The most recent Games articles from Personal Computer World

Review: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 tactical shooter game

Jonathan Parkyn — 2008-06-09T17:32:00.000Z

Jonathan Parkyn, Personal Computer World, Monday 9 June 2008 at 17:32:00

The team returns for this not-so-sharpshooting sequel

The first Rainbow Six game was released for PCs back in 1998 and soon found itself ported to all the various consoles of the day....

The history of computer games – from text to DirectX

Iain Thomson — 2008-04-18T00:00:00.000Z

Iain Thomson, Personal Computer World, Friday 18 April 2008 at 00:00:00

The world of gaming has changed massively since the first game, Spacewar, appeared in 1961

Ever since the birth of the home computer, people have wanted to play games on their PCs. The patent for the first game using a CRT monitor was filed in...

Review: Broken Sword: The Angel of Death

Anthony Dhanendran — 2008-02-22T00:00:00.000Z

Anthony Dhanendran, Personal Computer World, Friday 22 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Unwitting hero George Stobbart investigates yet more dark secrets

The hero of the Broken Sword series of games, George Stobbart, first appeared on our screens way back in 1996 as a befuddled tourist thrust into a mystery caper....

Intel boasts 'fastest ever' PC

Clive Akass — 2008-02-20T00:00:00.000Z

Clive Akass, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 20 February 2008 at 00:00:00

But just the basics of eight-core Skulltrail gaming platform will cost £2000

Intel has released an eight-core platform targeted at what it calls hard-core gamers – but it will set them back more than £2000 (inc Vat) for the motherboard and processors...

Review: Simcity Societies game

Anthony Dhanendran — 2008-01-18T00:00:00.000Z

Anthony Dhanendran, Personal Computer World, Friday 18 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Create and build your own city in this easy-to-play game

Previous Simcity games have concentrated on the mayoral aspect of city building - the idea being that the player would put together a city from scratch, including roads, buildings, power...

Review: Crysis game

Emil Larsen — 2008-01-17T00:00:00.000Z

Emil Larsen, Personal Computer World, Thursday 17 January 2008 at 00:00:00

A little overhyped, but some excellent spells of gaming nonetheless

Far Cry appeared out of the blue in 2004 and quickly became an international PC favourite. The same developer, Crytek, has created plenty of hype about its latest outing, though,...

Need for Speed: Prostreet

Emil Larsen — 2008-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Emil Larsen, Personal Computer World, Monday 14 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Compete against those bad guys in a boy-racer guise

The Need for Speed (NFS) games have been getting more tech-heavy with every release. What started with driving fast but reasonable cars has grown into Prostreet, which is clearly aimed...

Review: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare game

Will Stapley — 2007-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

Will Stapley, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 11 December 2007 at 00:00:00

Gripping single-player storyline, immersive online play and stunning graphics

Previous entries in the Call of Duty series have all been based around the Second World War. Modern Warfare, as its name suggests, brings the action into present day, leaving...

Hands On: Game On

Barry Shilliday — 2007-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

Barry Shilliday, Personal Computer World, Monday 5 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Find out how Linux could be the ideal solution for your old Dos games

Not many people switching to Linux will do so in order to play games. It comes as no surprise that just about all commercially released games for PCs run on...

Review: The Orange Box game

Emil Larsen — 2007-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Emil Larsen, Personal Computer World, Thursday 25 October 2007 at 00:00:00

Five excellent games for the price of one

The gaming download shop Steam, where you can purchase and download the five-game compilation known as The Orange Box, has been growing at a vast rate recently with a library...

Review: Stranglehold game

Will Stapley — 2007-10-22T00:00:00.000Z

Will Stapley, Personal Computer World, Monday 22 October 2007 at 00:00:00

John Woo’s Inspector Tequila runs amok in downtown Hong Kong

Based on Hard Boiled, a 1992 John Woo film, Stranglehold is a full-on action adventure. You take control of unconventional, sharp-shooting Inspector ‘Tequila’ Yuen - a 3D version of actor...

Review: Sega Rally game

Will Stapley — 2007-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

Will Stapley, Personal Computer World, Friday 19 October 2007 at 00:00:00

Fast and furious arcade racing

Since it appeared in the arcades back in 1995, Sega Rally has gained a loyal following, and now it has made a comeback on the PC, Xbox 360, Playstation 3...

Halo 3 opens fire in the UK

Martin Lynch — 2007-09-26T00:00:00.000Z

Martin Lynch, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 26 September 2007 at 00:00:00

The final Halo game will break all games sales records

Thousands of UK gamers got their hands on the most eagerly awaited game of all time last night at midnight, when Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 launched across Europe....

Review: Bioshock game

Emil Larsen — 2007-09-24T00:00:00.000Z

Emil Larsen, Personal Computer World, Monday 24 September 2007 at 00:00:00

A creative and gripping plot makes this a top contender for game of the year

Playing Bioshock is a bit like playing a movie. You are a passenger on board an aircraft in 1960 that crashes into the sea....

Xbox 360 to be console loser

Martin Lynch — 2007-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

Martin Lynch, Personal Computer World, Friday 21 September 2007 at 00:00:00

Microsoft needs bigger international base

The Xbox 360 console will fall behind both the Wii and PS3 to a ‘distant third’ unless it manages to build a stronger international base, according to analysts DFC Intelligence....