PC Action Games

Nuclear Dawn

Nuclear Dawn

Platform: PC
September 22, 2011
Play as a soldier in a war-torn post-apocalyptic landscape, modelled on modern cities, and take the fight to your enemies as armoured, assault or stealth infantry, using various weapons and loadouts to accomplish your objectives. The first person shooter action in Nuclear Dawn is hard, fast and unforgiving, with weapons that rely on skill and tactics more than on twitch reflexes and map memorization.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.5
Hector: Badge of Carnage - Episode 3: Beyond Reasonable Doom

Hector: Badge of Carnage - Episode 3: Beyond Reasonable Doom

Platform: PC
September 22, 2011
Can Hector escape his squalid demise and stagger back to Clappers Wreake to save it from extinction?
Metascore:
70
User Score:
6.5
Xotic

Xotic

Platform: PC
September 16, 2011
Xotic is an arcade-style first-person shooter where you rack up huge scores by shooting enemies, detonating chain reactions, and discovering secret power-ups and point multipliers. Armed with a weaponized symbiotic creature called the Macroterra, you must cleanse the evil presence and re-plant the seeds of life on a planet ravaged by the minions of the Orb. Destroy the insidious scab plants and new life will grow in their place, diminishing the Orbs control of the planet. Trigger scab plant chain reactions to earn score multipliers and chain bonus points. Collect Orb essence to boost your score, or grab them in mid-air to earn an aerial combo bonus. Seek out and destroy the hidden Orb brains and collect all of the Orb essence in each level for even more points. Earn experience points to upgrade your weapons and skills, including Absorbtion which pulls points towards you automatically! Unlock the secrets of Hard Hologram technology to deploy mobile shields or aerial landing platforms. Xotic is a unique arcade shooter experience unlike anything youve played before. Get it now! Key features: - Arcade-style scoring and point combo mechanics - Unique Hard Hologram technology - Exceptionally colorful environments and effects - Upgradeable weapons and skills - Steam Leaderboards & Achievements
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.5
Hard Reset

Hard Reset

Platform: PC
September 13, 2011
Hard Reset is a cyberpunk FPS by Flying Wild Hog.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.3
Call of Juarez: The Cartel

Call of Juarez: The Cartel

Platform: PC
September 13, 2011
Call of Juarez: The Cartel is the third game from the Call of Juarez series.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
3.5
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad

Platform: PC
September 13, 2011
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad is the follow-up to Tripwire's original hit multiplayer PC title, Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45, which has gone on to sell nearly half a million units since launch. This time, the game will feature a greatly expanded multi-player experience, with multiple new game modes, a complete first person cover system, destructible terrain, enhanced weapon mechanics and realistic WWII combat made truly accessible. In addition, the game will feature single-player and co-op game modes, allowing the player to play a full campaign from the Russian and, for the first time in a first person shooter, from the German point of view. Tripwire's renowned weapon handling improved even further, with new features and sounds. And tanks created with fully-operational 3D interiors, hugely enhancing the original game’s vehicle experience.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.3
Rock of Ages

Rock of Ages

Platform: PC
September 7, 2011
This game is the newest title by Atlus.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.5
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

Platform: PC
September 5, 2011
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is a fast-paced third person action-shooter from Relic Entertainment allowing players to don the armor of one of the emperor's chosen in a battle for the very survival of humanity. Featuring a seamless mix of melee and ranged combat, Space Marine will deliver a true next generation experience when it launches on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.5
King Arthur's Gold

King Arthur's Gold

Platform: PC
September 4, 2011
Would you enjoy building CASTLES, traps and siege machines in MULTIPLAYER? And then undermine your opponents castle and collapse it with 2D PHYSICS & DESTRUCTION? King Arthur's Gold blends the cooperative aspects of Lost Vikings, mashes them with the full destructibility of Worms and the visual style and action of Metal Slug, brought to you by the creators of Soldat.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.3
The Baconing

The Baconing

Platform: PC
August 31, 2011
DeathSpank returns in the sequel DeathSpank: The Baconing.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
5.1
Serious Sam Double D

Serious Sam Double D

Platform: PC
August 30, 2011
Inspired by the shout-out-loud awesome adventures of Serious Sam, this title is part of the Serious Sam Indie Series -- a collection of Serious Sam games designed and developed by some of the most talented independent developers in the world. Acclaimed indie developers take the reins of the award-winning series and unleash their own brand of mayhem on carnage-craving gamers!
Metascore:
66
User Score:
7.3
Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Platform: PC
August 23, 2011
In Deus Ex: Human Revolution you play Adam Jensen, a security specialist, handpicked to oversee the defense of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. But when a black ops team breaks in and kills the scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job changes. At a time when scientific advancements are routinely turning athletes, soldiers and spies into super-enhanced beings, someone is working very hard to ensure mankind's evolution follows a particular path. You need to discover why - because the decisions you take and the choices you make will be the only things that can determine mankind's future.
Metascore:
90
User Score:
8.5
Blocks That Matter

Blocks That Matter

Platform: PC
August 19, 2011
You are the Tetrobot: a tiny robot that can drill blocks of matter one by one, collect them, and recycle them into new pieces of 4 blocks. You also have the possibility to destroy lines of 8+ blocks in a very retro russian game style. Sand, wood, stone, obsidian, iron, diamond: each matter has its specific behaviour you'll have to use wisely and take advantage of them. So get ready to use your brain and combine your platforming and puzzle-solving skills in this incredible mashup!
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.2
Bastion

Bastion

Platform: PC
August 16, 2011
Bastion is an action rpg form Supergiant Games.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
8.5
No Time to Explain

No Time to Explain

Platform: PC
August 15, 2011
No Time To Explain is an action platformer by indie developer tiny Build GAMES.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
6.0
Edge (2011)

Edge (2011)

Platform: PC
August 11, 2011
EDGE is the third Indie game, after Swords & Soldiers and Frenzic, to be redeveloped and taken to other platforms by Two Tribes.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.4
LIMBO

LIMBO

Platform: PC
August 2, 2011
LIMBO, a black and white puzzle-platforming adventure, puts players in the role of a young boy traveling through an eerie and treacherous world in an attempt to discover the fate of his sister.
Metascore:
88
User Score:
8.1
The Asskickers

The Asskickers

Platform: PC
July 21, 2011
The Asskickers is 2D co-op & single player ode to the classic beat’em titles from the 80s like Streets of Rage, Kung-Fu Master and Double Dragon.
Metascore:
31
User Score:
3.4
Tobe's Vertical Adventure

Tobe's Vertical Adventure

Platform: PC
July 18, 2011
Tobe's Vertical Adventure is an indie, retro, platformer starring Tobe, the overly devoted gamer who's been forced on a treasure hunt by his materialistic crush, Nana.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
6.6
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

Platform: PC
July 12, 2011
Harry Potter takes a dark turn in this third-person shooter as he battles death eaters and dementors while fleeing for his life across the wilds of England.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
4.5
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition

Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition

Platform: PC
July 7, 2011
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition features a roster of 39 characters, with 4 new characters added.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.8
F.E.A.R. 3

F.E.A.R. 3

Platform: PC
June 21, 2011
Alma returns in F.E.A.R. 3 but this time her sons Point Man and Paxton Fettel introduce divergent co-op, giving players distinctly different abilities affecting their own play as well as the experience of their co-op partner. Gamers participate in single player or co-op modes as Point Man, a genetically enhanced super soldier originally introduced in F.E.A.R., or they can play cooperatively as his conniving brother Paxton Fettel, whose incredible telekinetic power has given him life beyond the grave.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
5.9
Solar 2

Solar 2

Platform: PC
June 17, 2011
In most games you see stars in the background, you shoot asteroids or you live on planets. But in Solar 2 you ARE these objects! Enter a universe where you must prove yourself to the resident god-like figure by doing its many bizarre and varied tasks. Or just ignore it and see how big you can grow! Solar 2 is an open-world, sandbox game set in an infinite abstract universe. Play constructively: grow your system, nurture life on your planets and attack enemy life in huge space battles. Play destructively: crash into other objects and cause chaos, use your orbiting objects like wrecking balls, steal planets from other systems. Key features: - Dynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do. - Non-linear missions and open-world gameplay. - No boundaries. Drift forever in ambient space bliss. - Full of weird eccentric humor and stuff. - Extensive custom sound track.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
6.9
Alice: Madness Returns

Alice: Madness Returns

Platform: PC
June 14, 2011
American McGee's Alice returns, with his own brand of creepy supernatural Victoriana.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.4
Duke Nukem Forever

Duke Nukem Forever

Platform: PC
June 13, 2011
The release date of this game is "When it's done". Anything else, and we mean anything else is someone's speculation. There is no date. We don't know any date. If you have a friend who claims they have "inside info", or there's some game news site, or some computer store at the mall who claims they know - they do not. They are making it up. (So is Metacritic!) There is no date. Period. And yes, we know the game has taken a long time. There's no possible joke you could make about the game's development time that we haven't already heard. :) [3D Realms]
Metascore:
54
User Score:
5.8
Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony

Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony

Platform: PC
June 8, 2011
Jamestown is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to four players set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.4
Red Faction: Armageddon

Red Faction: Armageddon

Platform: PC
June 6, 2011
Half a century after the Red Faction resistance freed Mars, the red planet again becomes a battleground. Colonists struggle for survival in the underground mines after the surface is rendered uninhabitable. When Darius Mason, grandson of revolution heroes Alec Mason and Samanya, unknowingly releases a long-dormant evil, Armageddon is unleashed on Mars. As settlements are torn asunder, only Darius and the Red Faction can save mankind. The battle will take them to the core of the storm-blasted planet through ice caves and lava flows until they are face to face against the unspeakable threat. Red Faction: Armageddon expands on the critically acclaimed, best-selling franchise with new, groundbreaking challenges. You are humanity's last hope for survival.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
6.7
Operation Flashpoint: Red River

Operation Flashpoint: Red River

Platform: PC
June 6, 2011
Taking a small step into the future, Red River depicts a fictional conflict with contemporary geopolitical themes, which will unfold over three distinct acts in both single player and drop-in-drop-out co-operative play for up to four players online. Faced with new counter-insurgency combat and the returning threat of the Chinese PLA, players will feel the tension, brutality and carnage of modern conflict from the perspective of a marine fireteam on deployment in a hostile country, thousands of miles from home.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
4.9
Naval Warfare

Naval Warfare

Platform: PC
May 25, 2011
"Naval Warfare" is a stylish arcade-action shooter with numerous tactical elements, driven by an entertaining story with beautiful hand-drawn comic sequences also featuring a thrilling campaign mode and various exciting multiplayer modes. The game itself is presented in a fictional Imperial Victorian setting. In a fantasy world of Victorian architecture, war is raging between the industrial superpowers. As Commander of a Naval Super-Destroyer, it is your duty to destroy the enemy's mighty Boss Units in a military campaign of epic proportions in, under and above the surface. If you are to emerge victorious from a variety of challenging scenarios, you must lead your troops against wave after wave of massive attacks from ships, planes and gigantic Special Forces. Key features: - Destructive: Powerful weapons with many lethal upgrades - Comprehensive: Great variety of enemy units with ships, submarines, planes and futuristic vehicles - Explosive: Challenge your friends in the immensely variable multi-player mode or play alongside them against the PC in Co-operational Mode - Impressive: An exciting story-line plus sensational graphics with incredible effects and stylish cut-scenes guarantee maximum enjoyment.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
5.1
Terraria

Terraria

Platform: PC
May 16, 2011
Terraria offers players a chance to be an action gamer, master builder, a collector, and even an explorer.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
8.7
Brink

Brink

Platform: PC
May 9, 2011
Brink is an immersive shooter that blends single-player, co-op, and multiplayer gameplay into one seamless experience, allowing you to develop your character across all modes of play. You decide the role you want to assume in the world of Brink as you fight to save yourself and mankind’s last refuge for humanity. Brink offers a compelling mix of dynamic battlefields, extensive customization options, and an innovative control system that will keep you coming back for more. A man-made floating city called the Ark, made up of hundreds of separate floating islands, is on the brink of all-out civil war. Originally built as an experimental self-sufficient and 100% "green" habitat, the reported rapid rise of the Earth's oceans has forced the Ark to become a refuge for humanity. Crammed with the original Ark founders, their descendants, as well as tens of thousands of refugees, the Ark exists in total isolation from the rest of the world. With 25 years of social unrest, the inhabitants of the Ark have reached their breaking point. It's up to you to decide the future of the Ark and the human race. Blurring the Lines Between Offline and Online - Advance your character’s development across every gameplay mode: single player, co-op, and multiplayer. Gain experience points that you can spend on customizing and upgrading your skills and abilities, designing an entirely unique look and feel for your character. Brink uses the familiar shooter controls that you're used to, without frustrating, artificial constraints and takes advantage of a new feature: the SMART button. When you press the SMART button, the game dynamically evaluates where you’re trying to get to, and makes it happen. No need to perfectly time a jump or vault, the game knows what you want to do. Objectives, communications, mission generation, and inventory selection are all dynamically generated based on your role, your status, your location, your squad-mates, and the status of the battle in all gameplay modes. You'll always know exactly where to go, what to do when you get there, and what your reward will be for success. Brink’s proprietary technology, Virtual Texturing, breaks new ground on current-gen consoles and PCs with an even greater focus on highly detailed characters, realistic environments, lighting, effects, and atmospherics. This competitive lead on the squad-combat genre helps thrust players into the gritty reality of the Ark's epic secluded arcology. [Bethesda Softworks]
Metascore:
70
User Score:
6.0
Fortix 2

Fortix 2

Platform: PC
May 6, 2011
In the next chapter crusader Fortix has to save the rest of the continent from an evil curse. On his journeys Fortix will be aided by his sister Floriana. Fortix 2 will be a “funtasy” game, where you have to conquer dozens of hostile wastelands, deserts, swamps, and convert to lush landscapes. Savage wolfs will be turned to peaceful lambs, bloodthirsty dragons to seed-picking pigeons.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
6.8
Section 8: Prejudice

Section 8: Prejudice

Platform: PC
May 4, 2011
Section 8: Prejudice is a sci-fi shooter featuring online team-based multiplayer.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.6
CAPSIZED

CAPSIZED

Platform: PC
April 29, 2011
Capsized is a fast paced 2d platformer focused on intense action and exploration.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.1
Yar's Revenge

Yar's Revenge

Platform: PC
April 28, 2011
In Yars', players will take on the role of a nameless Yar, who has been brainwashed by the evil Qotile empire to do their bidding. After being shot down and rescued by the ancient and mysterious Bar Yargler, she sets off on a ferociously focused mission, to seek revenge on her former master and his deadly squad of assassins. The bio-technological nightmare of the Qotile home world provides stunning backdrops for players to fly through in aerial combat with their enemy.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
tbd
Hector: Badge of Carnage - Episode 1: We Negotiate With Terrorists

Hector: Badge of Carnage - Episode 1: We Negotiate With Terrorists

Platform: PC
April 27, 2011
Hector: Badge of Carnage, is a lewd, crude and gritty law enforcement comedy, featuring tough-talking, soft-bellied Detective Inspector Hector – a flawed, misanthropic anti-hero with an unhealthy taste for all things criminal, corrupt or smothered with curry sauce.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
6.7
Your Doodles Are Bugged!

Your Doodles Are Bugged!

Platform: PC
April 25, 2011
A magic explosion in the studio of Doodleus, the Master Doodler, has hexed his pet bugs into his doodles. Grab the magic pen and help Doodleus to free them again. Do you have the skill and precision to handle hundreds of bugs at once? Do you have what it takes to be a Master Doodler?
Metascore:
69
User Score:
5.3
Portal 2

Portal 2

Platform: PC
April 18, 2011
Valve is working on a full-length sequel to its award-winning, mind-bending puzzle action game for the Xbox 360 and PC.
Metascore:
95
User Score:
9.1
Sanctum (2011)

Sanctum (2011)

Platform: PC
April 15, 2011
Sanctum is a First Person Shooter Tower Defense game where you take the role as Skye, an elite soldier sent out to protect her hometown, Elysion One from hordes of mysterious alien creatures.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
6.7
World of Tanks

World of Tanks

Platform: PC
April 12, 2011
World of Tanks is the first and only team-based massively multiplayer online action game dedicated to armored warfare. Throw yourself into the epic tank battles of World War II with other steel cowboys all over the world. Your arsenal includes more than 150 armored vehicles from America, Germany, and the Soviet Union, carefully detailed with historical accuracy. A flexible system of authentic vehicle upgrade and development allows you to try any of the vehicles and weapons in the game. Whether you prefer to exhaust your foes with fast and maneuverable light tanks, make deep breaches in enemy lines with all-purpose medium tanks, use the force of giant tanks to eliminate opposing armored forces, or become a heavy sniper with long-range howitzers, each unit type has its own advantages and can be extremely effective when operated by a true tank ace. But being a great tank commander alone isn't enough to win! In World of Tanks, it's all about teamwork. Victory is achieved by combining your combat skills with those of the other members of your team, each playing their own role on the battlefield. Just add your favorite strategy to build your own iron empire and manifest the indisputable authority of the tank! Feel the tank power!
Metascore:
80
User Score:
3.4
Dino D-Day

Dino D-Day

Platform: PC
April 8, 2011
The year is 1942. Adolf Hitler has succeeded in resurrecting dinosaurs. The reptilian horde has trampled Europe and the Mediterranean. Can nothing stop the Nazis dinosaur army? Dino D-Day is a frantic, action-packed multiplayer game that transports you to a World War II that should have been. You and your friends can battle online choosing to serve the cause of the Allied nations or the Nazis. The Allied side includes six playable characters each with unique weapons and abilities to use in combat. Gun down a Dilophosaur with your trusty M1 Garand, blast a kamikaze pterosaur out of the sky with your Thompson sub-machine gun, or toss out a dead jackrabbit to lure a raptor into a trap. As an Axis player you will have your choice of three human classes and three dinosaur classes. Ambush your enemy with speed and stealth as the Raptor, mercilessly pound the enemy with a heavy 20mm gun as the Desmatosuchus, rampage through enemy groups as the Dilophosaur or pick up a body and throw it at an enemy for a double kill! Or if you prefer a rifle in your hand, the German soldier classes are the perfect complement to their dinosaur comrades. Youve played World War II games beforebut have you played a World War II game with dinosaurs?
Metascore:
53
User Score:
6.3
Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops

Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops

Platform: PC
April 5, 2011
Shadow Harvest is a highly immersive 3rd-person tactical action game set in the year 2025 on various current and future points of conflict around the globe. Featuring dual character control, amazingly realistic graphics and a refreshingly different storyline, Shadow Harvest is a completely new interpretation of the tactical-action genre. Being an ISA agent, the first character, Myra Lee, has a background in espionage and stealth operations, while the other character, Aron Alvarez, is a hard-boiled close combat specialist of US Army's Delta Force.
Metascore:
34
User Score:
2.3
Hoard

Hoard

Platform: PC
April 4, 2011
HOARD™ is an arcade action-strategy score attack game in which you play a dragon intent on ransacking a medieval kingdom to gather a giant hoard of glittering gold. You must scare towns, kidnap princesses, burn knights, and even topple berserk giants. Let no obstacle prevent you from your treasure hoarding!
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.0
Crysis 2

Crysis 2

Platform: PC
March 22, 2011
First-person shooter Crysis returns powered by CryEngline 3 and is coming to PS3 and Xbox 360, as well as the PC.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
7.0
Homefront

Homefront

Platform: PC
March 14, 2011
The year is 2027. The world has suffered a decade-long energy crisis, and economies have crumbled. Reduced to a mere shadow of the super power it once was, the United States became the target of a North Korean takeover. American malls, suburbs and city streets are now battlegrounds as the civilian resistance fights for freedom. Featuring a compelling single player story crafted by John Milius (Apocalypse Now, Red Dawn), Homefront immerses gamers in an interactive and cinematic FPS experience where they assume an infantry role or take command of a wide variety of aerial and ground vehicles. In a land stripped of freedom, the brave will fight for their home. [THQ]
Metascore:
70
User Score:
5.6
Battle: Los Angeles

Battle: Los Angeles

Platform: PC
March 11, 2011
Players will have the opportunity to relive the thrill of the movie as they assume the role of Corporal Lee Imlay and fight alongside characters from the film and defend the city of Los Angeles from attacks from unknown forces.
Metascore:
38
User Score:
3.2
Battlefield: Play4Free

Battlefield: Play4Free

Platform: PC
March 10, 2011
Battlefield Play4Free is a next-generation online multiplayer FPS combining the very best of the Battlefield series.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
2.0
Painkiller: Redemption

Painkiller: Redemption

Platform: PC
February 25, 2011
The player will continue the story of Daniel and Belial as they join forces for the first time to end the bloody conflict between heaven and hell. You will discover all new maps, fight off literally thousands of demonic fiends, and lose yourself in the intense gameplay rounded off with an absorbing heavy metal soundtrack.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
5.0
CreaVures

CreaVures

Platform: PC
February 23, 2011
In CreaVures, players will take control of five distinct mythical creatures of miniature proportions. Each of them has a unique innate ability that can be used alone or in tandem to help them solve mysterious platforming puzzles.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
2.3
Bulletstorm

Bulletstorm

Platform: PC
February 21, 2011
Bulletstorm's array of distinct skillshots produces unprecedented levels of frantic gameplay. The skillshot system rewards players for laying waste to enemies in the most imaginative way possible. The more insane the skillshot, the more points players collect to upgrade and unlock weapons, which in turn allows them to execute even more inventive moves and exaggerated skillshots.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.8
Who's That Flying?!

Who's That Flying?!

Platform: PC
January 31, 2011
As the mysterious and powerful "Guardian of Earth" your steely eye and HYPER-POWERED LASER ARM have kept the citizens of Earth safe for generations (as well as proving a hit with the ladies). With all your awesome TALENT and FLAIR, surely it would be IMPOSSIBLE for a devastating invasion of Doom Beasts to descend on your cities and cause havoc without your knowledge? (Even if you were MAYBE showboating for a magazine photo-shoot at the time...) Now, you must not only defend your cities from the ravenous hordes of Doom Beasts - you must defend yourself against accusations of gross incompetence from the Galactic Council of Justice! And this is all BEFORE you can even start to get to the bottom of just who OR what is really behind the attacks...
Metascore:
76
User Score:
6.3
Breach (2011)

Breach (2011)

Platform: PC
January 26, 2011
Breach is a multiplayer first-person shooter based on a CIA Special Activities Division.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
5.7
Dead Space 2

Dead Space 2

Platform: PC
January 25, 2011
Hero Isaac Clarke returns for another heart-pounding adventure, taking the fight to the Necromorphs in this thrilling action-horror experience. New tools to gruesomely slice and dismember the Necromorphs complement Isaac's signature Plasma Cutter, empowering him as he meets new characters, explores epic Zero-G environments, and fights against a relentless necromorph onslaught. Survival isn't the only thing on Isaac's mind in Dead Space 2 – this time, he calls the shots. [Electronic Arts]
Metascore:
87
User Score:
8.4
Monday Night Combat

Monday Night Combat

Platform: PC
January 24, 2011
Monday Night Combat is a class-based, third-person shooter and the most popular lethal sport of the future! It blends intense combat, finishing moves, and gameshow-like challenges and rewards to produce an action experience unlike any other. Why fight for honor or duty when you can fight for the real American dream: cash, fame and endorsements?
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.1
Bloodline Champions

Bloodline Champions

Platform: PC
January 13, 2011
Bloodline Champions is a PVP game with short, intense matches for up to ten players divided into two teams. Chance is not a factor, spells and abilities do a set amount of damage. Random elements such as critical hits and passive abilities do not exist. Every spell is aimed and can be avoided by enemy players, making every ability dependent on individual player skill. Without mana and creeps, the game has almost zero downtime and is instead based on short cooldowns, this coupled with the absence of elements such as grind and farming ensures that every match is full of action.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.7
Zeit Squared

Zeit Squared

Platform: PC
January 12, 2011
Zeit 2 brings real innovation to the genre of shoot-'em-ups. Its time-travel feature has yet to be seen in this genre after decades of brilliant games. Get the side-scrolling arcade action and discover how you can assist yourself in many exciting ways by traveling back in time! Blast away the enemies like you never could before!
Metascore:
72
User Score:
4.5
NightSky

NightSky

Platform: PC
January 6, 2011
NightSky is an ambient action-puzzle game that offers a gameplay experience unlike any other cerebral challenges fill uniquely designed picturesque worlds. Each of these worlds is broken into different areas in which the player must maneuver a sphere by using realistic physics to advance.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.1
Steel Storm: Burning Retribution

Steel Storm: Burning Retribution

Platform: PC
January 1, 2011
Steel Storm: Burning Retribution is a top down action shooter with old school spirit. It marks the return of top-down shooters with new twists. The game has score oriented competitive gameplay, and is designed for people who like fast paced action, hordes of smart enemies, destructible worlds and ground shaking explosions. The events take place in an alternative universe where you control an advanced hovertank, packed with the most advanced and sophisticated weapons. Your task is simple, but nevertheless not trivial. In the fight against extraterrestrial invaders, you must prevail! Key features: - Enjoy fast paced and streamlined gameplay - Engage in online warfare with up to 16 players in any of the multi-player modes - Pave your way to victory with the burning remains of your enemies through 25 different missions - Complete Challenges and unlock First-Person camera mode - Create new missions or modify existing ones using the unique real-time collaborative mission editor and share them with the world
Metascore:
55
User Score:
5.2
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam

Platform: PC
December 18, 2010
Set in the 1960s, this DLC adds 4 new multiplayer maps, 15 new weapons, and six vehicles.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
8.0
The Dream Machine

The Dream Machine

Platform: PC
December 14, 2010
A point-and-click adventure where you play as a couple, Victor and Alicia, who have recently moved into their new apartment only to discover an unsettling secret about their new home.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.4
A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda

A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda

Platform: PC
December 14, 2010
A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda is the first chapter of a full-featured episodic action-packed side-scroller.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.1
Disney's TRON: Evolution

Disney's TRON: Evolution

Platform: PC
December 7, 2010
Set during the era between the two TRON films, TRON: Evolution conveys the story of significant events within the TRON mythology. The game features an epic adventure across a massive digital world filled with high-mobility disc-based combat and advanced light cycles. TRON: Evolution is one of the keys to unlocking the TRON mythology. The game's story takes place before the film "TRON: Legacy" events and provides insight into the film's past. As an integrated entertainment experience, the film references elements of the game's story. As part of the connection between the game and film, actress Olivia Wilde stars as Quorra in TRON: Evolution. Wilde's voice and likeness as Quorra provide players with another direct link to the film as they discover how earlier events within the world of TRON shape her character’s future. [Disney Interactive Studios]
Metascore:
57
User Score:
5.4
Crimecraft: Bleedout

Crimecraft: Bleedout

Platform: PC
December 4, 2010
Bleedout explores the complex, yet frighteningly possible, series of events that throw the world into violent chaos. It is a new Age of Ruin, caused by mankind's own greed, a new Wild Society run by criminals and outlaws, that players can explore and profit through exciting combat and conspiratorial adventure.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
5.0
Super Meat Boy

Super Meat Boy

Platform: PC
November 30, 2010
Super Meat Boy is a tough as nails platformer where you play as an animated cube of meat who's trying to save his girlfriend (who happens to be made of bandages) from an evil fetus in a jar wearing a tux. Our meaty hero will leap from walls, over seas of buzz saws, through crumbling caves and pools of old needles. Sacrificing his own well being to save his damsel in distress. Super Meat Boy brings the old school difficulty of classic NES titles like Mega Man 2, Ghost and Goblins and Super Mario Bros. 2 (The Japanese one) and stream lines them down to the essential no BS straight forward twitch reflex platforming. Ramping up in difficulty from hard to soul crushing SMB will drag Meat boy though haunted hospitals, salt factories and even hell itself. And if 300+ single player levels weren't enough SMB also throws in epic boss fights, a level editor and tons of unlock able secrets, warp zones and hidden characters.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
8.2
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

Platform: PC
November 24, 2010
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is a thrilling action-packed adventure set in four dramatically different universes from legendary Spider-Man lore, each with a distinct Spider-Man armed with unique skills and strengths, in one original storyline. Players will be transported to new locations never before seen in a Spider-Man game, from lush jungles and dusty deserts to various urban terrains. Acclaimed comic book writer Dan Slott takes players on a mission to contain the magical energy of the Tablet of Order and Chaos, which has been shattered and sent hurtling across parallel universes, and battle fan-favorite villains in a quest to restore the fabric of reality.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.6
Emergency 2012

Emergency 2012

Platform: PC
November 22, 2010
Warning! The world as we know it is out of control! As the head of all rescue operations - you must ensure that the job gets done with all fire and rescue services, police and specialist personnel. The world is counting on you - can you handle the pressure?
Metascore:
59
User Score:
5.6
Tom Clancy's HAWX 2

Tom Clancy's HAWX 2

Platform: PC
November 22, 2010
Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 plunges fans into an explosive environment where they can become elite aerial soldiers in control of the world's most technologically advanced aircraft. The game will appeal to a wide array of gamers as players will have the chance to control exceptional pilots trained to use cutting edge technology in amazing aerial warfare missions.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
4.0
Alien Breed 3: Descent

Alien Breed 3: Descent

Platform: PC
November 17, 2010
With the Leopold and its unwanted attachment breaching the surface of an imposing ice planet, you have only a few hours to wade your way through flooded corridors and locate the origin of the threat that has so far laid waste to your once proud space ship. For the first time Conrad can venture outside of the ship in the breathtaking hull walk set pieces, and for those trigger-happy shooter fans there are vicious new enemies to fight, including the Electro-Shocker alien and the awe-inspiring final bosses. New armaments are also available in Descent, with the Electro-Link gun allowing for shockingly good crowd control whilst the formidable Project X weapon will tear through anything in its path.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
4.9
Ion Assault

Ion Assault

Platform: PC
November 17, 2010
In 2183 humanity discovers an energy source that facilitates travel into new regions of space. Gigantic mother ships collect the newly discovered fuel from the distant energy fields and transport it to Earth. When the fleet is destroyed in an alien attack, the player sets out on a perilous journey home in a small harvester. In Ion Assault, instead of conventional weapons, players use the free energy particles that are abundant in space to fend off swarms of aliens. The particles are bundled and the player is able to shoot them at asteroids and enemy ships. The particles are not destroyed in this process, but are redistributed in space, ready to be magnetically attracted again and re-used. Their random distribution makes for dynamic gameplay and calls for a more strategic approach.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1

Platform: PC
November 16, 2010
Harry Potter takes a dark turn in this third-person shooter as he battles death eaters and dementors while fleeing for his life across the wilds of England.
Metascore:
37
User Score:
4.0
Call of Duty: Black Ops

Call of Duty: Black Ops

Platform: PC
November 9, 2010
Treyarch is developing the next installment in the Call of Duty franchise, rumored to be set during the Cold War.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
5.8
Darkstar: The Interactive Movie

Darkstar: The Interactive Movie

Platform: PC
November 8, 2010
DARKSTAR provides hours of entertainment in both interactive adventure and cinema, and features the entire original cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and music by Progressive Sound and MetalWorx. This is also the final performance of the late, great Peter Graves. With more footage than any "game" ever produced (over 13 hours), DARKSTAR is a true interactive animated world with live-action actors.
Metascore:
36
User Score:
6.1
Blood Stone: 007

Blood Stone: 007

Platform: PC
November 2, 2010
James Bond 007: Blood Stone features the likeness and voice talent of Daniel Craig, Joss Stone and Judi Dench and features an epic, original story developed by legendary screenwriter Bruce Feirstein. Players can engage in cover-based firefights, lethal hand-to-hand combat and speed their way through explosive adrenaline-fueled driving sequences as they embark on a global chase leading to action on land and sea through Athens, Istanbul, Monaco and Bangkok. Gamers can also feel what it is like to be a 00 agent, as they take the battle online in several robust 16-person multi-player modes that require skill, teamwork and strategy as players compete in matches that will have spies battling mercenaries.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.3
Bloody Good Time

Bloody Good Time

Platform: PC
October 29, 2010
Bloody Good Time takes a new and irreverent approach to multiplayer shooters and will run on Valve's Source engine, a well-known specialized 3D game engine for classic multiplayer shooters. Bloody Good Time puts players on a Hollywood set, where they get to choose their thrill. From a spring-break beach house, to a horrifying Vegas hotel, players will discover the merciless world of movie studios where anyone can star in a scary Hollywood blockbuster film. There is an option link up to eight players online in this first-person shooter and to have a multiplayer experience like no other.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.9
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

Platform: PC
October 26, 2010
With Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, the epic story continues as players once again assume the role of the devastatingly powerful Starkiller - Darth Vader's secret apprentice set during the largely unexplored era between Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
5.9
Shank

Shank

Platform: PC
October 25, 2010
Shank is a new game that a small team at Klei is working on. It's an over-the-top action/adventure, built with all the things that we at Klei are passionate about: amazing control, great animation, immersive environment, and everything else that we feel like, and none of the stuff we don't.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
6.8
Nimbus

Nimbus

Platform: PC
October 25, 2010
Nimbus is a unique combination of racing & puzzling. The player controls a craft with no means of directly propelling itself and needs to use whatever is scattered around the levels to acquire thrust and reach the goal. Traverse a world map with several distinct islands in order to recover your lost love. Light on story, but heavy on gameplay Nimbus offers several hours of increasingly harder challenges.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.9
DeathSpank

DeathSpank

Platform: PC
October 25, 2010
This is a new game series written by Ron Gilbert that follows the adventures of a misguided hero named DeathSpank.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.6
Lost Planet 2

Lost Planet 2

Platform: PC
October 15, 2010
The next installment in the popular action series returns in Lost Planet 2. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, the landmark third-person shooter that debuted on Xbox 360, went on to sell over 2.3 million units worldwide after its release. Lost Planet 2, will offer deeper insight into the world of E.D.N III and the uncertain fate of future mankind.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
6.1
Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor

Platform: PC
October 12, 2010
EALA is crafting this single-player component of this modern-day, Afghanistan-set reboot of the classic shooter series; DICE is working on the multiplayer.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
6.5
Front Mission Evolved

Front Mission Evolved

Platform: PC
September 28, 2010
The year is 2171 A.D. Humanity has reached for the stars once more. Keen to seize a controlling stake in this as yet unconquered region, the global superpowers have raced to build orbital elevators, swiftly turning the emptiness of space into a tangle of surveillance satellite networks and military way stations. Back on the surface, while nations no longer engage in all-out war, border skirmishes have become the more frequent. On these ever-shifting front lines, armored humanoid battle vehicles - code named "wanzers" (from "wanderpanzer") - have proven to ber the unrivaled kings. History has taught us that wherever humanity goes, war is sure to follow...and in this technological age, there is nowhere man cannot go. From the creative minds of Square Enix and Double Helix Games, FRONT MISSION EVOLVED brings the classic FRONT MISSION franchise into an action-packed third-person shooter that gives players full control of a massive humanoid war machine-the wanzer. Players battle through intense combat situations as they explore an immersive world in both the single player campaign and online multiplayer. [Square Enix]
Metascore:
63
User Score:
5.2
Borderlands: Claptrap's New Robot Revolution

Borderlands: Claptrap's New Robot Revolution

Platform: PC
September 28, 2010
Claptrap's New Robot Revolution invites recruits to attempt to beat down the deadly Claptrap revolution either as a lone gunman or in co-op teams of four treasure hunters using many of the more than 17 million unique weapons available in the game. Brave volunteers will find themselves caught in the lethal cross hairs between the Hyperion Corporation's fortified armadas and the ever-growing army of homicidal Claptraps and "Claptrap-ified" enemies led by one of the most eagerly awaited characters in the franchise’s history - the cunning Ninja Assassin Claptrap.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
6.4
Alien Breed 2: Assault

Alien Breed 2: Assault

Platform: PC
September 22, 2010
This is a third-person shooter in which players assume the role of a soldier battling aliens on a mysterious spaceship. From a top-down perspective, players explore dark corridors and search for key cards, unlock doors, and attempt to power up areas of the ship. Aliens emerge from holes, pods, and passageways to attack the player's character; the soldier uses assault rifles, shotguns, machine guns, flamethrowers, and grenades to kill hostiles, including larger boss aliens. Aliens screech and emit splashes of green blood when killed. The word "sh*t" is heard occasionally in dialogue.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
5.5
Blade Kitten

Blade Kitten

Platform: PC
September 22, 2010
Blade Kitten the game begins with Kit tracking a local troublemaker named Terra-Li on the mysterious artificial planetoid Hollow Wish. But on her way to doing so Kit uncovers a dark secret about Hollow Wish and its inhabitants, little does she realize that her actions will affect the destiny of an entire planet. Her tale is one of liberation. Her tail is pink.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
7.5
Drawn: Dark Flight

Drawn: Dark Flight

Platform: PC
August 31, 2010
With its striking artwork, original puzzles and original orchestrated soundtrack, Drawn: Dark Flight from Big Fish Games Studios, is setting a new standard for casual games. The second installment in the cinematic Drawn series takes on an interactive-storybook feel, spanning three sprawling chapters over an estimated 6 to 8 hours of gameplay. Drawn: Dark Flight will entertain both adventure-game fans and those new to the genre as they explore the world of Stonebriar, solving puzzles and lighting the town’s magical beacons to banish the shadows and rescue its young queen, Iris.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.4
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

Platform: PC
August 17, 2010
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is a raw and brutal crime shooter designed to take players on an even more intense story experience, following two of gaming's most disturbed criminals, through the gritty Shanghai underworld.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
5.8
Puzzle Quest 2

Puzzle Quest 2

Platform: PC
August 12, 2010
Puzzle Quest 2 is a brand new adventure from Infinite Interactive, the award winning developer of the supreme puzzle-rpg experience. Featuring a hallmark blend of match-3 gem matching and fantasy, Puzzle Quest 2 offers a captivating, rewarding, and accessible journey for players of all skill levels as they make their way to reclaim the once peaceful village of Verloren from the evil clutch of the demon Gorgon. Players will get closer to the Puzzle Quest action than ever before with a more intimate viewpoint of the world and choose from any of four character classes, Sorcerer, Templar, Barbarian, or Assassin, each providing interesting twists on class-specific mechanics for hours of replayability. Players will level up their character to progress through the adventure in Story Mode or dive into Instant Action, Tournament Mode, or Multiplayer Mode for a rich and diverse gameplay experience.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
6.6
Burn Zombie Burn

Burn Zombie Burn

Platform: PC
August 12, 2010
Burn Zombie Burn! is fast-paced action game in which the player must survive against a never-ending horde of zombies. In addition to using the various weapons that become available, the player must learn how to use fire to do well in the game. Setting zombies alight makes them faster and far more dangerous but allows them to drop far more useful pickups than normal zombies. The number of burning zombies also counts as your score multiplier meaning the more zombies you set of fire, the more you score. The game's protagonist is Bruce who must battle the zombies across all six maps and all three modes - including defence mode in which Bruce must defend his girlfriend Daisy from the undead horde. The game takes place within 6 infinite play arenas with 3 modes in each plus 10 challenges that provide alternate styles of play. Play by yourself or with a friend in the Co-Op or Versus modes.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
4.4
Rhythm Zone

Rhythm Zone

Platform: PC
July 20, 2010
Rhythm Zone reinvents the music game genre introducing never-before-seen game play dynamics; featuring algorithmically created game data using a player's own music library plus stunning visuals linked to waveform analysis and player performance. This experience shifts the established music genre paradigm toward the gamer; allowing them to choose what they want to play.
Metascore:
44
User Score:
5.7
Alien Swarm

Alien Swarm

Platform: PC
July 19, 2010
Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes. Plan your attack using an unlockable arsenal of weapons with countless loadout configurations against a wide variety of aliens. Blaze your way through an overrun, off-world colony, eradicating the alien infestation in environments ranging from the icy planet's surface, to a subterranean lava-flooded mining facility. Along with the game get the complete code base for Alien Swarm that features updates to the Source engine as well as the SDK. Alien Swarm adds 3rd person camera, depth of field, improved dynamic shadows and a wide variety of gameplay additions to the Source engine. [Steam]
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.1
Razor 2: Hidden Skies

Razor 2: Hidden Skies

Platform: PC
July 19, 2010
Razor2: Hidden Skies is a top view shooter. The game has the style of successful classic arcade games, while using the latest technology to create great visuals and effects. An old-school game with all new technology. Razor2 has easy gameplay, while challenging your skills with hundreds of enemies and bullets threatening you all the time. The soundtrack is another great feature, Razor2 uses classic orchestrated music, composed especially for the game.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
6.1
Blacklight: Tango Down

Blacklight: Tango Down

Platform: PC
July 14, 2010
[Downloadable Game] Participate in the “NetWar”: a hyper-realistic battlefield letting you fight tomorrow’s conflicts with or against your friends in the gritty Blacklight universe. Customize your character and weaponry from among thousands of combinations to become the soldier you always wanted to be.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
5.2
Singularity (2010)

Singularity (2010)

Platform: PC
June 29, 2010
On a clandestine mission deep into Russian territory, an American black ops team crash lands on an island research base that was mysteriously abandoned in the 1950’s. Cut off from the outside and under attack by an army of nightmarish creatures, Captain Nathaniel Renko is forced to battle his way through the hostile territory armed with the TMD (Time Manipulation Device) – a time altering weapon created over 50 years ago. Who created the TMD and why is just one of the many Cold War secrets Renko must uncover as he is thrown back and forth across time, making choices that will alter the course of world history. [Raven Software]
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.7
ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead

ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead

Platform: PC
June 29, 2010
Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original Arma 2, a new flashpoint in the Green Sea region heats up and coalition forces led by the US Army are sent to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties in this standalone expansion pack to the best military simulator of 2009 – Arma 2. [Bohemia Interactive]
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.1
Sniper: Ghost Warrior

Sniper: Ghost Warrior

Platform: PC
June 24, 2010
The democratic government of Isla Trueno has been overthrown and a military regime comes into power. The country becomes a theatre of influence war. You are sent as one of the covert commandos to support the rebels fighting their oppressor. [City Interactive]
Metascore:
55
User Score:
5.4
Transformers: War for Cybertron

Transformers: War for Cybertron

Platform: PC
June 22, 2010
Transformers: War for Cybertron challenges players to become the ultimate weapon as a TRANSFORMERS character in the final, epic war that will determine the survival of their entire race. Armed with a diverse arsenal of lethal, high-tech weaponry and the ability to instantly convert from robot to vehicle at any time, players will engage in heart-pounding battles on land and in the air in this gripping, 3rd person action shooter set in the TRANSFORMERS’ war-ravaged homeland. Complete with several multiplayer modes, Transformers: War for Cybertron allows gamers to play through story missions with their friends in drop in/drop out online co-op, and also create their own TRANSFORMERS character for competitive head-to-head multiplayer modes, choosing among four distinct character classes, personalizing its look and selecting from a huge variety of weapons, skills and abilities. [Activision]
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.8
Disney/Pixar Toy Story 3

Disney/Pixar Toy Story 3

Platform: PC
June 15, 2010
Unleash your imagination in this new open world and play with Andy's toys your way. As Buzz, Woody, or Jessie, you choose what activities you want to do and the order you wish to do them. The more you use your imagination and create your own story, the more you get rewarded. [Disney Interactive]
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.0
DreamWorks Shrek Forever After

DreamWorks Shrek Forever After

Platform: PC
May 18, 2010
Gamers adventure through a variety of locations from the Shrek universe, solve challenging puzzles and battle exciting new enemies as they morph between Shrek’s normal world and his alternate reality…and ultimately conquer that crafty Rumpelstiltskin! The game offers a fun-filled social and collaborative experience with its co-operative multiplayer mode, allowing up to four players to work together through the single player story. [Activision]
Metascore:
56
User Score:
5.0
Rocket Knight

Rocket Knight

Platform: PC
May 11, 2010
Our favorite opossum hero returns home after 15 years to find the kingdom of Zephyrus in shambles. Use your wits and Sparkster's trusty rocket pack to dodge and defeat a menacing wolf army threatening the lives of the people.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.6
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter

Platform: PC
April 28, 2010
Developed by Croteam and powered by the Serious Engine 3, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter combines enhanced visuals, including more polygons, higher resolution textures and more special effects like hippy and kid’s mode, with trademark frantic gameplay for a non-stop action. Featuring single-play, survival and cooperative play and mixed with brilliantly updated visuals, the game continues your battle against Mental’s army with the classic over-the-top action, crazy humor and horror from the golden age of first-person shooters. Combines intense versus and team modes for up to 16 players and in over 18 multiplayer maps, demo recording option, spectators and dedicated server support. [Steam]
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.2
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