Emmanuel Brown played Penumbra: Black Plague. The second and final installment in what was originally planned to be a trilogy, this physics-heavy game is hard to classify in a single genre. The adage is "you get what you pay for"; available for $20.00 does Black Plague support this? Read the review and find out what the author thinks.

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Lighthouse Interactive announced today that its thriller adventure game, Overclocked: A History of Violence will be released in North America on March 31st 2008.

Overclocked explores an archetypical, yet actual condition of mankind: violence. Players will become engrossed in a world where memories and illusions; dreams and reality; perpetrators and victims… collide.

Bioware announced this afternoon that Mass Effect will be released for the PC in May 2008. Published by EA and re-designed for the PC, Mass Effect invites players to take the role of Commander Shepard as they set out on an adventure to save the galaxy from imminent destruction. Wrought with treachery, heroism, difficult decisions and a universe filled with unique and colorful species, Mass Effect delivers a truly compelling storyline.

This could potentially cause quite a stir among many gamers. BigPond have officially announced that Pirates of the Burning Sea will be distributed for free to Australians when the game is released on 27th February 2008.

Gamers are told to pre-register at BigPond's Game Area Website where they'll be the first in line to download one of the 100,000 copies of the game. Once you've registered and received your copy you'll be able to use a seven day trial subscription, but after those seven days are up you'll be required to pay $15.95 per month if you want to continue playing.

Disney is enjoying huge success with their original television series Hannah Montana with over 23 million homes in Europe tuning in. They've decided to bring the young pop star to three platforms; each innovative music-inspired title will let fans interactive with their favourite characters.

Hannah Montana: Music Jam for Nintendo DS and Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour will be arriving this spring in April on the 25th. The PS2 version of Spotlight World Tour will arrive much later during autumn this year.

Sony have confirmed that indie developed "Riff: Everyday Shooter" will be arriving onto PS3 via their PlayStation Network this Thursday, February 14th. Developed solely by Jonathan Mak, Everyday Shooter won three awards at the Independent Gaming Festival at the 2007 Game Developers Conference.

It will be available in the States for USD 9.99 and GBP 4.99 in the UK.

SouthPeak Games announced this morning that it'll be releasing Roogoo for the Xbox Live Arcade and PC this spring. Developed by Spidermonk Entertainment, Roogoo uses geometric shapes and rotating discs to craft a frenetic puzzle game framed within an imaginative storyline and a fantasy universe.

Roogoo tasks players with guiding meteors in the form of shaped blocks though a series of rotating disks as a means of saving the planet Roo and the entire Roogoo race. If aligned correctly, the disks allow the blocks to reach the ground and scores are awarded. However, it’s not as easy as simply rotating the disks to form a neat tunnel. Various obstacles and enemies will impede the blocks’ transit and with the flow of meteor blocks steadily increasing as the game progresses, players will have to think on their feet to save the Roogoo and rack up seriously high scores.

Capcom are letting the hordes loose onto the next-gen consoles. There's no official release date but Chris Kramer, the senior director of communications and community, has said Capcom have an exciting year ahead that will include Resident Evil 5.

"Just being able to see Resident Evil 5 running, I'm like 'Oh my god!'", Kramer said.

Rockstar Games have told Kotaku that they'll be experimenting with the downloadable content that is released for Grand Theft Auto 4 on the Xbox 360.

"RockStar doesn't seem sure that there are enough users with access to online content on the 360 to make it worthwhile for them to continue pumping out episodes” Kotaku reported.

Several experienced designers that are responsible for working on the Battlefield and Halo franchises have announced that they are forming a new development company called Tyrant Studios.

Hardy LeBel will be the main lead for the new studios and has a vast amount of experience since working on titles such as Jade Empire, Halo, Dungeon Siege 2 and the Socom series.