Reviews

Maged well Action tower defense comes home.

Time crisis A striking RPG that fails to deliver on its temporal premise.

Paint it black A strategy game that gives its space marines personality.

Body swap These Londoners are about to have a very bad day.

Afterlife A grand, Zelda-ish adventure in a small package.

Slice n' Grind A Chinese MMO with a surprisingly robust endgame buried beneath bad localization and performance issues.

War Crafting There's a good PvP game in this strangely-paced MMO, but it only thrives under specific conditions.

Brake a Leg Codemasters' latest benefits from new story mode and a suite of improved features.

Pokemonster hunter An approachable entry point to the series.

Fixing history Mohawk Games has made a historical 4X that feels like the future.

deus extreme Cruelty Squad is what a great immersive sim sees before it dies.

PSYCHOBABBLE One of the most ambitious games of the year, if not the most successful one.

Lego Islands Captures the spirit of those little plastic bricks.

catastrophe A boring, broken open world treads water with beauty and charm.

RAAAAAAH! Go out without a limb in Chivalry 2's glorious medieval battles.

Slice and dice Gut goblins galore in this lavish action RPG set in the frosty realm of Icewind Dale.

Spilled Ink A deckbuilding dungeon crawler that stands out, but avoids greatness.

Hard Target Infiltrate bases and turn skulls into jelly in this well-crafted sniper sim.

Special Grift Play your cards right and you'll enjoy a great story.

Myth it, myth out A legend-building RPG that deserves to define the next decade.