The first version of Counter-Strike was released over 13 years ago. A fan-made mod for Half-Life, neither Valve nor the creators themselves had any clue the kind of juggernaut they had on their hands. Today, it remains one of the most popular online shooters on the market. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is the latest in a series of revamps, and while it's home to much of the same content as previous iterations, it's got some pretty nifty bells and whistles affixed, too.
Fans of Rollercoaster Tycoon and Theme Park have been clamoring for a new amusement park simulation game for years, and when Fugazo announced Dream Builder: Amusement Park, it almost seemed like this colorful take on the genre could be just the thing to fill the virtual park-going void. Unfortunately, Dream Builder: Amusement Park is too basic and linear to be an instant classic. With that said, this ride is not without its casual entertainment value. For those clamoring to get back in the gates of a sim like this, it may even be worth the price of admission.
Cute Things Dying Violently is cute. And it's violent. It's not as terrible as it sounds, but if you've got an itch for a physics-based puzzle-platformer about loveable little creatures being gorily impaled and sliced into thick, meaty chunks, then this may very well be the game to scratch it.
If you've followed the indie game scene for a while, you'll no doubt feel that indie platformers are somewhat coming to a head. Every now and again a clever concept that hasn't previously been fully explored will emerge, but for the most part, they all seem to tread the same ground, with familiar features and the same silly problems.
If the only sure things in life are death and taxes, the eventual legalization of real money mobile gambling is in the very next tier of inevitability. Big Fish Casino will be headed that way in the UK very soon, but it's already live on iOS, Android and Facebook in the US as a free casino sim. It's still fun in that form, keeping your hard earned dough mostly safe... for now.
The first time I ever experienced Mahjong solitaire was when it came pre-loaded on a family computer. It wasn't the kind of game I was used to, but I still found myself entranced by its tile-matching gameplay. I've not played it much since then, but I've been pairing all sorts of tiles and bubbles in the interim. As such, I approached Cubistry with an immediate sense of familiarity. Its world may be 3D, its appearance overwhelmingly vibrant, but deep down I knew what had to be done: these tiles needed to be destroyed.
Adult Swim Games is responsible for a wide collection of memorable games on the web, including Robot Unicorn Attack, Hemp Tycoon, and House of Dead Ninjas. I wouldn't call any of these games masterpieces, but they're each quirky and addictive in their own special way. However, with Adult Swim's new sequel to the latter title, Super House of Dead Ninjas, I've had to seriously consider what a web game from Adult Swim is capable of delivering.
When you sit down to play a platformer, there's one thing you can almost always be certain of - you're going to need to fight some monsters. But what if those monsters have a good reason for what they're doing? What if, as humans, we've wronged them first? Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack puts the shoe on the other foot for a change, as you'll control a moody-looking mutant blob hell-bent on revenge.