Combat
Street Fighter IV

Of all the coin-operated arcade games that started life in the ’80s—tucked in the corner at your local Laundromat or …

Rhythm/Music
Rock Band

Have you ever daydreamed about standing onstage with your best buds, shaking back a thick mane of bleached blonde hair …

Action/Adventure, Horror/Suspense, Puzzle
Dante’s Inferno

Do you know what shape this year’s most diabolical game comes wrapped in? A circle. Actually, nine circles. Abandon hope, …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Killzone 2

I was in the middle of screening a movie not long ago and was momentarily surprised by how much action …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Grand Theft Auto IV

Polyester pants and a double knit shirt aren’t the usual soldier’s attire. Yet they’re Niko Bellic’s wardrobe of choice as …

Action/Adventure, Combat
God of War II

When the original God of War hit video game shelves a couple of years ago, with its arresting visuals and …

Sports
MX vs. ATV Untamed

Sony’s PSP handheld console is a thing of beauty. I mean, this little gaming machine’s crystal clear images and rousing …

Rhythm/Music, Sim
Rock Band 2

Rock Band, the video game that took a Guitar Hero by the collar of his tattered T-shirt and set him …

Action/Adventure
Yakuza 0

This game promises a ticket into an Asian gangland underworld. You just have to pay the price.

Action/Adventure, Horror/Suspense, Shooter
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series—A New Frontier, Chapter One

This zombie game packs a surprising emotional wallop … but plenty of brain-busting, too.

Action/Adventure
Batman: The Telltale Series

The Telltale gamemakers take a swing at portraying Bruce Wayne’s dark side … with dark results.

Action/Adventure, Arcade/Platform, Puzzle, Shooter
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens

There’s a certain familiarity to what you do in a LEGO franchise game. And that’s just hunky-dory.

Action/Adventure, Puzzle, Shooter
LEGO Marvel Avengers

There’s more mass destruction on display here than in, say, a Batman LEGO game of yesteryear. But at least the …

Rhythm/Music
Amplitude

This remake of the 2003 rhythm game tosses out the Top 40 tunes while giving a high-def update to the …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Shooter
Call of Duty: Black Ops III

The thing you don’t really get anymore with the Call of Duty games is any sense of, well, duty.