Baldur's Gate is an RPG from BioWare and Interplay, set in the Forgotten Realms universe, using Dungeons and Dragons 2nd edition rules. You play as a mage's apprentice in the city of Candlekeep during an iron shortage. Steel production is halted, tools such as farming equipment and weapons are scarce. Bandits roam the coast, seeking valuable iron, often over gold and jewels.
This game is a FPS with a mix of stealth elements. And dinosaurs. Lots of dinosaurs. A whole lot. Certain events will trigger cinematic sequences that involve Turok executing his opponent in graphic fashion. Other events involve pressing button combinations to fight off an attack and survive. Crouch in the tall grass, break out the knife, and wait for the little dinos to wander by.
Velvet Assassin is a stealth game from Replay Studios published through Southpeak Games set in World War 2. You play a female assassin/spy who performs stealth missions behind enemy lines during the war. The game is very much like Thief and Splinter Cell, with only a special "morphine mode" to distinguish it, allowing you special moves and limited invisibility. Despite not being a big budget game, Velvet Assassin offers rare hardcore stealth gameplay in a unique setting for the genre with nice graphics and good controls.
The Maw is an action-adventure video game developed by independent developer Twisted Pixel Games. It was released on Xbox Live Arcade on January 21, 2009, and for Microsoft Windows on March 9, 2009. It became available via Steam on March 10, 2009. The game revolves around a blue alien by the name of Frank, and a purple blob named Maw, that he leads around the game world, feeding and evolving.
The game won the 2008 Audience Choice award at PAX10, and is currently a finalist at the Independent Games Festival 2009.
American McGee's Alice is a third-person puzzle/shooter computer game, which takes place in the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland universe. It was developed by Rogue Entertainment and published, distributed and marketed by Electronic Arts, and under the Sold-Out Software label as well. Alice was designed by American McGee, and featured music composed by former Nine Inch Nails drummer Chris Vrenna.
Kane & Lynch is a run-of-the-mill third-person shooter with elements of squad gameplay, in the vein of Freedom Fighters - only with a more theatrical feel and lots of "mature" language.
Far Cry 2 is a mission-based, open-ended FPS set in a fictional african country on the verge of civil war. The story is not even remotely connected to the original Far Cry, so this game is more like a Boiling Point fan's dream come true. Who needs Trigens when angry mercs are everywhere ?
Euro Truck Simulator lets you drive big rigs and deliver trailers across a dozen countries of western continental Europe. Mind the traffic, refill the fuel tank in stations, and don't forget to stop and take a nap before you start dozing (I mean, your character).
In Flock! you control a flying saucer and must drive scared animals to your mothership through obstacles and traps. The game also features a proper campaign for 2-player co-op and a map editor.
Like in Switchball and a couple other "cross-platform" titles, the framerate is capped to 30 fps.
Defense Grid is a 3D singleplayer tower defense game. You must construct defensive towers of various types on predetermined areas to get rid of incoming alien swarms before they reach your mainframe and run with its power cores.
