Old-school exploration hits XBLA Cut from the same cloth as old-school action games like Metroid, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet proves that simple-yet-engrossing gameplay can trump special effects and cutscenes most any day of the week. READ MORE

Hassan chop! READ MORE

Try to avoid Highway to Hell—take the Lincoln Tunnel instead Based on Comedy Central’s hit TV show, Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon is an original adventure featuring all your favorite characters from the cartoon. READ MORE

Sometimes, even great drives come up short. READ MORE

How well can a Japanese game show translate to the Xbox 360 Kinect? Find out in our review of Hole in the Wall! READ MORE

All those who oppose the shield must yield! READ MORE

Tear down the walls As much as they’d like to, many gamers weaned on classic fantasy role-playing epics simply don’t have the time to sink into a 40-hour grind like Dragon Age anymore. READ MORE

Now that’s what I call a big f***ing boner! READ MORE

Grab a bag of nuts and man the #%&@ up! READ MORE

City of Angels With Dirty Faces There’s no shortage of means to describe L. READ MORE

Cheaters never prosper Vincent Brooks, a 32-year-old office worker, has a problem: women. READ MORE

Several fighting game franchises have experienced revivals in the last three years, so isnt it Mortal Kombats turn? Although Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe delivered an HD-era MK experience, it also suffered from rather uninspired brawling and lacked the sinew and sanguinity expected by its core fanbase. Now the team has a new name and a new publisher, and is taking the opportunity to make a fresh start. Though not without some hiccups, Mortal Kombat regains its footing after years of less-than-exemplary sequels. READ MORE

Dungeon Defenders is part tower defense, part action-RPG, and judged separately, the game doesn't do either particularly well. READ MORE

The tower-defense genre is ubiquitous on the Web and mobile phones, as it’s usually designed specifically with the limitations of those platforms in mind. Trenched puts a different spin on the standard formula, utilizing the power of home consoles to evolve strategies beyond the simple point, click, rinse, and repeat repetitiveness that relentlessly plagues similar offerings. READ MORE

Wishing we could get the lead out. READ MORE

As a child, the only thing more fun than building something out of wooden blocks was when you knocked over the pile with a loud CRASH! READ MORE

The 10th Legion is in ruins. READ MORE

Throughout the years, Tokyo-based Q? READ MORE

Have fun making a mess. READ MORE

Do you like to jump in games? Not just jump—because in Alice: Madness Returns, you can’t jump in the somewhat restrictive combat structure—but do you like to jump on moving, disappearing, deviously placed platforms that remind you of games from a bygone era? Your answer is paramount to your enjoyment of this purebred action-platformer sequel to 2000’s American McGee’s Alice. READ MORE