The Infinity Ward (IW) game engine has been around for what seems like forever.  But if you come to think of it, seven years is close to “forever” in the world of gaming, as Infinity Ward (the engine, that is) had debuted in 2005 on Call of Duty 2.  Despite several changes to the engine, many experts haven’t been shy about criticizing it as being a relic, an anachronism, yesterday’s news.  In an interview with [...]

  One week after the release of two trailers providing a taste of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Zombies mode, two screenshots were posted by Treyarch, giving us a glimpse of how the zombies on the special mode would look like in-game.   These screens were posted just a day before the mode is officially launched; Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will be released on November 13, 2012, with the Zombies mode definitely [...]

Twelve dollars and forty-nine cents for all Grand Theft Auto titles released for the PC?  You better believe it, as one of Steam’s latest daily deals offers gamers a chance to purchase every GTA title at the extremely low price of $12.49.  That’s roughly 75 percent off on the entire package and almost seven dollars cheaper than what one would pay for any one of the seven items in the bundle.  So if you don’t [...]

As early as sever years ago, you would be fair to say that the adventure game genre was basically dead. The genre of gaming that dominated the PC market in the 80’s and 90’s saw its demise around the turn of the millennium as PC power increased. Whereas most gamers were busy “pointing and clicking” their way through mysterious worlds and solving challenging puzzles in the century before, the millennium saw the PC market being [...]

In what has become an annual ritual or sorts, it looks like Activision is poised to announce the next Call of Duty game on Tuesday, May 1st. Considering the overwhelming success that the franchise has enjoyed for the past several years, the announcement will undoubtedly set the gaming community ablaze. While Activision has not yet revealed the name of its yearly rendition, critics and fans alike believe that it will be Call of Duty: Black [...]