Action/Adventure, Combat
Assassin’s Creed II

The assassin is back with more bloodletting tools and loopy biblical conspiracies. Paging Jason Statham … and Dan Brown.

Combat, Shooter
Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway

It may not be long before more people will have played a video game about the battles of World War …

Action/Adventure
Prince of Persia

If the words Prince of Persia bring to mind evil alter egos, slo-mo dismemberments and belligerent bloodletting, then you’re in …

Combat, Shooter
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

In the late 1990s first-person shooters such as Doom and Quake were hitting their stride and urging fans to team …

Shooter
Doom 3

The third installment from the granddaddy of first-person shooters.

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Scarface: The World Is Yours

It was time for me to play Scarface: The World Is Yours. And like many times before, I sat down …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Far Cry: New Dawn

A cautionary tale filled with gore, gush and delusion. But what exactly should we be cautious of?

Sports
GTR 2

Since the days of the Model T, people have asked, “Why do guys name their cars after women?” The sneering …

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 …

Shooter
Apex Legends

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

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Dragon Age: Origins

The latest fantasy role-playing adventure from the makers of the Baldur’s Gate games invites players into an intricate, engaging epic …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Horror/Suspense, Shooter
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

If you’re as, um, mature as me, when you see the brand Warner Bros. you probably think of a Saturday …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Shooter
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

Novelist Tom Clancy’s name has become synonymous with military action and espionage. His games are no exception.

Sim, Strategy
Spore

A meteor from some unknown point in space crashes to the surface of a small planet and scatters bits and …