May 2011 - games, that were released this month

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

May 1, 2011 → Windows Phone

Geodefense is a top-down strategy game from the masters at Critical Thought Games LLC. The game is published by Critical Thought Games LLC. But Geodefense has not...

Operation WOW

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view

May 1, 2011 → iPhone, iPad

Operation WOW is a first-person arcade game with a touch of action and shooter from the developers from the Ivanovich Games studio. The main publisher of the game...

Lume

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

May 2, 2011 → Mac; May 10, 2011 → PC

Steam: 48/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Lume is a puzzle adventure set among paper-and-cardboard sets filmed on video. After the power fails at her grandfather’s house, the protagonist works to restore it...

Avadon: The Black Fortress

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

May 2, 2011 → PC

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This isometric fantasy role-playing game follows a servant of Avadon, a secretive organization of spies and assassins that protects the alliance of five nations...

Empire Builder: Ancient Egypt

Simulation, Strategy, Isometric

May 2, 2011 → iPad

Empire Builder: Ancient Egypt is an isometric simulator with strategy elements from developers from the studio Iguana Entertainment Limited. The game is published...

Ikibago: The Caribbean Jewel

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, Top-down view, Puzzle

May 2, 2011 → Nintendo DSi

Ikibago: The Caribbean Jewel is a top-down strategy game with warship simulator and puzzle elements from developers at Yamago Studio. The main publisher of the game...

Portal Tetris

Strategy, In real time, Puzzle

May 2, 2011 → Browser

Portal Tetris is a strategy game with puzzle elements. For some reason the game has not yet been released on...

Call of Duty: Black Ops

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Helicopters, Zombies, Online

May 3, 2011 → Xbox 360

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A first-person shooter in the Call of Duty series, set during the height of the Cold War. The story begins with CIA agent Alex Mason waking up in an interrogation...

Motorstorm Apocalypse

Racing, In real time, Third-person view, Motorcycle racing

May 3, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Motorstorm Apocalypse - the main story mode used to complete the game is the "Festival", divided into three difficulty levels, in which the player alternately...

Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world

May 3, 2011 → PC

Players: 9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A standalone entry in the Mount & Blade series, With Fire & Sword expands on Mount & Blade: Warband’s combat in an open sandbox world shaped by the rise...

Red Johnson's Chronicles

Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle

May 3, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 67/100

This adventure-puzzle detective game follows private investigator Red Johnson as he investigates a murder in a city with a rising crime rate. The player gathers...

Thor: God of Thunder

Action, Third-person view, Comics

May 3, 2011 → PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 50/100

This third-person action adventure based on the Thor comics takes the hero across realms from Norse mythology. To protect Asgard, he battles monsters in worlds of...

Destructopus: Total Rampage!

Action

May 3, 2011 → iOS

Metacritic: 64/100

A side-scrolling arcade action game about a sea monster awakened to find a polluted world and seeking revenge on the industrialists responsible. After centuries...

Dead Meets Lead

Action, Horror, Third-person view

May 3, 2011 → PC

Dead Meets Lead is a third-person action game with horror elements from the masters from the studio Keldyn Interactive. The game is published by Keldyn...

Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

May 3, 2011 → PC

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A third-person fantasy role-playing game in which a party of a fighter, sorcerer, and rogue battles enemies and overcomes obstacles. The player controls one...

Grow

Action, Third-person view

May 3, 2011 → Android

Grow is a third-person action game from Epic Pixel LLC. The main publisher of the game is Epic Pixel LLC. Grow may be in development for PC, but that version has...

Jumpkick Justice

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

May 3, 2011 → Browser

Jumpkick Justice is a third-person action game with a dash of fighting from Billion Bit Games. The game is published by Billion Bit Games. Jumpkick Justice may be...

PuppetShow: Mystery of Joyville

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

May 3, 2011 → iPhone

Steam: 92/100

This first-person adventure puzzle game takes place in Joyville, where a once-wondrous puppet show fell into disrepair after a great fire. People have been going...

Realms Online

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

May 3, 2011 → PC

Realms Online is a third-person role-playing game with fantasy elements from NGD Studios. The main publisher of the game is NGD...

Section 8: Prejudice

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

May 4, 2011 → PC

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Section 8: Prejudice — The player can use Overdrive to move horizontally at superhuman speeds, or activate their jetpack to reach new heights. Rather than...

Cross Fingers

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

May 4, 2011 → iPad

Metacritic: 76/100

This tangram-style puzzle game challenges players to assemble shapes from solid pieces. Across 120 levels, players use their imagination and reasoning as well as...

Dwarfs!?

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Free game, Casual game

May 4, 2011 → PC

Steam: 79/100

An arcade strategy game about overseeing an underground Dwarf colony and gathering as much gold as possible before the caves and their monsters bring the settlement...

Moon Diver

May 4, 2011 → Xbox 360

Metacritic: 61/100

At the dawn of the 22nd century, an evil power brings inanimate objects to life, turning them against humanity. An elite unit of specially trained ninjas known as...

First Touch Soccer

May 4, 2011 → iOS

Metacritic: 90/100

A football simulation featuring club teams, competitions and several modes, with attacking and defensive AI shaping play on the pitch. First Touch Soccer uses an...

Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury

Arcade, Shooter

May 4, 2011 → Xbox 360

Metacritic: 78/100

An arcade shooter with puzzle elements, Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury features more than 100 levels filled with missiles and enemies. Combat calls for strategic and...

Alphaland

Arcade, Action, Platformer

May 4, 2011 → Browser

Alphaland is an arcade game with action and platform elements. It's possible that Alphaland is being developed for PC, but that version has not yet been...

First Templar (Special Edition)

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

May 4, 2011 → Xbox 360; May 12, 2011 → PC

Players: 10/10

Steam: 73/100

This third-person action-adventure is set in 13th-century Europe and follows a French Templar and his companion, a noblewoman declared a heretic. Together, they...

Legendo's The Three Musketeers

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

May 4, 2011 → Mac

Players: 7.8/10

Legendo's The Three Musketeers is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming and puzzles from the masters at Legendo Entertainment AB. The game is...

Legendo's The Three Musketeers: One for All!

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

May 4, 2011 → Mac

Metacritic: 53/100

This platform adventure inspired by the classic novel follows Porthos as he sets out to free the Musketeers from the treacherous Count Xavier and his lieutenant...

Portal 2

Action, Online, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op)

May 5, 2011 → PlayStation 3, Xbox 360; May 19, 2011 → PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

VGTimes: 9.4/10

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 95/100

The game takes place several years after Portal. The main character Chell wakes up after a long sleep to find that the Aperture Science complex is now in ruins...

Sniper: Ghost Warrior

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Online

May 5, 2011 → PlayStation 3; May 6, 2011 → PlayStation 3; May 23, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 51/100

Sniper: Ghost Warrior is a sniper shooter with a first-person view and stealth elements. Two hundred missions await you, a war with deadly mercenaries, killing...

Samurai 2: Vengeance

Action, Third-person view, Top-down view

May 5, 2011 → PC

Metacritic: 83/100

This hack-and-slash action game follows the samurai Daisuke as he crosses a war-scarred countryside in pursuit of his arch-enemy, Orochi. His journey leads through...

First Templar

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

May 5, 2011 → PC, Xbox 360; May 12, 2011 → PC

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 55/100

First Templar — The end of the 13th century was a difficult time for the Templar Order. The founders forgot the vows they had made, and former comrades became...

Frisbee Forever

May 5, 2011 → iOS

Metacritic: 86/100

This game centers on flying a Frisbee along courses set in themed worlds. Players race through routes at high speed, turning and maneuvering across a California...

Spider Jack

Arcade

May 5, 2011 → iOS

Metacritic: 71/100

An arcade puzzle game about Jack the spider, who catches flies in settings ranging from an abandoned barn to a laboratory. Across 75 levels, players must judge...

Glo Flo

May 5, 2011 → iOS

Metacritic: 54/100

Glo Flo is a puzzle game about connecting matching glow-worms by drawing lines across the board. It features more than 60 puzzles and a Time Attack mode, where...

Rescue Team

Strategy, Casual game, Simulation

May 5, 2011 → PC

Steam: 87/100

This casual strategy game follows a rescue team working to restore three islands after devastating weather. The storm has damaged buildings and bridges, leaving...

Roll Away

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

May 5, 2011 → Android

Roll Away is a third-person action game with strategy, platformer and puzzle elements from Game Design Sweden AB. The game's main publisher is Sony Computer...

Secret Mission: The Forgotten Island

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Point & Click, Hidden Objects

May 5, 2011 → iPad

Steam: 96/100

Secret Mission: The Forgotten Island is a first-person adventure with puzzle elements from developers at Frogwares Game Development Studio. The game is published by...

Sequence

Role-playing game, Music game

May 5, 2011 → Xbox 360

Sequence is a role-playing game with a dash of music from the developers at Iridium Studios. The game is published by Iridium...