Action/Adventure, Combat, Horror/Suspense, Role-Playing
Risen 3: Titan Lords

Have you figured out yet that there’s a pirate’s tale at the heart of this salty sequel? But is it …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Sacred 3

This Diablo-like series tries for a novel approach, but tends to fly right past fresh to ferocious … and obnoxious.

Combat
Ultra Street Fighter IV

This add-on rendition of the street-side brawler classic packs in some new muscle-bound maulers, moves and mechanics. So we’ll give …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Shooter
Sniper Elite III

Here’s a shooter/combat game that wants you to see exactly what damage you’re causing—every crushed bone and ruptured organ.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Shooter
Wolfenstein: The New Order

In this alternate reality the Nazis won WWII and have reshaped everything in their bleak, black-and-blood-red image. Time for a …

Combat, Horror/Suspense, Role-Playing
Drakengard 3

This series prequel sets gamers loose in a JRPG world filled with tense sibling rivalry.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Horror/Suspense, Role-Playing
Bound by Flame

RPG sword-slashing and demon possession burn out this fantasy epic from the inside, leaving only a charred shell of a …

Combat, Puzzle, Role-Playing
Child of Light

A young princess is lost in the darkening world on the other side of a magical mirror. The creatures she …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing, Shooter, Strategy
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Metal Gear Solid offers up a sampler plate in hopes of whetting appetites for the upcoming main course. But we’ve …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Horror/Suspense, Role-Playing
Dark Souls II

The incredibly difficult Dark Souls franchise delivers another 40-plus hour journey into a virtual world that’s all about dying over …

Combat, Shooter
Titanfall

With super-athletic style and walking tank bulk, the gamemakers at Respawn Entertainment have given birth to a new generation of …

Combat, Role-Playing
South Park: The Stick of Truth

We will indeed stick to the truth in our review of a gross game spawned by one of the vilest …

Combat, Shooter
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare

Here’s a third-person battler for gamers who like shooters without all the trigger-pulling gunk. More mulch than mess, you might …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

A Final Fantasy journey ends and a new world begins. But utopia comes with quite a spiritual price for gamers …

Action/Adventure, Combat
Ryse: Son of Rome

First-century Rome is under attack by marauding barbarians. Only one seasoned centurion stands in their way. (That’d be you.) Let …