If XCOM is a Shooter Then So Is Mass Effect
The news that 2K's XCOM reboot would handle combat as a first-person shooter sent longtime fans of the PC strategy…
Rise of Nightmares is the E3 Floor Show Funhouse
Sega's Kinect title Rise of Nightmares was displayed for E3 visitors within a spooky, cage-like structure on the…
Kirby Mass Attack is Confusing and Adorable
We got to check out a snippet of the upcoming Kirby DS game, Kirby Mass Attack while walking the Nintendo booth…
Far Cry 3 Sanely Delivers the Same Results, with the Same Methods
Perhaps ironically, perhaps not, Far Cry 3 opens with a psychotic bandit lecturing you on the nature of insanity. Crazy…
Luigi's Mansion 2 Proves the 3DS Can Handle Sequels To GameCube Games
I tried very hard to be spooked out by the ghosts of Luigi's Mansion 2, since the game looks really so nice and…
We Drove Mario Kart 3D Through Land, Sea and Air For You
I checked out some of the new features of Mario Kart 3D at the Nintendo booth today. In addition to looking pretty,…
Aliens: Colonial Marines Is a Living Tableau of Death, Bloody and Alien
Aliens: Colonial Marines is everything I'd want in an Aliens game starring tragically overconfident space Marines. It…
The Wii U Might Be Too Little, Too Late
In 2005, Nintendo showed off the controller for its then-upcoming home console at the Tokyo Game Show. The console was…
Spider-Man: Edge of Time's Greatest Foe Is the Dreaded Annualization
Spider-Man: Edge of Time is Activision's attempt to turn the Spider-Man license into an annualized franchise. This is…
Supaboy Hands On: The Littlest Super Nintendo
For an engorged SNES controller stuffed with SNES guts, a 3.5-inch screen, a rechargeable battery and loaded up with an…
The Multiplayer Silent Hill for PlayStation Vita Defies Your Expectations
They're making a portable Silent Hill game for Sony's Vita (you know...Sony's next handheld... the PSP2, the NGP). And…
Twisted Metal Multiplayer Is Frantic, Fantastic
It's not unfair to say that vehicle combat games have gone out of fashion. There are very few, if any AAA franchises…
Suprisingly Competent Blackwater Kinect Title Could Be Its Own Greatest Victim
This week was the first time we heard of publisher 505 Games' Blackwater, an FPS that would cast you in the role of…
X-Men Destiny Makes You Pretend to be The X-Men Without Actually Playing as Them
X-Men: Destiny, Activision's newest attempt to channel the franchise into beat-em up form, really wants indulge your fan…
Dead Island Stands Out By Being Both Splattery and Solemn
Dead Island had been sending mixed signals—I wasn't able to tell whether this title was meant to be a goofy…
These Batman: Arkham City Controllers Won't Decapitate Anybody
Here's a first look at Power A's Batarang controllers in the flesh. They're more mediocre "Xbox peripheral" than deadly…
The Lighter, More Elegant Soulcalibur V May be Taking New Cues from Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat
There's a new entry in the long-running Soulcalibur series, Namco's weapons-based fighter, a game that its creators say…
Dance Central 2 Will Take Two to Get Down
Though the game only recognized one player's moves, whenever someone broke out Dance Central at a party, invariably…
Rise of Nightmare Recreates a Drunk's Bloody Wander Through a Zombie Cavalcade
There is something wonderful about air chainsawing zombies. And air cleavering them. And air sheering them.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Has Transforming Moogles, Recruitable Monsters and Rap
I've always thought that Final Fantasy XIII didn't get a fair shake. Admittedly, it was an overwhelmingly linear…