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Madden NFL 13 Review
- X360
The ideas behind Madden NFL 13 are great ones. It's the execution that lets this year's installment down.
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Rock Band Blitz Review
- XBGS
Harmonix builds on its collective knowledge of rhythm games for a downloadable experience that offers something old and something new.
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Hybrid Review
- XBGS
Hybrid's less-is-more approach somehow makes shooting other players on an Xbox feel sort of new again.
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Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Review
- X360
- PS3
Fall of Cybertron has some truly excellent moments, but you'll need to look past some serious downsides to enjoy the overall package.
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Dust: An Elysian Tail Review
- XBGS
Deep and involving mechanics, lavish, fluid artwork, and an emotionally resonant storyline--Dust pretty much has it all.
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Papo & Yo Review
- PS3N
Minority Media's debut game is at once a beautiful, affecting tale of childhood tragedy, and a generally lackluster puzzle platformer.
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Darksiders II Review
- X360
- PS3
- PC
Darksiders II builds upon the previous game in some really exciting ways, but even people who can't make that comparison will enjoy the weighty combat and multifaceted character development.
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Sleeping Dogs Review
- X360
- PC
It's derivative as hell, but Sleeping Dogs' borrowed ideas are of a high enough quality to form an entertaining open-world experience.
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Sound Shapes Review
- PS3N
Both aesthetically and mechanically, Sound Shapes is an absolute delight.
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Persona 4 Arena Review
- X360
- PS3
Whether you're interested in the Arc school of fighting game design or reading a Persona 4 visual novel set two months after the events of the real game, Persona 4 Arena has you covered.
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The Expendables 2 Review
- PS3N
The Expendables 2 somehow manages to turn the act of blowing anything and everything up into a dreadful bore.
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Deadlight Review
- XBGS
The zombie-survival setting fits nicely with its deliberate style of 2D action, but Deadlight sometimes plays too fast and loose for its own good.
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD Review
- XBGS
There are flashes of old brilliance in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD, but a lot of those moments are buried under questionable design decisions and a sterile feeling that leaves this downloadable release feeling a bit flat.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Review
- X360
Skyrim's first DLC offers a broad array of quality new content that smoothly integrates into the game without feeling forced.
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Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Review
- 3DS
Tapping your way through the memorable Final Fantasy themes of the past two decades is more fun than you'd think.
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Spelunky Review
- PC
The Xbox Live Arcade update of Spelunky is as madly brilliant as it is maddeningly pitiless.
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Spec Ops: The Line Review
- X360
Spec Ops: The Line is a mostly standard shooter with its share of rough edges, but it handles the subject matter of armed conflict in some extremely interesting ways.
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LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Review
- X360
Some of Lego Batman 2's new ideas work better than others, but at least this isn't just the same old Lego game.
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Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor Review
- X360
If this is the best Kinect can do with a "hardcore" game, you should just pack it up and wait for the next Xbox.
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Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings Review
- PC
Civ V's first real expansion is no revolution, but it's as good an excuse as any to take the plunge back into Firaxis' wonderfully addictive strategy game.
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Gravity Rush Review
- VITA
Though Gravity Rush's gravity shifting mechanic is genuinely awesome, the game itself doesn't offer enough interesting ways to use it.
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Review
- X360
Ghost Recon Future Soldier has everything you'd expect from a modern shooter, but it doesn't really complete any of its tasks in an especially satisfying way.
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Dragon's Dogma Review
- X360
- PS3
Capcom has delivered an open-world game with tremendously fun combat, a hilariously crazy ending, and not much else.
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Game of Thrones Review
- X360
There is probably a great role-playing game to be made out of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels, but Game of Thrones isn't it.
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Diablo III Review
- PC
The first Diablo game in over a decade is also one of the most insidiously satisfying loot treadmills in almost as long.
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Prototype 2 Review
- PS3
- X360
Prototype 2 gives you some interesting abilities that can be fun to use, but it doesn't give you enough good opportunities to cut loose with all that power.
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Max Payne 3 Review
- X360
Rockstar Games modernizes and makes Max Payne its own, creating something grittier and more grounded in reality, if not quite as singular.
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Minecraft Review
- XBGS
The Xbox version of Minecraft is both better and worse than the PC original, though it's most valuable for newcomers to the whole phenomenon.
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Mortal Kombat Review
- VITA
The Vita version of Mortal Kombat hits just as hard as its console counterparts.
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Bloodforge Review
- XBGS
Bloodforge is the half-baked XBLA God of War clone you never asked for.
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The Pinball Arcade Review
- IPHN
- XBGS
The Pinball Arcade provides a safe virtual home for your pinball worship, complete with accurate re-creations of real tables and appropriately realistic physics.
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Trials Evolution Review
- XBGS
Evolution gives you just about everything you could want out of a Trials sequel.
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Fez Review
- XBGS
The weird, wonderful world of Fez operates on multiple levels, but only the people who are willing to dig all the way down to its core will come away satisfied.
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The Splatters Review
- XBGS
Competence is the greatest achievement The Splatters manages, and that's not quite enough to justify its price.
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Kinect Star Wars Review
- X360
Kinect Star Wars isn't a good Kinect game or a good Star Wars game.
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South Park: Tenorman's Revenge Review
- XBGS
Tenorman's Revenge would merely be another bland, unremarkable licensed video game were it not so fundamentally atrocious at its core.
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Sine Mora Review
- XBGS
Sine Mora is a marvelous-looking scrolling shooter with a ton of attention to detail, though some core gameplay foibles can grate on your nerves.
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Ridge Racer Review
- VITA
The Vita version of Ridge Racer is light on content, and the vast majority of what's actually here has appeared in previous Ridge Racer games.
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Ninja Gaiden 3 Review
- X360
Ninja Gaiden 3 is little more than a shadow of the games that came before it.
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Street Fighter X Tekken Review
- X360
- PS3
Street Fighter X Tekken starts out with some amazingly fun updates to the classic Capcom style, but it's a real shame that the online mode is so awkward.
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