Rhythm/Music, Sim
The Beatles: Rock Band

The Beatles finally have their own Rock Band! So is our gaming guru crooning “yeah, yeah, yeah,” or moaning “for …

Action/Adventure, Strategy
Overlord II

The Overlord games are designed for those players who long to slip into the armor and cape of an evil …

Combat, Strategy
Empire: Total War

Video games are the Rodney Dangerfield of the entertainment world. And sometimes—when they’re digitally inviting kids to shoot cops or …

Combat
Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit

The newest Dragon Ball Z video game has hit the shelves with a robust take that! And fans of the …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Uncharted 2 goes places no other game has gone before. But are they the right places? Because more important than …

Shooter
Apex Legends

Is this new battle royale title a Fortnite killer? Maybe. But regardless of the answer, there’s a lot of killing …

Combat, Strategy
Halo Wars

Halo is back. And it’s rated T! Gaming fingers are twitching, allowances are being saved, and scores of cajoling teens …

Action/Adventure
Spider-Man 3: The Game

I don’t want to say they’re ho-hum, but superheroes are everywhere nowadays. And that means that game and movie audiences …

Combat, Sports
Tekken 6

Muscles are flexing. Kicks are flying. Pugilists are pulling no punches. And pandas are passing gas. Tekken’s back in the …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Shooter
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

Have you noticed how video games and movies seem to be borrowing from each other’s closets these days? You can …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
inFAMOUS

The antihero union must be having a party. For we live in a day and age when even comic book …

Action/Adventure, Combat
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings

Back in the summer of ’81, I walked into the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark quite by happenstance, knowing …

Action/Adventure
King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie

Peter Jackson knows movies. And he also knows marketing. To create more buzz for his Lord of the Rings trilogy …

Action/Adventure, Combat
SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny

The SoulCalibur saga—with its exotic characters, odd spiritualism and mystical Soul Edge blades—has always been a little bit out there. …

Action/Adventure, Strategy
Mirror’s Edge

Leap! Dodge! Slide! Flip! Run! RUN! Runrunrunfasterfasterfasteraaarrgghh— This, in a nutshell, sums up the life of Faith: Not, mind you, …