Dead Space: Extraction

Post-Launch Review

Dead Space: Extraction

Developer: Visceral Games

Released: September 2009

About

Extraction is a prequel to the first Dead Space, exploring the events that led to the Ishimura calling for help. It's a first-person rail shooter – a bit of a departure from the main games. When a team of archeologists discovers an alien marker during a mining operation, the colony starts to break down into madness and violence and monsters. A small crew of survivors tries to make their way off the planet to safety.

The Conduit

Post-Launch Review

The Conduit (Wii)

Developer: High Voltage Software

Released: June 2009

About

The Conduit is one of the few true FPS games on the Wii. In the near future, Washington D.C. is shaken by a mysterious disease, leaving many government facilities underdefended... and open for a terrorist attack and alien invasion. Agent Michael Ford is assigned to recover a tech prototype from the terrorist Prometheus, but soon finds himself embroiled in conspiracy with no one to trust... and also aliens trying to blow him up. 

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Post-Launch Review

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Developer/Publisher: Nintendo

Released: November 2011

About

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is the latest entry in a very long series, and is the very first story in the game universe chronologically. When Zelda is knocked from Skyloft, a city above the clouds, her childhood friend Link sets out to find her. Over the course of a grand adventure, exploring the wonders and dangers of the land below, Link and Zelda discover that they both have a role to play in an ancient prophecy, and must work in parallel to save their world from a mystical swordsman and his demonic master.