Gaming

Published in 1972 by Parker Bros., 4000 A.D. is a defend-and-conquer-style strategy game set in space.

This week in gaming: Max Payne gets a new logo (and a trailer), see some footage from Oddworld: Stranger and learn some details about Sony’s upcoming Playstation Vita.

Don’t miss what happened this week in the gaming world.

We’re taking a look at the most anticipated video games of the rest of 2011 and we’re here to make your miserable, empty wallet suffer by presenting you with 15 reasons to irreparably damage your credit score in pursuit of the hottest video games of the fall.

Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 will hit stores this November. It may be a glorified update, but blast-it-all, it’s an update that needed to happen and some of us are slaves to Capcom, and especially to its fighting games.

Sega swears on a bucket of Bibles it’ll be just like the old days with the new Sonic Generations. Either way, we’ll be there.

Star Wars: The Old Republic will be released sometime during the holiday season, if we’re lucky. Either way, we can’t wait.

The Silent Hill: HD Collection is sure to be a hit this fall.

Rayman Origins looks to harken back to a time when perfectly timing your jumps and sitting next to your best buds on the couch and beating a platformer were the height of digital entertainment.

Putting aside any acrimonious rivalries, Battlefield 3 looks like a serious contender for this year’s best first person shooter.

We’re keeping ourselves in the dark when it comes to the new game, Journey.

Batman: Arkham City has the Herculean task of upping the ante on what was already a triumph of open world design and combat.

Keep Dark Souls in mind when October rolls around.

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations is sure to be a hit this fall. Getting to traipse around Jerusalem again seems like the series coming full circle, and the trailer’s money shot of Ezio taking the very first leap of faith just plain feels right…

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is the globetrotting, death defying action adventure event of the Fall 2011 season.