delayed for another year which would mean the system would debut in 2007 and not in mid 2006 as expected. Unfortunatly they did not cite any sources and most readers had the feeling it was simply another rumor.
expected. Unfortunatly they did not cite any sources and most readers had the feeling it was simply another rumor.

Today joystiq.com cites an unnamed ex-gamestop employee who seemingly shed some light into the rumor.

Tomshardware has an interesting article up where they try to build a ” reasonable gaming system that will get you through today’s game titles without breaking the bank for around $500″.

The machine won´t of course allow you to play the newest games in high resolution but thats not what one would expect from a computer that is cheaper than some top graphic cards models.

Lets take a look at the components they selected for the machine.

I found a website that tests the ability of your pc to run a certain game. They have most newly released and soon to be released games in their list, e.g. Age of Empires III and Civilization IV.

Greg Hoglund with some time at his hands performed a long reversing session on a game most of us played or have at least heard of: World of Warcraft.