... Blockbusters. Portables aside, developers are designing blockbusters with new twists. Fallen Earth, due for PCs this spring (fallenearth.com), mixes post-apocalyptic, first-person-shooting action into the usually more sedate massively multiplayer world. You emerge from a compound in 2156 into a Mad Max-like environment to explore the story of a shadowy corporation. "We feel like we have a really unique mix here," says project manager Colin Dwan. "It gives you this feeling of something bigger than yourself that you are participating in." - Read more »