Game Reviews

The first game from indie studio Campo Santo, a mystery in the Wyoming wilderness, Firewatch is an unqualified adventure triumph.

The Witness captures the purest form of the term “puzzle game,” and does so while looking and feeling like an atypical paradise.

Resident Evil 0 brings back the moaning delight of the early Evil titles while setting the groundwork for later-entry zaniness.

Divinity Original Sin: Enhanced Edition is an ambitious, flawed game in need of interesting content to accompany its impressive and varied systems.

Xenoblade Chronicles X contains a series of odd choices that deface what could have been a huge step forward in JRPGs.

In a world brimming with multiplayer online shooters, The Mean Greens – Plastic Warfare struggles to stand out.

Nuclear Throne takes the end of the world and wraps it up in a package more fun than licking a fuel rod.

Star Wars Battlefront provides one of the best experiences in a video game. Unfortunately, the gameplay fails to heighten that experience.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 doesn’t break the mold, but still offers plenty of zany memories outside of its standard single player campaign.

A few quibbles with mechanics and bugs can not drown out Bethesda’s triumphant return to the end of the world after the last 7 years – their best game ever, and a serious challenger for best game of 2015.

Taking space by the wattles, Conflicks mixes deliberate strategy with an over-the-top story to create a mostly fun space game.

Halo 5: Guardians brings with it changes that not only propel the franchise to unparalleled heights, but learns from the series’ mistakes.

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate does little to invigorate the series, but still has enough brass in its fist to survive the London underbelly.