Say what you will about Disney’s “Aladdin” game for Sega Genesis, but it more or less perfectly embodies a certain type of 2D platformer which a lot of retro gaming enthusiasts really seem to enjoy.  In truth, there’s a lot…

Building upon the success of its predecessor, “Tomb Raider II” expanded upon the Lara Croft saga by expanding the formula in various ways.  These weren’t gigantic changes or alterations mind you, but still significant enough to be considered a marked…

It’s hard for many to think of the original PlayStation console without the game “Gran Turismo” springing to mind.  We are, after all, talking about a title that (according to Wikipedia) is in fact the “best-selling game on the system”,…

Ask most gamers who possess a fairly adept understanding of the history of console gaming and they’ll probably be inclined to say that quality First-Person Shooters didn’t really emerge until the era of the PS2.  While it’s possible to argue…

Sports-themed games have long been a fixture of the video game world.  In fact, it could be argued that the first truly great multiplayer titles were in fact, sports games.  Of course if you grew up with the original PlayStation…

It could be said that the modern era of console gaming started with the hardy little PS1.  After all, we’re talking about a device here that effectively ushered in a disc-based format and helped to popularize gaming as an everyday…

When it was first revealed that Bethesda’s next Elder Scrolls excursion would be an MMO, many were confused, excited or even upset.  The expectations have been riding high for what seems like an eternity now with many seeing this as…

What do you get when you take the side-scrolling platformer format, add some classically familiar characters and expand it with HD graphics?  If you said “Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze”, you answered correctly, but there’s more to this colorful Wii…

Straight away, you should know that many are calling “Don Bradman Cricket 14” one of the finest cricket-centric video games ever made.  Simply put, it accurately captures many of the elements of the game while also surrounding it with nicely…

Let’s face it, a lot of motocross titles tend to border on the unrealistic or unbelievable.  Perhaps this is because developers are trying to “jazz up” the action or for other, more technical reasons, but the fact remains that there…

Following in the footsteps of titles like “Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island”, “Yoshi’s New Island” for 3DS builds upon well-known and accepted gameplay mechanics.  Many critics have decried its somewhat unoriginal nature, claiming that it’s basically an attempt to…