Mass Effect 3 is, from the start, a game that tells a story of a war already lost.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a vast, immersive fantasy epic that has a lot to teach the self-proclaimed visionaries of the industry, having seemingly come out of nowhere to blow many of their best creations out of the water.

Some people can’t just leave well enough alone. Instead, the world is treated to Final Fantasy XIII-2 as a game that apologizes for the sins of its predecessor—and commits a fresh new set of sins all its own.

Last night I read a couple of books, cooked a passable meal, did some light housework, and tricked a colossal brass automaton into killing off a dozen or so pesky goblinoids who were ruining the ambience of the latest in ...

The Saints Row series has always been more or less Grand Theft Auto’s id left to run rampant without even GTA’s extremely minimal levels of restraint.

2011 was far from a perfect year for video games, with too many unpolished diamonds in the rough and too few true standouts. Still, a number of games managed to rise above the rest and make the year bearable.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is Nintendo’s answer to its fans’ long-ignored prayers, but, like so many prayers, the response from on high is insufficient.

Super Mario 3D Land is upon us, and with a killer app spurring things on, 3DS sales have nowhere to go but up.

If you’ll permit me a Seinfeld moment, what is the deal with Bethesda Game Studios’ fixation on prisoners as protagonists in the Elder Scrolls series?

Arkham City tears the roof off Arkham Asylum and gives it a good shake, presenting from start to finish a world that is fundamentally broken. It’s the perfect environment for zipping around between rooftops on your way to find a ...

Dear Mr. Carmack: As a man best known by his works, it’s been a while since we’ve really seen you, hasn’t it? DOOM 3 feels like it was so very long ago.

Space Marine is the latest entry in Games Workshop’s long, slow slog moving the Warhammer 40,000 franchise away from tabletop wargames that nobody would be caught dead playing and toward the more lucrative market of video games that merely most ...

Dead Island is a huge game that comes out swinging and rarely lets up, proving that the zombie genre is not quite dead.

Many people believe that the modern shooter was born in 2001 with the release of Halo: Combat Evolved. Those people are idiots, and Deus Ex is the reason why.

ISRAEL—Archaeologists working in the West Bank region have discovered a prophetic set of texts that may prove to be the first known example of a pop-culture critical review.