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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

Friday, May 17th, 2013

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Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, Jesse James—the gang’s all here in this lead-slinging homage to spaghetti Westerns.

Remember Me

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

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At the rate social-networking sites are mining our lives for ad dollars, the dystopian future presented in this third-person action-adventure may end up reflecting our actual tomorrow.

Defiance

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

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DEFIANCE TRION WORLDS (XBOX 360, PS3, PC) Savvy gamers know to treat titles tied to movie or television properties as crappy cash-ins, but Defiance is a more ambitious bit of cross-promotion. This massively multiplayer third-person shooter serves as a complementary component of the new Syfy original series of the same name. While the TV show plays up [...]

Injustice: Gods Among Us

Friday, May 10th, 2013

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Superhero showdowns have always been the subject of geeky debate.

Grid 2

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

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Most racing games are fine-tuned for either Coors-swilling speed demons or auto aficionados, but this rides down the center line—it’s a driving simulator that’s as thrilling as it is true-to-spec.

Gears of War: Judgment

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

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Just when you thought your days of dismembering subterranean scum with a chain-saw bayonet were over, developer Epic Games has partnered with a new studio for a fourth installment in the Gears of War “trilogy.”

The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

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Between the series-redeeming third season of AMC’s The Walking Dead and Telltale Games’ acclaimed adventure game based on the comic-book source material, life has been good for fans of the ambulatory deceased.

BioShock Infinite

Monday, March 25th, 2013

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The original BioShock was gaming’s equivalent of Citizen Kane, an interactive masterpiece that still makes players swoon.

SouthPark: The Stick of Truth

Monday, March 25th, 2013

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South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone had two objectives for the new game based on their long-running show: for players to feel like they’re starring in a really good episode, and for the graphics to match the “crappy” animation of the cartoon.

SimCity

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

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Laying cul-de-sacs, zoning for strip malls, building landfills and sewage-treatment plants—playing SimCity sounds about as fun as sitting through a city council meeting.

Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

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Previous Army of Two shooters were tales of true bromance, crammed with action-flick quips and butt-slapping affirma tions volleyed between their two metal-masked mercenaries.

MLB 2K13

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

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The only officially licensed MLB game available for both major consoles returns in what might be its ninth inning.

God of War: Ascension

Friday, March 8th, 2013

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Gaming’s angriest Greek god works out his issues in this prequel that throws wannabe deities into Thunder dome-style multiplayer combat a first for the series.

Tomb Raider

Friday, March 1st, 2013

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You’d think that after appearing in more than a dozen games over the past 17 years, saucy short-shorted adventurer Lara Croft would have left no tomb unraided and no relicswiping thug unventilated. And you’d be right.