Imagine the scene. You're a chipper chap in the roaring thirties with a young bristly moustache, a cavalier tongue and a sports car. Or possibly a cavalier car and a sports tongue. Either way works. The ...

The first thing you should know about Fable is that it's an RPG which was originally released for the Xbox. If you already knew that, and odds are you did, then you'll also know it's a ...

It's a sign of the times, really: we're growing accustomed to games coming with rolling credits over their opening titles. In Fahrenheit's case the final one reads 'Written and directed by...' It's as if we're watching ...

Everyone has a different definition of fun. One man's adrenaline-pumping and fantastically liberating bungee jump is another man's suicidal plunge with only an elastic band between him and a very messy death. It's all a matter ...

Not since the days of the Spectrum and Commodore 64 has a tenner got you so far where gaming is concerned. For in spite of the £30+ price tags that brand new releases attract, it's generally ...

There's a bewildering galaxy full of Star Wars games out there, but let's face it, who's counting? As soon as that golden text starts scrolling into the distance and the familiar music stirs into life, the ...

Well, the word is out, and the word is that World of Warcraft is selling like the proverbial batch of piping hot pastries. The European release has seen gamers flocking to the stores like a swarm ...

American McGee may sound like the name of some sort of bear wrestler, or possibly a third rate superhero, but in actual fact he's a game designer who was involved with the goliath id software. Since ...

Ahh, the good old days back in 1999 when we did indeed quest for what seemed like forever. Actually, that's not quite true. The original EverQuest (the most popular massively multiplayer RPG in the Western world) ...

A bit like movie sequels, game sequels tend to diminish in stature and quality with every succeeding release. On that basis, the Final Fantasy series should long ago have been consigned to the gamers' trash heap, ...

When you get a large circle of mages together, trouble is never far away. The air bristles with their electric, enchanting auras, egos clash, great minds find themselves distracted and spangly-costumed women end up being sawn ...

Harry Potter has, to date, fared surprisingly well when it comes to computer games. If you can allow your memory to scrub the simplistic and shallow 'Quidditch World Cup' release of last Christmas, you'd be hard ...

The original Jules Verne novel on which this game is based told of a fantastic expedition to a hidden land beneath the Earth's surface. Instead of simply rehashing the tale, the developers have wisely brought it ...

Indecisive people are best off steering way clear of Deus Ex: Invisible War. While at first glance it may appear to be a straightforward, action-packed, first-person blaster in the style of Unreal Tournament or Quake III, ...

It's astonishing the appeal that the Dungeons & Dragons series has had, from its pen-and-paper origins to videogame super-stardom. And it's a measure of that success that Atari has now brought out another chapter exclusively for ...

It's a real disappointment, XIII. This reviewer's hand was hovering, twitching over the trusty book of journalistic clichés, with full intent of jumping towards the old reliable 'style over substance'. And yet it soon became clear ...

Everyone wants to be a Jedi. Come on, admit it - even if you're not enticed by the swish of the lightsabre, the telekinetic powers and mind persuasion tricks are surely irresistible goodies. In this Star ...

What is it with unnatural plagues and role playing games? It would be nice if, just for once, a hardy bunch of battle-scarred dwarven fighters and aloof elven mages would stumble into a town where there ...

It's not much of a title for an RPG game, Might & Magic. Rather like calling your new publication on the correct usage of punctuation "." - it's a bit pants as far as monikers go. ...

The world of Project Eden is a typical futuristic megalopolis - it boasts huge, towering buildings, linked by vast tracts of walkways, the skies dotted with hover vehicles. Think Blade Runner, think Megacity One... it's not ...