Sim, Sports
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit

It’s a speed junkie’s cops-and-robbers fantasy as high-octane lawbreakers get chased by policemen with unlimited vehicle budgets down 100 miles …

Action/Adventure, Combat
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood

Spilled blood and suspended salvation are what this sequel to Assassin’s Creed II revolves around. Ancient intrigue. Renaissance-era bloodshed. Convoluted …

Combat, Shooter
Call of Duty: Black Ops

This cruel and quite usual Call of Duty is selling big, despite the fact (or is it because of the …

Rhythm/Music
Karaoke Revolution Glee

Glee has turned the TV and the music world upside down. So why not put out a video game to …

Sim
Kinectimals

Controller-free, fun little games that revolve around purring tiger cubs. There’s absolutely nothing here to growl about.

Action/Adventure, Combat
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

Never mind that Starkiller died at the end of the first game: He must once again save the galaxy from …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Shooter
Fable III

The “shape your future” game of heroes and villains is back with a revolutionary shift. It asks, “Will you become …

Puzzle, Role-Playing
Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water’s Edge

Nancy is investigating bumps in the night at a Japanese inn. And to do it she’s tackling all sorts of …

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Fallout: New Vegas

Another Fallout game shoves casinos, cathouses and high-tech calamity into a post-apocalyptic Wild West setting for a big, bloody, cactus-dotted …

Rhythm/Music
Just Dance 2

Our game critic hates dance games. But this one woke up his long-dormant sense of rhythm. Did it also rouse …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Shooter
Medal of Honor

Electronic Arts’ storied wartime franchise jumps from World War II to present-day Afghanistan … and takes fire from all sides …

Action/Adventure, Horror/Suspense
Dead Rising 2

The dead are back in the video game blender as a new hero works to mulch zombies … and save …

Strategy
Civilization V

Polish those brass buttons and straighten your epaulets because kingmaker Sid Meier wants to put you on the throne. Again.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Shooter
Halo: Reach

This franchise’s halo slipped years ago, and this game doesn’t right any old wrongs. Instead it just jumps back into …

Action/Adventure, Combat
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

A mysterious, magical tablet has been shattered, and it’s playing havoc with the universe. So it’s up to Spider-Man to …