Sometimes, amazing graphics and great gameplay just aren't enough. You need to be able to set the scene just right, and a lot of times the perfect piece of music will do just that. This week on Digital Mystery Tour, Julian brings you some songs that excel at setting the mood for the moment or level that the appear in. From ethereal trance music to something that will run a chill up your spine, these songs are all about ambiance.

Ubisoft made good on last year’s surprise of Watch_Dogs with another, this one known as Tom Clancy’s The Division. One of the biggest draws about this title, besides the outstanding visuals, is the way that players engage with one another.

 I went to the Doctor's yesterday, and it turns out I have a respiratory infection. Yay. So I'm on roughly $66 worth of inhalers, antibiotics and steroids. Which confused me. The doctor didn't tell me she was giving me steroids! Or maybe she did. I wasn't really coherent during that visit. She told me I shouldn't use my brain too much and that I should rest. This confused me greatly, seeing how I HAVE A FUCKING RESPIRATORY ILLNESS, NOT A BRAIN TUMOR! Anyway, I didn't question this at the time, but I did ask if video games were considered too taxing. She looked at me oddly with a weird sort of grin, and sort of laughed and said: That should be ok, you don't really have to think when you play games. I almost punched her. Fighting my temptation to immitate commander shepherd and PUNCH WOMEN IN THE FACE, I kept my mouth shit. She kept talking, and eventually she mutated into some weird, demonic form and tried to eat me. Ok, maybe I was a little out of it at that stage.

This year was a bit thinner than what we were expecting, especially with Nintendo supposedly pulling back the curtain on the Wii U.  But while we were left a bit underwhelmed and with more questions than answers there were still plenty of games on display to get us excited for something.

For more than fifteen years players have been experiencing the Resident Evil series through the eyes of the good guys. They’ve controlled Jill Valentine, Leon Kennedy, Chris and Claire Redfield, among others, but never before have they been given the opportunity to see the events of the series from the perspective of the evil Umbrella Corporation. Part of the intent of Operation Raccoon City was to expose players to the other side of the story, offering an inside look at the events surrounding Resident Evil 2 and 3. Sadly, this opportunity has been squandered on an inconsequential story and a gameplay experience that is at best, boring, and at worst, flat-out broken.

Hello my fellow gamers. It's that time of the week again, and I thought I would post up some of my thoughts on .hack//Infections and what I do on my spare time. 

I just got back from being out of work three days straight with a nasty sinus infection.  I got off easy, my wife was out all last week with the same thing.  With not being able to really get any housework done I did what any true geek would do in my situation would do and turned on my Xbox 360.  Dark Souls has been living in my disk tray since the day it came out, but I honestly felt more like something a little less punishing.  Chicken soup for the gamer's soul if you will.  I took a look at my backlog:  Arkham Asylum... no.  Deus Ex, eh... not yet. Hmmm... Tales of Vesperia.  I heard good things about this one, and a good JRPG would feel just right about now, so I pop it in and install it.

Ah, it’s that time of year again – the leaves are changing, the temperature is plummeting, and we are all preparing to gorge ourselves into turkey-induced comas. But for me, there is another meaning: it’s time for another Call of Duty game. Regardless of your feelings on the franchise, Call of Duty is an absolute juggernaut in the gaming world. Despite its consistent success, however, the franchise continues to receive criticism for its lack of ingenuity with recent installments. This year may prove to change that, as Modern Warfare 3 looks to include a new rewards system, game modes, and mechanics (not to mention elite) to the already popular franchise.

Electronic Arts announced today that a sequel to their popular Dead Space title from last year is officially coming to both the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.