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Review: Diablo 3

Always on
Where is your copy of Diablo 3 ? It's not on your computer. It never will be. It is in the cloud, with all its virtual spoils streaming live over the Internet.

By: MADDY MYERS | June 03, 2012

Review: Trials Evolution

On the right track
Trials Evolution is a game about launching dirt bikes off sweet jumps, gunning for record-breaking times, and occasionally doing backflips. It's like a modern-day Excitebike .

By: MITCH KRPATA | May 15, 2012

Review: Containment: The Zombie Puzzler

Zombies on the block
Few writers cover games with more depth and insight than Brad Gallaway, the senior editor for GameCritics.com. He plays everything, and he's not afraid to go against popular opinion.

By: MITCH KRPATA | April 17, 2012

Review: Journey

Road to nowhere
I have a hard-and-fast rule not to read other people's reviews of games I'll be covering myself.

By: MITCH KRPATA | April 05, 2012

Review: Mass Effect 3

Lost in space
Gamers finally have their own equivalent to J. J. Abrams's sci-fi television epic, Lost.

By: MADDY MYERS | March 26, 2012

Review: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Curt Schilling's winning pitch to gamers
Are you ready for this? Curt Schilling's video game is good. Really good.

By: MITCH KRPATA | March 02, 2012

Review: The Darkness II

The heart of the matter
Have you ever felt a rage so powerful and consuming that it seemed to be operating under its own control? That's the Darkness.

By: MITCH KRPATA | February 15, 2012

Review: Soul Calibur V

Soulless
It's time to make some new friends.

By: MADDY MYERS | February 07, 2012

Review: Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition

Fallout: New Vegas hits the jackpot
You have to wonder why anybody bothers buying new games these days.

By: MITCH KRPATA | February 01, 2012

Review: Infinity Blade II

Touch the future
Nothing is better than playing a game that takes full advantage of its hardware.

By: MITCH KRPATA | January 05, 2012

The games of winter

Sci-fi, fantasy, and Sony's new handheld
Despite a quiet January, this winter gives gamers much to look forward to: long-awaited sequels, promising original franchises, and even a new handheld system.

By: MITCH KRPATA | December 27, 2011

Video games of 2011: Yakuza 4 is the tops

The gang's all here
There was plenty to cheer for in the 2011 crop of games.

By: MITCH KRPATA | December 20, 2011

Review: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Sword losers
It is fitting that the life cycle of the Nintendo Wii should be bookended by underwhelming Zelda games.

By: MITCH KRPATA | December 07, 2011

Review: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The siren call
My introduction to The Elder Scrolls series involved watching a friend use the same spell over and over in a forest full of endlessly re-spawning rats, in an effort to level up his magical abilities.

By: MADDY MYERS | December 01, 2011

Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

What did you expect?
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 felt formulaic — but, oh, what a wonderful formula it was. Modern Warfare 3 follows an identical trajectory.

By: MADDY MYERS | November 29, 2011

Review: Uncharted 3

The Drake equation
What the hell happened? When Uncharted 2: Among Thieves came out just two short years ago, it hit like a bolt from heaven.

By: MITCH KRPATA | November 15, 2011

Review: Rage

id Software returns with a new shooter
It took id Software 18 months to make Doom , not the first first-person shooter ever made, but certainly the most important.

By: BY MITCH KRPATA | October 18, 2011