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 ...

If you've ever played Diablo - and let's face it, most of us have - then you'll get to grips with Throne of Darkness (ToD) pretty swiftly. It's built upon the same RPG principles, in fact ...

As the very basic role-playing-style name suggests, Wizards & Warriors is a step back to the grass roots RPG. In this age of graphically luscious, complex role-playing affairs like the Baldur's Gate series, or Planescape Torment, ...

"Many a mickle makes a muckle", our Sixth Form Physics teacher used to tell us. "Sod off you barm-cake" we used to shout back, only half joking, tired to the bone of his inane and obscurely ...

After what seems like an ice age of waiting, developer Blizzard has finally managed to get the sequel to its hit RPG Diablo out of the door and onto the shelves. As ever when a game ...

Evil, I tell you, they're evil! No, not the Gas Board but a far more ancient evil. An evil that has stalked the land since the very first flickerings of life on this planet. An evil ...