So then, Modern Warfare 2 – after all the hype, are you any good?

The first thing you need to know about Modern Warfare 2 is that the single player campaign is utterly fantastic and provides a rollercoaster ride that, while on fairly obvious rails, is so exciting you’ll blow through it in no time.

The second thing you need to know about Modern Warfare 2 is that the multiplayer isn’t as good as it used to be – on the PC version, at least – thanks mainly to the introduction of a new multiplayer framework. Dubbed IWNet, the new system has replaced dedicated servers with P2P match-making, zero mod support and far fewer customisation options. Continue Reading

Tales of Monkey Island brings the adventures of pirate Guybrush Threepwood into a new era with an explosive storyline that becomes deeper and more entangled during the course of the five-episode saga. While battling his nemesis, the evil pirate LeChuck, Guybrush accidentally unleashes an insidious voodoo pox that threatens to transform the buccaneers of the Caribbean into unruly pirate monsters. Continue Reading

Few against many

Men of War: Red Tide is the sequel of Men of War that was released earlier this year. Like the original, Red Tide will place you in control of vastly outnumbered units going against the German war machine. But instead of the cooperative gameplay possibilities of the original, Red Tide features a single-player campaign of over 20 missions in which the player follows a group of Soviet commando’s called ‘The Black Coats’ during the Black Sea campaigns of World War II. Continue Reading