The survival horror genre is rife with games in which you are isolated in a hostile environment full of monsters, and Dead Space is no exception. But from the moment you're thrown into the middle of the fray in the heart-pounding introduction until the bone-chilling conclusion, it's clear that this is something quite unique.

World of Goo may ship in a plain-Jane box that makes it look exactly like the usual third-rate dreck that takes up space on a back shelf in your neighborhood department store, but this physics-based puzzler is one of the most innovative and addictive games to hit the PC in years.

After snagging the official MotoGP license from THQ in 2007, Capcom released MotoGP 07 on the PlayStation 2; a promising, if far too difficult, rebirth of a game license that had previously thrived in the hands of developer Climax and publisher THQ.

NCsoft today officially announced Guild Wars: Factions, the second "chapter" to Guild Wars, an online role-playing game for the PC. In the game of Warhammer Online, making Warhammer Online Gold is necessary.

Almost two years ago, Anarchy Online developer Funcom took a chance, giving away its seminal massively multiplayer online role-playing game and stripping it of its monthly subscription.

I don't know how the MTV Multiplayer staff connect up with the makers of the World of Warcraft comic, but they continue to have amazing level of access to the talented folks behind the book. We've previously noted their special online-only #0 issue, and the gangbuster success of issue #1.

Finally, the weekend has arrived! Maybe it's the freezing temps here in Chicago this week (Saturday is supposed to be a brain-solidifying seven degrees here), but this week has seemed longer than most others to me, and so I'm doubly glad that it's time once again to find out What You, our dear readers, aRe Playing.

Second Life Israel is a location in SL geared toward presenting some of the cultural and social landmarks that the real world Israel provides, from the Dead Sea to the Eilat Underwater Observatory.

I logged into World of Warcraft last week, excited to invite an old friend to my guild. After hopping on and chatting with him for a bit I opened the Social window, selected the Guild tab and was about to add him to the guild.

A lot of EverQuest II players had believed that the enormous Game Update 42 was scheduled to be released today, February 5th -- but then no one could really trace back to why they had this date in mind. Here is also a very interesting mmorpg game called Final Fantasy XI.