‘DEAD SPACE 3’ (M) ***1/2 Electronic Arts Xbox 360 Most popular game franchises nowadays like to play it safe, with tiny, incremental changes from one entry to the next. So [...]

‘HITMAN HD TRILOGY’ (M) ***1/2 Square Enix Xbox 360 It took six long years for “Absolution,” the latest installment in the “Hitman” series, to reach stores, so those new to [...]

‘NI NO KUNI: WRATH OF THE WHITE WITCH’    (E10+) **** Namco Bandai PlayStation 3 When Level-5 (the game developer responsible for the “Professor Layton” series) and Studio Ghibli (the animation [...]

‘DMC: DEVIL MAY CRY’ (M) **** Capcom Xbox 360 It’s the age of the reboot, and even gun-toting demonslayers are not immune to the occasional reimagining. Corny, albino-haired Dante has [...]

‘ANARCHY REIGNS’    (M) ***1/2 Sega PlayStation 3 Compared to “Anarchy Reigns,” other action games look like simulations of watching paint dry. In an average moment of play, you might find [...]

‘The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series’ (M) ****1/2 Telltale Games Xbox 360 Adventure games always have to strike a balance between the narrow constraints of a structured narrative and [...]

‘BLACK KNIGHT SWORD’    (M) **1/2 D3 Publisher PlayStation Network “Black Knight Sword” begins with closed red curtains and the murmur of an audience anxious for the show to begin. Then [...]

The Top Five Games of 2012

1.) ‘JOURNEY’ (E) Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation Network The best game of the year can be finished in a single sitting. In fact, it has to be. You don’t get [...]

‘FAR CRY 3’ (M) ****1/2 Ubisoft Xbox 360 Jason Brody and his fellow vapid trust fund kids have parachuted into the wrong tropical paradise — one in which the locals [...]

‘PLAYSTATION ALL-STARS BATTLE ROYALE’ (T) ***  Sony Computer Entertainment  PlayStation 3  A lot of people are going to dismiss “PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale” as a “Smash Bros.” rip-off, and not [...]