‘INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US’ (T) **** Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Xbox 360 Tricked into killing Lois Lane and destroying Metropolis, the Man of Steel loses his mettle and decides that [...]

‘ARMY OF TWO: THE DEVIL’S CARTEL’ (M) ** Electronic Arts Xbox 360 With their stupid banter and eye-rollingly macho attitudes, Salem and Rios weren’t the most affable of avatars. But [...]

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‘BIOSHOCK: INFINITE’ (M) ***** 2K Games Xbox 360 The original “BioShock” Ayn Rand-ian, underwater dystopia of Rapture is arguably the most compelling and atmospheric setting ever seen in a video [...]

‘GEARS OF WAR: JUDGMENT’ (M) ***1/2 Microsoft Game Studios Xbox 360 When game developers plan their mega-franchises, they really need to plot out longer story arcs, requiring more than a [...]

Microsoft unveils its next-gen game console: the Xbox…5?

On the heels of Sony’s PlayStation 4 announcement, Microsoft unveiled its next-gen game console at a New York City press event last week. Curiously, the system was christened the Xbox [...]

‘GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION’ (M) ***1/2 Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation 3 As PlayStation’s crown jewel, the “God of War” series is always guaranteed the most eye-popping production values and polished [...]

‘TOMB RAIDER’ (M) ****1/2 Square Enix Xbox 360 This prequel/reboot/origin story introduces us to Lara Croft before she was a dual-gun-toting badass (and apparently before she had breast implants). Indeed, [...]

‘METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE’ (M) ***1/2 Konami Xbox 360 The “Metal Gear” series has been known primarily for its stealth gameplay, secondarily for its borderline incomprehensible plotlines and lastly for [...]

PLAYSTATION 4 PREVIEW In a New York City press event that was streamed live on the PlayStation website last week, Sony unveiled its next-generation game console, the PlayStation 4. Sort [...]

‘ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES’ (M) *** Sega Xbox 360 Making an “Aliens” game feel fresh is not an easy task. No movie has been cannibalized for video game parts quite as [...]