Wizorb Review (PlayStation Network)
Part role-playing game, part Breakout clone, the cult hit Wizorb arrives for the PS3 and PSP as a PlayStation Mini. read more
Found in: Games, ReviewsTony Hawk Pro Skater HD Review (XBLA)
Your memories get an HD upgrade. read more
Found in: Games, ReviewsSpec Ops: The Line Review (Multi-Platform)
You may have heard that this is the first war game that is actually about the horrors of war and how it impacts individuals. It is not. read more
Found in: Games, ReviewsThe Amazing Spider-Man Review (Multi-Platform)
Play the game based on the movie based on the comics that were turned into a movie just a decade ago.... read more
Found in: Games, ReviewsResonance Review (PC)
Sometime in the 1990s, the big guns in the games industry became obsessed with physics. It makes sense: you’ve got “3D” visuals, which are “realistic”, and so you want them to behave in “realistic” ways. Plus you’ve got years of mathematics and scientific research to provide you with the equations to model “realistically”. And computers are used in all that stuff already, so they’re a perfect fit for games!... read more
Found in: Games, ReviewsThe Leaderboard: E3 and the American Art of Violence
Drew Dixon views the violent videogames of E3 from a broader cultural context. If someone completely oblivious to American culture were to visit E3, they’d likely perceive us to be a gun-and sex-obsessed culture at best—barbaric jingoists at worst. And yet, videogames are supposedly a bastion of creativity—a medium rife with innovation. In an era of economic uncertainty, videogames are a thriving business—one to which some of the brightest minds are turning. And yet, as I watched demo after demo at E3, I couldn’t help but notice what all this supposed creativity was being devoted to, namely, the taking of... read more
Found in: Games, FeaturesSins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Review (PC)
The stand-alone expansion to 2008’s acclaimed and intricate real-time strategy game takes Dan Crabtree back to middle school.... read more
Found in: Games, ReviewsInversion Review (Multi-Platform)
At first I thought I’d reached the end of a joke.... read more
Found in: Games, ReviewsDiablo III Review (PC/Mac)
This review might be late, but Diablo III isn’t a game you rush through. I wanted to play enough to be able to talk about the endgame. Diablo III has been out for almost a month now. Only a week into the game’s life, a few teams had already beaten the game on Inferno (the fourth and hardest difficulty) through marathon play. As of this writing, two prominent players are sinking countless hours into the task of farming high-end gear in order to beat the game’s third boss on Inferno, in hardcore mode (meaning that a single death would delete... read more
Found in: Games, ReviewsInfographic: The Seven Best Game Reboots
Reboots are a familiar phenomenon in pop culture, but nowhere are they better executed than in video games; advancing technology and 20/20 hindsight give many games a much-needed upgrade. We’ve ranked seven of the most successful and most promising reboots the future has to offer. read more
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