We're of the firm opinion that your time is too precious, too valuable to be spent reading a full review for a game that was already reviewed many, many years ago. What's the point of applying a score to a game that's old enough to be enrolled in the sixth grade? That's why we invented Deja Review: A quick look at the new features and relative agelessness of remade, revived and re-rele... more.

Packing a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and what was (at the time) the most recent version of Android, the original Motorola Droid stood for everything the iPhone wasn't. But Motorola’s interest in QWERTY Android phones has slackened with each new model. The Motorola Droid 4 ($200 with a two-year contract on Verizon; price as of February 13, 2012) is the latest keyboard-toting phone in the Droid se... more.

2K Sports has made another amazing sports video game. NBA and sports video game fans will enjoy the thrill of NBA 2K12 from 2K Sports. The game is available for Wii, X-Box, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, and PC. Graphics and game play First, the graphics are amazingly realistic. Camera angles simulate those of actual game... more.

Early video games were often identified with their designers, who were treated as celebrities, as important to the industry as directors such as Steven Spielberg and James Cameron are to Hollywood. Over time, though, games have become associated with the studios, and not the individuals behind them. Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning, by 38 Studios, LLC, is a bit of a throwback, as all the early hype ce... more.

The Dark Knight reigns on video game review site Metacritic.In the review aggregation site's The Best Video Games of 2011 report, the PlayStation 3 version of Batman: Arkham City topped The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on Xbox 360 by "a few decimal points" to win Metacritic's Game of the Year award.Both games earned total rankings of 96 out of 100, just one point below last y... more.

MMORPGs are an utterly unique genre of videogame. Not in their actual mechanics, which are the logical combination of single player RPGs and multiplayer aspects, but in their Siren-like appeal to publishers. Many big franchises have gotten into the business, and all have been dashed upon the rocks of Blizzard’s titanic World of WarCraft – Lord of the Rings Online, Final Fantasy XI and W... more.

The Darkness II is a shooter. OK, so that seems a pretty odd statement to make: Of course The Darkness II is a shooter! But in this sequel's case, it's an important point to consider. The Darkness (the original game on consoles) had the feel of an adventure. Sure, you shot guns, but the action, the story, and the peripheral details merged to make a single, creative whole that didn't really res... more.

The Book of Unwritten Tales begins with a "spirited leap" onto the back of a dragon and doesn’t let go till the very end, 20-odd hours later.   The action in the game is third-person point-and-click. You play as a number of characters throughout the game: the gnome Wilbur Weathervane, elvish Princess Ivo, Nate the human buccaneer, or his creature Critter who is a…creature. S... more.

CHICAGO – “The Darkness II” may not be quite as artistically successful as one would hope but it works for what it is — a gory, violent, extreme journey to Hell through the eyes of a vicious gangster who made a deal with the devil. Visual creativity goes a long way to alleviate gameplay repetition and a lack of interesting storytelling. In other words, ripping someone in half and eating t... more.

It's amazing how simply turning a game concept upside down can result in such a fresh and innovative title. Anomaly Warzone Earth HD from 11 Bit Studios takes the tower defense genre and turns it into a tower "offense" so to speak, putting you in control of the attacking troops. The production values are off the charts: great graphics, music, sound design and replayability. This is a game ... more.