Action/Adventure, Combat
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Slipping through the shadows to butcher an evil army’s leaders … Lord of the Rings style.

Action/Adventure, Puzzle, Role-Playing
Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2.0 Edition)

The latest bring-your-toy-to-digital-life game goes super and swings the Marvel universe door wide.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Shooter
Destiny

This huge title from the makers of Halo and Call of Duty shoots for the moon. (Literally at times.)

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, Horror/Suspense, Puzzle
Murdered: Soul Suspect

A dead cop has to solve his own murder in Salem, Mass. Do ya think there might be a witch …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Watch Dogs

We’ll call this snarling shooter the Grand Theft Auto of the identity theft age.

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, 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
The Amazing Spider-Man 2

There is a web-slinging hero here, of course. And a big concrete jungle just waiting for him to crawl a …

Action/Adventure, Puzzle
LEGO The Hobbit

LEGO my Eggo, er, Hobbit: Fans of the franchise get yet another fantasy universe to explore, stack and build.

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 …

Combat, Shooter
Titanfall

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

Action/Adventure
Thief

Is this franchise reboot a game of big rewards, a penny-ante thief of your time or something altogether more grim?

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
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 …