Phew, part 4 down, and the reviews get tougher: crazier shenanigans and ever more convoluted plot threads litter our latest chapter, with extra Cthulhu references and finally a feeling that all story elements are coming together. But I digress.

Welcome to a return trip to Pacific City in Crackdown 2, ten years have passed since our last visit and things have gone to hell, again. A scientist of the Agency, Catalina Thorne goes rogue and creates a virus that infects the clones we knew from Crackdown, turning them into mutated freaks. The virus is also injected into the general public, further spreading the virus. In order to negate this threat, the Agency creates a version 2.0 of next generation agents.

Thorne also rallies up a group of ‘terrorists’, known as the Cell, who fight the Agency at every opportunity in an attempt to overthrow them. You will battle the Cell by day and the freaks by night. That is pretty much the story, fight the two factions, complete the repetitive objectives of clearing out Cell strongholds to regain Agency control and finally watch the second cut scene at the end of the game. Overall the story related gameplay can be completed in about 10  hours.

The football genre has been dominated by EA's Fifa and Konami's Pro Evolution series; both focused on delivering a realistic simulation of the world's most popular sport.

It was refreshing to see another developer enter the race and also have a contrasting focus to deliver an arcade game style. However the barriers to entry are very high as Pure Football is up against two strongly established franchises that have spent more than a decade perfecting their formula on many of the larger and also smaller details; and this clearly shows.

Nelson Tethers is the lead agent (or, indeed, the only agent) in the U.S. Department of Puzzle Research, and has been called upon to solve the mystery of the small town of Scoggins. The town´s eraser factory has been locked down and the US President himself is going to be without his favourite stationery item unless Agent Tethers can save the day!

Another month, another chapter in the quite frankly excellent Sam and Max season 3, this time titled: They Stole Max´s Brain! Following on directly from the last chapter, the game picks up with Max a mere empty shell of his former self, with Sam driven to the point of despair by his best friends affliction. With Sam becoming a rage-filled nightmare, and Max (and all his psychic powers) seemingly lost forever, will our duo be able to save the day yet again from evil masterminds bent on the power of The Devils Toybox?

Are you tired of simulation racing games getting all the attention? Are you bored of trying to perfect that one turn over and over again? Do you get cravings of wanting to blow up the cars that are ahead or launch storm fields on their path? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then Blur is very likely the game for you.

The primary mode of the game is the races. The added twist are the power ups that players can use in order to gain an advantage over the opponents. These power ups are highly varied and include homing missiles, nitro boosts, storm fields and shields to name some. It can be said that Blur is very similar to Mario Kart, however it features real cars and the action is faster, louder and a whole lot more chaotic.