Ah, PC gaming, the one type of gaming that's never really broken through to the mainstream western population. Sure, your mum might play a bit of Peggle; maybe your granny likes the odd game of virtual Scrabble. Maybe your Korean cousin has won the odd Starcraft tournament. But so far as the average gamer goes, the screaming majority would much prefer the convenience of a home console instead of t... more.

From the creators of the original Mount & Blade come the stand-alone expansion, Mount & Blade: Warband, which greatly improves on many aspects of the original game including the new widely sought after multiplayer mode. This is Taleworlds second game to be released and for a new company in the gaming industry, to have games of this quality and popularity is a testament to there ability. Th... more.

Hey gamers! We've got a quick and brief competition where you can win a copy of Torchlight (PC) just by tweeting us (and following our twitter account)! You can make a reply to us via the twitpic image here Or just tweet us with: "I want to win Torchlight from @NXTGamer #wintorchlight" A winner will be chosen tomorrow at 5 pm (GMT) Good luck! This competition is now closed, congra... more.

In the last few years there has been a rise in the amount of indie games to be released. This rise can be attributed to the ease of selling games online via platforms such as Steam, which has an audience close to 25 million users. With so many indie games being released there’s a good chance you’ve overlooked some of them and here are just a few that if you haven’t already, you should defini... more.

Thanks to the guys at Fatshark we've got five copies of Lead and Gold - Gangs of the Wild West on the PC to give away to coincide with our review of the game! To win a copy, post a comment below with a witty or creative caption for this screenshot e.g. "Oww my foot!" but we're sure you can do better than that! You have until Sunday 18th April to get your entry in and then we'll pick the ... more.

Lead and Gold - Gangs of the Wild West is the first title from independent developer Fatshark. The game offers a team based multiplayer-only experience with all the best features of most of the popular team based games. Lead and Gold is presented beautifully with detailed shadows and environments which really help make the whole Wild West setting more believable and immersive. While playing the ga... more.

2010 looks like it's going to be a huge year for the video game industry with massive hardware releases such as Project Natal and PlayStation Move but there are also some great looking titles coming out this year, let’s take a look at some of the most exciting to come. 1. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction There’s not long left to go before Conviction is finally released (13th in US/16... more.

As a gamer have you ever wondered what it would be like to play a game about suicidal ninja robots? Well if you have, then it's your lucky day as Beatnik Games have just released Plain Sight, a new third person multiplayer arcade game. The game released with 13 maps, battles with up to 20 players, 5 game modes and dedicated servers to keep all the gamers happy. The game has a very original conc... more.

Robert Bowling has confirmed via his twitter account that the Stimulus DLC package for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, previously exclusive to Xbox 360, will be available to PlayStation 3 gamers on May 4th in North America and May 5th everywhere else. PC gamers will also receive the DLC worldwide on May 4th. The Stimulus map pack includes five maps; Three completely new maps: Bailout - a... more.

From slow busloads of passengers to hundreds of tons of coal sailing along on one of your trains, OpenTTD lets you create a vast empire of transport. OpenTTD is a game that I have been following for the last few years that is a nice open source remake of the game Transport Tycoon Deluxe by Chris Sawyer. It is a simulation game where you build different types of transport routes for profit and to u... more.