Heavy Rain, developed by Quantric Dream and available exclusively for the PlayStation 3, is a game that tries to reinvent the adventure games genre for a much more mature console audience. In it, the four main characters struggle to unlock the mystery surrounding the Origami Killer - a child murderer who downs his victims. A story of this caliber seems more apt for Friday night TV than something y... more.

WarioWare D.I.Y., developed by Intelligent Systems for the Nintendo DS, succeeds in giving players the tools to transform a simple idea into a fully-fledged microgame. This 'Do-it-Yourself' approach is an interesting switch for a series like WarioWare: shift player focus from games based around quick thinking, to creating games that demand a bigger time investment. The goal here is to encourage pl... more.