Puzzle Kingdoms

Puzzle Kingdoms

"PC
Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships, Battlestations: Pacific, Civilization IV: The Complete Edition (Civ IV, Civ IV: Beyond the Sword, Civ IV: Colonization), Hinterland: Orc Lords, Killing Floor (Steam)

PS2
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon, Short Track Racing: Trading Paint

PS3
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

Xbox 360
Battlestations: Pacific, Raiden Fighters Aces, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

Wii
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus, Help Wanted, Pu..."

"Puzzle Kingdoms is a puzzle/action/RPG game that is more about strategy than it is about puzzles or action or role-playing. It’s like Bejeweled on crack, only better.

Or maybe not crack…after all, there are green glowing pot leaves...

But I digress. The gameplay itself is actually really addicting. You play a warrior type of character who lives in a land that is ravaged by drought and a massive food shortage. You’re trying to help the other kingdoms, but they’re all hostile, so when yo..."

Nothing huge to speak of this week, though a few things out of the ordinary have turned up, like Crysis: Maximum Edition, which houses the original Crysis, side-story Crysis Warhead, and the latter game's multiplayer mode Crysis Wars.

Besides that, Wii owners are treated to a remake of the solid platformer Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, and DS owners can experience the classic Jagged Alliance, a Fallout/Shadowrun-ish game which got its start on PC many years ago.