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 …

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 …

Strategy
Wargroove

This old-school strategy contest packs engaging, turn-by-turn challenges without any of the modern war-game mess.

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 …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Shooter
Fallout 3

There was a time, not all that long ago, when local schools ran bomb drills just in case a heartless …

Strategy
Dawn of Discovery

Full disclosure: I have a tendency to happily dig into real-time strategy games like a drooling bulldog into a bowl …

Action/Adventure
Kingdom Hearts III

You’ll find Disney charm and color here, to be sure … as well as some darker things.

Action/Adventure, Horror/Suspense, Shooter
Devil May Cry 4

The first Devil May Cry game was actually intended as a sequel in the Resident Evil video game series, but …

Role-Playing
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

I was 19 when I stepped off a Port Authority ferry and saw the Big Apple in person for the …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Velvet Assassin

When the game-designing guys and gals behind Velvet Assassin hit on the idea for their new title, they surely must …

Action/Adventure, Arcade/Platform, Puzzle
Super Paper Mario

It’s no wonder that Mario is still strutting his stuff in this E-rated amalgamation of the pipe fitter’s previous adventures.

Action/Adventure, Arcade/Platform, Puzzle, Shooter
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

Laser blasts & whirling blades part of this game’s future. But mostly it’s about things like disco-dancing bombs & laugh-out-loud …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Turok

New jobs can be awkward. Just ask Joseph Turok. He’s the new guy on a space-age special ops team that’s …