THQ Games
Zoo Tycoon
Developed by the new Blue Fang (headed up by former developers at Sierra Online), this is their first game and the first zoo-related sim on the market.
Evil Dead Regeneration
It's somewhat surprising what you can get out of a twenty dollar game.
WWF RAW
WWF Raw is a Wrestling game, developed by Sculptured Software and published by Acclaim, which was released in 1994.
Punisher
It is a beat 'em up where Punisher and Fury are on a mission to thwart the crime lord Kingpin, engaging on various foes and final bosses mostly in a hand-to-hand combat.
WWF Smackdown 2: Know Your Role
SmackDown fans get ready for more of the same mojo that made the original such a fan favorite.
Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth
Say Smackdown! enough times, and you're bound to find a wrestling fan eventually. It's like the chances of tossing a rock out your window, and managing to hit William Shatner in the head with it.
Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights
While this should be good news, I was disappointed to learn the game is identical to the PS2 version.
Home Alone 2 - Lost In New York
The main character, Kevin McAllister has come to New York City without his parents. However he doesn’t seem to be bewildered, and confidently checks himself into a hotel and just starts having great fun.
Constantine
The cut scenes are actually decent along with the rest of the graphics. Some of the environments are more on the drab side but definitely one of the better aspects of this game.
WrestleMania 21
Wrestling games and probably boxing games can be a difficult challenge to get right.
MX vs. ATV Unleashed
Once in a long while, a nice, refreshing title comes along. Usually either a significant jump ahead in technical quality or a clean polish on an old and familiar genre,
Big Mutha Truckers 2: Truck Me Harder
Big rig trucks are just about as American as sprawling inter-state highways, Route 66, and dirty rest stop bathrooms.
SimCity 2000
SimCity is a city-building simulation game
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault
In the grim future, there is only war. War that is fought by many races wielding unusual power and incredibly abilities.
WWE Day of Reckoning 2
I've got to admit, I've reviewed a bunch of wrestling titles and without exception, they're always deeply flawed creatures. Sometimes they've got a few bright shining jewels, but on the whole, I can't say as I've found a title I'd really recommend...
Evil Dead: A Fistful Of Boomstick
Ash is back, and this time, Dearborn, MI will never be the same.
Pit Fighter
Pit-Fighter is a 3rd-person fight game that features digitized graphics of real fighters and zooming effects.
WCW Nitro
Go for the gold, as you take on the Superstars of WCW and the NWO in Singles, Tag Team or Battle Royale competition! Set the stage - Fight in arenas from WCW's biggest events, including WCW Monday Nitro, Starrcade, and Halloween Havoc. Plus, TONS o..
Tak and the Power of Juju
With the upcoming holiday season on the horizon, gamers will undoubtedly begin to feel the weight of all the choices they'll have to make in the upcoming months.
Red Faction II
So you've an enhanced super soldier designed to be the ultimate weapon. Vastly superior to your enemies, what could possibly cause you any concern?
WWE: Day of Reckoning
Wrestling may just be the all American sport. Basketball is from Canada, baseball is a variation (of sorts) of cricket, football is a variation (of sorts) of rugby, and hockey is so Canadian that you can't help but say 'eh' after saying it aloud.
WCW/nWo Revenge
More than 60 wrestlers, including ALL of the top WCW and NWO superstars! Awesome new features including wrestler entrances, all the real WCW belts, hidden weapons, instant replay, completely updated roster and complete user stats and arcade style s..
Jeopardy
Alex Trebek hosts this all-new video game version of television's longest-running game show. With over 3,500 new questions and answers and 700 categories, it's sure to last many seasons without reruns!
NHL 98
NHL 98 is an Ice Hockey Sim game, developed by High Score Productions and published by EA Sports, which was released in 1997.
Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior
While the plot is initially confusing, thrusting you into the middle of a war that you know little about, it goes a long way in capturing the emotion and bewilderment of a young warrior out on his first foray.
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers
In terms of gameplay, the developers of Ten Hammers have succeeded in one important aspect.
Zoo Tycoon
Just because a game has a sliver of success on one platform certainly does not guarantee that it will translate well to another.
Rugrats: Search for Reptar
It’s hard to predict which cartoons will be hot when they are brand new. Sometimes they just fill time slots and don’t excite anyone.
Full Spectrum Warrior
Pandemic Studios has perfected the squad-based tactical shooter with this game.
Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling
Now every night is bowling night! Unsurpassed bowling physics engine for ultra-realistic ball and pin action. Cosmic bowling for lights-down, glow-in-the-dark bowling fun! Play as one of the Brunswick ProStaff, or create your own bowler. Authentic ..
WCW Mayhem
Out Of Hand. Out Of The Ring. Create a wrestler. Over 50 WCW Superstars. Six match types. All TV and PPV Venues. Real Ring Entrances. 12 Backstage areas.
WCW/NWO Thunder
Wrestling is big business and if you could do something that entertained as many fans as the WCW/NWO has, you'd be rich too.
Devil Dice
Devil Dice is a simple yet challenging wonder, and it is revolutionary in its own little way.
Great Waldo Search
Based on the Where's Waldo? series of search-and-find picture books, The Great Waldo Search has you assisting Waldo's friend, the wizard White Beard, by looking for five magic scrolls that are lost in the Realms of Enchantment.
The Outfit
What many are finding is the next gen games don't necessarily mean next gen quality.
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
It's been so long since a really challenging game has come out that I forgot what it was like to play one. This isn't some save-when-ever-you want, countless-life, namby-pamby video game.
Sinistar Unleashed
The Distilled Evil along with their slaves, The Sporg, are creating the ultimate biomechanical weapon: the Sinistar.
K-1 The Arena Fighters
This is a novel idea. Try to picture this, if you can. A fighting game that has no 50 hit combos. A fighting game that does not allow the characters to shoot fire balls out the ends of their hands.
Pride FC: Fighting Championships
As a big fan of fighting games, I've never quite understood how to tackle these more 'realistic' fighting games.
Ghost In The Shell
Ghost in the Shell is the latest movie-to-game translation to grace the home gaming scene.
Destroy All Humans
The one thing setting _Destroy All Humans_ apart from most titles on the market is the offbeat sense of humor.
Company of Heroes
I've never been equally stunned, amazed, and frustrated with an RTS before.
Alter Echo
Take one part traditional game design, add two parts flashy graphics, and a dash of gameplay mechanics that haven't been used often before, and occasionally you get an enjoyable game.
Nuclear Strike 64
NUCLEAR STRIKE 64 for the N64 features more enemies than ever before, bigger explosions, improved enemy targeting, and photo-realistic environments! Control more than ten different attack vehicles on smart battlefields, where the AI reacts to the p..
Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing
Play as Muhammad Ali or as several other nonfictional contenders in the struggle to become boxing's world champion.
Wayne's World
Once you start on the adventure in Wayne's World, you won't want to quit because it's party time.
Quest 64
Celtland has been cast into chaos by the theft of Eletale's Book. This mystical volume contains the secrets of the Spirit Tamers. Control Brian, a magician's apprentice, as he explores the expansive countryside and villages on his quest. If he does..
Time Killers
Time Killers plays much like Mortal Kombat, albeit slightly more complex, with some similarities to the also-popular Street Fighter II.
Danger Girl
Sometime in November, THQ will be releasing N-Space's game adaptation of the popular comic.
ESPN Baseball Tonight
ESPN Baseball Tonight is a Baseball Sim game, developed by Park Place Productions and published by Sony Imagesoft, which was released in 1995.
Dark Summit
Mt. Garrick has long been a mysterious mountain. With its local legends, strange lights at night and ominous runs.
The Granstream Saga
Published in japan by Sony, The Granstream Saga is one of the more interesting RPGs headed our way this year, courtesy of T*HQ.
VS.
VS. is one of the more confusing titles I've ' had to deal with this month. I mean, I still can't figure out what VS. is trying to do.
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
The game consists of seven levels that take you through various locales: A Swiss Alps-style mountain, a cavern, a mine, a submarine, a haunted ship, a port town, and a castle.
