Strategy
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI

With a little parental boundary-setting and guidance, the colorful characters and strategic maneuvering in the latest Civilization contest can be …

Combat, Shooter
Battlefield 1

This intense, graphic depiction of World War I features equal measures of visceral combat and anti-war sentiment.

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Batman: Arkham VR

Batman gets an immersive virtual reality treatment that’s darker than you might expect.

Arcade/Platform, Shooter
Battlezone

The new age of virtual gaming begins with a virtual tank contest from long, long ago.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Shooter
Gears of War 4

Is this next-gen Gears of War title a kinder, gentler version of its graphically gory predecessors? Gears action without Gears …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Mafia III

Mafia III takes its explicit moral anarchy to such messy new lows it makes you wish they made brain showers.

Action/Adventure, Puzzle, Shooter
ReCore

There’s definitely a lot of trigger pulling in the mix here, but ReCore is as much about exploring, jumping and …

Puzzle
The Turing Test

The Turing Test offers a collection of increasingly difficult puzzles and a deep space mystery in a man-versus-machine contest.

Action/Adventure, Puzzle
Alone With You

This ’80s-like throwback proves that games don’t need to be messy or pulse-pounding to keep us engaged.

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Deux Ex: Mankind Divided’s engaging gameplay is badly undermined by its bloody, profane and sensual content.

Action/Adventure
Batman: The Telltale Series

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

Action/Adventure, Shooter
The Technomancer

The Technomancer’s sci-fi storyline seems promising at first … but quickly breaks that promise.

Augmented Reality
Pokémon Go

It can be Poké fun, but the new augmented-reality craze that’s sweeping the nation requires a dash of Poké discernment, …

Sim
Prison Architect

Amid all of this prison simulation’s would-be moralizing, players still must muddle through a lot of messy, M-rated material.

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.