Stories by Staff - Page 367

Jordan Weisman reclaims rights to MechWarrior, Shadowrun, Crimson Skies for new venture Smith and Tinker, hinting at immersive online worlds.

ESET bolsters its global presence, appointing Craig Johnston as APAC Channel Manager to drive growth in Asia Pacific and the Maldives.

3Com's H3C division has appointed Renaissance Brands as its NZ distributor, seeing it as an opportunity to develop an exclusive enterprise brand locally.

Microsoft launches CRM 4.0, enhancing CRM with multi-tenancy and on-demand solutions, ready by February 2008. Aims to empower businesses globally.

Few vendors come back from the double whammy of disastrous lack of innovation and a period of channel disenfranchisement.

Phoenix Wright: Justice For All is the second chapter in the titular attorney's series of text-based adventures.

Last year's Blazing Angels was a disappointing attempt by Ubisoft to enter the coveted flight-simulation genre.

Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, a dazzling DS adventure, continues from Wind Waker, setting a new handheld gaming benchmark with innovative controls.

Conan on Xbox 360 offers gamers a brutal hack n' slash escape with gritty graphics and a focus on sheer power. Less beauty, more beastly battles.

Ratatouille on Nintendo Wii serves a mixed dish of gameplay, merging modest platforming with cooking mini-games, but lacks the film's flair.

After an 8-year hiatus, Sega Rally makes a stunning return on Xbox 360, blending nostalgia with cutting-edge graphics for arcade racing fans.

Spiderman teams up with foes in a unique twist on Wii's Friend or Foe, but the game disappoints with easy play and poor graphics.

In recent memory the only skateboarding games of real worth have come from the immensely popular Tony Hawk franchise.

Thanks to the Worms series of games, Worms are also known as war machines, waging epic battles across the ages in a multitude of varied quality.

Nintendo's Big Brain Academy brings brain-training fun to the Wii, despite its limitations compared to the DS version.

Call of Duty 4 on Xbox 360 dazzles with smoother graphics and revamped gameplay, offering a top-tier FPS experience for both novices and veterans.

Unreal Tournament III takes PC gaming by storm, providing the ultimate Xmas drooling material with enhanced AI, stunning visuals, and new tactics.

It's your first day at school and within a few minutes you're already a target of the local school bully and his lackeys.

Ratatouille arrives on Xbox 360, a charming if average tie-in with Pixar's film. Expect fun but simplistic gameplay and decent visuals.

For Medal of Honor fans the most recent entries in the WWII series have failed to live up to the full potential they possess.