XBox games A vehicular combat title, Cel Damage is a light-hearted homage to genre greats, such as Twisted Metal: Black. Blurring the lines between the single and multiplayer modes is the game's loose play structure -- three game modes and 12 stages can be played and unlocked by a single player competing against computer-controlled "bots" or against three other players. ...

Graphical enhancements and added two-player modes aside, Star Wars: Starfighter Special Edition is essentially a port of the PlayStation 2 original. Based around the exploits of three pilots: Rhys Dallows, Vana Sage, and Nym, the game weaves a narrative that, while concurrent with the events of Episode I, is totally unique to the game. Throughout the title's 19 ...

Blood Wake is a ship combat title taking place across an assortment of rivers, bays, straights, and oceans in a fictional setting inspired by ancient China. As a gifted young lieutenant named Shao Kai, who finds himself rescued at sea by the Shadow Clan after a savage attack, players begin a 28-level quest for vengeance against both the ...

She called herself "Red" and she looked too hot to handle. She needed help; the kind of help only a hardened, street-smart private eye like you could give her. She said her boyfriend had been murdered and the local cops didn't seem too keen on finding out who had done the deed. Grab your piece for protection and ...

A third-person 3D shooter from the development team responsible for Jet Set Radio, Gunvalkyrie has players suiting up as one of two team members sent to the remote planet of Tir na Nog to rescue a missing scientist. Since each of the four areas of the planet is overrun with large insect-like aliens, both characters have been outfitted ...

Sega's zombie-blasting light gun series makes its * debut with the exclusive release of The House of the Dead III. Taking place 20 years after the events in the second game, this third title has Lisa Rogan and Agent G investigating the disappearance of Lisa's father, who vanished while searching an abandoned industrial depot two weeks earlier. As...

This * version of Activision's hit first-person shooter features a number of enhancements designed to expand upon the original's gameplay. The storyline remains unchanged from the computer version, which finds players in the role of B.J. Blazkowicz as he prepares to infiltrate Castle Wolfenstein to put an end to Heinrich Himmler's diabolical plan of using hideous experiments in...

*-equipped living rooms get Unreal in 2002. This multiplayer-oriented first-person shooter has been built from the ground up for state-of-the-art performance on Microsoft's *, using Epic Games' latest Unreal technology. The game has been developed to bring across key elements of the favorite PC series while adding new features and aspects of play just for this decidedly console-based...

Set in White Wolf's World of Darkness Hunter: The Reckoning is a third-person action-shooter where you take the role of one of four unique hunters - Deuce a biker ex-con Father Cortez a prison chaplain Kassandra a raver chick and Samantha a tough ex-cop. Armed with a variety of fearsome weaponry you'll battle it out with a plethora ...

In the tradition of Max Payne and Syphon Filter comes Dead to Rights, a story-driven third-person shooter divided into chapters rather than levels. Playing the role of Jack Slate, a man wrongly accused of murder, players will advance through a variety of gritty urban locales on a bloody path to discover those who framed him. A number of ...

A 3D update of 1980's coin-op classic, Defender has players guiding a star fighter from a behind-the-ship perspective in an attempt to thwart an alien invasion. Pilots must once again rescue potential abductees, only this time the threats are bloodthirsty bugs called Manti. Battles take place in a campaign format, playable with a friend in cooperative mode, as ...

Shayde: Monsters vs. Humans is a new fast-paced first-person shooter exclusively for the Microsoft *. Set in a world of supernatural gothic horror you choose the fate of mankind. Will you fight on the side of good vanquish the plague of monsters and be the hero? Or take the side of evil rid the world of those pesky...

Inspired by characters and events from 1987's sci-fi movie starring Peter Weller as the title character, RoboCop for * casts players in the role of Alex Murphy on a mission to stop the evil OCP Corporation. The action takes place from a first-person perspective as players receive missions set within eight urban environments, including the Bronx, the city...

One of Sega's more successful series on the 32-bit Saturn swoops onto the * with the release of Panzer Dragoon Orta. Orta is a teenage girl who becomes a target of unspeakable evil after being rescued by a dragon while locked away in a tower prison. Cast in the role of the mysterious Orta, players take the reigns...

TimeSplitters 2 continues the time traveling exploits of a scheming alien race and the heroic warriors who vow to stop them. Making its * debut, the first-person shooter sets itself apart from most titles in the genre by taking place in ten environments that encompass the past and future, including the Wild West in 1853, 1932 Chicago, 1895...

An offshoot of Microsoft's MechWarrior series on the PC, which in turn is based on the FASA-licensed BattleTech universe, MechAssault is an action-oriented mech combat game designed specifically for the *. Rather than strap players into the cockpit for a simulation style of game, MechAssault is played from a view behind the 30-foot mechs as they lay siege...

Utilizing a modified version of Koei's Dynasty Warriors engine, Crimson Sea features a sci-fi setting where epic battles are primarily fought with laser blasters instead of swords. Alien invaders with the power to change shape are overrunning the five planets in the Theophilus solar system, and it falls to the newly recruited leader of the G-Squad, Sho, to ...

Blending first-person shooting action with flight combat sequences set in space, Falcone: Into the Maelstrom has players earning a living as an intergalactic pirate. During space episodes, players and computer-controlled teammates battle rival fleets to weaken their defenses. Once security has been compromised, players can board vessels from a first-person viewpoint and use a variety of weapons to ...

Taking the role of David Pierce, ace pilot of the SeaBlade Squadron, players tackle 39 air and sea search and rescue missions to support the Southern Alliance in the battle against the Northern Warlords' aggression. Cataclysmic disasters have reshaped the 24th century world, creating chaos and hazardous regions where innocent civilians are trapped under the tyranny of the North. Missions take place in six post-apocalyptic areas: Hokkaido (oil-refining center), Venezuela (volcanic basin), Colorado (now an island with abandoned NORAD bunkers), Texas (turbulent sandy island), London (valuable minerals), and Iceland (excavation site of an alien ship of vast size and power). Five types of SeaBlades are available, each with unique attributes of speed, shield strength, and passenger capacity. The Gatling Gun, basic weapon of the air/sea rescue vehicle, and all weapons are replaced by missiles (standard, heat seeker, and freeze), lasers, forward bombs, napalm bullets, and an Energy Claw when the vehicle passes over the appropriate icon. Picking up an icon for the currently active weapon powers it up to a maximum of three levels, providing additional firepower. Other power-ups include health, turbo boots, invisibility cloaks, energy shields, and score multipliers. Options such as left or right thumbstick steering control, three levels of difficulty ...

Developed by American Laser Games, Crime Patrol is a first-person shooter featuring full motion video to help immerse players in the action. Players choose their appropriate skill level ("Rookie" or "Captain") and then select from a number of crime locations, including an electronics store, drug lab, parking garage, strip club, and warehouse. Players will battle robbers, smugglers, and gang members as they point and shoot their weapon at the action on the screen while sparing injury to innocent bystanders. As players advance through the ranks the game's difficulty will increase as they join SWAT and ultimately the elite Delta Force squad.

The 3DO Company's long-running Army Men series moves away from the run-and-gun, one-man army style of play to a more strategic action game with the release of Army Men: Platoon Command. Players now guide a team of Green Army units across real-world inspired locales several times the size of the plastic toy soldiers. A series of missions once again focuses on the ongoing conflict between the Green Army and Tan Army, with players influencing its outcome by planning a course of action that takes advantage of each unit's specialized skills.

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