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Kane & Lynch 2 was a game that should have never existed.

I never played Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, the first game in the Kane & Lynch series. Like most I was very familiar with it as being one of the worst games to be made available in this console generation. The game made more headlines for allegedly causing the firing of a GameSpot reviewer over a bad score, than for anything particular about the game itself. I assumed, incorrectly, with the tarnish of shady company ethics along with horrible story and production quality that the franchise was dead and gone, ready to be buried in the desert with E.T. for the Atari.

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The system is currently only slated for Japan.

Nintendo revealed today that they plan to release a sexy red Wii in honor of their plumber mascot's 25th year of jumping on villains heads.

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A potentially great game destroyed by a complete lack of usability and focus on excessive grinding.

Playing Castlevania: Harmony of Despair is a lot like what I imagine living with an alcoholic stepfather would be like. You find yourself in a situation with no guidance or information on what to do besides the general desire not to screw up and every time you think you have figured out the correct way to behave, you find yourself beaten for thinking you can do better and being “uppity”. By description, an up-to-six player co-op game where you can choose from the A team of the Castlevania universe, Harmony of Despair sounded like it could have been one of the best Xbox Live Arcade games to grace the system. Sadly, this is not the case, and what’s worse is that the game in itself is not a bad experience.

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The classic board game is now available in digital form, complete with a brand new mode.

I have a rather complicated history with Risk. Growing up I loved playing anything that involved the concept of strategy, mainly because I ranked on the lower spectrum of twitch reflexes amongst my group of friends. Of course Risk falls into my category of preference, but after playing it over time I realized it had two distinct problems.

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