In Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, we have a game that manages to hone in on what worked the first time around, improve upon the formula and do something that the shooting genre absolutely needs: injecting a simple sense of fun into the whole experience. Honestly, I never really…
Read MoreReview by Shaan J. There’s always been a great sense of purity and simplicity to Popcap’s Peggle series, and it’s this feeling that has kept me coming back, year after year, to this odd mishmash of pachinko and pinball. In an era of free-to-play games and lengthy campaigns, Peggle is…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Why can’t more shooters be like this? Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare is a joy to play. It’s technically competent and well balanced, uses the excellent Frostbite 3 engine, has plenty of depth, and unlike almost every other shooter out there it doesn’t rely on gore…
Read MoreLet me just say from the outset; I’m not actually opposed to the free-to-play model. Understanding that free-to-play does not mean free, I’ve had a great time with those games that I have felt have put the model to effective use in providing players with a basic, entry-level version of…
Read MorePopcap and Zen Studios had a zombie up their sleeves with the surprise announcement of a Plants vs Zombies pinball table that’ll be launching this week PvZ pinball won’t actually be a stand alone title, it’s an add-on compatible with the popular Zen Pinball 2 and Pinball FX2 game platforms…
Read MoreThe first single player expansion for batman: Arkham City went up on XBL this week. Not into clowns? There’s also a nice sale on Popcap’s catalog and some vintage Sega classicsMake that overpriced Sega classics. Or maybe not, depending on how much you love the absolute classics of their respective genres.…
Read MoreMicrosoft is offering four classic PopCap games for free play via browser on Xbox.com. The four games that EA’s newest acquisition are offering for free play are Bejeweled 3, Zuma’s Revenge, Plants vs Zombies and Text Twist 2, and are available via a new section on Xbox.com called “Xbox Live…
Read MoreMicrosoft is offering four classic PopCap games for free play via browser on Xbox.com. The four games that EA’s newest acquisition are offering for free play are Bejeweled 3, Zuma’s Revenge, Plants vs Zombies and Text Twist 2, and are available via a new section on Xbox.com called “Xbox Live…
Read MoreIt’s a reasonably new genre, but tower defence games have experienced a surge of popularity, thanks in no small part to the iPhone, XBLA Indie Games, PSN Minis and DSiWare/ WiiWare. See, they’re cheap to make. Meaning small teams and indie developers can reasonably quickly turn one over. While we’re…
Read MoreIt’s a reasonably new genre, but tower defence games have experienced a surge of popularity, thanks in no small part to the iPhone, XBLA Indie Games, PSN Minis and DSiWare/ WiiWare. See, they’re cheap to make. Meaning small teams and indie developers can reasonably quickly turn one over. While we’re…
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