Combat, Sports
Tekken 6

Muscles are flexing. Kicks are flying. Pugilists are pulling no punches. And pandas are passing gas. Tekken’s back in the …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Shooter
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

Have you noticed how video games and movies seem to be borrowing from each other’s closets these days? You can …

Strategy
Jon Shafer’s At The Gates

There’s a new Civ-like strategy game in town. But this barbarian’s tale is no pushover.

Action/Adventure, Shooter
inFAMOUS

The antihero union must be having a party. For we live in a day and age when even comic book …

Action/Adventure, Combat
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings

Back in the summer of ’81, I walked into the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark quite by happenstance, knowing …

Action/Adventure
King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie

Peter Jackson knows movies. And he also knows marketing. To create more buzz for his Lord of the Rings trilogy …

Action/Adventure, Combat
SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny

The SoulCalibur saga—with its exotic characters, odd spiritualism and mystical Soul Edge blades—has always been a little bit out there. …

Action/Adventure, Strategy
Mirror’s Edge

Leap! Dodge! Slide! Flip! Run! RUN! Runrunrunfasterfasterfasteraaarrgghh— This, in a nutshell, sums up the life of Faith: Not, mind you, …

Action/Adventure, Puzzle
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

Solomon once declared that there isn’t anything new under the sun. But people sure do keep trying to find something. …

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 …

Puzzle
Vane

Vane is visually impressive, immersive puzzle game. But will it make you soar or just leave you … puzzled?

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City

Two new GTA IV expansions have now morphed into their own standalone bundle. And more Liberty City mayhem ensues.

Action/Adventure, Arcade/Platform, Puzzle
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Link isn’t going bald. Zelda isn’t putting on a few pounds. But in video game years these two have been …

Arcade/Platform
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

The latest Mario Bros. game for the Switch is actually an older title that’s now been ported to the handheld …

Rhythm/Music
Rock Band

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