Combining the best elements of simulation and arcade-style play, Juiced features more than 50 licensed vehicles; realtime modding with hundreds of authentic aftermarket parts; realistic car physics and damage; and online head-to-head play, including for the first time ever, 'crew based' team racing". Juiced also enables players to choose between arcade settings as seen in titles such as Ridge Racer, or simulation ones as championed in Project Gotham Racing 2. Players can practice in Solo mode; they can express their own "style" of racing using donuts, boomerangs, etc. in Cruise mode, and they can race in Career mode, a calendar-based campaign mode.

Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death takes you into a post-Apocalypse future for futuristic shoot-em-up action. Mega-City One stretches across the east coast of what used to be America. It's one of the last civilized regions after the nuclear holocaust, surrounded by mutants, monsters and aliens. The citizens of Mega-City One have only one defense: The Judges. They are its police force, army and executioners - and the best of them all is named Dredd. Become the classic sci-fi anti-hero and help him beat his polar opposite: An undead Judge who wants to kill the city Dredd protects.

Harry is mysteriously selected by the Goblet of Fire as the fourth champion in the dangerous Triwizard Tournament. Each champion in the international competition must confront a fire-breathing dragon, rescue friends from the icy depths of the Black Lake, and navigate the twisting mysteries of a vast, enchanted maze. Exciting scenes from the film come to life, from the Quidditch World Cup campsite to a heart-stopping duel with Lord Voldemort. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are all playable characters, modeled after their big-screen counterparts.

The adrenaline is always high as you carry on the legendary SWAT® tradition--leading an elite squad of tactical experts into hard-hitting action that delves deeply into every detail of the experience. In a city rife with armed felons and explosive situations, only the unique skills of your men will do--because when SWAT gets the call, there is no other option.

Their lives are in your hands - can you take the pressure? 
In this re-release of the classic EMERGENCY 3 it's your job to save lifes! Command many different first responder units in an exciting mix of simulation and real-time strategy.

In Battlefield 2: Special Forces, players choose to fight as one of six different Special Forces soldiers: Navy SEALs, British SAS, Russian Spetznas, MEC Special Forces, Rebel groups and insurgents. Armed with the latest special forces weaponry, players can take control of any of the game's 10 new vehicles to engage in major conflicts with up to 64 players. Additionally, persistent character growth allows players to continue to rise through the ranks. The material penetration feature measures weapons' ability to fire through barriers based on their composition and players will need to know the difference between concealment and cover in order to survive. Team play features allow players to enter the action on the front lines as part of a formal squad, or work behind the scenes in Commander Mode to direct the strategic assaults of their teammates.

Set in the 1920's, The Movies will follow the development of a small film mogul's rise to fame. The player is cast as a faceless movie mogul, who is in charge of developing both the film studio and the films themselves. In short, The Movies will almost be two games wrapped into one. One game has you developing the film studio itself, paying the actors and crew, buying props, and expanding the studio lot. The other has you actually making the movie, by setting up scenes, getting a script, placing actors, and filming the scene. You then string these scenes together and make a film.

The Matrix: Path of Neo follows the story of the blockbuster motion picture trilogy and for the first time allow gamers to play as Neo and become "the One". As Neo, the choices the player makes to resolve each scenario and the resulting consequences may have a different result than the original films. Alternative scenarios filled with new characters, content and storylines have all been written and planned by the Wachowski Brothers to expand the Matrix universe. From the cell call to Neo's former self Thomas Anderson to the flying street battle in the rain against Agent Smith, you are in control. Dodge bullets, master martial arts, read codes, fly, run and jump off walls in the battle for humanity.

An expansion to the popular sim game, Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species will let zookeepers adopt and raise some of the world’s rarest animals, such as the Giant Galapagos Tortoise and the Scimitar Horned Oryx. The game brings zookeepers and their guests closer than ever to these amazing animals, thanks to new transportation options including sky trams and vehicle tours. With more than a dozen exotic new animals, innovative new people-movers and new challenges in the Campaign and Freeform modes, players and their families will have a huge variety of new options for building their dream zoo.

The mirth and mania that comes from a gun-toting man named Sam begin again in the sequel to the original Serious Sam and it's expansion, Second Encounter. The game still has the wild, structure-unconcerned nature that made the first two games such a pick-up-and-play blast, but this edition pumps up the visuals and physics by incredible degrees with a brand new graphics engine, as well as integrates all-new gameplay elements for Sam to cause mayhem. The sequel allows Sam to drive vehicles, and the co-op mode returns for multiple players to cause even more of a ruckus in the game's open and enemy-filled environments.

Sequel to Peter Molyneux's "god game." The world of Eden is now at war, immediately posing a question to the player. Will he go to war and conquer or try to uphold peace? Like its predecessor, Black & White 2 focuses on moral choices and uses an AI system that can support an almost infinite number of experiences and player persona. The breathtaking 3D world is more highly developed with new weapons, technology and smarter creatures who can learn strategies and master new abilities and skills. Black & White 2 also touts improved graphics and miracle effects, weather systems, the ability to to tap resources and disciples, and advanced city building and wall construction. Add to that the option to command huge armies and Black & White 2 promises to be an epic experience in every sense of the word.

EA Sports takes players back to the field with FIFA SOCCER 06 for the PC. Featuring nearly ever soccer team in existence and hundred of players, plus tweaks in game play and several new additions. Gamers will first notice the slight changes in controlling their teams. The passing and dribbling controls have been fine-tuned, allowing gamers to control nearly every aspect of the game. Each player has a strength rating that comes into effect when passing, as does the amount of weight players put behind the kick. A new shooting method, called the Optimized Shot Meter, requires more control and attention, as well.

Jack Mason is a burned-out doctor with no will to live, that is, until he nearly dies in a transport crash. Now he and his infected patient are stranded deep within the most vicious prison sectors of a wasteland called 'Earth'. Pariah utilizes the power of a heavily modified Unreal engine with state-of-the-art Havok physics technology that produces stunning settings, lifelike characters and tremendously satisfying in-your-face first-person action. An intense storyline driven single-player campaign compliments a fully loaded multi-player extravaganza including online play through Xbox Live. Plus the Make-And-Play (MAP) Editor allows gamers to create their own environments in the game and play them with their friends in split-screen mode or online.

Survival horror game from publisher Ubisoft, developed by Darkworks. In Cold Fear, players step into the role of Tom Hansen, a U.S. Coast Guard who is sent to board a drifting Russian whaling ship in the middle of a howling storm on the Bering Sea, and there discovers that there is no safe place here. On this constantly rocking and shifting ship and a mysterious oil rig, you must turn the interactive surroundings to your advantage to take down human enemies – and enemies that aren't human any more - and save your own life.

Best PC Games of 2005 - Page 2

Juiced

Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

SWAT 4: Gold Edition

EMERGENCY 3

Battlefield 2: Special Forces

The Movies

The Matrix: Path of Neo

Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species

Serious Sam II

Black & White 2

FIFA Soccer 06

Pariah

Cold Fear