Neocore Games' King Arthur 2 was always going to struggle to get a good review out of me. I just don't find RTSs on this scale, where formations and positioning win the day, engaging in any sense. So please read this review with that, and the fact that I am complete newcomer to the series and the genre, in mind. Also bear in mind that this is a review of the prologue currently available ahead of the full game's release as a pre-order bonus.

Kalypso Media is dropping players into the thick of tactical combat today with the release of a new trailer for Jagged Alliance: Back in Action. In today's video, viewers will learn firsthand how the innovative new "Plan & Go" system works when it comes to managing troops on the battlefield. Along with a new 3D graphics engine, Plan & Go is one of the key new features in Jagged Alliance: Back in Action, and will challenge players to craft the ultimate battlefield strategies as they coordinate actions between mercenaries and mercenary teams, as they fight to free the island of Arulco. Kalypso Media will release Jagged Alliance: Back in Action in North American retail ($39.99 MSRP) on February 14, 2012 for Windows PC.

Tripwire Interactive and the Rising Storm team are proud to present you with a little something to whet your appetites for the forthcoming Rising Storm expansion to Red Orchestra 2: a teaser video showcasing the Iwo Jima level.

Afterfall: InSanity is a survival horror video game developed by Intoxicated Studios and published by Nicolas Entertainment Group. Before I say anything else, the gameplay in Afterfall is very similar to that of the Dead Space series. I wouldn't say Afterfall tries to out Dead Space Dead Space, so much as simply tell a different story in a very similar setting.

Bethesda just announced the release of the new trailer for Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition. This complete package, which includes the full version of Fallout: New Vegas as well as the Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues and Lonesome Road add-on packs, allows you to experience everything that New Vegas has to offer. To sweeten the pot, you'll be armed with the latest cache of unique weapons, ammo types and recipes from the most recent add-on packs Courier's Stash and Gun Runners Arsenal.

Unstoppable Gorg is a tower defense game developed and published by our friends at Futuremark Games Studio. It's available for the PC, Mac, iPad, and Xbox LIVE Arcade. Don't write this off as yet another tower defense game out there. UG (Unstoppable Gorg) actually tries to give you a different type of experience when playing tower defense games. Let's give it a shot.

Paradox Interactive have today released an in-depth video developer diary along with a video interview for the first expansion of their internally developed Grand Strategy title Victoria II, "A House Divided", set to release on January 24th. Narrated by the game's Executive Producer Johan Andersson, the developer diary gives an insight in how revolutions and political movements now work in Victoria II: A House Divided.

Developed by Team Bondi, and published by Rockstar Games, L.A. Noire has tried to do something you don't see all too often anymore; a game pushing the boundaries of your typical set-in-stone genres. As a detective in the late 1940s Los Angeles, you're tasked with solving crimes and bringing those responsible to justice. With a new facial expression system, and a detailed interrogation system, you no longer have to rely on generic scripted events and dialogue options to get you from point a to point b, or maybe c. You now get to decide for yourself which path you want to take. I hope you've watched plenty of Lied To Me...

Magicka is the first game from developer Arrowhead and unfortunately it shows. The plot in Magicka is little more than you are a wizard, go do things that wizards do. So up to 4 adventuring magi set off to do... well... it doesn't really matter honestly, the story is really just a means to make jokes at nerd culture.

So that was 2011. Another year wasted sitting alone in a dark dank depressing room trying to fill time between brushing angry dictators off with one hand and trying to piece together the crumbling economy with the other. Here's a game from 2011 I just didn't get around to actually reviewing. The minority of you that follow me on twitter may have seen a post about this game having no multiplayer and then never speaking of it again like a cock flash at the office Christmas party. But as it was in the Christmas period I began my yearly ritual of drinking and sombre isolation. So begrudgingly Ladies and Gentleman, but most likely Gentleman, this is Hard Reset.