http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download en freepcgame freepcgame Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:03:56 +0200 daily 1 Publisher: Strategy First Developer: Quotix Software Genre: Role-Playing Release Date: Jun 26, 2007 ESRB: TEEN ESRB Descriptors: Blood, Fantasy Violence Number of Players: 1 Player DirectX Version: v9.0c As the back of the Call for Heroes: Pompolic Wars box proclaims, "It is the darkest of times." Well, that's certainly true enough for anyone who installs and plays the game within. This action RPG from Quotix Software hits new lows in mind-numbing combat and ridiculously confusing level design. Judging by the credits at the back of the manual, just two people made this one, and boy does it ever show. The twosome worked off a simple template of making a 3D copy of Diablo, but didn't include any of the depth or catchiness of that classic dungeon crawl. The single-player story (there is no multiplayer) about battling the monstrous hordes of a demon named Pompolic is told solely on the first page of the manual. There are no cutscenes, dialogue sequences,... Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:03:56 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Call-for-Heroes-Pompolic-Wars/30/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Call-for-Heroes-Pompolic-Wars/30/ Publisher: Hip Games Developer: Namco Genre: Modern Shooter Release Date: Nov 10, 2003 ESRB: MATURE ESRB Descriptors: Blood, Mature Sexual Themes, Violence Copy Protection: StarForce software protection technology contained in one or more versions of this game. Special Controllers: Mouse Nothing delivers a vicarious thrill quite like a slick, big-budget action movie. Hollywood blockbusters, like Face/Off and The Rock, in addition to some of Hong Kong's finest movie fare, like The Killer and A Better Tomorrow, put you right in the middle of intense modern-day shoot-outs between the "goodest" good guys and the baddest bad guys. Films like these are undeniably exciting, but they sometimes leave you wondering how on earth the good guys managed to beat such impossible odds. The answer is obvious: These movies aren't real. Of course, Dead to Rights isn't real, either. If you've ever wondered what it might feel like to be the lone action... Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:10:28 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Dead-to-Rights/29/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Dead-to-Rights/29/ Publisher: 2K Games Developer: 2K Boston Genre: Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter Release Date: Aug 21, 2007 (more) ESRB: MATURE ESRB Descriptors: Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Sexual Themes Number of Players: 1 Player While on the surface it might look like little more than a very pretty first-person shooter, BioShock is much, much more than that. Sure, the action is fine, but its primary focus is its story, a sci-fi mystery that manages to feel retro and futuristic at the same time, and its characters, who convey most of the story via radio transmissions and audio logs that you're constantly stumbling upon as you wander around. All of it blends together to form a rich, interesting world that sucks you in right away and won't let go until you've figured out what, exactly, is going on in the undersea city of Rapture. Rapture is an amazing city that sits at the bottom of the ocean, but something's gone horribly wrong down... Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:23:16 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/BioShock/28/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/BioShock/28/ Publisher: Activision Developer: Shaba Games Genre: Beat-'Em-Up Release Date: Nov 1, 2005 ESRB: EVERYONE 10+ ESRB Descriptors: Crude Humor Offline Modes: Competitive, Team Oriented Number of Players: 1-4 Number of Online Players: 24 Online Shrek SuperSlam is a 3D melee game starring all your favorite characters from DreamWorks' Shrek movies. It also borrows heavily from other games like Super Smash Brothers and Power Stone. SuperSlam is obviously designed for younger audiences, and it succeeds in that regard thanks to its simple controls and gameplay mechanics. Most of the gameplay in Shrek SuperSlam revolves around short, two-minute battles with up to four participants. The objective of these battles is to "slam" your opponents as many times as possible. You'll fill up a slam gauge after you've landed several attacks. Once that gauge is full you can perform a special slam attack that sends your opponent crashing around the stage in scripted,... Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:42:41 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Shrek-Super-Slam/27/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Shrek-Super-Slam/27/ Publisher: ValuSoft Developer: Replay Studios Genre: Racing Release Date: Dec 20, 2006 ESRB Descriptors: Alcohol Reference, Violence, Lyrics Connectivity: Online, Local Area Network Customization: Editing Tools Online Modes: Competitive Number of Players: 1-4 If you were to smoosh together the FlatOut series of demolition racing games and Nadeo's TrackMania stunt-racing franchise, then systematically vacuum out all of the most appealing aspects of both titles, you'd have the basic equivalent of Crashday. It's not that the game is terrible, but so little of it feels genuine or original; it's more of a cheap, hacked-together clone of the aforementioned titles. And what's more, it isn't even a particularly good clone. The game's race modes lack coherency--let alone excitement--and the stunt and combat modes fall flat. There's supposed to be a premise to Crashday, but it's anyone's guess as to what it is... Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:20:42 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Crashday/26/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Crashday/26/ Publisher: SouthPeak Interactive Developer: Artificial Studios Genre: Shoot-'Em-Up Release Date: Jun 12, 2007 (more) ESRB: TEEN ESRB Descriptors: Blood, Mild Language, Tobacco Reference, Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes Connectivity: Online Number of Players: 1 Player Number of Online Players: 16 Online Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia really wishes it was born in the '80s. It's got its heart in the right place, aiming to capture the kitschy vibe of such zombie-murdering classics as Zombies Ate My Neighbors and creating a gameplay design that feels like a 3D mash-up of Gauntlet or Ikari Warriors. When you throw in four-player co-op play, a bunch of goofy competitive multiplayer modes, a lengthy campaign, and a ridiculous number of monsters to kill, the recipe for some good old-fashioned fun would seem to be in place. But Monster Madness botches the execution. This includes a counterintuitive control scheme, oddly balanced difficulty, obnoxiously... Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:36:11 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Monster-Madness-Battle-for-Suburbia/25/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Monster-Madness-Battle-for-Suburbia/25/ Publisher: Techland Developer: Techland Genre: Rally / Offroad Racing Release Date: TBA (EU) Xpand Rally Xtreme is a totally "xtreme" variation of the Xpand Rally racer. Apart from rally cars, gamers will find super-fast GT vehicles, DTR buggies, off-road 4x4 vehicles and Monster Trucks. The game features approximately 40 tracks in typical SS contests, off-road cross-country rides, and racing track races against challenging opponents. Like the original Xpand Rally, the game contains career mode, single races and multiplayer. I am starting to believe that developers are intentionally avoiding the rally racing genre even though it is unpopulated and ignored in favor of track racing games. After all, fans have the long running Colin McRae (CMR) series for their arcade racing desires and the one and only simulation Richard Burns Rally (RBR), each with a large and dedicated following. That is why Techland are being really brave, as with XRX they are trying to challenge both... Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:19:20 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Xpand-Rally-Xtreme/24/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Xpand-Rally-Xtreme/24/ Publisher: Ubisoft Developer: Red Storm Ent. Genre: Modern Tactical Shooter Release Date: Feb 16, 2006 ESRB: MATURE ESRB Descriptors: Blood, Violence, Language Number of Players: 1-16 The newest game in the Rainbow Six shooter series, Lockdown, has finally arrived on the PC. What you won't find in this version of the game are elements of a straight console port. The game's environments are as large and detailed as you'd expect from a PC shooter, while extraneous elements from the console versions, like the hokey cutscenes and hidden briefcases scattered around the levels, have been toned down or removed entirely. Most importantly, the game feels like a PC shooter, with all the precision in aiming and movement that mouse and keyboard control can afford. While the developers have done a great job in ensuring Lockdown for the PC didn't end up just being a sloppy port, it bears mentioning that the game has definite arcade underpinnings. Lockdown is still a lot of... Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:22:35 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/TomClancy-s-RainbowSix-Lockdown/23/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/TomClancy-s-RainbowSix-Lockdown/23/ Publisher: EA Games Developer: Digital Illusions Genre: Historic First-Person Shooter Release Date: Sep 10, 2002 ESRB: TEEN ESRB Descriptors: Blood, Violence Connectivity: Online, Local Area Network Number of Players: 1-16 Number of Online Players: 64 Online It started as a buzz and grew to a roar. When Digital Illusions' Battlefield 1942 was first announced, it looked pretty much like just another in a seemingly endless supply of World War II-based games. But thanks to leaked and official demos, Battlefield 1942 soon became one of the most highly anticipated games of the year. That's hardly surprising, given its ambitious design. Here's a game where dozens of players can fight online together on expansive World War II-inspired battlefields while controlling planes, tanks, and even aircraft carriers with ease. Other than some frustrating technical problems and bugs that should have been fixed before the game shipped, Battlefield 1942 is one of those games... Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:40:17 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/BattleField-1942/22/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/BattleField-1942/22/ Publisher: Zoo Digital Publishing Developer: Zoo Digital Pub Genre: Soccer Management Release Date: Aug 17, 2007 (EU) Forget Madden and all its heavily armoured, deathly dull memory games. If you want real sports management, you want to manage a lowly team of journeymen to the top of the English Premier League - if you don't then you're in the wrong place - and you can pick up your helmet, padding and EPO down the hall.With the beautiful game firmly in my mind and soul, I took a trip across to Sheffield to sit down with Zoo Digital Publishing and take a look at Premier Manager 08.For those not familiar with the Premier Manager series, it's the charming, smiley brother in the family of the most quintessentially English of all games genres: football management. If Championship Manager and Football Manager are impenetrable pre-Lord of the Rings Tolkein, then Premier Manager is Harry Potter. Fun, accessible and kid-friendly. Jon SeymourInstead of a... Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:56:30 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Premier-Manager-08/21/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Premier-Manager-08/21/ Publisher: exoSyphen Studios Developer: exoSyphen Studios Genre: Real-Time Strategy Release Date: May 07, 2007 (EU) Number of Players: 1 Player We recently got the opportunity on a full copy of Hacker Evolution (from Giveaway of the Day [which I will talk about more later]), a new game about hacking for the PC. The game has a lot of themes that remind me of the Matrix/that movie that had that computer named HAL. You play as Brian Spencer who is a former Intelligence Agent (AI backwards, pretty tricky) for the US. Set in the future, a new kind of internet connection has been made that allows files to be set at the speed of light. So that it messes with the Time-Space continuum and allows files to be sent before they are even requested. The game describes it as a Time warp digitally. When it was made, there was an AI put in place to make sure the internet technology never screwed up. And guess what? It screwed up. It all starts when the NYC Stock Exchange got hacked (or at... Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:15:55 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Hacker-Evolution/20/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Hacker-Evolution/20/ Publisher: Strategy First Developer: Object Genre: Historic Real-Time Strategy Release Date: Mar 26, 2002 ESRB: TEEN ESRB Descriptors: Blood, Violence Number of Players: 1-8 Object Software's Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs is the sequel to Fate of the Dragon. Both are real-time strategy games that take place during the legendary Three Kingdoms era in ancient China. Like Fate of the Dragon before it, Dragon Throne is a strategy game that uses somewhat simple 2D graphics and has full speech in Chinese. And like Fate of the Dragon, Dragon Throne is a decent enough game, but there are better real-time strategy games that you can spend your time and money on.   As you might have already guessed, Dragon Throne also sounds pretty much the same as Fate of the Dragon. The original Fate of the Dragon had two language options for audio speech: English and Chinese. Dragon Throne has only Chinese speech, though you can choose English subtitles. The... Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:18:59 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Dragon-Throne-The-Battle-of-the-Red-Cliffs/19/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Dragon-Throne-The-Battle-of-the-Red-Cliffs/19/ <a href=" http://technorati.com/claim/79b37deq9 " rel="me">Technorati Profile</a> Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:56:53 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/18/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/18/ Publisher: LucasArts Developer: Raven Software Genre: Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter Release Date: Sep 17, 2003 (more) ESRB: TEEN ESRB Descriptors: Violence Connectivity: Online, Local Area Network Online Modes: Competitive, Team Oriented Number of Players: 1-16 There are dozens of Star Wars games on the market, but none captures the excitement of lightsaber combat as well as the Jedi Knight games. Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the third game in the series, or, technically, the fourth if you count 1995's Dark Forces, which didn't bear the Jedi Knight name (and didn't let you use lightsabers or Force powers, either). It is not a revolutionary product--as it uses the same Quake III engine and gameplay elements as last year's well-received Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. It manages to take all the fun parts from its predecessor and greatly expands them to create an engaging, new action game in its own right. You play as Jaden, the new protagonist in... Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:09:37 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Starwars-Jedi-Knight-Jedi-Academy/17/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Starwars-Jedi-Knight-Jedi-Academy/17/ Publisher: EA Games Developer: Dreamworks Games Genre: Real-Time Strategy Release Date: Sep 22, 2003 ESRB: TEEN ESRB Descriptors: Violence                                                                                     It's only been eight months since the release of Command & Conquer: Generals, the latest installment in this extremely popular real-time strategy series. Though Generals was the first C&C that did not bear the name of Westwood Studios (the series' original developer), it was still every bit as action-packed and fast-paced as the series has ever been. It represented a great combination of the over-the-top pyrotechnics the series is known for, along with some of the gameplay elements perfected by Blizzard's competing RTS franchises. However, the game clearly left some room for additional content, so, while it's no surprise that Generals went on to... Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:46:45 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Command-Conquer-Generals-Zero-Hour/16/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Command-Conquer-Generals-Zero-Hour/16/ Publisher: Gathering Developer: Remedy Ent. Genre: Modern Shooter Release Date: Jul 23, 2001 ESRB: MATURE ESRB Descriptors: Blood, Violence Number of Players: 1 Player Created by Finnish developer Remedy Entertainment, Max Payne has been in production for a very long time. It's a gritty third-person shooter that's clearly inspired by the stylish cinematography and choreography of the Hong Kong action movie genre, particularly the work of director John Woo. Like many of Woo's films, Max Payne is rife with gunplay that's almost indescribably beautiful to watch--and yet actually playing it is even better. Max Payne does have a few weaknesses, most notably in that it isn't very long and lacks any multiplayer features--but these things are hardly detrimental. After all, it's not often you get an outstanding and original action game that's not just different from all other shooters to date, but also in many ways superior. You play as the title... Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:23:38 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Max-Payne/15/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Max-Payne/15/ Publisher: Paradox Interactive Developer: Stormregion Genre: Historic Real-Time Strategy Release Date: Jun 12, 2006 ESRB: TEEN ESRB Descriptors: Blood, Violence Online Modes: Competitive, Cooperative, Team Oriented Number of Players: 1 Player Number of Online Players: 6 Online Getting into a World War II real-time strategy game is a challenge these days. So many have shown up on our doorstep the past couple of years that newcomers can only get the Nazi-weary public's attention by doing one thing wildly differently or everything incredibly well. You can put Rush for Berlin in the latter category. While this by-the-books effort from Codename: Panzers developer Stormregion is a rehash of WWII RTS conventions, the entire game is so well designed that you don't much care that you've seen it all before. If you can stand to liberate Stalingrad in a computer game one more time, you should sign up for a tour of duty here. Just don't expect anything... Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:23:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Rush-for-Berlin-Gold/14/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Rush-for-Berlin-Gold/14/ Publisher: Lighthouse Interactive Developer: VSTEP Genre: Naval Sim Release Date: September 2007 ESRB: EVERYONE I always feel that ships tend to lose out in the transport wars of gaming. I mean, you get great flight-based games and so many excellent car-orientated games, from arcade racers to simulations and driving-based free roaming titles, that there are too many examples to list. In terms of simulations, these days you can find a game that simulates almost anything from managing a zoo or a railroad empire to simulated people, piñatas and spaceships. Of course, when it comes to simulation, the one title that comes to mind is Microsoft Flight Simulator, which has sold millions of copies over the years - but can the same exposure be generated by the simulation of ships? Possibly, as the popularity of pirate scenarios in both gaming and film may well get fans interested in such nautical naughtiness. Don't don your eye patch just yet however, as there are no pirates or looting to... Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:51:42 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Ship-Simulator-2008/13/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Ship-Simulator-2008/13/ Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Developer: Ensemble Studios Genre: Historic Real-Time Strategy Release Date: Oct 26, 1997 ESRB Descriptors: Animated Violence, Animated Blood Number of Players: 1-8 When you first play Age of Empires, a warm feeling develops in your gut. Warcraft meets Civilization! Real-time empire-building! And does it ever look sharp and feel right. But an uneasy feeling builds as you get deeper into it, a sense that all is not quite right. This is not quite the game you hoped for. Even worse, it has some definite problems. The pitfall when you review a game as anticipated and debated as this one is to make sure you criticize it for what it is, not for what you wish it was. I wish that Age of Empires was what it claimed to be - Civilization with a Warcraft twist. Instead, it is Warcraft with a hint of Civilization. That's all well and good, but it places it firmly in the action-oriented real-time combat camp, rather than in the high-minded... Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:21:10 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Age-Of-Empires/12/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Age-Of-Empires/12/ Publisher: Ubisoft Developer: Best Way Genre: Historic Real-Time Strategy Release Date: Sep 12, 2006 (more) ESRB: MATURE Offline Modes: Competitive, Cooperative, Team Oriented Online Modes: Competitive, Cooperative, Team Oriented Number of Players: 1 Player Number of Online Players: 16 Online It's surprising that developers are still finding ways to screw up World War II real-time strategy games. Games like the fantastic Company of Heroes should be the rule by this point, not the exception, seeing as developers have stacks of games to pick apart to see what works and what doesn't. Unfortunately, as Faces of War proves, this isn't the case. Many RTS versions of the noble crusade remain packed with flaws, including dull, derivative missions and control problems, and this game is no exception. Even though developer Best Way has already produced the well-regarded Soldiers: Heroes of WWII, here the company has made a primer on how not to make a WWII RTS. Faces of... Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:21:12 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Faces-of-War/11/ http://www.blogigo.de/Free_Game_Download/Faces-of-War/11/